Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz called Wednesday for the city to issue financial penalties to those who fail to wear masks in public — starting with $100 for the first violation.Koretz, who represents a district stretching from the Westside north to Encino, wants the council to impose a series of escalating fines for those who fail to comply with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s three-month-old emergency mask order.Under the proposal, those who are caught in public without a face covering a second time would be fined $250. A third...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz called Wednesday for the city to issue financial penalties to those who fail to wear masks in public — starting with $100 for the first violation.Koretz, who represents a district stretching from the Westside north to Encino, wants the council to impose a series of escalating fines for those who fail to comply with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s three-month-old emergency mask order.Under the proposal, those who are caught in public without a face covering a second time would be fined $250. A third...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, an ambitious player in city politics for nearly two decades, was arrested Tuesday, becoming the most prominent figure to face charges in the federal investigation into . Huizar faces a racketeering charge arising from allegations he ran a sprawling pay-to-play scheme in which real estate developers were shaken down for cash bribes and campaign donations in exchange for Huizar’s help getting high-rise development projects through the city’s arduous approval process.Along the way, the councilman...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, an ambitious player in city politics for nearly two decades, was arrested Tuesday, becoming the most prominent figure to face charges in the federal investigation into . Huizar faces a racketeering charge arising from allegations he ran a sprawling pay-to-play scheme in which real estate developers were shaken down for cash bribes and campaign donations in exchange for Huizar’s help getting high-rise development projects through the city’s arduous approval process.Along the way, the councilman...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement One day after Los Angeles received confirmation of a in its homeless population, two City Council members said they want to look into legal strategies to force nearby cities to provide shelter beds or allow people to sleep on their sidewalks.Councilmen Mike Bonin and Joe Buscaino called Wednesday for City Atty. Mike Feuer to explore “legal steps” that L.A. could use to compel those cities to comply with a federal court decision on homelessness and sidewalk camping in Boise, Idaho. The proposal, they said, would...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement One day after Los Angeles received confirmation of a in its homeless population, two City Council members said they want to look into legal strategies to force nearby cities to provide shelter beds or allow people to sleep on their sidewalks.Councilmen Mike Bonin and Joe Buscaino called Wednesday for City Atty. Mike Feuer to explore “legal steps” that L.A. could use to compel those cities to comply with a federal court decision on homelessness and sidewalk camping in Boise, Idaho. The proposal, they said, would...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was preparing to run for his third and final term in 2014, he was facing enormous political pressure.County Supervisor Gloria Molina, one of the biggest names in Eastside politics, had just to unseat him. One of his former staffers had of sexual harassment and was seeking a payout from the city.Then, the lawsuit was abruptly settled. The city . And Huizar refused to say how he had persuaded Francine Godoy, his onetime deputy chief of staff, to drop her claims.AdvertisementAfter nearly six...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was preparing to run for his third and final term in 2014, he was facing enormous political pressure.County Supervisor Gloria Molina, one of the biggest names in Eastside politics, had just to unseat him. One of his former staffers had of sexual harassment and was seeking a payout from the city.Then, the lawsuit was abruptly settled. The city . And Huizar refused to say how he had persuaded Francine Godoy, his onetime deputy chief of staff, to drop her claims.AdvertisementAfter nearly six...WW…