Waves of new fancy apartments in Downtown LA have helped bring the neighborhood’s vacancy rate to its highest level in nearly two decades. It’s now 12 percent—the highest recorded by real estate data firm CoStar…
Over objections from Skid Row residents worried about displacement, the Los Angeles Planning Commission on Thursday threw its support behind a 33-story residential tower proposed for Seventh and Maple. The high-rise would be the tallest…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s controversial plan to charge a fee on new construction to pay for subsidized housing got a big push forward Tuesday, thanks to a key endorsement from a City Council panel.…
His was the big booming voice on skid row, calling out across the crowded streets to a friend or fellow traveler. “Microphone Mike,” some called him. A onetime criminal defense attorney who lost…
A group of activists called Tuesday for an end to the Los Angeles Police Department’s cadet program in the wake of the arrest of an officer who allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old…
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a nearly $500,000 settlement of a lawsuit that accused the police and city of working with a local business improvement district’s security…
The city of Los Angeles is poised to settle a lawsuit accusing police of conspiring with private security officers to seize property that homeless people leave on skid row sidewalks, according to court…
Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and using those funds to build affordable housing in Los Angeles. The so-called linkage fee —…
Los Angeles City voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Measure C, a police union-backed initiative that will create civilian discipline boards to decide when LAPD officers should be fired. Officers accused of wrongdoing will now…
Measure C, a controversial ballot initiative seeking to significantly change LAPD disciplinary policy, looks to have passed with an initial count of 57.1% of the vote in Tuesday’s election. Placed on the ballot…
A ballot measure to significantly change the way the Los Angeles Police Department handles serious officer misconduct has won easily, despite warnings from some community activists that it will result in more lenient…
Dignity and Power Now (DPN), Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) and a New Way of Life joined together to bail 40-year-old Michelle Callendar out of Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood last…