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LA 2028 Olympics: fears of mass displacement and homeless sweeps as Trump threat looms

The city has been here before, with arrests during the 1984 Olympics that had long-term consequences for the city’s Black and brown people

The Guardian - US

Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps

Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment

The Guardian - US

'Frustration all across the board.' A day with homelessness outreach workers in L.A.

Teams of case managers and medical professionals help connect people on the street to social services and, eventually, housing. But it's a tough job when there aren't nearly enough places to stay.

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To tackle homelessness faster, LA has a kind of real estate agency for the unhoused

A Los Angeles program aggressively scouts vacant units and lobbies landlords in one of the country's tightest real estate markets. Some landlords offer up units even before putting them on the market.

WEKU

Police commission rules LA officer broke policy in fatal department store shooting

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles police officer who inadvertently killed a teenage girl when he shot at an assailant in a North Hollywood department story late last year was justified in firing his weapon once, but was wrong to keep shooting, the city's Police Commission ruled on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 20 minutes into the secretly recorded conversation that would cost Nury Martinez her L.A. City Council seat, she remarked to fellow Councilmember Kevin de León that it was recently his anniversary. Seven years ago, he had been sworn in as the leader of the California Senate.

Los Angeles Times

Bet on it: Lefty’s ‘lucky’ night

Frank Rosenthal, the late Stardust sportsbook chief, survived a car bombing in Las Vegas 40 years ago Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

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In case out of Oregon, court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside

About a decade after losing her job and becoming homeless in the small city of Grants Pass, Oregon, Debra Blake joined two other homeless residents in suing the city over a set of local ordinances that, in their view, criminalized the act of sleeping outside.

Los Angeles Times

Customer claims Full English Breakfast from Nottingham Wetherspoon looked like an 'aeroplane meal'

Wetherspoon launched an investigation

Nottingham Post

Pannone Corporate, Johnson Service Group and more - latest North West hires and promotions

More of the latest appointments and promotions from across the North West

Birmingham Post

McGarry trial hears pro-independence group employee ‘was lied to over finances’

Kathleen Caskie described a WFI finance report written by McGarry as ‘gobbledygook’.

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