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If the ballot measure known as Charter Amendment FF passes, about 460 officers employed by the Police, Airport, Harbor, and Recreation and Parks departments would switch into the more generous Los ...
Los Angeles voters are being asked to make decisions on several charter amendments and ballot measures that would significantly change the way government works. Here is what you need to know.
The measure would make an array of changes to the Los Angeles City Charter intended to strengthen the city's powers, including clarifying the responsibilities of elected officials and commissioners.
In 1941, the California State Legislature amended the charter of the city of Los Angeles so that no person could obtain or retain public employment with the city if they advocated the violent overthrow of either the state or federal government, belonged to any organization that did so advocate, or had advocated or been a member of an organization which advocated such action in the last five years.
There, as the situation in Los Angeles deteriorated, Gates attended a political fundraiser against Los Angeles City Charter Amendment F, [95] intended to "give City Hall more power over the police chief and provide more civilian review of officer misconduct". [96] The amendment would limit the power and term length of his office. [97]
Jews for Jesus, Inc., 482 U.S. 569 (1987), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an ordinance prohibiting all "First Amendment activities" in the Los Angeles International Airport was facially unconstitutional due to its overbreadth. [1] [2] [3] The unanimous opinion of the Court was written by Justice O'Connor. O'Connor ...
Violent crime jumped 8% in Los Angeles County from 2019 to 2023, according to California Department of Justice Data, the Los Angeles Times reported — although it rose more in other California ...
Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case.. The question in the case was "whether the City of Akron, Ohio, has denied [a black citizen] the equal protection of its laws by amending the city charter to prevent the city council from implementing any ordinance dealing with racial, religious, or ancestral discrimination in housing without the approval of the ...