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3 days agoGoogle Maps Reverts Back to Satellite Images of LA Before Wildfires Ahead of Election
Residents in LA reported that Google Maps was displaying satellite images of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods prior to the devastating 2025 wildfires, leading some to believe it was motivated by the upcoming mayoral election.
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fromLos Angeles Times
4 days agoCommentary: Spencer Pratt, like Donald Trump, is a product of the reality TV industrial complex
Spencer Pratt is entering the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race, using reality TV notoriety to challenge Karen Bass and Nithya Raman despite lacking public office experience.
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4 days agoGOP Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt Tears Into Journalist: Why You Only Have Goblins Running Everything'
My house burned down. I lost everything. I can't rebuild. As a 42 year old man with 2 kids, I've had to move into my parents' house, and I'm getting attacked for that? This is journalism? This is why no decent people ever get into politics. This is why you only have goblins running everything. God help you if you try to make things right for your communityif you lose your entire town, journalists mock you for not making your kids sleep in the toxic dirt on your burned out lot. Who raised you, dude? My house burned down. I lost everything. I can't rebuild. I can't rebuild.
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5 days agoL.A. mayoral candidates vie for the crucial Latino vote. Bass has an edge over Pratt and Raman
Latinos make up nearly 37% of the L.A. electorate, making their votes crucial for anyone with mayoral ambitions. That has campaigns putting out ads and social media posts in Spanish, hitting the ground in Latino majority neighborhoods and rallying for key endorsements. "Whoever wins the Latino vote will win the election," Loyola Marymount University political science professor Fernando Guerra said.
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1 week ago"What a selfish move": MAGA official rages at Magic Johnson for supporting Democratic friend - LGBTQ Nation
Ric Grenell criticized Magic Johnson for endorsing Karen Bass’s reelection, calling the move selfish despite Johnson’s praise of Bass’s work on homelessness and housing.
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2 months ago'Lying' LA Mayor Karen Bass accused of gaslighting to 'protect' gangbangers after FBI MacArthur Park raid
LA Mayor Karen Bass faced criticism for downplaying gang violence at MacArthur Park after federal agents arrested 12 members of the 18th Street gang involved in drug trafficking.
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4 months agoCommentary: City Councilmember Rick Caruso, Stephen Miller grows hair and more 2026 predictions
Rick Caruso abandons higher-office bids, spends $538 million to defeat Traci Park, sides with progressives and solves homelessness, housing, and rush-hour transit.
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months agoMeet the McOskers: How one South Bay family wields power at City Hall
"It's just a family tradition of public service," said Doane Liu, executive director of the Tourism Department, who is a longtime friend and former colleague of Tim McOsker - and Emmett McOsker's boss.
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7 months agoFormer L.A. deputy mayor cites mental health issues for why he called in fake bomb threat
Former Los Angeles deputy mayor Brian K. Williams received probation after admitting he made a fake bomb threat while struggling with acute personal stress and untreated mental health issues.
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8 months agoVeteran L.A. County politician to challenge Kenneth Mejia for city controller
Isadore Hall launched a campaign to challenge incumbent Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia, criticizing his social-media focus and promising leadership and fiscal accountability.
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8 months agoLA Mayor Karen Bass backs Antonio Villaraigosa for California governor
Villaraigosa and Bass, both Democrats, have known each other for 52 years and often crossed paths while working on advocacy issues in Los Angeles before either held elected office. The longtime allies have a history of endorsing each other when running for office. Calling Villaraigosa her brother from another mother, Bass on Tuesday, Sept. 9, said she decided to endorse him the minute Antonio Villaraigosa decided to step in the race for governor in July 2024.
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8 months agoMayor Bass endorses Antonio Villaraigosa for governor
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass plans to endorse Antonio Villaraigosa, a longtime compatriot and the city's former mayor, in the 2026 governor's race on Tuesday. "Antonio and I have known and worked together our entire adult life," Bass said in a statement. "I have seen up close the impact he has made not just for our city but for our entire state. Our country is at a crossroads and it's vital that our state have a leader who will lead California into the future."
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8 months agoPolitics Heat Up Around SB79 - Dems Support, Los Angeles Opposes - Streetsblog California
SB 79 would upzone land near transit, streamline transit-oriented development approvals, and faces notable opposition from Los Angeles city officials despite local housing shortfalls.
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