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Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency
The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior, Judges, Theft
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Credit and Debt, Theft, Local Government, Gloria Molina
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L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers
As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...
Tags: Migration, Immigration, Politics, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Congress
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Dianne Feinstein, National Government
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Coliseum hid reports of financial woes, records show
The overseers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concealed from the public independent reports of lax financial controls and widespread spending abuses at the taxpayer-owned stadium that included sloppy accounting of hot dog sales and excessive perks...
Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals, Laws, California Public Records Act
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Grand Park filming fees temporarily lowered
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to temporarily lower filming fees at their newly opened Grand Park downtown. Movie and television crews previously had to pay $20,000 a day per block of park space they used. Many entertainment executives...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Cinema Industry, About Last Night (movie)
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L.A. County rejects school districts' bid to avoid voting rights suits
Los Angeles County officials rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections and avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit with. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Politics, Laws, Voting
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L.A. County rejects Santa Clarita districts' elections proposal
Los Angeles County supervisors rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections in a bid to avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit...Tags: Elections, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Demographics
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Knabe says LAX has not done enough for airport regionalization
A county report released Monday added fuel to the debate over whether the operator of Los Angeles International Airport is adequately trying to spread the growth of commercial flights to other airports in the area. Requested by the Los Angeles County...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Air Transportation Industry, Trials, Sarah Palin, Marketing
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Sens. Feinstein and Boxer keep racking up seniority
WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have served longer together than any other pair of California senators — 20 years — and will soon replace Iowa's team as the current longest-serving tandem. In a chamber where the...
Tags: Daniel Inouye, Politics, Interior Policy, Dianne Feinstein, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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L.A. County supervisors are split on Grand Park filming fees
Two Los Angeles County supervisors want to temporarily eliminate filming fees at downtown's newly opened Grand Park to drum up Hollywood interest in the site. The other three, however, are wary of dropping fees, fearing it could close off parts of the...
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Antonovich , Services and Shopping, Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina
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