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Final orange grove in the San Fernando Valley is likely to give way to luxury homes
4 months ago

Final orange grove in the San Fernando Valley is likely to give way to luxury homes

LA Times  

A century-old orange grove in Tarzana appears to be on its way to becoming the site of luxury homes, a transformation that would mark the end of commercial citrus farming in the San Fernando Valley, where the crop was once a mainstay. Los Angeles city planning officials held a public hearing Wednesday to collect comments before deciding whether to give …

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L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces
4 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, pictured at City Hall in 2023, has withdrawn a proposal to provide up to $2 million in security grants for religious institutions. “My office and Councilmember Blumenfield’s office are also consulting with the city attorney’s office on how we can institute buffer zones around the entrances to religious institutions and other sensitive sites like …

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L.A. City Council refuses police dog donation over training firm’s name, shared with Hitler’s bunker
6 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council refuses police dog donation over training firm’s name, shared with Hitler’s bunker

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council has declined a donation for two police dogs after one city leader raised concerns that the canines were trained by a company that shares its name with a Nazi military hideout used by Adolf Hitler. Blumenfield said his main concern was that the Riverside County company that supplied the animals, Adlerhorst International, shares “the name …

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L.A. should pay $6.4 million for slow action on cleaning homeless camps, judge is told
10 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. should pay $6.4 million for slow action on cleaning homeless camps, judge is told

LA Times  

Tamela Kerneghan camps with her dog on a sidewalk near Grand Park in the shadow of L.A. City Hall. The motion also asks U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who is presiding over the 4-year-old case, to order the city to produce plans within 30 days to clean up what it describes as two “high-acuity areas,” Skid Row and avenues …

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Bass’ budget proposal for Animal Services is far less than what department requested
1 year, 7 months ago

Bass’ budget proposal for Animal Services is far less than what department requested

LA Times  

Dogs wait to be adopted in a cage at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass’ proposed budget for the Los Angeles Animal Services department is facing pushback from city officials who want more funding for the troubled department. He also pointed to two recent reports — one by former City Councilmember Paul Koretz, the …

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Several L.A. City Council members back law to ban homeless camps near city shelters
4 years, 2 months ago

Several L.A. City Council members back law to ban homeless camps near city shelters

LA Times  

City leaders are considering an ordinance that would allow the removal of makeshift housing near the sites of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s A Bridge Home homeless shelter program. Several Los Angeles City Council members are pushing for a new law that would make it illegal for homeless people to set up camps near freeway overpasses and the city’s new temporary …

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