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NYMag: ‘The Mayor Knew’

The Mayor Knew By Alissa Walker https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/mayor-eric-garcetti-accused-of-protecting-rick-jacobs.html When Eric Garcetti gave his State of the City address on April 14, 2016, it was an unofficial

GRASSROOTS BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND ADVOCACY POWERHOUSE CELEBRATES RECORD LEGISLATIVE WINS

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 28, 2021) – A nonprofit business alliance dedicated to aggressively advocating for business growth, job creation and economic vitality logged a

California faces ‘existential’ dilemma in tackling climate change, housing crisis

  Oct. 17, 2021, 1:31 AM PDT By Alicia Victoria Lozano LOS ANGELES — Santa Monica resident Leonora Camner only has to open her windows to

Upskilling strategies to re-start the LA region’s economy

By PETER HIDALGO and MARIANNE HAVER HILL  PUBLISHED: May 20, 2021 at 11:49 p.m. | UPDATED: May 20, 2021 at 11:51 p.m. Current U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Rhode Island

2021 BizFed Pulse Poll Results

If California is such an ‘anti-business’ state, why is its economy booming?

By MICHAEL HILTZIK BUSINESS COLUMNIST  MAY 10, 2021 11:46 AM PT Is there anything that breeds more cognitive dissonance in the heads of business prognosticators than the

Storage hubs hit by limits on smog

By Jeff Horseman jhorseman@scng.com A regional air quality board on Friday approved a landmark rule that would require warehouses and, by extension, the diesel-fueled trucks

L.A. Officials Call For $20 Billion In State Funding For Homeless Crisis

L.A. Officials Call For $20 Billion In State Funding For Homeless Crisis By City News Service May 3, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Assemblyman Miguel

Seeking Nunes support for Alzheimer’s research: Letters to the editor, May 2, 2021

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, is being sought to support Alzheimer’s research. KIRK MCKOY TNS NUNES SUPPORT FOR ALZHEIMER’S CURE My great-grandfather Bill had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease prior

Contact Tracing Mobile Apps for COVID-19: Privacy Considerations and Related Trade-offs

After gut-punch of a year, Angelenos eager for dose of hope during Garcetti’s State of City talk

The city has endured an unprecedented year and this could be an address like none before, an opportunity to instill hope and optimism among residents

Long Beach Democrat wants to add 2 EJ members to South Coast air board

The Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Monday approved a bill to add two environmental justice-focused members to a powerful board overseeing air quality in the