How the city’s biggest Ford dealer became an influential force in the LAPD
At a car lot just off the 405 in the San Fernando Valley, there is more than meets the eye. Galpin Motors sells new and used Fords — touting itself ...
Tag: L.A. Politics
L.A.’s promise to explore police-free traffic enforcement keeps hitting roadblocks
A proposal to explore removing Los Angeles police officers from traffic enforcement is stuck in gridlock. Again. The initiative to take the job of pulling over bad drivers away from ...
L.A. council rebukes city attorney over ban on LAPD using crowd control weapons on journalists
In a rare public rebuke, the Los Angeles City Council pressed the city’s top lawyer to abandon her attempt to halt a federal judge’s order prohibiting LAPD officers from targeting ...
Is Lindsey Horvath running for mayor of Los Angeles?
Lindsey Horvath knew all the words to “Pink Pony Club.” It was an overcast Sunday in June, the WeHo Pride parade was in full swing and the hit song about ...
New fraud claims in L.A. County’s $4-billion sex settlement leave victims outraged
It felt like the kind of thing that must happen in Hollywood all the time: a hundred bucks to be a movie extra. Austin Beagle, 31, and Nevada Barker, 30, ...
Trump’s top federal prosecutor in L.A. faces challenge over ‘acting’ status
A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday to decide whether maneuvers used by the Trump administration to install Bill Essayli as acting United States attorney in Los Angeles are improper — ...
L.A. County chief executive got $2 million settlement after Measure G fallout, records say
Fesia Davenport, L.A. County’s chief executive officer, received a $2 million settlement this summer due to professional fallout from Measure G, a voter-approved ballot measure that will soon make her ...
Beutner launches bid for L.A. mayor, vowing to fight ‘injustices’ carried out under Trump
Former L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner kicked off his campaign for mayor on Monday with a video launch that hits not just Mayor Karen Bass but President Trump and his ...
When police are bad drivers: LAPD crashes kill — and payouts soar past $90 million
The last memory Richard Paper has from the day of the crash was going for a walk that morning. The next thing he remembers that day last summer was waking ...
Is Austin Beutner preparing a run against Mayor Karen Bass? It sure looks that way
Former investment banker Austin Beutner, an advocate for arts education who spent three years at the helm of the Los Angeles Unified School District, appears to be laying the groundwork ...
