Category Archives: Local
Civil Rights Attorney: L.A. City Council is wrong to silence disruptive people
The Los Angeles City Council's ban on allowing people deemed too disruptive to comment at its open mic sessions has prompted concern by free speech advocates. Civil rights attorney Carol Sobel says th...
Cumulus Media Oct 10, 2018
Vision Zero Opponents Say Enough is Enough
Opponents of Vision Zero say it’s been a total disaster in the Mar Vista areaKeepLa Moving.com’s John Russo says Councilman Mike Bonin’s office, who implemented the road diet on Veni...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2018
Feds are Investigating State Agencies Regarding Proposition 6
Supporters of the gas-tax repeal, Proposition 6, say state agencies are breaking the law in order to defeat it. Carl DeMaio, chairman for the Yes on Prop 6 campaign, has called this week for a ...
Cumulus Media Oct 04, 2018
Study finds parents buying more fast food for their kids
A new study says parents are feeding their kids more fast food. In 2010, researchers found that 79% of parents they surveyed reported purchasing lunch or dinner for their child at one of the four larg...
Cumulus Media Oct 02, 2018
Gas Tax Repeal seen failing in poll, expert blames ballot language
A new poll released by the Public Policy Institute of California finds that voters are more likely to reject Proposition 6, which would repeal the 2017 gas tax increase voted in by California lawmaker...
Cumulus Media Oct 01, 2018
Huntington Beach City Attorney confident his defeat of SB 54 will stand against appeal
Huntington Beach successfully won its case against the "sanctuary state" law, but the decision could be overturned on appeal. Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall agreed with Huntington B...
Cumulus Media Oct 01, 2018
O.C. city deals legal punch to state’s sanctuary law
Huntington Beach can immediately start ignoring California's contentious "sanctuary state" law. In his ruling, Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall came down on the side of Huntington Bea...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2018
L.A. councilman faces sex harassment allegations but oversight process may be seen as ‘tainted’
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huisar is facing an investigation by a personnel department special committee over complaints of harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Los Angeles Times City Hal...
Cumulus Media Sep 25, 2018
Bullet train running off the rails, says veteran political observer
California's high speed rail continues to run afoul of financial reality, according to a veteran observer of state politics. Retired Judge and former California State Senator Quintin Kopp says the pro...
Cumulus Media Sep 24, 2018
Homeless criminal element threatens their safety, says Sherman Oaks couple
A proposed homeless shelter in a San Fernando Valley neighborhood has some residents very angry. Sherman Oaks couple Rick and Robin Marcelli say it's a perfect storm of homelessness and criminal trans...
Cumulus Media Sep 24, 2018