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Council OKs moving LAX runway as part of $4.76-billion upgrade
The ongoing modernization of Los Angeles International Airport gained momentum Tuesday when the City Council approved $4.76 billion in additional improvements, including a controversial plan to move the northernmost runway closer to homes in Westchester...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Elections, Richard Riordan, Wendy Greuel, Rentals
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L.A. County supervisors weigh dropping foster-care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors reported no action after a closed-door meeting to consider terminating the county's decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider that officials say repeatedly misused funds and placed...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Starbucks Corp., Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina
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L.A. County supervisors discuss troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors met behind closed doors Tuesday to consider terminating their decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider found by officials to have repeatedly misused funds and placed children in...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior, Accounting and Auditing, Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina
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L.A. County rejects school districts' bid to avoid voting rights suits
Los Angeles County officials rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections and avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit with. The...
Tags: Laws, Elections, Local Elections, AEG, Natural Resource Industry
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L.A. County rejects Santa Clarita districts' elections proposal
Los Angeles County supervisors rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections in a bid to avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit...Tags: Laws, Elections, Demographics, Local Elections, Natural Resource Industry
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Zev Yaroslavsky, Don Knabe
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Knabe says LAX has not done enough for airport regionalization
A county report released Monday added fuel to the debate over whether the operator of Los Angeles International Airport is adequately trying to spread the growth of commercial flights to other airports in the area. Requested by the Los Angeles County...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Air Transportation Industry, AEG, Don Knabe, Sarah Palin
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Interactive graphic lets voters follow the money in mayor's race
A Times analysis of campaign contributions in the Los Angeles mayor's race shows that big donors are using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before. The Times has created an interactive graphic that allows readers to break...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Primaries, Elections, Local Elections, Freedom of the Press
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'Super PACs' negate spending limits in L.A. mayor's race
Strict limits on campaign contributions imposed by voters nearly three decades ago are crumbling in the Los Angeles mayor's race, with big donors using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before in a citywide election, a Times...
Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Freedom of the Press, U.S. Supreme Court, Labor Legislation
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Toll lane transponder fee suspended for L.A. County residents
A controversial monthly fee tied to Los Angeles County's new toll lane system was suspended Thursday after a lengthy discussion and divided vote by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. For the next six months, Los Angeles County residents...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Travel, Highway Transportation, Road Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Former Compton mayor, newcomer head to runoff; results finalized
Final results from Compton's primary election released Thursday showed longtime Mayor Eric Perrodin ousted and political newcomer Aja Brown and former Mayor Omar Bradley headed for a runoff. Incumbent Perrodin, who is the city's longest-serving mayor,...
Tags: Elections, Primaries, Lawyers, Local Elections, Starbucks Corp.
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Toll lane monthly fee to be suspended for L.A. County residents
After a vigorous debate Thursday, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority temporarily suspended the monthly fee that Los Angeles County residents pay on devices required to use new toll lanes. Metro's board of directors voted 7 to 4 to...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Zev Yaroslavsky, Highway Transportation
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