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Vendors have permits. So why is Huntington Park confiscating fruit carts?

by Amanda Del Cid Lugo and Marina Peña 09/19/202309/22/2023

Vendors in the Southeast Los Angeles city say that police have confiscated their carts even after they’ve shown proper county permits.

More than 80 workers and advocates in the garment industry traveled to Washington this week to push for greater protections for laborers and the end of piece-rate pay (photo courtesy of Garment Worker Center).

LA garment workers say California worker protection law is model for nation

by Jacob Gardenswartz 09/14/202309/14/2023

People wait in line for food.

Community & Culture

Long lines at LA food distributions after emergency food stamps end

by Phoenix Tso 09/05/202309/07/2023

Supervisors begin drafting hotel workers ordinance

by Ashley Orona 08/09/202308/16/2023

Protesters demand Supervisors declare state of emergency in juvenile halls

by Ashley Orona 07/28/202308/01/2023

Two members of the Re-Imagine LA Coalition wearing "care not cages" shirts at rally before budget deliberations.

Las supervisoras del Condado de Los Ángeles aprueban un presupuesto de $43.4 miles de millones de dólares, dándole al Departamento del Sheriff $4 miles de millones

by Ashley Orona 07/05/202307/13/2023

Activists at an LA County budget meeting held up pictures of tombstones representing the inmates who've died in Los Angeles County custody this year. (Ashley Orona / LAPP)

LA County Supervisors pass $43.4 billion budget, give $4 billion to Sheriff’s Dept.

by Ashley Orona 06/29/202308/11/2023

County jails conditions remain deplorable, but one county dept. has proven effective at breaking the incarceration cycle

by Ashley Orona 05/24/202307/12/2023

Street vendors make public comment at May 2 Board of Supervisors meeting.

LA Supes talk Olympics, mental health beds, child abuse reporting, & food vendors

by Ashley Orona 05/03/202307/13/2023

Just over 100 people removed from the encampments in Venice were placed in motel rooms, including at the Los Angeles Inn & Suites, located about 15 miles away in unincorporated West Athens. (Elizabeth Chou / Los Angeles Public Press)

Bass promises a new day on homelessness in LA but the people moved into motels have questions

by Elizabeth Chou 01/27/202307/13/2023