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L.A. City Leaders Want the Murder of Homeless People to Be a Hate Crime

11/28/2018 - 1:36 PM By Brittany M.

The Los Angeles City Council has passed a resolution calling for the expansion of hate crimes to include housing status.

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California’s Overtime Problem is Squeezing Public Safety Workers

08/23/2018 - 5:22 AM By Brittany M.

Staffing shortages, rising benefit costs, and an unrelenting fire season have meant an explosion in overtime for California’s public safety departments.

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Meet the ‘Drone Killer’

04/10/2018 - 5:05 AM By Brittany M.

It was only a matter of time.

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Another Banner Week in California’s Sanctuary Civil War

04/05/2018 - 8:51 AM By Felipa

Huntington Beach, Aliso Viejo, and Escondido all joined the fight against Sacramento this week. Costa Mesa looked poised to do the same. 

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Montclair Bans Texting and Walking. Could More Cities Follow?

03/01/2018 - 4:45 AM By Brittany M.

Head's up!

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California Police Chiefs Association Urges Cities to Support Public Safety Fix

02/08/2018 - 5:54 AM By Brittany M.

A call to action for all elected officials interested in reducing crime in their cities.

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L.A. Officials Will Crack Down on Homeless Encampments in Fire-Prone Areas

01/09/2018 - 4:42 AM By Brittany M.

Officials in the City of Los Angeles have been roused to action after learning that at least one of last month’s devastating wildfires was caused by activities at a nearby homeless encampment.

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Police Can Now Use Pepper Spray on Violent Protesters in Berkeley

09/14/2017 - 6:13 AM By Brittany M.

Don't spray me, bro!

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As Crime Rises, Arrests are Plummeting. Why?

04/04/2017 - 4:26 AM By Brittany M.

Arrests in the City of Los Angeles have been falling precipitously since 2013, according to statistics from the Los Angeles Police Department. From 2013 to 2015, they dropped by 25 percent.

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Meet L.A. County’s Seven Female Chiefs of Police

03/22/2017 - 12:54 PM By Brittany M.

The United States may not have elected its first female president in 2016 but, in more ways than one, this past year has been a triumphant one for women. Nowhere is that more true than in Los Angeles County.

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