Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Live Welcome to Essential Politics, our in-the-moment look at California political and government news. for analysis and more, and subscribe to the . Don’t miss our Essential Politics page in Sunday’s California section.L.A. billionaire Eli Broad donates $1.5 million to pro-charter school group supporting Villaraigosa for governor Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Eli Broad donated $1.5 million on Thursday to a pro-charter school group supporting Antonio Villaraigosa’s candidacy for governor. The contribution came one day after , Families...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Live Welcome to Essential Politics, our in-the-moment look at California political and government news. for analysis and more, and subscribe to the . Don’t miss our Essential Politics page in Sunday’s California section.L.A. billionaire Eli Broad donates $1.5 million to pro-charter school group supporting Villaraigosa for governor Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Eli Broad donated $1.5 million on Thursday to a pro-charter school group supporting Antonio Villaraigosa’s candidacy for governor. The contribution came one day after , Families...WW…

Posted: Jun 19, 2020 / 07:04 AM PDTUpdated: Jun 19, 2020 / 07:05 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Two former aides to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar have agreed to settle their discrimination lawsuits against the city for a combined $200,000, their attorney said this week.Under the proposed settlement, the city will pay former Huizar aide Mayra Alvarez $150,000 to end her case, which  she was the victim of discrimination and other forms of...…Posted: Jun 19, 2020 / 07:04 AM PDTUpdated: Jun 19, 2020 / 07:05 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Two former aides to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar have agreed to settle their discrimination lawsuits against the city for a combined $200,000, their attorney said this week.Under the proposed settlement, the city will pay former Huizar aide Mayra Alvarez $150,000 to end her case, which  she was the victim of discrimination and other forms of...WW…

The Los Angeles Police Department division under scrutiny for officers who allegedly falsified field interview cards that portrayed people as gang members has played an outsized role in the production of those cards, a Times analysis found.The field interview cards have been used for decades to gather intelligence and create a database that officers can access to help with investigations. Police can fill them out to document encounters they have with anyone they question on their beat. Information from the cards is also used to add names to the statewide CalGang database.The elite...…The Los Angeles Police Department division under scrutiny for officers who allegedly falsified field interview cards that portrayed people as gang members has played an outsized role in the production of those cards, a Times analysis found.The field interview cards have been used for decades to gather intelligence and create a database that officers can access to help with investigations. Police can fill them out to document encounters they have with anyone they question on their beat. Information from the cards is also used to add names to the statewide CalGang database.The elite...WW…

Posted: Jun 8, 2020 / 10:25 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 8, 2020 / 10:25 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles said Monday they support a movement to eliminate the Los Angeles School Police Department, a force of about 400 that serves the L.A. Unified School District and accounts for about $70 million of the district’s $7.9 billion budget.“We have to dismantle white supremacy. We must … defund the police and bring in the mental health...…Posted: Jun 8, 2020 / 10:25 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 8, 2020 / 10:25 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles said Monday they support a movement to eliminate the Los Angeles School Police Department, a force of about 400 that serves the L.A. Unified School District and accounts for about $70 million of the district’s $7.9 billion budget.“We have to dismantle white supremacy. We must … defund the police and bring in the mental health...WW…

Despite new anti-eviction rules passed in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, some Los Angeles landlords are still trying to oust tenants by locking them out of their homes, turning off their utilities and deploying other illegal methods, a Times analysis of data from the Los Angeles Police Department has found.In the initial 10 weeks after L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered a temporary moratorium on evictions in mid-March, police responded to more than 290 instances of potential illegal lockouts and utility shutoffs across the city, according to the data.The Times analysis shows that...…Despite new anti-eviction rules passed in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, some Los Angeles landlords are still trying to oust tenants by locking them out of their homes, turning off their utilities and deploying other illegal methods, a Times analysis of data from the Los Angeles Police Department has found.In the initial 10 weeks after L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered a temporary moratorium on evictions in mid-March, police responded to more than 290 instances of potential illegal lockouts and utility shutoffs across the city, according to the data.The Times analysis shows that...WW…

Beverly Hills Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli announced her retirement Saturday, marking the end of a rocky tenure that saw the city pay out millions to settle lawsuits alleging that she had made racist remarks to subordinate officers and engaged in acts of harassment.Spagnoli’s last day will be May 15, though she will be taking vacation time between now and that date, according to an internal department e-mail reviewed by The Times.“During the Chief’s tenure, crime was reduced while the department increased diversity, public outreach, best practices and advancements in technology,” Beverly...…Beverly Hills Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli announced her retirement Saturday, marking the end of a rocky tenure that saw the city pay out millions to settle lawsuits alleging that she had made racist remarks to subordinate officers and engaged in acts of harassment.Spagnoli’s last day will be May 15, though she will be taking vacation time between now and that date, according to an internal department e-mail reviewed by The Times.“During the Chief’s tenure, crime was reduced while the department increased diversity, public outreach, best practices and advancements in technology,” Beverly...WW…

Posted: Jun 5, 2020 / 06:59 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 5, 2020 / 10:15 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A coalition of criminal justice activists and homeless advocates filed a lawsuit against the city over how Los Angeles police have handled protests following the death of George Floyd, accusing officers of shooting a homeless man in the eye with rubber bullets and holding people for upward of 12 hours for simple curfew violations.The suit — filed late Friday by the Los...…Posted: Jun 5, 2020 / 06:59 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 5, 2020 / 10:15 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A coalition of criminal justice activists and homeless advocates filed a lawsuit against the city over how Los Angeles police have handled protests following the death of George Floyd, accusing officers of shooting a homeless man in the eye with rubber bullets and holding people for upward of 12 hours for simple curfew violations.The suit — filed late Friday by the Los...WW…

Posted: Apr 21, 2021 / 12:45 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 21, 2021 / 02:02 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.California’s coronavirus case rate is now the lowest in the continental U.S., an achievement that reflects months of hard-won progress against the pandemic in the aftermath of the state’s devastating fall-and-winter surge.The state’s latest seven-day rate of new cases — 40.3 per 100,000 people — is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 and edged only by...…Posted: Apr 21, 2021 / 12:45 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 21, 2021 / 02:02 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.California’s coronavirus case rate is now the lowest in the continental U.S., an achievement that reflects months of hard-won progress against the pandemic in the aftermath of the state’s devastating fall-and-winter surge.The state’s latest seven-day rate of new cases — 40.3 per 100,000 people — is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 and edged only by...WW…

Posted: Apr 10, 2021 / 06:29 AM PDTUpdated: Apr 10, 2021 / 06:29 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.The nation’s largest airlines lost a combined $46 billion last year as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the travel industry to its knees.During the depths of the slump, airlines laid off or furloughed as many as 82,000 workers, thousands of whom haven’t been rehired, and filled  with several hundred parked planes, many of which are still languishing.Is now...…Posted: Apr 10, 2021 / 06:29 AM PDTUpdated: Apr 10, 2021 / 06:29 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.The nation’s largest airlines lost a combined $46 billion last year as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the travel industry to its knees.During the depths of the slump, airlines laid off or furloughed as many as 82,000 workers, thousands of whom haven’t been rehired, and filled  with several hundred parked planes, many of which are still languishing.Is now...WW…

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