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1 week, 4 days ago

Venice homeless housing development continues in limbo as councilmember declares the project dead

LA Times

A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in June in front of a parking lot where the Venice Dell project has been planned at Venice Boulevard and Main Street in Venice. A former staffer for Mayor Karen Bass responsible for expediting affordable housing developments told The Times that his superiors directed him to stop advancing Venice Dell through city bureaucracy …

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1 month ago

Middle East latest: ICC issues warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu as Gaza death toll soars past 44,000

Associated Press

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Turkey’s ruling party welcomes warrant against Netanyahu ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling partyhas welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest …

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1 month ago

Netanyahu aide leaked secret docs to influence public opinion on hostage talks, say court docs

Firstpost

At a time nationwide protests were slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the murder of six hostages in the Gaza Strip, an aide leaked secret documents to plant stories in the press to influence public opinion in favour of the prime minister, according to court documents An aide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaked secret documents to influence …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Netanyahu aide leaked classified document to influence public opinion on hostage negotiations, court says

CNN

CNN — An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have leaked classified information to foreign press in the hopes of influencing public opinion on hostage negotiations, according to a court release published Sunday. According to the magistrate’s court of Rishon Lezion, the leak began when a non-commissioned officer in the Israeli military reserves took a “highly …

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Israeli Prime Minister's Close Aide Suspected of Leaking Sensitive Security Documents

Firstpost

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's close aide Eliezer Feldstein is seen as the prime suspect of leaking sensitive security documents from the PM's office. The intelligence leak is currently being investigated by the Israeli court since the documents were allegedly part of the orchestrated campaign to thwart a hostage deal. Feldstein served as a spokesperson in the IDF and then …

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3 months ago

Fears over Boeing's plan to create AI-controlled killer jets for US military - despite slew of scandals

Daily Mail

Aerospace giant Boeing — which has already stranded two NASA astronauts in space this year — now plans to build lethal, AI-piloted fighter planes. It is one of the several robotic fighter jets competing to become the Pentagon's killer AI drone fleet Above, an early production photograph documenting the systems installation and integration testing of the AI-powered killer drone's landing …

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4 months ago

LAPD voiced concerns about city attorney’s push to charge a protester, memo says

LA Times

Los Angeles City Atty. LAPD officials called for the March 7 meeting to raise concerns with Feldstein Soto’s subordinates that their boss had accused the LAPD of failing to “diligently” pursue the matter, the memo said. They also wanted to discuss Feldstein Soto’s “particular interest and sense of urgency in charging Sergienko.” At the meeting, the contingent from the city …

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4 months, 1 week ago

L.A. city attorney wanted $500,000 for outside law firm. The City Council gave her only 10%

LA Times

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. McGinnis filed a claim for damages with the city in June accusing Feldstein Soto of retaliating against her for reporting on “legal and ethical violations” within the office. In June, a Feldstein Soto aide said the city attorney’s office does not discuss personnel matters or pending …

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4 months, 1 week ago

L.A. city attorney is searching through employee emails, creating a climate of fear, staffer alleges

LA Times

Los Angeles City Atty. In a document recently filed with the city, Sean C. Tyler said he saw Feldstein Soto order a supervisor to look through the emails of Michelle McGinnis, then the head of the office’s criminal branch. In the July 26 filing, Tyler described a fraught atmosphere in the city attorney’s office, with Feldstein Soto using “intimidation tactics” …

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5 months ago

They built an Airbnb empire in L.A. It was a ‘bait and switch’ scheme, authorities said in a lawsuit

LA Times

By all accounts, Vladyslav Yurov was living the rags-to-riches American dream. Although the one-bedroom studio apartment was advertised on Airbnb as a “Sunset studio in Marina Del Rey,” the investigator from the city attorney’s office got an email from the host revealing the “exact address” shortly after he booked a one-night stay in February. Since October 2020, Yurov and his …

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5 months, 1 week ago

L.A. officials continue to stall homeless housing project in Venice, new lawsuit claims

LA Times

Advocates for low-income housing sued the city of Los Angeles this week, accusing City Councilmember Traci Park, City Atty. The project, known as the Venice Dell, includes 140 units of housing for low-income and formerly homeless residents on what’s now a city-owned parking lot along the neighborhood’s famed canals. “Councilmember Traci Park and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, acting on …

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6 months, 1 week ago

L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos

LA Times

The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay the legal bills for a local journalist and a group of activists whom it took to court last year for publishing photographs of LAPD officers, part of a tentative settlement that will end a lawsuit some saw as an assault on media freedom. Stop LAPD Spying Coalition organizer Hamid Khan said …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Veteran city prosecutor accuses L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto of legal, ethical violations

LA Times

A longtime lawyer for the city of Los Angeles has accused City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto, of retaliating against her for reporting “legal and ethical violations.” Michelle McGinnis, who until April was head of the city attorney’s criminal branch, alleged in the claim that Feldstein Soto based some decisions about who should be prosecuted on “personal relationships” or “perceived political …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Beanie Feldstein Plays A 'Ferocious' Lesbian Cop In 'Drive-Away Dolls' — And She Loves It

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Beanie Feldstein is seemingly still in celebratory mode after marrying her wife, Bonnie-Chance Roberts, last year. But in “Drive-Away Dolls,” which opened in theaters last week, she’s relishing the “genuinely empowering” experience of playing an “unapologetic, ferocious, abrasive” woman who is on the rebound after a bitter breakup. Wilson Webb/Working Title/Focus Features As for playing a queer …

