Airbnb Pours Millions Into L.A. City Elections Ahead of Olympics The short-term rental giant wants to expand vacation rentals, backs Mayor Bass and other local candidates. Capital & Main · Oct 26
L.A. Housing Department Demands Residential Hotels Stop Renting Rooms to Tourists After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law. Capital & Main · Aug 11, 2023
Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke submits training ground plans after huge $325m purchase Latest Arsenal news follows what owner Stan Kroenke is doing with the Los Angeles Rams National Football League team set to move into a new training ground ahead of the 2023 NFL season Football London · Jun 12, 2023
First look: Rams file paperwork to build practice facility in Woodland Hills The Rams have filed paperwork to build their practice facility in Woodland Hills. Here's a first look at a rendering of the project. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 10, 2023
LA Council approves Bass’ $13 billion budget, greenlighting plan to hire 1,000 cops LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council signed off on Mayor Karen Bass’ plan for expanding the Police Department on Thursday, approving a budget that calls for the hiring of about 1,000 officers over the next fiscal year and record spending to fight homelessness. Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023
With L.A.’s COVID-Era Tenant Protections Ending, City Leaders Consider Permanent Safeguards Advocates warn that without immediate action rising evictions will complicate efforts to combat homelessness. Capital & Main · Jan 19, 2023
California rodeo animals face violent and deadly casualties: Broken backs, legs and skulls LOS ANGELES — As the Los Angeles City Council prepares to weigh in on a measure to effectively ban rodeos, a review of 21 years of rodeo animal injury reports shows a hidden, violent and deadly side to a sport heralded as an icon of American tradition. Los Angeles Times · Dec 12, 2022
Is California on its way to banning rodeos? Behind the growing movement to buck the event LOS ANGELES — Earlier this fall, Alameda County supervisors officially banned the practice of "wild cow milking" — a timed event in which a lactating beef cow, unused to human handling, has been wrangled from the fields and brought to an arena. Los Angeles Times · Nov 14, 2022
Are Cannabis Companies Paying Their Contractors? Fully 36% of the American workforce freelanced in 2021, according to Upwork's 2021 Freelance Forward report, and they generated $1.3 trillion for the economy, a $100 million increase from 2020. Benzinga · Oct 5, 2022
LA homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way? LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this month published a spreadsheet breaking down its homeless count by every census tract in the county, those with knowledge of Venice were incredulous. Los Angeles Times · Sep 25, 2022
‘Horrified’: LA City Council members call for action on overcrowded animal shelters LOS ANGELES — Two L.A. city councilmen called Friday for more resources for the city’s struggling animal shelters following a Los Angeles Times article about crowded kennels, shelter dogs that go for weeks without walks and staffing shortages. Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022
Stan Kroenke bought the Woodland Hills Promenade. Will the Rams build a new facility there? Stan Kroenke has been confirmed as the buyer of the Woodland Hills Promenade. Are the Rams going to build their practice facility there? USA Today Sports Media Group · May 6, 2022