Articles for City Officials

New Orleans’ planned new Bourbon Street barriers only crash-rated to 10 mph
6 days, 9 hours ago

New Orleans’ planned new Bourbon Street barriers only crash-rated to 10 mph

Hindustan Times  

* New Orleans’ planned new Bourbon Street barriers only crash-rated to 10 mph New Orleans' street-barrier system was being replaced at time of attack after years of operational problems * For new bollard system, city officials prioritized ease-of-operation over crashworthiness, city records show * Neither the old system nor the new would have prevented Bourbon Street carnage on New Year’s, …

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Top Trump advisor warns California cities not to block immigration enforcement
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Top Trump advisor warns California cities not to block immigration enforcement

LA Times  

California officials, along with dozens of others across the country, received letters this week from Stephen Miller’s nonprofit, America First Legal, warning them of the consequences for interfering with or impeding illegal immigration enforcement. The notices come as Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, suggested on Fox News that city …

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L.A. city officials use disappearing Google Chats. The city attorney is investigating
2 weeks, 5 days ago

L.A. city officials use disappearing Google Chats. The city attorney is investigating

LA Times  

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office is conducting an internal review of city employees’ use of Google Chat messages that are automatically deleted after 24 hours. The memo said that Google Chat is “off-the-record for direct and group messages” and includes “the ability to chat with external users.” An April 6, 2022, memo from the agency advised city employees that …

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Part of Santa Cruz pier collapses as coastal city gets pounded by high surf
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Part of Santa Cruz pier collapses as coastal city gets pounded by high surf

LA Times  

The remnants of a restaurant float at the head of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz on Monday. Three people fell into the water when more than a hundred feet of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, as the coastal city was pounded with dangerous high surf. Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker said …

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Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
3 weeks ago

Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor

LA Times  

On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of people enjoyed a stretch of the iconic coastal road known as the Great Highway. The dispute reached a new fervor in last month’s election, when the majority of San Francisco voters approved a controversial ballot measure to …

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Editorial: Let’s stop killing animals in shelters and get more of them adopted out
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Editorial: Let’s stop killing animals in shelters and get more of them adopted out

LA Times  

Life in an animal shelter for dogs and cats and other creatures that have the misfortune to end up there is never great. They can languish for months, waiting to be adopted out to what animal advocates hope will be a “forever home.” Or worse, they can end up killed — or as shelter officials prefer to call it, “euthanized.” …

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Editorial: It’s past time for city officials to let Venice Dell homeless housing move ahead
1 month ago

Editorial: It’s past time for city officials to let Venice Dell homeless housing move ahead

LA Times  

In Los Angeles, a city desperate for homeless housing, one project that will fill some of that need has been unconscionably delayed for years. On Wednesday, the California Coastal Commission will take up the Venice Dell Community project, which will provide 117 units, including 68 for homeless supportive housing and the remainder for low-income affordable housing, on a city-owned 2.65-acre …

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Inadequate drainage turns the city more vulnerable to floods
1 month, 1 week ago

Inadequate drainage turns the city more vulnerable to floods

The Hindu  

A breach in the Arasankazhani lake near Chemmancherry-Perumbakkam, as confirmed by officials, left many people struggling on Sunday, when the rain stopped after Cyclone Fengal made landfall late on November 30. Alleging inadequate storm water drains, Opposition parties have been asking the government to release a White Paper based on the Thiruppugazh Committee’s recommendations for flood mitigation and management. Even …

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Syracuse officials insist drinking water is clean as residents call for a state of emergency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Syracuse officials insist drinking water is clean as residents call for a state of emergency

CNN  

CNN — Darlene Medley says she can’t trust the water coming from the faucets at her Syracuse, New York, home if she wants to keep her children safe – even as the city says it’s safe. City officials said in their notice that “the source of lead in the sampled drinking water is the lead service lines feeding these homes …

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Costa Mesa planners weigh Shalimar Park expansion against loss of housing units
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Costa Mesa planners weigh Shalimar Park expansion against loss of housing units

LA Times  

A fourplex for sale near Costa Mesa’s Shalimar Park is being eyed by city officials who want to expand open space in the overdeveloped area. That dilemma reared its head this week, as Costa Mesa planning commissioners met to determine whether the city’s purchase of a residential property adjacent to Shalimar Park — a precursor to expanding the westside parklet …

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California town's $6M reparations deal with black and Latino families
1 month, 3 weeks ago

California town's $6M reparations deal with black and Latino families

Daily Mail  

A California city is set to vote on whether to approve a nearly $6million reparations deal with black and Latino families whose neighborhood was razed in the 1960s. Section 14 of Palm Springs, a one-mile tract owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, was destroyed by city officials to make way for commercial development in the mid-1960s. More …

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California town agrees to $6 million reparations deal with black and Latino families of neighborhood razed in the 1960s
1 month, 4 weeks ago

California town agrees to $6 million reparations deal with black and Latino families of neighborhood razed in the 1960s

Daily Mail  

A California city is set to vote on whether to approve a nearly $6million reparations deal with black and Latino families whose neighborhood was razed in the 1960s. Members of the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors group approved a $5.9million settlement for the destruction of their neighborhood in the 1960s It is also set to vote on a package that …

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L.A. City Hall reacts to Trump’s election with angst, anger
2 months ago

