Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Courts & Rulings Federal court upholds ban on seizure of oversize items in public areas by LAPD, sanitation workers A federal appeals panel on Thursday affirmed a ruling prohibiting Los Angeles police and sanitation workers from seizing and tossing oversized items stashed in public places, frequently by the homeless. The split decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena upholds last year's lower court decision that bans the city from enforcing an ordinance stopping people from...
September 13, 2021 - An abrupt shake hit Santa Monica at 7:59 am Monday morning. The center of the quake was located 5 kilometers North Northwest of Thousand Oaks, California. Depth of the quake was 1.8 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey. At 8:30 AM, the LAFD tweeted: "This morning's preliminary M 3.6 #earthquake in #ThousandOaks (~ 14 miles west of #LosAngeles) was felt widely, but caused no reported damage or injury in @LACity. The @LAFD is in a normal operating...
The California State Legislature has approved a bill which "will ensure cities and counties are adequately re-zoning to meet their housing needs" – a move many critics and homeowners say may lead to the elimination of the R-1 (single-family) zones in their municipalities. AB 1398 – approved by the legislature last week – requires local agencies that fail to adopt a legally compliant housing element to properly rezone within one year to meet its affordable housing needs. "The housing eleme...
A few of you in my generation may remember your parents watching a certain musical variety show back in the day. A musician, accordionist and bandleader, Welk hosted "The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1951 to 1982. The show is still one of the longest runs ever on TV. Fewer folks know that Welk was also responsible for the One Wilshire Building. Known as a skillful businessman, Welk had investments in real estate and music publishing. He was the general partner in a commercial real estate...
