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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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ‘concerned’ for ‘what could come’ following Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending ‘1st bus’ of migrants
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — L.A. City Council members are calling for a federal investigation into whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott committed crimes — such as human trafficking — when he bused asylum seekers more than 1,000 miles with no food or water. The announcement came several days after the 42 migrants first arrived in Los […]
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Man With Knife in Pink Comb Arrested at LA Council Meeting – NBC Los Angeles | #citycouncil
A man with a knife concealed in a pink comb was arrested after a disruption at Friday’s Los Angeles City Council meeting. The arrest was the third at a LA City Council meeting this year, said Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Dennis Clark. The 30-year-old man, a regular protester at council meetings, was repeatedly asked […]
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Curren Price Elected LA City Council’s New President Pro Tempore – NBC Los Angeles | #citycouncil
Councilman Curren Price will serve as the next president pro tempore of the Los Angeles City Council, after his colleagues voted 11-0 Tuesday to appoint him to the post. The president pro tempore is second in command of the City Council. Price was interested in seeking the council presidency after Nury Martinez resigned two weeks […]
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Three Lessons That Workplaces Can Learn From The L.A. City Council Leaked Recording Fiasco | #citycouncil
Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez at Dodger Stadium Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in … [+] Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool) 2021 Los Angeles Times A secretly recorded private conversation involving three Los Angeles City Council chamber members has sparked public ire. Three Latino council members Nury Martinez, Gil […]
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LA City Council scandal: Protesters cleared from city hall chamber as calls for resignation of Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo continue | #citycouncil
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Protesters were cleared from the Los Angeles City Council Chamber Tuesday morning as they tried to, once again, disrupt the council’s meeting, calling on the resignations of Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo. Council President Paul Krekorian issued several warnings, noting that the meeting “cannot proceed” with disruptions before police […]
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