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11,000 LA City Workers Strike After City Engaged in Bad Faith Bargaining
LA city workers join hotel employees, Hollywood actors, and TV and movie writers in “hot labor summer” strikes.
LA-Area Hotel Workers Strike Against Anti-Black Racism and Scab Staffing App
Striking workers say their hotel is bringing in Black workers to break the strike, but not hiring them permanently.
LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation
Los Angeles parents demanded solutions as their children struggled in hot classrooms and on asphalt playgrounds.
LA Official: Universal Didn’t Obtain Permit to Trim Trees Near Union Picket Line
The tree trimming came just after actors began striking, turning up the pressure on studios.
LA School Workers Win Historic Deal After 3-Day Strike
The agreement includes significant boosts to school workers' average pay, benefits, and minimum wage.
Outspent 11 to 1, Karen Bass Still Defeated a Billionaire to Become LA’s Mayor
Bass, a six-term Democratic U.S. congresswoman, will become the first woman to lead the country's second-largest city.
Socialist and Centrist Visions for Housing Are at Center of LA City Council Race
In an LA City Council race, candidates Mitch O’Farrell and Hugo Soto-Martinez are defined by diverging housing policies.
Los Angeles Teachers Are Burned Out and Priced Out of Living in Their City
The local teachers union lists unaffordable housing, large class sizes and over-testing as contributing stressors.
LA Ballot Measure Would Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels Past Pandemic
In LA County, around 60,000 people are unhoused and thousands more face eviction, even as 20,000 hotel rooms are vacant.
New Proposal Would Tax the Rich to House Low-Income People in Los Angeles
A proposal on the ballot in Los Angeles would tax turnovers of luxury properties to fund affordable housing.