Anti-camping zones proposed near fire stations, post offices and police stations. A policy for the use of ALPR cams in the LA transportation department. And LA supes taking up data center policies.

It’s voting (and ballot-processing) time in LA County, a plan to broaden criminalization of homelessness in LA city heads to a hearing, and Raman kicks off voting time with first 100-day mayoral plan.

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LA city asked to join group fighting to control liabilities costs, city officials want to help businesses along Pacific Avenue in San Pedro with JEDI zone, and influencer drama in the LA mayoral race.

MacArthur Park fencing is up in Recreation and Parks panel today. A ‘community boroughs’ motion is a blast from LA’s secessionist past. Is racism in the LAPD just like a herpes virus? And more.

LA city leaders urged to take charter reform more seriously this time around, county supers adjust their budget to $54.2 billion, mayoral candidates address Gaza genocide at Jewish forum, and more.

Police panel to take up RV dismantling contract and pretextual stops, authors sue LA city over canceled Read Palestine Week event, LA county supes to decide on the supplemental budget, and more.

City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks

Westside unhoused advocacy group seeks ponchos, more action from public officials during ‘super’ El Niño. LA leaders makes another go at tackling illegal dumping. A motion on SRO evictions. And more.

Mayor Bass orders a review of police response to mental health crises, Nithya Raman brings in $60K from Dungeons and Dragons fundraiser, and Metro board calls for audit of Metrolink train repairs.

LA city and county are in a divorce over homelessness, but what does it all mean? Firefighters work to cool lithium batteries, after MWD solar farm fire. Metro ridership keeps climbing. And more.

Poll gives Nithya Raman an eye-popping lead on Karen Bass, ‘Rooflesser’ shares why she lived ‘outside’ near a bike path, and city officials say LA uniquely positioned to lead homeless services.

Karen Bass’s political allies rally around her after a tough week, Nithya Raman earns environmental group’s endorsement, and a big LA city election fundraising deadline just closed.

Raman courts LA’s Latino voters at La Cita rally, Bass says she’s been fighting Trump’s ICE raids, Sanitation officials say City Council offices have long had the power to suspend sweeps, and more.

Michael Woo nominated to new LA County ethics panel, House Republicans go after California’s seaport pollution regs, LA leaders get ball rolling on preserving existing affordable housing, and more.

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LA County’s new Ethics Commission starts to come together, LA Council member rescinds Home Depot sponsorship of El Grito, ‘oligarch index’ shows top 99 backers of state policy, and more.

LAPD wants to test Axon license plate readers, LA county leaders to consider criteria for ID’ing deputy gangs, Mayor Karen Bass fights back against opponent’s convention center critique, and more.

Unhoused journalists sets up a Bureau of Homelessness Oversight. Lineage sues solar panel company, saying fire wasn’t a cold storage issue. And Nithya Raman is endorsed by gutsy former LA controller.

Measure G panel nears decision time on elected county exec role, LA council member warns Olympics-driven LAPD vehicles could prove costly for Angelenos, and Chinatown seniors chide LA leaders.

LA Council election debate next to the Winnetka Bowl tonight, LA leaders talk El Niño prep amid miserable humidity, guerilla-style crosswalk painter to hit up Hollywood intersection, and more.

LA leaders prep for super El Niño-fueled hurricanes, Lineage fire committee to talk water quality and warehouse rebuild, Karen Bass campaign needs to return $9,700 in donations, and more.

LA mayoral candidates talking environment tonight, DSA-LA to put boots on the ground to help Nithya Raman unseat Mayor Karen Bass, no water flows at St. Andrews Recreation Center splash pad, and more.

City Hall lit up in ‘borahae’ purple for BTS’s return to Los Angeles, LA city challenged on handgun purchase limit, mobile showers added to LA city controller’s bathroom map, and more.

Nithya Raman earns backing of big hotel and airport worker union, latest Prop 47 report more complicated than the headlines, a Muslim public affairs group chats with mayoral candidates, and more.

A dream of free parking at El Pueblo (LA’s birthplace) might be dashed, first-last mile upgrades for the Metro K Line’s Fairview Heights Station, and an obscure board exits the Venice Dell chat.

Airport board taking up People Mover litigation, transportation board talks Venice Dell in secret meeting with the City Attorney, and petition to pull CA Dem’s Jimmy Gomez endorsement is circulated.

Groundwork’s DSA-LA local explains why it is opposing the chapter’s endorsement of Nithya Raman in the vote opening Wednesday. We believe Raman is the best candidate in the race. But a DSA endorsement...

LA leaders weighing how to fund struggling street lighting department, an unsheltered journalist points to LA’s funny little laws, and Rooflesser profiles the “dead man” in the LA Alliance case.

LAPD officials to present on recent ICE activity, DSA-LA members debate whether to endorse Nithya Raman for mayor, and LA mayoral candidates’ attendance becomes a hot issue.

Karen Bass gets flak for her street vendor disrespect, The Guardian tracks down fake mayoral poll’s author, Raman says she’s working with controversial ad agency because she wants to win, and more.

Housing politics played differently at Sherman Oaks mayoral debate. Did Nithya Raman fall into a 41.18 trap? County officials forecast job loss from a Paramount Warner Brothers merger. And more.

Workers are climbing six stories of shelving to remove waste at burned Lineage warehouse, Raman and Bass return for another debate stage rumble, a progressive makes good on 41.18 promise, and more.

The fake opinion survey showing Karen Bass with a commanding lead in the L.A. mayoral race comes amid a wave of low-quality polls that have missed the mark in marquee races.

LA leaders take up removing O'Farrell's 41.18 anti-encampment zones, Nithya Raman joins rally calling on Lineage to leave town, Bass campaign relied on a fake poll to boost campaign, and more.

With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.