An audit released in October by the Los Angeles City Controller’s office recommended that some homeless projects be reevaluated to see if their budgets can be decreased so that less of the city’s $1.2 billion homeless housing bond is used. Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin found that over 1,000 units of housing approved for […]

As reported a couple of weeks ago here on Latino Report, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was planning on banning curbside pickups for taxis and ridesharing companies. That day finally came last week and it was chaotic to say the least. The pickup system involves people waiting at the new “LAXit” pickup lot, which is […]

Starting next week, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will ban taxis and rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft from picking up passengers near the curbside of terminals. Starting on Oct. 29, travelers will need to take a shuttle or walk to a parking lot next to Terminal 1 in order to book their taxi […]

According to an audit released in August, the homeless outreach agency tasked with moving people from the streets into housing, shelters or treatment for mental illness and substance abuse has severely failed to meet the goals of its contract with the city of Los Angeles. The audit states that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority […]

Following a closed door meeting in June, the chief executive of Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) was terminated without being publicly announced. Lou Lazatin, the ousted chief executive, was a former chief executive at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Los Angeles and had led LACERA since November when she took over for […]

According to the Los Angeles Times, California set two renewable energy records last month. The state had the most solar power ever flowing on its main electric grid and it had the most solar power ever taken offline because it wasn’t needed. This excess supply of solar power might benefit ratepayers according to research. The […]

In 2001, Los Angeles voters approved a controversial retirement program that pays Los Angeles police and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously at the end of their careers that was promised to be “cost neutral.” However, a study earlier last year found that more than 1,200 participants who entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) […]

Last month, the city of Los Angeles revealed that Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Los Angeles Police Department security detail has cost nearly $450,000 since 2015 as Garcetti visited other parts of the United States and foreign countries. The figures were revealed due to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times, which is seeking to determine […]

In 2004, voters passed the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill by taxing high-income residents. The proposition has generated billions of dollars to the counties across the state, but much of it has remained unspent. According to the Los Angeles Times, $1.6 billion was […]

An investigation by the state attorney general’s office claims that a loan company engaged in illegal debt collection practices, which will lead to almost 35,000 former Corinthian College students in California to  have the remainder of their private loan balances forgiven and some may receive payment refunds. Last month, state Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra claimed […]