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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.
Thousands of health department employees were told they must use the E-Verify system to keep funding. They are pushing back.
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$2.4 million in bank accounts and and two properties — including a house bought by former Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter — were ordered immediately transferred to the control of the U.S. government.
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CalMatters asked all Republicans in the state Legislature about the president overriding California’s governor. Most wouldn’t talk. The rest are on Team Trump.
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The Orange County investigative findings corroborate and expand on many details LAist recently reported about 360 Clinic, which ran large county testing sites during the pandemic.
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Santa Ana reckons with its designation as a "sanctuary city." That debate could play out at a City Council meeting tonight.
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Reporting by CalMatters shows the special interests who financed former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s role as infrastructure czar to Newsom.
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The governor's legal team calls the president's arguments for deploying troops to L.A. “terrifying.”
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Volunteers with Raíces con Voz is coordinating care packages as raids empty streets and silence communities.
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The parade stirred up controversy for what opponents view as a politicization of the nation's armed forces and sparked an organized No Kings protest movement.
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President Trump's approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to him. But the Democratic Party still lacks a common vision for what it would do differently.
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California Democrats set aside millions of dollars for immigrant legal services. They’re tightening that aid in a way that would deny it to people convicted of felonies.
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The LAPD said there were 35 arrests for allegedly violating the curfew order overnight. In all, the department said there have been 561 arrests related to protest activity since last Saturday.
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Christian Cerna, a U.S. citizen, was detained in a “targeted arrest” by Department of Homeland Security agents.
