City leaders have vowed to take on body cameras for police, a minimum wage hike, and infrastructure earthquake readiness in 2015.
Opponents of a pending ban on plastic bags in California submitted more than 800,000 signatures seeking a referendum on the ban.
Roybal joins Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw and Stevie Wonder as Medal of Freedom recipients.
The 33rd Congressional District is one of the most affluent in the nation. Waxman has held the office since 1975.
Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver has pulled ahead of former Sen. Sheila Kuehl in fundraising.
The incentive to get rid of water-guzzling grass was raised 75 cents a square foot today.
The move would hopefully bring more people to the polls, where turnout now is embarrassingly low.
Signature gathering has begun.
The inspection fee is aimed at strengthening the city’s four-year-old Foreclosure Registry program to track such properties.
The cost of adopting a rabbit will go up from $56 to $71 in order to include the $15 microchipping fee.
“I have absolutely NOT endorsed either candidate in this supervisor’s election,’’ Zev Yaroslovsky says.
Council members tentatively back a proposal to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the city.
It's a $32,400 per person fundraiser at Tavern restaurant.
Here's how to get registered just in the nick of time.
The move comes after the makers of an app known as MonkeyParking said they plan to launch service in Los Angeles County.
Going green right now can be costly; obtaining a permit to install artificial turf can cost residents more than $2,000.
But first up, a 20 percent cut by 2017.
To be successful, the effort needs the signatures of 504,760 registered voters by Dec. 29 to qualify for the ballot.
AEG signed an agreement to build a football stadium and expand the Los Angeles Convention Center. But that deal expires next week.
William Fujioka is retiring after 40 years, but before he heads out the door, he wants a say in the race for the Third District.
The Imitation Firearms Safety Act aims to curb the use of replica guns that look like the real deal.
The law will start to take effect in July 2015.
"[W]hen the dog is injured it is akin to having one’s own body compromised.” Now, owners of attacked guide dogs are eligible for assistance.
Los Angeles took in more than it expected and spent less than budgeted.
The Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness plate will fund the “Every Woman Counts” program.
The wage hike would affect an estimated 13,000 hotel workers, according to one economist commissioned by the city.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the legislation on Wednesday.
Chamber President Gary Toebben said pushing minimum wage to $13.25 by 2017 would kill jobs and costs businesses about $10K per employee.
Venture capitalist Tim Draper isn't ready to give up, though.
He'll be headed to the Westside house of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, a longtime supporter of the president's.
The governor has until Sept. 30 to veto the bill or sign it.
The restriction was put in place in 1983 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration when there was no way of testing for HIV in blood or plasm
The agency’s revision of the city’s bonds outlook is recognition of the city’s “prudent budgeting," says Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Mayor Eric Garcetti has been shopping a plan to local business groups to raise the minimum wage to $13.25 by 2017.
The department failed to properly self-inspect its heavy-duty diesel fleet to ensure it met state smoke emission standards.
The 'Cell Phone Kill Switch Bill' is meant to keep help keep smartphone owners from being mugged or robbed for their phones.
It could cost as some $1.5 billion to repair the 4,600 miles of damaged sidewalks. The City Council approved spending $27 million this year.
The city Ethics Commission suggested today that the City Council may want to explore the idea of a lottery, maybe 100 prizes of $1,000.
Eric Garcetti is the first Jewish mayor to be elected in Los Angeles. He says Israel has the right to protect its citizens.
Council members also want to know the utility’s long-term efforts to replace the aging components and improve system reliability.