LA City Council Ordered to Pay Attention
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During public hearings, members of the City Council talk on cell phones, chat among themselves, read mail or wander around the room. A state appeals court says they should be doing something else: paying attention.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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Residents will get a chance to tell the city council what they think about an ordinance that would halt the conversion of single-family houses into rental units for at least six months.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 5--La Crosse city officials are considering what type of requirements to impose on developers seeking city assistance for projects.
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The D.C. Council put its frustration and concern over Greater Southeast Community Hospital to a vote yesterday and authorized legislation allowing the city to seek a court-appointed receiver for the troubled facility.
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Will cable competition destroy the local emergency alert system in Los Angeles County? We're not willing to find out.
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City officials are calling for an investigation of Los Angeles International Airport police after hidden cameras captured several officers abandoning their posts and ignoring emergency radio calls.
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By Andre Briscoe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 12--Del Rey Oaks residents will have another month to examine initial plans for future development on former Fort Ord property that the soon fall under city control.
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The law protecting people who intervene to stop crime is to be reviewed, the justice secretary will announce.
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By Schott, Kate  A  La Crosse city committee voted Tuesday to again delay for 30 days action on a proposed ordinance that would require those who serve or sell alcohol be an employee of that establishment.
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The California local governments are asking a judge to make the case a class action on behalf of all the state&#39;s cities and counties.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the council
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By Benjamin N. Gedan; Journal Staff Writer  CRANSTON - City Council President Aram G.
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LOS ANGELES -- The City Council unanimously passed a tax relief package aimed at keeping film companies and other businesses from leaving Los Angeles.
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The other day, while announcing the results of her audit of the city&#39;s contract with PR giant Fleishman-Hillard, Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick touched on a bigger issue than the firm&#39;s alleged $4.2 million in overbilling.
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A city councilman on Friday proposed an ordinance to create a buffer zone between celebrities and the paparazzi who often swarm around them.
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Los Angeles City Councilman Greig Smith is leading a delegation on a seven-city tour of Europe starting Sunday to look at trash-to-energy plants and other alternatives to landfills.