Aaron Mendelson

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.

The landlords named in the suit were investigated by LAist in a story that documented slum conditions and deaths at rental properties.

The same government agencies that found facilities connected to a nursing home chain were dirty, understaffed and provided deficient care are also their biggest source of revenue.

Nursing home chain ReNew Health continues to care for hundreds of patients even after the state attempted to crack down. Before and during the pandemic, homes connected to ReNew had safety violations.

LAist has uploaded the documents available on the Sheriff’s department website to DocumentCloud.

Following an LAist investigation, several members of California’s delegation have spoken out about “deadly neglect” and their concerns with the state’s nursing homes licensing process.

Listen back to our hourlong special diving into California’s failures to regulate nursing homes — and where we go from here.

Following an LAist investigation into a troubled nursing home chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom has donated a $10,000 political contribution from the company to charity.

Advocates for better oversight of California's nursing homes call the current licensing process 'completely exploited.'

A large nursing home business and the system designed to regulate it were failing California’s most vulnerable before the pandemic struck, advocates say. That failure intensified amid COVID-19.

The landlords “did not accept responsibility for their actions and did not demonstrate a commitment to ensure public safety.”

Eviction looms over tenants unable to pay rent across California. The state's renters owe $1.7 billion in debt to their landlords, according to an estimate by the Philadelphia Fed.