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1. LA County board to consider local emergency proclamation due to immigration raids
The county Board of Supervisors directed its staff Tuesday to prepare a proclamation declaring a local state of emergency in response to ongoing federal immigration enforcement raids that critics say are preventing people from going to work and forcing some businesses to close.
County staff are expected to return to the board next week with the proposed emergency proclamation. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath introduced the motion calling for the drafting of the emergency proclamation in response to a report presented to the board by county attorneys on options for possibly enacting an eviction moratorium or other protections for people impacted by the raids.
The Los Angeles Tenants Union advocacy group has been pushing the board for weeks to enact such a moratorium, saying the raids are creating enough fear to prevent people from going to work, or prompting businesses to temporarily close, leaving their employees unable to work.
The county attorney report presented to the board Tuesday noted that an eviction moratorium could be enacted during a declared local emergency, but it would have to be “temporary and narrowly tailored” to address impacts of the emergency, while also protecting landlords’ due process rights and requiring tenants to ultimately repay back rent.
When Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., gaveled in the House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2021, he had no idea what was about to happen on Capitol Hill.
As lawmakers gathered in the House and Senate to certify the 2020 election of Joe Biden as president, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed into the Capitol complex, some of them beating law enforcement officials, or vandalizing the building..
“It’s an event where we saw it with our own eyes. And so I don’t see how any effort could make people unsee what happened that day,” said Swalwell in an interview in his office. “It seems like a waste of taxpayer time, but for me, as the son of a cop and a former prosecutor, I’m not going to let the valor and the heroism of those officers that day be erased.”
Swalwell has been tapped by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., to be the top Democrat on a committee created by House Republicans to re-investigate Jan. 6, at Trump’s request. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said the new panel would counter the “false narratives” of the original Jan. 6 committee, which blamed Trump for the violence.
3. Proposal for outside monitor on homeless lawsuit goes to LA committee
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday referred a request by the city attorney to hire an outside monitor to track the city’s progress and use of funds under a federal lawsuit settlement requiring 12,915 shelter beds by June 2027 back to a committee.
In closed session, council members decided to have their five-member Housing and Homelessness Committee reassess a proposal to contract with former City Controller Ron Galperin and data analyst Daniel Garrie to serve jointly as the monitor in the LA Alliance case.
A spokesperson for City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In June, a federal court judge determined that the city failed to meet its obligations under a settlement agreement with the LA Alliance for Human Rights. U.S. District Judge David Carter ordered city officials to provide an updated plan detailing how they will create 12,915 beds for homeless residents within two years.
Carter wrote that the city has shown “a consistent lack of cooperation and responsiveness — an unwillingness to provide documentation unless compelled by court order or media scrutiny.”
Tents are set up along a freeway in a homeless encampment, May 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Pedestrians walk past a vandalized high voltage electric box on the 6th Street Viaduct, on Aug. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles, which has been damaged by copper wire theft. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Local leaders urge Gov. Newsom to sign bill targeting costly copper wire theft
Copper wire theft has plunged neighborhoods into darkness, shut down schools and cost taxpayers millions in repairs.
Now, local leaders are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill they say could finally turn the lights back on.
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SoCal Snapshot
The grounds crew prepares the field on Tuesday in Los Angeles, the day before Game 3 of baseball’s National League Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the LA Dodgers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)