LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti was sworn in for a second term during a ceremony outside City Hall July 1, along with other city officials who were victorious in recent elections. “Most days of most weeks, we toil away inside this hall behind me,” Garcetti said from a lectern in front of the City…
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LOS ANGELES — Members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s most powerful union will see a significant bump in pay, with the City Council’s approval June 28 of a new contract for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18. The deal was approved on an 11-3 vote despite three council members’…
Read moreLOS ANGELES — A map of marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles released June 7 by City Controller Ron Galperin illustrated his concern that the city will not be able to collect all of its due taxes from the shops when recreational pot becomes legal in 2018 — because so many don’t obey the law. According…
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