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Prop 44 asks voters to require federally funded community health centers to spend at least 90% of their total annual revenue on "program services advancing their charitable purpose."...
Prop 43 would require two-thirds voter approval for all local special taxes, including citizen-sponsored measures that California courts have allowed to pass with a simple majority....
Seven candidates are vying for Seat 4 on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District, where they will oversee some 200,000 students and an annual budget around $10 billion. Here is your voter guide....
Four candidates are vying for Seat 6 on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District, where they will oversee some 200,000 students and an annual budget around $10 billion. Here is your voter guide....
An amendment to the L.A. City Charter would reduce the amount the City Council meets from three times a week to once, among other changes to ethics commissions and campaign finance penalties....
Voters have several ways to cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 general election. Here's your guide for how to vote.
California voters will decide whether incumbent Shirley Weber will be reelected as secretary of state of California or her challenger, Republican Don Wagner, will take the office....
California voters will decide whether to create a $7.5 billion state scientific research arm similar to the National Institutes of Health. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that puts the issue before voters in March 2028....
Matt Szabo (L), the City Administrative Officer who negotiated the agreement with LA28 alongside the city's Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso (R), speak at an L.A. City Council meeting. (Courtesy of L.A. City Council / YouTube) Los Angeles city officials are asking LA28 to han...
Starting October 1, LA County's general sales tax rate jumps from 9.75% to 10.25% under voter-approved Measure ER, with rates reaching 11% or higher in cities like Santa Monica, Pasadena, and West Hollywood....
Airport security employees checking boarding passes and IDs will no longer be allowed to sit down while working, according to the Transportation Security Administration....
A City Council meeting in Inglewood on February 10, 2026. (Steve Saldivar / The LA Local) This story first appeared on The LA Local . Inglewood is staring down the barrel of a $30.8 million budget deficit next year, the city’s largest in at least two decades, but officials said l...
L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman (left) and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass both appeared separately at a mayoral forum Sept. 29. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) International politics moved front and center in the Los Angeles mayor’s race Tuesday night, with the can...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies over dangers their technology may pose to consumers, the agency said Wednesday....
L.A. mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Karen Bass addressed Jewish voters, outlining their positions on homelessness, safety and antisemitism.
The voting age in Culver City could be lowered to include minors if a measure on the November ballot gets approved. Culver City residents will be able to consider whether the voting age should be lowered to include 16 and 17-year-olds as part of Measure YV . Minors of that age el...
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Wednesday that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.” “It doesn’t strike me as anything at all out of the ordinary,” Carr said of the ads, which have aired across the coun...
Mayor Karen Bass on June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles (Eric Thayer / Associated Press) How LAPD responds when someone is experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis is getting a closer look. Last week, Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive directive ordering an independent revie...
Karen Bass and Nithya Raman faced questions about antisemitism, homelessness, affordability and the 2028 Olympics at a Los Angeles mayoral forum.
A new poll released Tuesday by NBCUniversal Local and Telemundo Station Group offers a snapshot of how likely California voters feel about key issues heading into the 2026 midterm elections . The study includes a statewide survey of all likely voters and a separate poll focused o...
Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman Tuesday night defended her appearance and comments she made criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza during an interview with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker last spring. Raman, who represents Los Angeles’ 4th City Council District, took the stage and sat a...
Tiffani Thiessen is stepping into a new role with the series "Coven Academy," playing the headmaster of an elite boarding school for witches and warlocks....
The city of Long Beach is hauling in sand, repairing the boardwalk and developing a long-term plan to defend homes from coastal erosion.
Incumbent Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman will meet Oct. 13 for a live one-hour debate in the race for Los Angeles mayor. The commercial-free debate, hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, is scheduled for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., will focus on topics shaping the future the city, inclu...
L.A. County will begin sending out mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election this week. (Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images) Los Angeles County will begin sending mail-in ballots starting this Thursday ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. Counties across the state have until next Monday, ...
Two fraternities at Louisiana State University are suspended following an investigation into allegations of hazing within the organizations.
A candidate forum co-hosted by Jewish Federation Los Angeles is expected to cover issues important to Jewish Angelenos, including Israel and antisemitism....
If the California Coastal Commission has its way, vehicular access soon will be nixed at Centerville Beach County Park — one of just a handful of beaches where driving is allowed....
Federal investigators have sent L.A. County election officials multiple grand jury subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation into illegal voting, according to records reviewed by The Times....
The two candidates for L.A. mayor, incumbent Karen Bass (left) and challenger Nithya Raman, are set to appear at a forum sponsored by a coalition of Jewish groups at the Skirball Cultural Center. Topline: Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger City Councilmembe...
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press ) A federal judge on Monday blocked the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism fund...
Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava, right, jumps away from Oregon linebacker Teitum Tuioti during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bip...
California officials say the Supreme Court ruling will have no effect on the elections that are just five weeks away. (Trevor Stamp / for LAist) California officials say they will not use a federal database pushed by the Trump administration to check voter eligibility. That’s aft...
Donors pour more than $200 million into supporting and opposing the billionaire tax measures on the ballot, with more to come in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election....
A new poll found that California Deputy Atty. Gen. Marissa Roy has a 10-point lead over her opponent, Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney, in the race for L.A. city attorney, but more than two-thirds of likely voters remain undecided....
Stepping in for a complacent Congress, Democratic attorneys general are ready to fight efforts to undermine or overturn the Nov. 3 election. "We need to stay vigilant," says Colorado's Phil Weiser....
L.A. voting rights groups rally to recruit poll watchers, launch protection programs, and counter potential election disruption in the November vote.
House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections.
There's more bad news for the People Mover at LAX. The project is delayed again, an issue that's taken center stage in the Los Angeles mayor's race.
California voters will decide on Proposition 39, the voter ID measure appearing on the November ballot. Here's what to know about the measure.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, left, talks with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass at Hazeltine Park in Sherman Oaks in 2024. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A hedge fund manager who wants more bike lanes and a construction workers' union are the biggest donors...
People opposed to a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., earlier this month. (David A. Lieb / AP) In a case watched across the country and as voting begins in the midterm elections, the Supreme Court blocked a congressional m...
