Mayor Bass’ ambitious housing program calls on L.A.’s wealthy. Can she pull it off?
Los Angeles has always been a city of extremes, but the homelessness crisis is exposing the divide between rich and poor in startling ways. A-listers in designer gowns and million-dollar jewels parade down the red carpet, blocks from tents where people live in unsanitary conditions. Private jets take off at Van Nuys Airport, soaring over […]
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Mayor Karen Bass urges business, philanthropic leaders to help fund homeless housing
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass used her State of the City address to announce a fundraising campaign to bring homeless Angelenos indoors, calling on business leaders, charitable organizations and wealthy individuals to contribute to the effort. Bass told an audience gathered at City Hall on Monday evening that her administration has already made crucial strides […]
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Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Lands, a Democrat, on Tuesday decisively defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open House of Representatives seat in a […]
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Newport Beach mayor encourages residents to be ‘helpers’
As part of a Wake Up! Newport panel hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Will O’Neill spoke to members of the chamber and the public Thursday in a state of the city address that hearkened back to his idea for “The Year of the Volunteer” in 2020 when he was last mayor. […]
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Community gathers to attend funeral for Mayor Willie Edmonson
WEST POINT, Ga. (WTVM) – Bethlehem Baptist Church in West Point was flooded with people as they gathered to say their final farewell to the mayor of LaGrange who passed away on Feb. 16, Reverend Dr. Willie Edmonson. There was standing room only at the church for the man well respected by the community he […]
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Eddie Anderson for Los Angeles City Council District 10 | #citycouncil
Residents of the 10th Council District have had more than their fair share of political upheaval recently. The district, which includes Koreatown, Mid-City, Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park, has had three different representatives since Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas was elected in 2020. He was suspended from the council less than a year later, after he was […]
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Fashion Bulletin: Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown auctions stylish wardrobe for good cause
Legendary California politician Willie Brown, the brash liberal with a devilish grin as wide as a $100 bill, will be remembered as not just a powerbroker and master fundraiser, but also as a clothes horse with few peers. “I’ve spent more time in the closet than any straight man in San Francisco, but that’s just […]
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Marqueece Harris-Dawson for L.A. City Council District 8 | #citycouncil
Los Angeles City Council District 8 spreads across much of South L.A., from the elegant homes in Baldwin Hills to the impoverished neighborhoods in southeast L.A. and the ongoing revitalization of the Crenshaw Boulevard commercial district. City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson has represented the district since 2015 and has been an effective steward of this changing […]
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Endorsement: Imelda Padilla for Los Angeles City Council District 6 | #citycouncil
Imelda Padilla joined the Los Angeles City Council not quite six months ago, after winning a special election to replace former council President Nury Martinez, who resigned midterm in October 2022 after she was heard on a leaked audio making racist comments. Now the council member is running for a full, four-year term to represent […]
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander strips Mayor Adams of emergency migrant spending power
Mayor Adams loses emergency migrant access NYC Comptroller Brad Lander took away the mayor’s emergency migrant contracting powers. Morgan McKay reports. NEW YORK – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander says that his office has stripped Mayor Eric Adams’ emergency powers that allow him to make deals with contractors for migrant services without prior approval. […]
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