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In a deposition as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the city of L.A., Garcetti's former communications director Naomi Seligman, contradicts testimony by the mayor.
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Rick Jacobs kept working with a familiar donor, the carpenters union, which — along with affiliated groups — has supported Garcetti-aligned campaigns and causes with more than $1 million.
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The program plans to give $500 a month for one year to 500 single-parent families in the 90813 zip code.
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LSD, MDMA and psilocybin (but not ketamine) could become legal for personal use if the bill makes its way through the legislative process.
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California voters will decide on Sept. 14 whether to throw Gov. Gavin Newsom out of office, making him the second governor in state history — and just the fourth nationwide — to face a recall.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders reach a spending agreement to help residents recover from the COVID-19 economic crisis and, perhaps, help Newsom defeat a recall campaign.
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Key depositions in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former bodyguard to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti are hidden under a protective order. The attorney for two witnesses says their transcripts should be released.
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As California’s reparations committee embarks on a two-year process to study the harms of slavery and systemic racism, task force members will confront how a single state, which never formally sanctioned slavery, can make amends. During the first meeting, members openly grappled with whether reparations should mean direct payments or long-term investments, such as education and housing, to boost African American households.
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The date of California's recall election still is not set, but voters may decide the governor's fate closer to Labor Day than November.
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Garcetti and the City Council are bumping LAPD spending back up by $41 million.
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Bipartisan legislation to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has failed in the Senate, as Republicans staged their first filibuster since President Biden took office to block the plan.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's colleagues on the Metro Board joined in the media speculation that he will be named Ambassador to India.
