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A Look Back at a Roller Coaster of a Year in L.A.... Jose Huizar: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images | Protester: Ronen Tivony, Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images | Sheriff Villanueva: Ryan Schude A Look Back at a Roller Coaster of a Year in L.A. Politics In 2020, the halls of power were dominated by big fights, big surprises, and the mother of all federal investigations The biggest national political story of 2020 was Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump. The saga of news vs. fake news, mail-in balloting, lengthy counts, recounts, and the president’s myriad thwarted leg...

Challenger Nithya Raman held a narrow lead Wednesday night in her effort to oust incumbent David Ryu from the Los Angeles City Council’s District 4 seat. With initial vote counting from Tuesday’s election complete — but an unknown number of ballots still remaining to be tallied — Raman had 52.4% of the vote, with more than 5,400 votes separating the…

Advertisement Raman, who bested incumbent David Ryu in last month’s election, also introduced a motion that asks the city to identify funding and possible sites for a homeless services center in her district. Such centers provide restrooms, showers and storage centers, according to Raman’s motion. Raman and Ridley-Thomas took the oath of office Tuesday during a virtual City Council meeting. Addressing her colleagues, Raman said that “economic forces” are pushing out families and “in particular, working families, so many Black and brown families.” Ridley-Thomas, who represents a ...

Homelessness is Day 1 focus for new L.A. council members Raman, Ridley-Thomas Dakota Smith © (Los Angeles Times) New Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, shown in January, was sworn in Tuesday and filed a motion asking the city to review its homeless outreach services. (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles' newest City Council members, Nithya Raman and Mark Ridley-Thomas, put forward proposals aimed at addressing homelessness at their first council meeting Tuesday, signaling the crisis will be a priority for both politicians. Raman, who represents a district stretching fro...

Print Faced with the threat of layoffs and calls from activists to defund law enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department’s largest union is looking to raise at least $10 million to fight the cutbacks and support its favored candidates in 2022. The Police Protective League, which represents about 9,800 officers, mailed its members ballots last week asking them to donate $22 per paycheck for the next 48 weeks to help the union support its allies, attack those it views as enemies and inform the public of the dangers associated with eliminating hundreds of positions at the LAPD. If approved...