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1 year ago

Taxpayer rescue of Skid Row’s largest landlord nears $40 million

LA Times

James Porter, a longtime resident of the Sanborn Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, complains that the floors are filthy and the environment is unsafe at the Skid Row Housing Trust building. Los Angeles city taxpayer costs to rescue the failed nonprofit Skid Row Housing Trust are now expected to approach $40 million, with officials warning more dollars will be needed …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: Asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on homeless policy invites troubles for L.A. and other cities

LA Times

Mayor Karen Bass, right, chats in February with Jawonna Smith, 33, who lived in a tent on a sidewalk behind the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures before she was moved to a motel under the “Inside Safe” program. Nor is whining to the Supreme Court that judges won’t let cities cite or arrest homeless people. Hydee Feldstein Soto — community …

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1 year, 3 months ago

L.A. City Council pushes for legal action against Texas governor over migrant buses

LA Times

The arrival of a bus carrying migrants from Texas at L.A.’s Union Station on July 14 prompted the City Council to investigate taking legal action against Texas and its governor, Greg Abbott. Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office to investigate and begin proceedings on potential civil legal action that could be taken against Texas, Abbott, or “any other entity relating to planning …

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1 year, 4 months ago

L.A. sues ‘luxury rentals’ company over party house blowouts that shake neighborhoods

LA Times

A company that offers luxury “party houses” for short-term rentals is being sued by the Los Angeles city attorney over its house-shaking and sometimes violent get-togethers that the L.A. official says violate city law and create a public nuisance. I expect this is the first of the enforcement actions we will need to bring.” The Beverly Hills-based company — which …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Are L.A. leaders trying to sabotage homeless housing in Venice?

LA Times

Rebecca Dannenbaum, 48, and her dog Pop-Tart live in a pedestrian tunnel, to the left, where she and other homeless people have been living. So why is she silent as the city attorney slow-walks, or possibly sabotages, a project for homeless and affordable housing on a city-owned parking lot in Venice? After competitively scoring the applicants, the City Council and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

L.A. politicians are joining picket lines. The city attorney wants them to stay away

LA Times

Members of Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers union and the Writers Guild of America picket outside the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. In recent months, an array of federal, state and local politicians — including several members of the City Council — have walked picket lines or offered support not just to Unite Here Local 11, the hotel …

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1 year, 5 months ago

L.A. attorney admits her pick for Skid Row receiver was a fail. But she doesn’t want to talk about the $8,500

LA Times

Standing in a City Hall conference room in late March, Mayor Karen Bass and City Atty. “I wish I had done more due diligence on the city attorney’s background before I accepted this assignment,” Adams said. It was only after the trust’s interim chief executive sent a letter in mid-March to city and state officials saying that the nonprofit was …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: L.A. city attorney’s attempt to weaken public records law is harmful and wrong

LA Times

Fresh off an embarrassing attempt to claw back Los Angeles police officer photos the city released in response to a public records request, City Atty. The law gives government agencies the discretion to deny records requests when the release of information would be an invasion of personal privacy for which there is no overriding public interest in disclosure. Feldstein Soto …

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1 year, 6 months ago

After police photo release, L.A. city attorney tries to weaken public records law

LA Times

Prompted by the release of information about thousands of Los Angeles police officers that activists posted to a public online database, City Atty. Feldstein Soto’s proposal — contained in a two-page document she has asked several state lawmakers to introduce as a bill — would allow government agencies to decline public records requests that seek “images or data that may …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Judge characterizes skid row housing receivership as ‘a mess’ for 1,500 tenants

LA Times

In his own words, the judge was between “a rock and a hard place.” The receiver he had appointed to bring 29 dilapidated buildings up to code was drowning in debt and blaming the city of Los Angeles for his failure to borrow additional funds. “I don’t know how much problem solving has been going on.” Beckloff repeatedly urged more …

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Venice homeless housing development continues in limbo as councilmember declares the project dead

Middle East latest: ICC issues warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu as Gaza death toll soars past 44,000

Netanyahu aide leaked secret docs to influence public opinion on hostage talks, say court docs

Netanyahu aide leaked classified document to influence public opinion on hostage negotiations, court says

Israeli Prime Minister's Close Aide Suspected of Leaking Sensitive Security Documents

Fears over Boeing's plan to create AI-controlled killer jets for US military - despite slew of scandals

LAPD voiced concerns about city attorney’s push to charge a protester, memo says

L.A. city attorney wanted $500,000 for outside law firm. The City Council gave her only 10%

L.A. city attorney is searching through employee emails, creating a climate of fear, staffer alleges

They built an Airbnb empire in L.A. It was a ‘bait and switch’ scheme, authorities said in a lawsuit

L.A. officials continue to stall homeless housing project in Venice, new lawsuit claims

L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos

Veteran city prosecutor accuses L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto of legal, ethical violations

Beanie Feldstein Plays A 'Ferocious' Lesbian Cop In 'Drive-Away Dolls' — And She Loves It

Taxpayer rescue of Skid Row’s largest landlord nears $40 million

Editorial: Asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on homeless policy invites troubles for L.A. and other cities

L.A. City Council pushes for legal action against Texas governor over migrant buses

L.A. sues ‘luxury rentals’ company over party house blowouts that shake neighborhoods

Editorial: Are L.A. leaders trying to sabotage homeless housing in Venice?

L.A. politicians are joining picket lines. The city attorney wants them to stay away

L.A. attorney admits her pick for Skid Row receiver was a fail. But she doesn’t want to talk about the $8,500

Editorial: L.A. city attorney’s attempt to weaken public records law is harmful and wrong

After police photo release, L.A. city attorney tries to weaken public records law

Judge characterizes skid row housing receivership as ‘a mess’ for 1,500 tenants