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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Huerta faces a misdemeanor charge after showing up at an immigration raid in June.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have raised the fees when buying a vehicle in California and signed another to make purchase terms clear.
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A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.
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In a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the layoffs have brought a human cost that cannot be tolerated.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to declare immigration enforcement actions a local emergency.
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Do is currently serving a five-year prison sentence on a federal bribery charge.
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Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles fires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.
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Protecting Jewish students or chilling speech? Inside California’s ‘hardest’ fight over antisemitismIn the fight over preventing antisemitism in schools, no one disputes the need to protect Jewish students. Lawmakers and critics diverged sharply on how to do it.
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A controversial bill that would have banned short kids from the front seat was watered down, but small children still face new seat belt rules under a new law.
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The agreement is labeled “confidential” and was not reported out publicly by the county.
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After the Supreme Court let federal agents treat the widely spoken language as grounds for suspicion, some Spanish speakers have opted to avoid using it in public. Others are doubling down.
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Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