L.A. City Hall reacts to Trump’s election with angst, anger

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, chair of the committee on immigration issues, at City Hall in September. Several council members said Friday that they would hasten passage of L.A.’s “sanctuary” law, which is still under review by city attorneys, in the face of Trump’s promised crackdown on immigrants. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian, who traveled to Paris for the recent …

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Laguna Beach accepts Rivian donation of electric vehicles for marine safety operations
2 months ago

Laguna Beach accepts Rivian donation of electric vehicles for marine safety operations

LA Times  

Laguna Beach lifeguards look over one of two new donated R1S Rivian electric vehicles that will become part of the marine safety fleet for Laguna Beach during a ceremony at Main Beach Park on Monday. “With the Rivian R1 vehicles, we’re able to enhance our rapid response capabilities in areas like beach patrols and search and rescue, especially in rugged …

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Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city
2 months, 1 week ago

Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city

LA Times  

People living along the riverbed in Norwalk near the 105/605 freeway interchange. We’ve decided to stand up for ourselves.” Norwalk City Councilmember Rick Ramirez, a supporter of shelter ban, stands in front of a future site for supportive housing. “It’s beyond cruel that Norwalk would ban the building of shelters while people are living on the city’s streets,” Newsom said …

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State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern River
2 months, 4 weeks ago

State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern River

LA Times  

California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield. “Yet, in Bakersfield, the sudden loss of Kern River flows due to the city officials’ decisions to divert all water away from the river, is leaving behind a dry …

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Uvalde officials release dozens of missing videos from officers responding to shooting
3 months ago

Uvalde officials release dozens of missing videos from officers responding to shooting

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. City officials in Uvalde, Texas, released another trove of videos on Tuesday from officers responding to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, footage that they had previously failed to divulge as part of a legal settlement with news organizations suing for access. But days after releasing those records, city officials acknowledged that an …

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Some help is finally set for residents in Palos Verdes’ landslide crisis. They hope it’s not too late
3 months, 1 week ago

Some help is finally set for residents in Palos Verdes’ landslide crisis. They hope it’s not too late

LA Times  

The home of Patty Perkinson, one of the people whose gas and electricity were shut off because of the landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council on Tuesday allocated $2.8 million — more than half of a $5-million grant from Los Angeles County — for direct relief to residents in the Portuguese Bend area facing landslide …

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With New York City aqueduct in repair, mayor promises water will remain safe and tasty
3 months, 1 week ago

With New York City aqueduct in repair, mayor promises water will remain safe and tasty

Associated Press  

New York City officials assured residents that water flowing from their faucets will continue to be perfectly safe — even if it might taste a bit different — as they announced plans Monday to address massive leaks in the supply system by shutting down part of a main aqueduct for the winter. The temporary shutdown this week of a stretch …

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Vivek Ramaswamy gets standing ovation from Ohio netizens amid ‘Haitian migrants eating pets’ row: 'I don't even blame…'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vivek Ramaswamy gets standing ovation from Ohio netizens amid ‘Haitian migrants eating pets’ row: 'I don't even blame…'

Hindustan Times  

Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur who competed for the Republican presidential nomination, hosted a town hall meeting on Thursday in Springfield, Ohio, a city that has become the hot topic in the 2024 presidential race following the baseless rumors of ‘pet eating’ against Haitian immigrants. Vivek Ramaswamy, the former Republican presidential candidate, holds a town hall meeting at the Bushnell …

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A tech company hired a top NYC official’s brother. A private meeting and $1.4M in contracts followed
3 months, 4 weeks ago

A tech company hired a top NYC official’s brother. A private meeting and $1.4M in contracts followed

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ahead of the 2022 school year, the education technology company 21stCentEd was seeking to expand its presence in New York City’s public schools. But he had at least one platinum connection: His older brother, David Banks, is New York City’s schools chancellor, overseeing the nation’s largest school system. Federal investigators are also scrutinizing whether Terence Banks’ consulting …

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Sleeping with a pillow or blanket outdoors can be a sign of illegal camping in Santa Monica
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sleeping with a pillow or blanket outdoors can be a sign of illegal camping in Santa Monica

LA Times  

Devon O’Malley, left, a harm reduction case manager with the Venice Family Clinic, and Chelsea Agee, a prevention advocate with the Venice Family Clinic, talk with Ken Newark, 63, who is homeless, at Tongva Park in Santa Monica. “I don’t care whether they have a pillow, a backpack, a tent or a cooking stove, they’re living in our streets and …

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Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth - and now a US presidential debate
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth - and now a US presidential debate

Hindustan Times  

By Howard Schneider Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth - and now a US presidential debate Springfield, Ohio -Rose Joseph and Banal Oreus followed different paths from Haiti to this struggling Midwestern industrial city that suddenly finds itself at the center of the U.S. presidential race. "The first motivation was job and work opportunities," Joseph, now an Amazon warehouse worker who …

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Editorial: Towing RVs without offering help only leaves more people living on the street
4 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Towing RVs without offering help only leaves more people living on the street

LA Times  

Laura Garciaros, pictured on July, 18, 2023, lives with six cats in an RV parked in the 7000 block of Fair Avenue in North Hollywood. Unfortunately, the L.A. City Council’s recent solution — to tow illegally parked RVs in some areas without doing outreach or offering services or temporary housing — is likely to backfire and runs counter to the …

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