Monica Rodriguez – California Globe

Union Pushing $30 Wage Won’t Pay Their Own Canvassers the ‘Living Wage’ They Demand

June 18, 2025 7:01 amJune 18, 2025 7:01 am

In a 12-3 vote last month, the Los Angeles City Council approved a minimum wage hike for airport and hotel workers, with the goal of reaching $30 an hour by 2028 – in time for the Los Angeles hosted Olympics,...

LA City Council Votes 12-3 to Give Hotel, Airport Workers $30/Hour Minimum Wage by 2028

May 15, 2025 1:51 pmMay 15, 2025 1:51 pm

In a 12-3 vote on Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a minimum wage hike for airport and hotel workers, with the goal of it reaching $30 an hour by 2028 in time for the Olympics. According to the...

LA City Council Denies Appeal Of Former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley

March 5, 2025 2:45 amMarch 5, 2025 2:46 am

In a 13-2 vote on Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to not reinstate former Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley following her firing by LA Mayor Karen Bass last week. At a press conference on February...

Former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley Will Appeal Firing By Mayor Bass

February 28, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 28, 2025 2:46 am

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley announced on Thursday that she would be appealing her dismissal last week by Mayor Karen Bass before a special meeting on Friday. Bass and Crowley have clashed publicly and privately since the...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Swiftly Reverses Course Over $500K Paycheck for Wildfire Czar For 3 Months Work

February 10, 2025 1:43 pmFebruary 10, 2025 1:43 pm

Over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that her chief wildfire recovery officer, Steve Soboroff, would be paid $500,000 over the course of 90 days. Following a major public outcry, she then backtracked, saying he would be working...

LA City Council Approves Evaluation of Creating a Department Of Homelessness

May 2, 2024 2:45 amMay 2, 2024 2:46 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously 13-0 to begin evaluating the creation of a Department of Homelessness on Tuesday, to better centralize overseeing homeless initiatives in the city. In recent years, the homeless situation in LA and LA County...

Los Angeles City Council Considers Creating Department Of Homelessness

March 19, 2024 2:30 amMarch 19, 2024 2:31 am

At a Los Angeles City Council meeting on Monday, City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez pushed for the creation of a Department of Homelessness to help streamline the city’s current patchwork of homeless programs and groups under the direction of one department....