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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Raman, De León are ahead; others on L.A. council have big leads | #citycouncil
Two years ago, voters made clear they were exasperated with Los Angeles City Hall, unseating two incumbent council members and rejecting attempts by several others to win higher office. This time around, things are not yet so cut and dried. On Wednesday, with the first major tranche of ballots tabulated in this year’s primary election, […]
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LA City Council approves resources to address vacant, tagged development – NBC Los Angeles | #citycouncil
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a motion aimed at addressing an abandoned luxury skyscraper development in downtown after more than 25 floors were tagged with spray paint. Council members voted 14-0 to instruct city departments to begin an abatement process to secure the site and restore the sidewalks should the property owners […]
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Displaced street vendors make plea for solution to LA City Council – NBC Los Angeles | #citycouncil
Over a dozen displaced street vendors from the El Salvador Corridor appeared before the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday to ask for a solution. Two Guys Plaza used to rent its parking lot to street vendors until the city took legal action against the landlord the week of Jan. 1, saying the lot was […]
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Who’s running for the powerful Los Angeles City Council? – Daily News | #citycouncil
The fast-approaching March 2024 primary election for the Los Angeles City Council is shaping up to be an intriguing affair, with seven seats up for election and all of them contested – including a San Fernando Valley seat where several candidates jumped in because Council President Paul Krekorian is termed out. The L.A. City Clerk’s […]
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LA City Council holds off on controversial Metro plan for 80 digital billboards – Daily News | #citycouncil
The Los Angeles City Council this week was unable to pass a plan to erect about 80 digital billboards on properties owned by Metro throughout the city. While council members voted 11-3 in favor of the proposal on Friday, Dec. 8, the proposal required a 12-vote majority to pass. Councilmembers Traci Park, Nithya Raman and […]
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LA City Council committee OKs plan to develop special street vending zones | #citycouncil
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) — A City Council committee approved a motion Friday calling for the development of a special vending zone, effectively allowing street vendors to sell their goods in areas of Hollywood, which they are currently barred from doing under city law. The Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee voted unanimously in favor […]
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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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LA City Council Enforces Rule to Bar Protesters From Entering Chamber for Meeting | #citycouncil
LOS ANGELES—Three people were kept from entering the Los Angeles City Council chamber during the latest council meeting, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, as the council enforced a rule that allows it to exclude those who have been removed from multiple meetings within three days of the next meeting. Council President Paul Krekorian […]
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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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