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Los Angeles, California
Joined December 2014
"@LACity Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Officer, in coordination with @flyLAXairport, @metrolosangeles & @LAHomeless, to report on a plan addressing homeless encampment resolution & unhoused outreach and housing placement during the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games"
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"A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop interrogating people they have identified as potentially fraudulent voters using databases that have been proven unreliable."
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"The average family health insurance plan offered through an employer cost $28,303 this year, an increase of 5% from a year ago, according to #KFF." @USATODAY
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Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The increased costs will put an additional squeeze on Americans' already-tight budgets, adding to the nation's affordability crisis. cnn.it/488Apxi
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“It’s been said that she doesn’t have many friends at City Hall, and I know what that feels like,” Horvath told The Times. “When you take on institutional inertia and decades of refusal to change, that kind of shake-up can feel disruptive to people.” latimes.com/california/story…
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Assembly Bill 2434, the Visitor Protections and Safety Act
Advocates for people with incarcerated family say prisons often cancel visits for what they deem is excessive contact with loved ones. “There are so many other experiences like that where just a simple hug or a peck is constituted as excessive contact.” boltsmag.org/california-pris…
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Watch out now!
Trump: If Democrats win, “You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare.”
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Quite a few of you have reached out about our LAPD staffing piece. For clarity, narrowing the list only makes the finding MORE clear, not less. Of the TWENTY largest cities in the US, LA has more sworn officers per capita than all but five:
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And for those curious about per sq. mile considering the size of the city
Replying to @mrnonel
No fancy graphic but it's pretty fascinating. LA ranks nearly the same by land Running the numbers by land produces a similar list but with larger extremes on both ends Officers per square mile: New York 111.8 Chicago 50.7 San Francisco 40.3 Philadelphia 37.7 Los Angeles 18.4 Seattle 12.7 Denver 10.2 Dallas 9.6 Columbus 8.4 Houston 8.3 San Jose 6.0 Charlotte 5.5 San Diego 5.4 San Antonio 5.2 Indianapolis 5.0 Fort Worth 5.0 Phoenix 4.8 Austin 4.6 Nashville 3.3 Jacksonville 2.5
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“the union that reps managers in LA city govt. has listed a dead man as their political committee treasurer for 2+ years & failed to disclose tens of thousands of dollars in political donations. & the union is being sued over alleged ‘financial irregularities’” @LAMaterialNews
Trouble in LA’s deep state: the union that represents managers in LA city government has listed a dead man as their political committee treasurer for 2+ years and failed to disclose tens of thousands of dollars in political donations. And the union is being sued over alleged “financial irregularities” including $3.7M in unpaid dues In today’s @LAMaterialNews >> lamaterial.com/p/la-managers…
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This is more common than it should be
Replying to @babs_laylow
I'm 75 and still working part time, I'm too scared to stop
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