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Los Angeles City Council Votes To Start Ban On Single Use Plastic Water Bottles

November 7, 2019 4:00 pm

The City Council of Los Angeles voted to begin the process of a large-scale ban of plastic water bottles on city property Wednesday night at the Los Angeles City Hall. The City Council will have different departments and groups in...

Wildfire Fighting Efforts Are Ramped Up After Wealthy Areas Affected

October 28, 2019 2:09 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:43 am

After months of wildfires and power outages in rural and lower-income areas, all it took was a week of fires threatening expensive homes and luxury wineries for Gov. Gavin Newsom and local leaders to declare a state of emergency. In...

No-Fault Evictions Become Illegal In Los Angeles

October 23, 2019 1:46 pmOctober 24, 2019 9:01 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted for a temporary emergency halt of no-fault evictions citywide on Tuesday. The City Council heard hours of testimony from renters whose rents have shot up dramatically for no given reason, and are now being...

Female Dockworkers In Los Angeles And Long Beach File Discrimination Suit

October 9, 2019 6:18 am

A Federal discrimination suit against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13 and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been filed by the ACLU in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims that both the union (ILWU) and the shippers...

Los Angeles Announces Plans for the First Public Bank In California

October 7, 2019 1:40 pmOctober 8, 2019 7:34 am

In a press conference celebrating the passage of AB 857 in front of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, along with Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), announced that the first public bank in California...

Thousands Gather In Los Angeles For The Global Climate Strike

September 20, 2019 5:24 pm

Los Angeles was one of many cities around the world joining the largest protest against climate change in history. Over 10,000 people ranging from retired Baby Boomers to Generation Z students who walked out of class gathered at Pershing Square...

The Back Story of California’s Homeless Surge

September 17, 2019 8:40 amSeptember 17, 2019 8:51 am

As the Sacramento Bee reports, the number of homeless people in Sacramento County has increased to 5,570, a jump of 52 percent from 2017. In February, Gov. Gavin Newsom named Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg to lead the Commission on Homelessness...