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Nov 2009

L.A.'s new top cop: "conservative" on crime, "progressive" in his policing?

LAPD's new chief, Charlie Beck, was installed with a heavy dose of revisionist history that may not bode well for the future.Last Tuesday, Charlie Beck was sworn in as the 55th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. As I wrote two...

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Nov 2009

L.A. City Council is poised to debate how many pot dispensaries to allow

For a moment two years ago, Los Angeles officials thought they knew how many marijuana dispensaries the city had: 186. That's how many registered to operate under the city's moratorium. The city quickly lost control, and the number soared...

22

Nov 2009

CalPERS rate hike delayed a year

CalPERS is delaying a contribution rate hike for local governments and schools a year, pushing back the impact of huge investment losses in the stock market crash last year. The change puts even more distance between the historic crash and...

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Nov 2009

L.A. police union defies the governor with a wink and a nod

The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union the represents rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles Police Department, on Friday issued a statement calling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's prisoner-release plan "dangerous and...