Weekly News Update for October 11, 2019
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English - October 11, 2019 23:29 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today we're talking about the fires and power shut offs, landlords collective response to new rent caps in California, LAPD's predictive policing and racial disparities in searches, and a scandal at the LA County Assessor's office that may involve one of the board members.
Sources
For info about the Saddleridge fire: https://www.lafd.org/news/saddleridge-brush-fire
AB 1482: https://la.curbed.com/2019/8/1/20744755/assembly-bill-1482-rent-control-los-angeles-california
LA TNC regulations: https://twitter.com/dotkohlhaas/status/1181669322185269248?s=12
Assessor's office: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-08/connected-taxpayers-got-breaks-with-l-a-county-assessors-office-whistleblowers-allege
LAPD searches: https://ktla.com/2019/10/08/lapd-searches-blacks-and-latinos-more-but-theyre-less-likely-to-have-contraband-than-whites/