Bob Blumenfield

The final round of loans for permanent supportive housing projects funded through the Proposition HHH housing bond measure was approved by the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday.

With housing prices in Los Angeles rising many look for more affordable options like purchasing foreclosure homes. But those bargain deal homes may now come with unwanted tenants. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019

An orchard in West San Fernando Valley founded nearly 100 years ago, and what could be seen as the area’s last remaining grove, may soon be no more, after the land was put into escrow and is expected to make way for construction of more homes.

The Los Angeles City Council is opening a new department called Climate Emergency Mobilization in an effort to help communities affected by climate change.

High-volume employers in Los Angeles would be required to pay female employees as much as their male counterparts, should a proposal put forth Thursday by a city councilman come to fruition.

Hundreds of streets throughout Los Angeles that were deemed “non-public” as many as 80 years ago due to a lack of funds to fix them during the Great Depression, among other reasons, are getting re-designated as “public” due to a new ordinance adopted Wednesday.

An ordinance that would make Los Angeles the largest city in America to ban the sale and manufacture of nearly all fur products was tentatively approved Tuesday by the City Council.

Three City Council committees are expected to make a recommendation Tuesday as to what type of regulatory system Los Angeles should use for sidewalk vending as its leaders work to pass new rules before a state law takes effect at the beginning of the year.

The Los Angeles City Council moved forward with proposed sidewalk vending rules Wednesday in an effort to adhere with new state legislation that decriminalizes the practice but requires cities that want to control the industry to create a permit or regulatory process.

Weighing in on two state-wide measures on the Nov. 6 ballot, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday endorsed Proposition 10, which would give local governments more leeway to enact rent control laws, and rejected Proposition 6, which would cancel the recent gas tax increase.

A bureaucratic oddity that has left hundreds of Los Angeles streets unpaved for up to eight decades is set to be addressed by the City Council Tuesday.

The Los Angeles City Council moved forward with a plan Friday to address the problem of human waste being dumped onto streets by recreational vehicles through increasing the availability of RV pumping facilities.

A Los Angeles city councilman proposed Tuesday that the city draw up an ordinance under which restaurant patrons would only be provided plastic utensils on request.

Residents of Donna Avenue in Reseda say they have complained for three years about a swarm of angry bees that have taken over a tree on the street’s parkway, which is city-owned land. They also claim city officials have ignored their complaints.

Councilman Bob Blumenfield outlined the proposal in a motion that says the increased enforcement would act as an incentive for neighborhoods to embrace the safe parking program.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Friday to donate $2 million over the next two fiscal years to a nonprofit legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation.

Los Angeles moved Thursday to bring order to its emerging legal marijuana industry, proposing rules for how and where the fragrant buds will be grown and sold while driving out rogue operators. There will be no swaying fields of bright green pot plants along the Hollywood Freeway – businesses will only be allowed to grow indoors.

A City Council Committee will begin investigating Tuesday the impact President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration had on Los Angeles International Airport.

With summer around the corner and the increase of water and power coming into effect, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced Friday that it is offering free tuneups and upgrades for air conditioning units.

LADWP is rolling out a plan to expand a repair program it says will help utility users save money. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 and 6 on March 11, 2016.