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LAPD voiced concerns about city attorney’s push to charge a protester, memo says
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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L.A. city attorney wanted $500,000 for outside law firm. The City Council gave her only 10%
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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L.A. city attorney is searching through employee emails, creating a climate of fear, staffer alleges
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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They built an Airbnb empire in L.A. It was a ‘bait and switch’ scheme, authorities said in a lawsuit
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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L.A. officials continue to stall homeless housing project in Venice, new lawsuit claims
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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L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos
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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Veteran city prosecutor accuses L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto of legal, ethical violations
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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Taxpayer rescue of Skid Row’s largest landlord nears $40 million
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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Editorial: Asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on homeless policy invites troubles for L.A. and other cities
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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L.A. City Council pushes for legal action against Texas governor over migrant buses
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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L.A. sues ‘luxury rentals’ company over party house blowouts that shake neighborhoods
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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Editorial: Are L.A. leaders trying to sabotage homeless housing in Venice?
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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L.A. politicians are joining picket lines. The city attorney wants them to stay away
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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L.A. attorney admits her pick for Skid Row receiver was a fail. But she doesn’t want to talk about the $8,500
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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Editorial: L.A. city attorney’s attempt to weaken public records law is harmful and wrong
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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After police photo release, L.A. city attorney tries to weaken public records law
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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String of eviction notices leads to growing concerns about Skid Row receiver
1 year, 6 months ago

String of eviction notices leads to growing concerns about Skid Row receiver

LA Times  

People walk past the Skid Row Housing Trust-owned Dewey Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, where the windows were boarded up after a fire. Hydee Feldstein Soto deemed the eviction notices illegal and said the apparent blunder is contributing to an erosion of the city’s confidence in Mark Adams, the receiver appointed by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in April …

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L.A. on the Record: City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto takes her blunt talk to the Valley
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. on the Record: City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto takes her blunt talk to the Valley

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Atty. Lunches with Karen Bass Feldstein Soto told the group that she meets “basically every Thursday for lunch” with Bass, and that the relationship is “devoted to making our city work, to rooting out corruption, to making sure that our public offices are as transparent as they can be.” On the issue of ethics, Feldstein Soto said …

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L.A. seeks receivership for Skid Row Housing Trust’s 29 distressed buildings
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. seeks receivership for Skid Row Housing Trust’s 29 distressed buildings

LA Times  

In a desperate move to reverse deteriorating conditions for more than 1,500 low-income tenants, the Los Angeles city attorney asked a judge Thursday to appoint a receiver for distressed residential buildings operated by the failing nonprofit Skid Row Housing Trust. City plans intervention Los Angeles housing officials are planning to step in with immediate help to stabilize residential buildings that …

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L.A. on the Record: KDL, absurdist theater and a trick play
2 years ago

L.A. on the Record: KDL, absurdist theater and a trick play

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record. Hugo Soto-Martínez, one of two new council members who’d vowed to leave chambers if De León was present, said he did not initially realize that De León was in another room casting votes. Along with Bass’ emergency order on homelessness, the council also approved a one-month extension of the city’s COVID-19 …

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L.A. city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Hugo Soto-Martinez is heading to City Hall with what he says is a clear mandate to enact bold, progressive policies on housing, homelessness, transportation and other issues. Political science professor Fernando Guerra, who heads the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, said two other down-ballot contests — city controller and city …

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Hydee Feldstein Soto claims victory in L.A. city attorney’s race
2 years, 1 month ago

Hydee Feldstein Soto claims victory in L.A. city attorney’s race

LA Times  

Hydee Feldstein Soto is the first Latina elected to a citywide office in L.A., her campaign says. Finance law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto declared victory Wednesday in the Los Angeles city attorney’s race and will become the first woman to hold the office. Feldstein Soto said in a statement that the vote count trends “give our team the confidence that …

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L.A. voters poised to select new city attorney, controller
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. voters poised to select new city attorney, controller

LA Times  

Top from left, L.A. city controller candidates Kenneth Mejia and Paul Koretz, and bottom from left, city attorney candidates Faisal Gill and Hydee Feldstein Soto. In the race for city attorney, finance law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto was leading civil rights attorney Faisal Gill. Feldstein Soto also said tamping down corruption would be a priority if she was elected to …

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L.A. city attorney election guide: Faisal Gill vs. Hydee Feldstein Soto
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. city attorney election guide: Faisal Gill vs. Hydee Feldstein Soto

LA Times  

Faisal Gill and Hydee Feldstein Soto, who, respectively, came in first and second in the seven-person race in the June primary, are now facing off. A former Republican, Gill says he turned away from the party years ago after experiencing discrimination for his Muslim faith and that he quickly became a “staunch Democrat.” Positioned as the more progressive candidate in …

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