David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2007 and previously wrote on local government for the Claremont Courier, Pasadena Star-News, the Daily Breeze, the L.A. Weekly and the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is a graduate of Pomona College and lives in Los Angeles.
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Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Holly Mitchell have different ideas for carrying out Measure G, which will expand the Board of Supervisors and add an elected county executive.
Nonprofit groups warned they may pull out of some interim homeless housing sites if the city fails to approve a significant increase in their rates.
A federal judge calls George Esparza’s cooperation with law enforcement ‘nothing short of extraordinary.’ Esparza received a sentence of three years’ probation.
Two years after the scandal, City Councilmember Kevin de León has lost his seat, leaving Latinos with just four of the council’s 15 seats.
The bruising, yearlong contest pitted Jurado, a first-time candidate, against De León, a veteran but politically wounded lawmaker.
Asian Pacific Islander candidates are running against Latino opponents in districts that take in all or portions of the Eastside.
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Police abolition — and law enforcement spending overall — has emerged as a political fault line in two L.A. city council races, particularly for voters worried about crime and disorder.
Ysabel Jurado has declined to apologize for saying “f— the police,†in a contest where the issue of when and how to apologize has been a dominant theme.
Supervisor Janice Hahn said this week that the board was the most divided she’s ever seen it. At the root of the division: Measure G.