Los Angeles City Council

The draft Los Angeles City Council ordinance adds a wider range of tenant harassment tactics and outlines the damages a tenant is eligible for if they win in court.

The Los Angeles City Council agreed today to move forward with a feasibility study on the possibility of housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping sites in certain westside parks and beach parking lots.

The Los Angeles City Council approved plans Tuesday for spending $56.6 million in funds that were diverted away from the police department’s budget last year, with the goal of investing in programs to benefit communities of color and provide alternatives to traditional policing.

In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to support a policing-overhaul measure pending in Congress.

The Al Fresco outdoor dining program, which began in May 2020 to help restaurants safely serve guests during the COVID-19 pandemic, streamlines requirements and approvals across multiple city departments for outdoor dining.

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday will consider a resolution to support an Assembly bill that would create a program to coordinate the state’s efforts to combat extreme heat and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Councilman and ex-LAPD Officer Joe Buscaino is entering the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has announced that the City Council will hold a vote to override Mayor Eric Garcetti’s veto of a spending plan that outlined how to reinvest millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Police Department budget into communities of color.

A federal judge sentenced former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander to 14 months in prison after Englander admitted that he obstructed justice as FBI agents were investigating reports of corruption and bribery inside City Hall.

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has canceled Wednesday’s scheduled City Council meeting and urged City Hall staff to work remotely amid threats of violence surrounding the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden.

The City Council Tuesday unanimously elected Nury Martinez to a second year as its president, as she acknowledged her first 365 days were some of the “most challenging” times in Los Angeles history.

Challenger Nithya Raman held a narrow lead Wednesday night in her effort to oust incumbent David Ryu from the Los Angeles City Council’s District 4 seat. With initial vote counting from Tuesday’s election complete — but an unknown number of ballots still remaining to be tallied — Raman had 52.4% of the vote, with more than 5,400 votes separating the…