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Frank Stoltze
What I cover
I cover how well democracy is working, how various social and political movements seek to improve the lives of Angelenos and how national conversations are affecting local decision making.
My background
I arrived in L.A. in 1991, the year four LAPD officers beat Rodney King and a year before the riots/rebellion. I’ve covered everything from fires and floods to police corruption and political scandal. My work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the L.A. Press Club and the Associated Press.
My goals
I seek to listen to a wide variety of community voices as I hold powerful people accountable and to reveal how seemingly small policy changes have large-scale ripple effects on the people of L.A.
Best way to reach me
I would love to hear your feedback, questions and ideas. You can reach me by email at fstoltze@laist.com, or if you have a tip you’d like to share more privately, you can reach me on Signal. My username is @frankstoltze.
Stories by Frank Stoltze
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Democrat Derek Tran's lead over GOP Rep. Michelle Steel continues to grow in Saturday ballot releaseTran now leads Steel by 545 votes, an increase of 26 votes from Friday.
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Tran grew his lead by 49 votes on Friday in a widely watched tight race for the House seat.
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One of the closest watched House races is in California's 45th District. Is it headed for a recount?A day after the election, incumbent Republican Rep. Michelle Steel was ahead of Democratic challenger Derek Tran. Since then, Tran has pulled ahead but only by a few hundred votes.
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The contest in California's 45th district is one of three undecided House races.
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The race for California's 45th Congressional District remains the tightest in the country.
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The race for the 45th Congressional District in Southern California has become the closest House race in the nation.
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California law largely prohibits cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities.
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Republicans had hoped to flip the seat after Levin turned it Democratic in 2018. The seat covers coastal north San Diego County and parts of southern Orange County.
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The news that Jim McDonnell had been picked to lead the Los Angeles Police Department was announced early last month.
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Measure G, if passed, would changesa county governance structure that has mostly stayed the same since 1912 when L.A. County had a population of about 500,000 people.
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Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, has won the race to run the largest prosecutors' office in the country.
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In Los Angeles, the minimum wage goes up each year based on increases in the consumer price index. On July 1, it went up to $17.28 an hour.
