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 …
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 …
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 …
