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A years-long outside investigation has found that the vast majority of contracts signed by Los Angeles County during the 12-year term of former Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, a feared politician who was convicted on corruption charges last year, contained fraud. It wasn’t.Dan Sharman, a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling, told county supervisors on Tuesday that they “could not identify a pattern of corruption or fraud.” “That’s good news.”The bad news, Sharman continued, is that the county’s contracting process, which has been scrutinized by nearly three years of forensic audits, is full of holes.The company says the county…

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to eliminate a rule that allows landlords to evict tenants when they renovate a building.Under the city’s “just cause” eviction rules, landlords can only evict tenants for certain reasons, one of which is “substantially altering” the property.Tenant advocates believe the renovation exemption is a loophole that allows owners to evict longtime tenants in order to raise rents. Landlords argue that the proposed new rules could impose unnecessary barriers on owners who want to maintain or improve their properties.The City Council voted 11-0 to order the Housing Authority and City Attorney to draft an…

Los Angeles Police Department Officer Roberto Yanez said he has spent much of his career building bonds with residents of South Los Angeles and Watts, working with them to tackle gang graffiti, theft and many other quality-of-life issues. .As senior principal officer, Mr. Yanez strives to ensure that residents and business owners feel comfortable approaching them about issues in their neighborhoods. So he was stunned when he learned that City Council candidate Isabel Jurado had said at a university social gathering, “Police, that’s what I think.””I try not to let politics affect me, but it’s a slap in the face,”…

NEW YORK — The assembled Immaculate Hearts High School graduates are screaming. Two guys who went to Palisades High School are going crazy. There’s also Jade, who I knew from high school in Los Angeles, and a guy named Jack who I recently met in Los Angeles. We’re all in a tavern on St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan. Dodgers fans line the curb outside, infuriating passing Yankees fans, but the Yankees are currently losing the World Series to the Dodgers, 2-0, and lost Game 3, 0-4, so it’s not really true. I can’t say anything (spoiler alert!) They will keep…

Palos Verdes landslide area. Photo provided by: @AsmMuratsuchi X Homeowners on the Southern California peninsula whose homes were damaged and utilities cut off by worsening landslides will be eligible for a $42 million voluntary buyout program provided by state and federal authorities. The program was announced Monday night at a special town hall meeting for Rancho Palos Verdes residents affected by land relocation. The funding will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. “This acquisition program provides a viable path for our most vulnerable community members, providing them with the opportunity…

NEW YORK — What happened to Dodgers star Mookie Betts in the right field corner of Yankee Stadium in the bottom of the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series, an 11-4 loss to New York on Tuesday night after fan interference and misdemeanor assault. Perhaps, as the latter, there is a possibility of being eligible to participate.“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Betts said after the game, although he was frustrated that the Dodgers couldn’t beat the Yankees for the fourth straight time, he was happy that they avoided injuries on the field. . “But there is…

A search is underway for the suspect who shot and killed a man in the upscale Mid-Wilshire neighborhood in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon around 4:30 p.m. in the area of ​​West 10th Street and Victoria Avenue, less than a mile from the Getty House where Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lives. was dispatched to Details are very limited and it’s unclear how exactly the violence unfolded, but police told KTLA the suspect had a gray beard and was likely wearing orange clothing. He…

A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled on a lawsuit filed by Orthodox Jewish families against California education officials over the state’s policy of denying funding to special education programs in religious schools. has been restarted. Two religious schools and three Orthodox Jewish parents of children with autism filed a lawsuit last year against the California Department of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Parents sought to send their children to Orthodox Jewish schools and argued that state policies prohibiting funding for religious institutions were discriminatory. In other states, certain religious private schools…

With the Los Angeles Dodgers on the verge of winning their fourth straight World Series on Tuesday night, law enforcement officials have increased patrols and will take action if there is any reckless or potentially dangerous celebration. He says he plans to wake up. When the “Boys in Blue” won the 202 Fall Classic, many fans got especially rowdy downtown, tagging police cars and looting businesses. After Monday’s Game 3 World Series victory, Dodgers fans in East Los Angeles took to the streets, where cars were seen doing donuts and groups of mini-bikes were seen doing wheelies as they overran…

A new lawsuit alleges that Subway “materially misled” customers by advertising its sandwiches with more meat than was actually delivered. A proposed class action lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleges that while ads for Subway’s Steak & Cheese Sandwich depict layers of meat, the sandwich actually contains more bread than the filing claims. Reuters reported. Lead plaintiff Anna Tollison, a Queens resident, said she bought a steak and cheese sandwich at her local Subway for $7.61. She claims that when she opened the sandwich, she realized it had 200% less meat than it looked in…