LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds thelareporter.la/p/la-charter...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 15: What's getting voted off the island at the LA City Charter Reform Commission? thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack' thelareporter.la/p/hundreds-a...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 14: Didn't they already approve an Olympic Wage? This issue, a bevy of possible ballot initiatives, The Nation magazine dedicates a special package to Los Angeles, and BLM LA leader says Karen Bass no longer a progressive. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

Some updates: This week, library staffers began signing a "Staff Solidarity Letter." It says staffers who tried to "uplift Palestinian voices have had their work subjected to scrutiny, review processes, and restrictions at levels unheard of in our organization."

The 123-page "Matter of John Lee" report, in multiples, on the excessive gifts/misuse of position ethics case against LA City Council member John Lee, set out for today's City Ethics Commission meeting during which the enforcement issue is being taken up.

Palestinian author Jenan Matari told @thelareporter.bsky.social the L.A. Library had “caved to Zionist bullying.”

City ethics enforcement officers are recommending LA Councilman John Lee pay $138K in penalties for 10 counts of alleged ethics violations, including for excess gifts & misusing his position: ethics.lacity.gov/pdf/agenda/2... The Ethics Commission is set to decide on this next Wednesday.

LAPD is finally getting taken up by the LA Charter Reform panel. What took so long? thelareporter.la/p/lapd-is-fi...

LA Public Library cancels Read Palestine Week event set for Saturday at Central Library thelareporter.la/p/la-public-...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival' This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

I'm so grateful to be part of @tinynewscollective.bsky.social's amazing community of dedicated, scrappy local news founders!

Lefty mayoral challenger Rae Huang says she can't take another four years of Karen Bass thelareporter.la/p/lefty-mayo...

'That moment broke something in us': LAHSA's homeless services workers say they've been left in the dark amid change-over thelareporter.la/p/that-momen...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 10: New York's Zohran is Big in LA thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep... This week, LA's anti-Olympics movement abandoned by one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party in LA, and the City Controller advertises leaving the Dems.

LA's progressive pols look to push local 'power structure' leftward, amid celebrations of New York's Zohran @thelareporter.bsky.social thelareporter.la/p/la-s-progr...

I just spoke to Gina Fields, who told me when she threw on some sweats to go vote at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall in the Proposition 50 special election tonight, she thought she'd be done in 15 minutes. But she ended up waiting an hour and a half to get to the polling booth!

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer' This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

New LA Pod episode is here! @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social guest co-host @reporterliz.bsky.social of @thelareporter.bsky.social discuss a secretive $2 million payout to LA County’s CEO, who claims she suffered “reputational harm” from Measure G... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I'm on this week's episode of LA Podcast! LA Podcast - To Live and DEI in LA www.thinkforward.la/la-podcast-t...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 8: 'They're entitled to something better' This week, research group that helped get LA's $15 minimum wage closes, LA Fed backing caps to rent hikes, and bigger fine sought for candidate's ethics violation. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

So here is the City Attorney's funding request that includes paying Best Best & Krieger as outside counsel in the LA Press Club/Status Coup case against the city. It asks for a three-year contract, and an initial $250,000 amount to help handle that case. cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 7: A week of drama-rama between LA city leaders This week, that includes the LA City Council calling out the City Attorney, and a councilwoman agitating for charter reform commissioners to reveal side-convos. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

Now that City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto's attempt to lift the injunction against LAPD officers attacking press has been thwarted -- ahead of the No Kings protest -- here's a breakdown of what the injunction does (from Issue 3 of @the_lareporter). thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

LA Mayor Karen Bass and the CAO are asking the city's general managers to propose cuts from each department amounting to 5%, for the next fiscal year, 2026-2027. The instructions were delivered as part of a 66-page budget instruction memo dated Oct. 6.

The city of LA is trying to remove an injunction aimed at preventing the LAPD from attacking journalists, just before the No Kings protest this weekend, in a motion filed yesterday.

