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| LA County $48.8 billion budget roll out gets a test run before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday – Daily News | | Los Angeles County’s first budget draft for the 2026-27 fiscal year equals $48.8 billion, removes funding for 81 vacant positions but does not include any layoffs, and drops spending by about 7% from last year’s budget.
While the budget for the largest county in the nation is not robust, it is also not severe. The county’s general budget for its nearly 10 million people, supplying funding for the Sheriff’s Department, jails, healthcare, food programs, four county hospitals and several clinics, homeless services, parks, beaches and more is in a holding pattern. [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2026-04-13 | | | | Flea-borne typhus surges in Los Angeles: 4 things to know | | Officials in Los Angeles County have confirmed a recent surge in flea-borne typhus cases, with levels reaching all-time highs for the area. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Can’t tell if this is a food bank or farmers' market? That’s the point | | “ I wanted to find a way to distribute food to people that was done with dignity,” said Lindsay Chambers, president of non-profit Together We Thrive
The crates, the quality of the produce, much of it organic, and other details intentionally blur the line between farmers' market and food bank. Before starting these, Chambers volunteered at eight food banks across the nation to a get a sense of how they work. When she saw how much people love farmers’ markets, she decided she'd make her new food bank look like one. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Contributor: Why the 38 million Americans who live alone need a 'buddy system' - Los Angeles Times | | About a year ago my friend John died, alone in his house.
John was a 62-year-old divorced doctor. At a spring party the day before his death, he mentioned to some friends that he hadn’t been feeling quite right — some dizziness, some forgetfulness. One friend asked if he had seen a doctor, and his answer was, “Yes. Myself.” After a chuckle, someone asked what the doctor’s diagnosis had been. John joked that he’d been prescribed a good night’s sleep. Ultimately, John went and lay down in a guest room for half of the party, drove himself home and died within the next 12 hours from a brain aneurysm.
All sudden deaths are shocking. But the thing that makes John’s death an even greater tragedy is the fact that he lay in his bed for three days before anyone found him. John wasn’t a loner; he had a great group of friends, men and women, who socialized together regularly. We had cookouts, New Year’s Eve parties, enjoyed outings to nice restaurants. The group even had a name: The Wannabe Trainwrecks, of which John was the most instrumental member — and he still lay dead in his bed for three days until anyone found him.
I suppose those events affected me so strongly because I too live alone and I realized that what happened to John could just as easily happen to me, a divorced empty nester in Johnson City, Tenn. In fact, I’d wager that John’s sad and tragic end could happen to many of us. According to the most recent U.S. Census, I am far from alone in living alone. Currently more than 38 million Americans are on their own at home, a number that has tripled since 1940. It’s nice to know that I am in the good company of more than a quarter of the U.S. population. [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Times. 2026-04-13 | | | | LA28 wants to give 25% of Olympic contracts to small shops. Here's how to get in on the action | | “We have to lean in and uplift these micro businesses and small businesses,” said Erikk Aldridge, LA28 vice president of impact. He was in Inglewood for a small business panel discussion at COSM on Friday.
Those targets aren’t going to be met automatically, said Michèle Turner, the associate vice president of USC’s Office of Business Opportunity.
“As big as this region is, it’s hard to find these businesses,” Turner told The LA Local. “These next two years — 820-some-odd days — are going to be crazy.” [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Meta, Oracle and Qualcomm share details on layoffs across California - Los Angeles Times | | Tech behemoths, including Oracle and Meta Platforms, are laying off hundreds of California workers as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence.
Some of the top companies in tech that already had announced big plans to lay off thousands have revealed more details about where they are cutting in recent government filings.
Software giant Oracle has shed more than 700 workers in Santa Monica, Redwood City, Pleasanton and Santa Clara, filings to the California Employment Development Department show. The company, which was founded in California before moving its headquarters to Texas, started notifying employees of mass layoffs in late March.
Oracle declined to comment. The company hasn’t said publicly how many workers it has laid off. Several news outlets, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the company laid off thousands of employees across multiple divisions.
As of May 2025, Oracle had 162,000 workers.
Software developers, analysts, sales representatives and product managers were among California Oracle workers who lost their jobs. Laid-off employees will officially separate from the company June 1.
California is home to some of the world’s most powerful and largest tech companies. But as they race ahead to advance AI-powered tools that can generate text, images and code, workers are anxious that businesses will automate tasks and shrink their workforce workforces. Tech companies also are more wary about their expenses, even as they spend billions of dollars on data centers and developing new products. [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Times. 2026-04-13 | | | | LA County cities weigh the data center question in the face of AI surge – Daily News | | A nationwide expansion of controversial and resource-guzzling artificial intelligence data centers has reached Los Angeles County, and the wave has cities in the region grappling with questions over their impact. [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2026-04-13 | | | | Elon Musk Says He Could Definitely Build a Public Transit System Better Than Anything In China If He Tried | | Remember the Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture that was supposed to revolutionize underground transit? Better yet, do you remember anything it’s actually done, aside from landing on a slightly amusing name? Well, despite its short list of accomplishments, Musk is insisting it could easily build something that puts one of the world’s most impressive public transit projects to shame — if he actually tried, that is.
