City Council

Councilman Kevin de León was sworn into office Thursday for the Los Angeles City Council District 14 vacant seat, and he outlined a few of his plans for the city.

Oakland city leaders Tuesday night voted unanimously to create a public safety task force that would ultimately cut the police department budget by 50% within the next two years.

In its ninth hour of meeting Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to have the City Attorney’s Office draft an ordinance that would halt rent increases for units protected by the city’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance for 360 days. Initially, motions were filed by Councilmen David Ryu, Mike Bonin and Marqueece Harris-Dawson that would have put a temporary stop...

After more than three decades with the Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police David O. Brown announced his retirement Thursday, ending a six-year tenure.

A mother whose child was yanked from her arms at the hands of NYPD officers in Brooklyn has been awarded a $625,000 settlement from the city

On Thursday, Burbank Mayor Will Rogers, who had been fighting liver cancer, passed away.

The bitter fight over what to do with the Confederate Monument in Pioneer Cemetery beside the Dallas Convention Center returns to City Hall Wednesday after nearly two years of putting it off.

Sleeping on public sidewalks or streets may soon not be an option for homeless people in Las Vegas, NBC News reports. On Nov. 6, the City Council is slated to vote on an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp or sleep on the streets in parts of the city. Drafted in September, the ordinance would make it a...

The city of Dallas honored legendary Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki Wednesday when they renamed a street in front of the American Airlines Center in his honor.

Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians topped by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home on Sunday, said Detroit police...

Former U.S. Rep John Conyers, who represented part of the city of Detroit for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 90.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo had harsh words for PG&E Wednesday as the city considered a proposal to create its own power grids by buying assets from the utility.

A Los Angeles City Council committee Wednesday forwarded a proposal to create a children’s savings account program that could begin in the first grade.

The city of San Diego’s initiative to install cameras on streetlights citywide was presented to the city council as a way to save money on lighting costs but concerns are mounting about how data collected by the ‘Smart Streetlight” system will be used, and who will have access to that information.

The Los Angeles City Council passed a measure protecting renters from eviction. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019.

The city of San Diego’s initiative to install cameras on approximately 3,000 streetlights citywide was presented to its city council as a way to save money on lighting costs, while also gathering data on traffic flow and pedestrian behavior. But concerns are mounting about how data collected by the ‘Smart Streetlight” system will be used, and who will have access...

New York City lawmakers moved a step closer to closing Rikers Island, a massive jail complex notorious for violence and dysfunction that is increasingly seen as a relic.