L.A. City Council Approves Development Agreement for Downtown’s City Market Project – Commercial Observer | #citycouncil
The Los Angeles City Council has greenlighted a plan for a massive mixed-use complex in Downtown’s Fashion District following more than a decade of logistic and bureaucratic hurdles, Urbanize reported. The City Market project, originally announced in 2013, aims to redevelop a roughly 10-acre site bordered by Ninth, 11th, San Pedro and San Julian streets […]
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Why Mayors Are So Unpopular
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- January 13, 2023
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“I’m not going to sit here and tell you we did everything perfectly. We haven’t,” Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s mayor, says in a campaign ad released late last year. “But we’ve tried our darndest to make sure we got it right, and when we haven’t—you pick yourself up and you listen and you’re humble and you […]
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Should the Hollywood sign be lit up? Debate ensues after Mayor Bass halts Garcetti’s plan
HOLLYWOOD (KABC) — As we approach the 100-year anniversary of the iconic Hollywood sign, what if you could see the sign at night? Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched a pilot program that would have lit up the sign. However, on her tenth day in office, Mayor Karen Bass rescinded it, telling Eyewitness News […]
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LA mayor Karen Bass vetoes illuminating the Hollywood sign
The lights went out in Hollywood. On his last day in office, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive to launch an 18-month pilot program to allow for the lighting of the Hollywood sign. A mere 10 days later, his successor, Mayor Karen Bass, put the kibosh on the order, canceling the plan […]
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Mayor Garcetti and Los Angeles County announce results of first-ever transition strategy for oil extraction workers
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Eric Garcetti and the County of Los Angeles today welcomed the release of the Just Transition Strategy — a first-ever framework for creating a pathway for workers in oil drilling to find new employment as the City and County begin phasing out oil extraction in Los Angeles. “Oil drilling has always […]
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Karen Bass says her term as LA mayor won’t be continuation of Garcetti administration
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — When Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass asked members of the Garcetti administration to stay on through April because of the short transition, some saw it as a sign that little will change at City Hall. Bass told Eyewitness News that’s far from the truth. She just doesn’t want any city services […]
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Mayor Garcetti announces launch of the first-ever LAFD Diversity & Inclusion Bureau
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today, alongside Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, launched the Los Angeles Fire Department’s first-ever Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bureau (DEI) focused on ensuring a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all. “We believe in, and are committed to, justice in Los Angeles — and we focus an equity lens on […]
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Mayor Garcetti launches task force to explore options for a permanent COVID memorial
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Department of Cultural Affairs today launched the COVID-19 Pandemic Reflections Initiative (CPR LA) to explore options for a permanent COVID-19 memorial. “The COVID pandemic has impacted all of us in a profound way, including through the loss of family members, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. This memorial will […]
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STATEMENT: Mayor Garcetti on the delay of state homeless funding
“In Los Angeles, we have made over 84,000 permanent housing placements just in the last five years. As a percentage of our budget, the City spends five times what the State spends on homelessness. I welcome the Governor’s continuing focus on homelessness and his ambition to use his bully pulpit to inspire a more urgent […]
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Video Release: Mayor Garcetti brings together faith and community leaders in wake of racist and hateful comments
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today hosted a gathering of faith and community leaders to help begin the healing process and show solidarity in the wake of the comments made by L.A. City Councilmembers and a former county labor leader. The event gave the faith and community leaders a platform to discuss ways to […]
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