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Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove Hosts Town Hall, Discusses Affordable Housing and Combatting Homelessness
Democratic Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove of the 37th District, which includes portions of the Westside, hosted a telephone town hall in Los Angeles on Monday, December, 11 with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the President and CEO of Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) Douglas Guthrie, to discuss housing, affordability, and homelessness in the city of Los Angeles.
ROUNDUP: L.A. City Council Votes to Expand Anti-Camping Ordinance; Approves Additional Rental Assistance for 5th District Tenants; Take Action on the Rise in Illegal Hostels
The Los Angeles City Council approved three separate motions this week, each regarding housing and homelessness.
L.A. City Council Approves Right-to-Counsel Program for Renters Facing Eviction
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved recommendations to establish a right-to-counsel program and to codify legal defense protections for renters who may face eviction.
Audit by City Controller Scrutinizes Usage of LAPD Helicopters
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Helicopters cost over $100,000 a day and aren’t used for crime-fighting most of the time. Those are some of the conclusions reached from an audit, released Monday, of the LAPD’s Air Support Division by the Los Angeles City Controller’s Office. According to the audit — which analyzed data from Fiscal Year 2018, which began July 1, 2018, to Fiscal Year 2022, which ended June 30, 2023 — the use of police helicopters costs the city of Los Angeles $127,805 per day to operate, coming out to around $46.6 million per year.
Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove Hosts Town Hall, Discusses Affordable Housing and Combatting Homelessness
Democratic Congressmember Sydney Kamlager-Dove of the 37th District, which includes portions of the Westside, hosted a telephone town hall in Los Angeles on Monday, December, 11 with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the President and CEO of Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) Douglas Guthrie, to discuss housing, affordability, and homelessness in the city of Los Angeles.
ROUNDUP: L.A. City Council Votes to Expand Anti-Camping Ordinance; Approves Additional Rental Assistance for 5th District Tenants; Take Action on the Rise in Illegal Hostels
The Los Angeles City Council approved three separate motions this week, each regarding housing and homelessness.
L.A. City Council Approves Right-to-Counsel Program for Renters Facing Eviction
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved recommendations to establish a right-to-counsel program and to codify legal defense protections for renters who may face eviction.
Audit by City Controller Scrutinizes Usage of LAPD Helicopters
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Helicopters cost over $100,000 a day and aren’t used for crime-fighting most of the time. Those are some of the conclusions reached from an audit, released Monday, of the LAPD’s Air Support Division by the Los Angeles City Controller’s Office. According to the audit — which analyzed data from Fiscal Year 2018, which began July 1, 2018, to Fiscal Year 2022, which ended June 30, 2023 — the use of police helicopters costs the city of Los Angeles $127,805 per day to operate, coming out to around $46.6 million per year.
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