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Heather Hutt’s victory, along with Ysabel Jurado’s defeat of Kevin de León, means there will be a female majority on the L.A. City Council for the first time.
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Heather Hutt was appointed to the Los Angeles City Council District 10. She’s performed well and deserves to be elected for a full term.
The tenants’ rights attorney would be a refreshing change for this Eastside Los Angeles City Council district, currently represented by Kevin de León.
The city of L.A. should take some lessons from the southeastern suburbs in the county. Paramount, South Gate and others govern within themselves; they are laser focused on the here and now.
The Los Angeles City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee rejected a proposal for a rent freeze, but advanced a series of eviction protections for people economically affected by the fires. The motion now heads to the full council.
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The L.A. City Council is proposing more immigrant protections, even in the face of President Trump’s threats to withhold funds from “sanctuary cities.”
On Tuesday, the council drafted and posted a flurry of proposals for same-day voting — so many that they were buried under one another on a City Hall bulletin board.
L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure in last week’s epic firefight, and why a reservoir was offline.