Mountain View encampment residents confronted a progressive council member's staffer on why he ordered a sweep that drew heavy police presence, why there wasn't shelter. Another told @thelareporter.bsky.social the sweep felt like a burglary. She said it was "heartbreaking, for no reason."

Residents of the encampment, the Mountain View community, who were swept by Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez have signed a letter to the office demanding she end sweeps and "push back against 41.18," the anti-camping law that many were cited with.

Wrote about it in the first issue of @thelareporter.bsky.social newsletter. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

LAPD turns out in force to Westlake CARE+ operation: ‘We were raided, treated like criminals’ thelareporter.la/p/lapd-turns...

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 6: Introducing interviews at your local doughnut shop This week, The Doughnut Shop Interviews debuts, Austin Beutner's social media lets cat out of bag, progressive council office orders CARE+ that draws big LAPD presence thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

What appears to be happening is there have been rumors and now this seems to help confirm them. Businessman Austin Beutner, also a former LAUSD superintendent and one time LA Times publisher, might be throwing his hat into the ring to challenge LA Mayor Karen Bass.

Hmm? What's happening here?

This has been tailor made for me!! Such a great kick-off to a wonderful series!

The LA Reporter this week is debuting The Doughnut Shop Interviews series in which we sit down with a major figure in local politics and regulars at a neighborhood doughnut shop. The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.

The Doughnut Shop Interviews: Chatting about the future of LA politics over French cruller and apple fritter thelareporter.la/p/the-doughn...

The LA Reporter, Issue 5: 'There's nothing we can really do' News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes twice-a-week encampment sweeps in West Los Angeles, and candidates in 'progressive' state race shying away from AIPAC thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

Here's hoping "the fifth or sixth time is the charm" when it comes to the LAPD respecting journalists' rights at protests. FAC's David Snyder talked to @thelareporter.bsky.social about the win for reporters in our case against LA. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

NEW: Candidates in 'progressive' state race shy away from AIPAC Sara Hernandez, who went to Israel with AIPAC, called on to return AIPAC-affiliated funds. Wendy Carrillo, who took funds from one of the same donors, gives to group feeding people in Gaza. thelareporter.la/p/candidates...

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Here's the signed document from Erroll Southers taking the oath of office dated yesterday, after many declined to comment on his appointment to the LAPD oversight panel, with some saying they didn't believe that it had happened. cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

The LA Reporter, Issue 4: How to beat the mass extinction blues This week, there's the under-the-radar confirmation of a controversial LAPD commissioner, proposed cuts to the public defenders office, and a way to beat back the mass extinction blues. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

Blink and you might have missed it. Erroll Southers, a controversial appointment to the LAPD commission, was approved by the LA City Council today. But it was done in an unusual way -- it was allowed to run out the clock by the council failing to do anything by today's deadline to act on.

Bye bye city attorney? LA leaders want to drop the elected attorney, seek advice elsewhere Two councilmembers have now weighed in with the Charter Reform Commish to say they prefer to get legal advice from an appointed attorney. Story @thelareporter.bsky.social: thelareporter.la/p/la-city-le...

LA Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez said he would end sweeps, when he campaigned for office. Now, activists say he broke his promise. Read more about that @thelareporter.bsky.social: thelareporter.la/p/la-city-co...

Also ... the results are in, and hats are in. Bye bye bareheaded birdie, so long! Hats off to ya! bsky.app/profile/thel...

Hello, Liz the reporter here! I want to thank folks for reading and joining me these past couple of weeks for this bumpy ride.

The LA Reporter, Issue 3: 'It's déjà vu all over again.' This week, a win for journalists attacked by LAPD while covering protests, and LA leaders telling the charter commission they don't want advice from an elected city attorney. thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...

LA city leaders say they want to drop the elected City Attorney, seek advice elsewhere thelareporter.la/p/la-city-le...