The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban protesters from carrying pepper spray, tasers and improvised shields. City council approved a law 13-1 to prohibit a list of items specified by the Los Angeles Police Department. The city banned items that could be used as blunt weapons, including bricks, stones, crowbars, hammers and metal […]
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LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announces he will not run for governor in 2018
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Sunday he will not be running for governor of California in 2018. Garcetti, who earlier this year was rumored to run for governor, said in a tweet Sunday he decided he would instead focus on his Los Angeles mayorship and on his family. He told The Sacramento Bee in […]
Westwood association discusses revenue, improving infrastructure at annual meeting
Westwood Village and Los Angeles city officials said at a Thursday meeting they think the Village needs to continue developing its infrastructure to be more appealing to visitors. At the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s annual meeting at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, staff members said they think the Village is slowly improving […]
LA looks to ban items such as pepper spray, tools from protests
The city of Los Angeles may ban protesters from carrying pepper spray, tasers and improvised shields. The LA City Council asked city attorneys last week to draft a new law that will ban certain items during public demonstrations, a list of which will be approved by the LA Police Department. The city is looking to […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association approves 2018 budget
The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s new budget increases worker salaries and cuts funding for beautification projects. The association’s board of directors voted to approve the 2018 budget at their meeting Thursday. The board increased funding for the Communications/Development category, which promotes Westwood businesses through the association’s website and social media, and the Management category, which […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Oct. 20
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Andrew Thomas, executive director of the association, said the […]
Panelists discuss potential Westwood improvements at UCLA event
Los Angeles experts and city officials said students should continue advocating for Westwood issues at a panel Thursday evening. The undergraduate student government office of the external vice president, the Graduate Students Association and Abundant Housing LA, a group that advocates for more housing, held “How Westwood got trapped in time (and what to do […]