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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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President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.
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With a $15,000 pledge, Jurado joins two fellow councilmembers in backing a study on whether L.A. can create a bank to serve its own residents.
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MAGA-aligned leaders took over the city council and set up a community review board for library material and singled out LGBT books. Have they gone too far?
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Disgraced former OC Supervisor Andrew Do has been volunteering at the Los Angeles Maritime Institute in San Pedro, teaching sailing skills to disadvantaged kids.
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Why lawmakers resurrect policy proposals that have been rejected, often with the backing of big donors.
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Young Californians were disillusioned with Democrats last November. The solution? A simple message, a focus on cost-of-living and progressive causes, and a reckoning with the party’s age problem, say young Democrats.
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State Sen. Sabrina Cervantes maintained from the start that she wasn’t drunk or on drugs after she was cited for DUI in Sacramento.
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The city will make presentations at several upcoming gatherings after LAist revealed $700,000 in contracts had been signed outside public view.
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President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.
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The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
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Everyone agrees that Orange County needs a veterans cemetery. The debate centers around where it should go.
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Her lawyers say she could die within days if she is deported, as the equipment that keeps her alive and out of the hospital is available only in the U.S.
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