As you may have heard, Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday to restore the park surrounding City Hall post-Occupy L.A. The approved option calls for 51% less grass and more native, drought-tolerant plants. But what about other green, sustainable ideas like edible gardens? Farmscape, California's largest urban farming operation, has quite a few of these ideas and has been striving to get them heard. more ›

After months of restoration contemplation and astronomic cost estimates, L.A. City Council approved a plan today to revive the park surrounding City Hall. The 1.7-acre area, which once exhibited lush green grass, met its match when Occupy L.A. descended upon the land on October 1, 2011 and remained stationed on the grounds for nearly two months. more ›

New renderings for the City Hall lawn show that the department is using its destruction as an excuse to revamp the park and get rid of some of the water-wasting turf. Blogdowntown explored three options on the table, and today the department released renderings that show what each option would look like. more ›

Occupy L.A. and Good Jobs L.A. are rallying the 99% again today to call on City Council to pass the Responsible Banking Ordinance. Over 200 activists will represent the 99%, including those of Occupy L.A., Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), LA Voice PICO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Good Jobs L.A. more ›

The city attorney's office is feeling abused. On Friday, it recommended that 46 of the 292 Occupy L.A. protesters who were charged with resisting arrest during the raid on City Hall earlier this week be barred from protesting at City Hall again, according to CBS Los Angeles. more ›

Occupy LA has filed a complaint in pursuit of an injunction to block their eviction from the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall. The complaint focuses on the Occupiers' First Amendment rights. more ›

Will the Los Angeles Police Department, under orders from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, conduct a "raid" on the Occupy LA camp at City Hall at 12:01 a.m. Monday? We will be watching and liveblogging as the eviction deadline comes and goes. more ›

The daily General Assembly (GA) meeting of the Occupy LA encampment got underway just after 7:30 Sunday night, but it wasn't the usual scene, as a larger than ever crowd gathered at City Hall to prepare for the planned closure of the park at 12:01 a.m. Monday. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke at a press conference this afternoon to announce that a deadline has been set for the Occupy LA encampment to clear off the lawn of City Hall. After lauding the movement and its origins, Villaraigosa stressed that the city has been tolerant of the encampment, however the belief has been since the occupation began on October 1, that a long term encampment is not sustainable. more ›

City officials and law enforcement seem to be in prep mode for delivering the expected eviction notice to the Occupy LA protesters who have lived on the City Hall lawn since October 1. more ›

Yesterday a protester with Occupy L.A. told the city attorney's office that the group planned to seek a restraining order against police who might try to boot them off the City Hall lawn without warning. more ›

People have been camped out at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles since October 1, when Occupy LA got underway. Though we know they are relying largely on donated food and services, and we see them take to the streets for protests and demonstrations, we may not get much of a chance to learn what life is like living at Occupy LA. more ›

While the costs to revive the L.A. City Hall lawn from the wrath of Occupy L.A. are uncertain, one thing is not. The grass is dead. Parks and Rec's most recent estimate for sod replacement and sprinkler repair totals $120k, a number that, while still high, dropped down a few hundreds of thousands after the previous $400k projection. Is it worth the time and money to keep up the lawn? more ›

If there's one department that's worried about the Occupy L.A. encampment, it's the city's Recreation and Parks Department. The department released its third estimate of how occupiers are wreaking havoc on the lawn, shrubbery and sprinkler-heads around City Hall. more ›

Protesters taking part in Occupy L.A. at City Hall have enjoyed a largely positive response from elected officials and city staff, but now one City Councilman says enough is enough. Bill Rosendahl says he agrees with their cause, but outside City Hall is no longer the place for them to hang out. more ›

As the Occupy LA movement continues to bring us face to face with some of the most serious issues plaguing our city today, at least all sides can agree that we could use a good laugh. With that in mind, stand up comic Josh Androsky is hoping to bring some levity (and a bullhorn) to the south steps of City Hall with an open-air comedy show tonight at 5:30pm. more ›

When some of the protesters camped out on the lawn of City Hall refused to make way for the vendors' typical Thursday lunchtime set-up, the farmers market decided to move across the street. Some vendors just decided not to come to the Thursday farmers market at all. Others came back to their new spot, but they weren't very happy with their sales. Protests, it turns out, are bad for business. more ›

Roastmaster General Jeffrey Ross entertained the Occupy L.A. troops yesterday in a special Wall Street roast. In solidarity with all global Occupy movements, Ross stood on the south lawn steps of City Hall and did what he does best - he dissed. more ›

Occupy L.A.'s tent city invasion of the once lush City Hall lawn is under much scrutiny for its devastating effects on the grass. L.A. officials claim that lawn repair could cost the city up to $400,000. The current brownish shade of the greenish two acres is evidence of maintenance neglect. more ›

Protesters of Occupy L.A. have been camped out on the lawn of City Hall 24/7 for weeks with the blessing of city officials, but now the city's Department of Parks and Recreation is worried about the lawn around City Hall, according to The Daily News. It could cost as much as $50,000 to revive the lawn that has been trampled with protesters, campers and DJs. more ›

Say what you will about the scope and purpose of the Occupy L.A. movement, but you've gotta give 'em this: They are organized. Now Occupy L.A. has released a map of their site to help participants and guests navigate their temporary living and protesting quarters. more ›

Occupy LA isn't going anywhere; in fact, they're planning ahead. As part of the protests, the Progressive Jewish Alliance will build a Sukkah on the grassy area in front of City Hall on October 16. Sukkot, in case you didn't know, is a Jewish holiday that falls sometime in late September or early October each year (Jewish holidays take place in accordance with the Jewish calendar, not the Gregorian calendar). It lasts for seven days, and is intended to be a remembrance of the time that Jews lived in makeshift homes while crossing the desert out of Egypt. more ›

Persistence has paid off for Occupy L.A. protestors. The resolution in support of the movement passed unanimously today at City Hall in an 11-0 vote to formally support the campaign against Corporate America. more ›

The Occupy L.A. resolution, which was introduced by Councilmembers Richard Alarcon and Bill Rosendahl on Wednesday, October 5, will be voted on this Wednesday, October 12. The resolution is #33 on the agenda for Wednesday's 10am meeting at L.A. City Hall. more ›

Councilman Richard Alarcon introduced a resolution to support the protesters, and, with the seconding of several other councilmembers, the resolution will be voted on early next week. Additionally, Alarcon has asked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to issue an Executive Order that will allow the protesters to remain outside City Hall for the duration. more ›

Since most of L.A.'s top officials have to head in and out of City Hall to get their work done, what they think of the current "occupation" of the area by protesters is surely worth noting. It took one of the Council's regular meeting speakers, John Walsh (L.A. Now generous calls him "a well-known political gadfly" to goad the Councilmembers to not only acknowledge the Occupy L.A. participants, but to go outside and tour their "tent city" and talk to the protesters. more ›

Just how long will the one hundred or so people camped out on the streets in front of Los Angeles City Hall stick around? The Occupy LA protesters say they'll stay until December, reports ABC7. more ›

The group Occupy L.A. mobilized this morning in the city's civic center to march in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests, which began at the nation's financial capital and have been radiating out to other cities. more ›

As part of a growing national movement in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street effort, a local group has mobilized and will set up a similar protest in Los Angeles' civic center this weekend. more ›