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"There are too many damn regulations," Governor Jerry Brown said Tuesday on the steps of the L.A. Convention Center. And so he signed Senate Bill 292, a measure focused on "cutting red tape all over the state."
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A record 46.2 million Americans--1 out of every 6 people--are living in poverty, according to U.S. Census Bureau findings on income, poverty and health insurance released this month.
Turnstiles at the Metro Gold Line Soto Station
Metro officials will lock turnstiles for the first time in a demonstration project at the Purple Line's Wilshire and Normandie Station in Koreatown
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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation announced this month that it will be implementing a green bike lane project in Los Angeles to help motorists avoid bicyclists and increase safety.
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While fears about consequences to individual gamblers of legalizing and taxing online gambling are not unwarranted, neither are worries about the state's lack of funds.
The Coliseum could be an interim home for an NFL team
AEG and the L.A. City Council want a football team playing in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by 2012 and kicking off in the proposed Farmers Field by 2015. But, not so fast.
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As competition for a viable redistricting plan heats up amongst Los Angeles County Supervisors, a starkly different scenario has already played itself out at the state-wide level, hailed as historic by some, and illegal by others.
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At a time when people are struggling to feed and care for themselves, should we be worried about whether the walls look pretty?
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The Hollywood sign is one of Los Angeles' most iconic landmarks, attracting tourists of all stripes who are usually unaware of the frustrations they create for nearby property owners.
Claiming "carbon neutrality" for a massive construction project that will have a usable life measured in decades is beyond the ability of good science (and common sense), but it sounds good in press briefings.
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Is the project worthwhile? At $1.5 billion, the price tag for the second phase of the project is nothing to sneeze at.
Summer will end three weeks early for Los Angeles Unified School District students next year.
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