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Bet Tzedek is an American nonprofit human and poverty rights organization based in Los Angeles, California. Bet Tzedek's commitment to human rights stems from a central tenet of Jewish law and teaching: "Tzedek, tzedek tirdof – Justice, justice you shall pursue." Its name means "House of Justice." The organization provides pro bono person ...
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1][2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property.
Michael Nelson Feuer (born May 14, 1958) [1] [2] is an American politician and lawyer who served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Feuer previously served three terms in the California State Assembly, representing the 42nd Assembly District, and as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1995 to 2001, representing the 5th Council District.
Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394 (1915), was an early U.S. Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of zoning ordinances. [1] The Court held that an ordinance of Los Angeles, California, prohibiting the manufacturing of bricks within specified limits of the city did not unconstitutionally deprive the petitioner of his property without due process of law, or deny him equal protection of ...
1958 (age 65–66) San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. Swarthmore College (BA) Columbia University (JD) Hydee Feldstein Soto (born 1958) is an attorney and American politician, who is the incumbent City Attorney of Los Angeles. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Los Angeles city leaders also directed staff to explore programs to potentially assist low- and middle-income families in paying to install and operate an AC unit.
A Los Angeles County Department of Public Works sign along 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. The department was formed in 1985 in a consolidation of the county Road Department, the Flood Control District (in charge of dams, spreading grounds, and channels), and the County Engineer (in charge of building safety, land survey, waterworks).
The 174-room Hoxton is already open, built in a 10-story Renaissance Revival-style former office building erected in the 1920s that was once the headquarters of the Los Angeles Railway streetcar line.