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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.
The case revolves around a photo the former FBI director posted online last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say "8647."
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Mayor Karen Bass delivered a speech on the one year anniversary of taking office, saying she's made important progress on homelessness.
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This comes a month after the FCC adopted new rules to stop broadband providers from discriminating against customers based on race, religion and income.
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Activists worry support for expanding the L.A. City Council is losing momentum.
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The audit is the city’s first look into the LAPD Air Support Division program.
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Sarmiento is calling for changes in how Orange County awards contracts after LAist reports that his colleague Andrew Do failed to disclose that his daughter ran a nonprofit that received millions of taxpayer dollars.
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California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a 2024-25 budget deficit twice as large as 2023-24. It says the state could dip into reserves and cut some one-time spending.
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will retire at the end of this year, leaving just weeks left in his time in office.
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The statewide system was enacted earlier this year to find missing Indigenous people.
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This week is the deadline for candidates to file for the March 2024 primary. Here’s what it takes to make it in.
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Two members of the City Council want the city attorney to look at how littering laws can be used to outlaw antisemitic flyers on people's properties.
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An LAist investigation into Supervisor Andrew Do is creating waves in the Vietnamese American community that helped him win the county's highest office.
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China has become the third most common source of foreign influence operations, behind Russia and Iran, according to the owner of Facebook and Instagram.
