The city’s long-delayed groundwater project will serve 500,000 by 2027, reducing dependence on imported water and strengthening drought resilience.
Officials have denied public access to findings on the Gas Co. Tower, one of the city’s tallest buildings, even as engineers warn it could be unusable after a major earthquake without costly retrofits.
Sex abuse settlements, dwindling tourism dollars and downtown decline have created budget problems city leaders say will take years to repair.
Student enrollment has plunged by 27 percent in the last decade but campuses and staffing remain largely intact, stretching resources and budgets.
Los Angeles County’s voters have demonstrated what a powerful tool these local constitutions are for self-governance. Home rule fosters experimentation — and a feisty and irreplaceable resilience.
The closure of the department’s DEI office and cuts to federal diversity programs could stall hiring progress for years.
With city agencies citing budget and compliance hurdles, some Los Angeles residents are responding to infrastructure inaction by painting their own paths.
James Hochman has resumed prosecuting even low-level crimes, but the number of felony charges hasn’t increased compared with his reform-minded predecessor’s count.
High schools are looking into “learning studios” that can be quickly adapted for different kinds of instruction. Not all teachers are buying into the idea.
The mayor declared a city emergency on homelessness, granting herself certain powers to address the crisis. Now, some members of the City Council want to reassert their authority and end the emergency declaration.
In Los Angeles, as in other parts of the state, the city and county are failing to cooperate in effective ways.
Over the years, Los Angeles voters have approved billions in homeless funding — and created layer upon layer of independent institutions.
Steve Soboroff has finished a three-month run coordinating wildfire recovery efforts. He says he was shut out of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ planning, but the mayor’s office calls him a loose cannon.
Voters approved $9 billion in school construction bonds last fall. The district must rebuild schools destroyed or damaged by smoke or fire and intends to make them more resilient.
The city was already in the grip of an affordability crisis — last month’s massive fires just made everything worse. What can L.A. learn from other disaster recovery efforts?
The Eaton Fire consumed a home and community I had loved for decades. I went from writing about homelessness to living it.
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