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L.A. is one of a few major cities where the mayor beds down in a city-owned property. Plus, a budget showdown staved off, election updates and more.

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For coverage of two of the most troubling and intractable problems facing Southern California — homelessness and racial division — the Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Mayor Karen Bass called Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s budget strategy a “throwback to the past,” when City Hall acted with a lack of urgency on homelessness.

The City Council has several tools for undercutting Mayor Karen Bass' police hiring plan. Just ask Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Stacey Abrams, Rep. Katie Porter and Walter Mosley were among the big names speaking Sunday at the festival.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made clear he would leverage his party's majority in the lower chamber to push President Biden to accept spending cuts.

The mayor's spending plan for the coming year includes a key strategy for rebuilding the LAPD: persuading 200 recently retired officers to come back.

Biden's standing with the public remains mediocre at best. But in his reelection bid, he has a couple of major advantages. Donald Trump is one. Democrats returning to the fold is another.

City Controller Kenneth Mejia received $1,000 in referral fees from his apartment after employees of his office rented units there.