L.A. politicians tried to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s policies during his last term. What can they do to fight this time?| LAist
The layoffs would occur across a range of departments and affect city services. The proposal would also eliminate a number of vacant positions.| LAist
Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.| LAist
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The audit, which will cover contracts between January 2019 and August 2024, will be more limited in scope than what was first proposed.| LAist
Federal prosecutors say the longtime O.C. supervisor has agreed to plead guilty and resign in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars meant to feed needy seniors, following a months-long LAist investigation and federal probe.| LAist
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LAist Exclusive: Millions of dollars of taxpayer money were earmarked to a nonprofit run off and on by the daughter of an Orange County supervisor with little to no public transparency. Nearly a year after LAist began investigating, Supervisor Andrew Do has resigned office and agreed to plead guilty to a bribery conspiracy that could send him to prison for five years.| LAist
New county letters obtained by LAist find that a nonprofit led by an O.C. supervisor’s 22-year-old daughter has failed to prove what it did with more than $4 million intended to feed needy residents during the pandemic.| LAist
The move comes more than nine months after LAist first started reporting on issues with public funding he directed to a nonprofit where his daughter served in leadership roles.| LAist
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