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Supervisors fail to win support for cutting ties to foster agency
Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina this week were unable to win majority support for their push to sever all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated child abuse and financial malfeasance....
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Child Abuse, Theft, Michael Antonovich , Gloria Molina
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Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station
South Los Angeles residents gathered Friday to celebrate a future that many thought would never happen. At a park in tree-lined Leimert Park Village, dozens of community members cheered their victory: approval for a light-rail station on the Crenshaw...Tags: Herb Wesson, Antonio Villaraigosa
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The wise move on the Leimert Park station
When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board took up L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas' proposal Thursday to add two stations to the new Crenshaw light-rail line, Lakewood City Councilwoman Diane DuBois asked the right question. Then she...
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport
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Funding OKd for light-rail station in Leimert Park
After years spent fighting for a light-rail station in Leimert Park, South Los Angeles community members got their wish Thursday with the approval of full funding for a stop in the heart of L.A.'s African American community. To cheering and applause...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport, Arts
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L.A. County keeps troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina were unable to win majority support for their push to sever all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated child abuse and financial malfeasance. Under the...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Child Abuse, Theft, Google+, Michael Antonovich
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A long, expensive (and distinctive) race nears the finish line
A two-year campaign that has drawn record spending will see either the first woman or the first Jew elected as Los Angeles mayor. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the city Sunday trying to avoid another...
Tags: Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Judaism, Primaries
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Garcetti, Greuel fight for African American votes in final hours
A two-year-long campaign that has drawn record spending will put either the first woman or the first elected Jewish leader in the Los Angeles mayor’s office. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the...
Tags: Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Judaism, Elections
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Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency
The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Juvenile Delinquency, Judges, Business Enterprises, Justice System
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Zev Yaroslavsky, Accounting and Auditing, Don Knabe, Credit and Debt
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Feuer touts his ability to work cooperatively
In his campaign to become Los Angeles city attorney, Mike Feuer has touted himself as someone who will work cooperatively with the mayor and City Council and avoid the squabbles that have marked the incumbent's tenure. During previous stints on the...
Tags: Justice System, Mike Feuer, Personal Weapon Control, Donald P. Wagner, Gun Control
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Poll finds Garcetti, Greuel in dead heat
A poll released Thursday shows City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric Garcetti in a virtual dead heat in the campaign to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. The poll, by the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State L....
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Polls, Antonio Villaraigosa
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