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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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Questions over district boundaries have put the election in the spotlight.
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Reintegration, navigating resources and benefits, finding affordable housing are all key components to a successful transition back into civilian life. Connection might be most important of all.
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How scammers pulled off one of the biggest suspected frauds in U.S. history while laid-off workers scrambled to survive.
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How did we end up with the Los Angeles borders we have today? We dive into history to see how resources, control and ingenuity led us to this design of L.A.
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The Orange County Registrar of Voters recently rescinded his initial certification that green-lighted the election.
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The Rose Bowl Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl are some of the venues that will be able to reinvest a portion of taxes generated by their live events into safety and maintenance projects.
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More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.
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Long Beach City Councilmember Daryl Supernaw is trying to get a proposed Native American Commission started, but faces challenges on cost.
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Orange County's election authority recently cast doubt on whether the recall election is legal.
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Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that "patriots may need to resort to violence to save the country," while an overwhelming majority think democracy is at risk in a new PRRI survey.
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The case has profound implications for almost every aspect of American life, especially at a time when there are great national security concerns about false information online.
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Butler was appointed to the Senate seat earlier this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