On Thursday, he took to X to weigh in on reports that the projected cost of California’s infamously mired high speed rail line project is set to soar to $126 billion. When one commentator suggested that you could use that $126 billion to “subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels” for up to 200 years worth of travel, Musk suggested he could do one better. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | DHS advised immigrant children to self-deport until a judge stepped in - Los Angeles Times | | WASHINGTON — Last September, the Department of Homeland Security started advising unaccompanied immigrant children that they could either self-deport or expect to face long-term detention.
But a federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday ordered the government to stop using such “blatantly coercive” language, ruling that the new advisals, as they are known, violated a 40-year-old court order that bans immigration agents from pressuring unaccompanied children to give up asylum claims and leave the U.S.
According to court documents, the legal advisal was given to recently detained immigrant children. Unaccompanied children are those in the country without a parent or legal guardian.
The minors were told they had the option to return to their country, that doing so would result in no administrative consequences and that they still could apply for a visa in the future.
But the children also were told that if they chose to seek a hearing with an immigration judge or indicated that they were afraid to leave the U.S., they could expect to be held at a detention facility “for a prolonged period of time.”
Those who turned 18 while in custody would be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, they were told. The advisal, though generally passed on verbally, was written out in court documents by lawyers representing the immigrant children, which the government did not dispute.
“If your sponsor in the United States does not have legal immigration status, they will be subject to arrest and removal,” the advisals continued. “The sponsor may be subject to criminal prosecution for aiding your illegal entry.” [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Times. 2026-04-13 | | | | Universities Allied for Essential Medicines advocates for affordable health care - Daily Bruin | | While a vial of insulin takes as little as $2 to manufacture, it can cost consumers $250 in the United States. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Attorneys used AI, cited fake legal decisions, State Bar alleges - Los Angeles Times | | Three attorneys are facing discipline from the State Bar of California after allegations that they cited nonexistent legal decisions in submitted court documents that were written using artificial intelligence.
The State Bar of California recently filed notices of disciplinary charges against Omid Emile Khalifeh, an attorney based in Los Angeles, and Steven Thomas Romeyn, an attorney based in Scottsdale, Ariz., accusing them of misusing AI. The State Bar Court has not ruled on the allegations.
The State Bar Court this month also approved a set of disciplinary measures against Sepideh Ardestani, a Beverly Hills attorney, who was sanctioned for submitting nonexistent and erroneous citations in a March 2025 federal court filing.
Khalifeh, Ardestani and Romeyn could not immediately be reached for comment.
In California, attorneys are allowed to use generative AI tools to draft legal documents. However, they are responsible for verifying all information included in their filings.
Chief trial counsel George Cardona said the three cases demonstrate how justice is undermined when attorneys fail to confirm the accuracy of their submissions to the court. AI tools are known to hallucinate, or make up information.
“Courts and clients must be able to trust that the filings attorneys submit are accurate, supported, and compliant with professional standards,” he said in a statement Monday. “Technology can assist legal practice, but it does not replace an attorney’s duty of competence, diligence, and honesty.” [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Times. 2026-04-13 | | | | UCLA Gets $33M Grant for Youth Mental Health Training LA | | CLA has received a $33 million grant from philanthropic organization Ballmer Group to expand training programs aimed at addressing the youth mental health crisis in Los Angeles County. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Why city officials are warning that the Olympics could bankrupt Los Angeles | | L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez warned this week that Los Angeles could face bankruptcy if it doesn't make an airtight deal with Olympics organizers over how it will be reimbursed for its expenses during the coming 2028 Summer Games.
The Olympics have long been promoted as a "no cost" deal for taxpayers that will be hosted by the city, but funded and orchestrated by private organizing committee LA28.
But a key agreement outlining what city services Los Angeles will provide for the Games – like policing and traffic control – and how the cash-strapped city will be reimbursed for its extra work is now more than six months late. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | International wildlife trade is causing disease to spread from species to species - Los Angeles Times | | Animals traded through global wildlife markets are far more likely to carry diseases that can infect humans, and the risk grows the longer those species remain in circulation, according to a new study.
The analysis, published Thursday in Science, examined decades of global wildlife trade data and found that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species not involved in trade.
The researchers also found that the number of pathogens shared between animals and humans increases over time. On average, a species acquires one additional human-infecting pathogen for every decade it is present in the global wildlife trade.
The findings suggest that wildlife trade does not simply expose humans to existing disease risks, but may actively amplify them over time.
“Our study is the strongest evidence to date that reducing wildlife trade will reduce pandemic risk,” said Colin Carlson, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health and a co-author of the study. [Article] | | by , Los Angeles Times. 2026-04-13 | | | | LAX people mover to begin reliability testing as dispute between city and contractor heats up | LAist | | The contractor building the LAX Automated People Mover will soon initiate a simulation of how the train will operate when it begins shuttling travelers between airport terminals and the L.A. Metro system.
If you catch yourself at the airport once this phase of testing begins the week of April 20, you'll see empty cars traversing the 2.25-mile-long tracks on the same 24/7 schedule the train will use when it opens. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | LA Leaders Launch Foundation to Offset Health Cuts | | os Angeles community leaders and civic partners have launched The Fund for Advancing Public Health LA, a privately funded foundation aimed at protecting essential public health services as LA County faces steep budget reductions. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | LA County CEO proposes $48.8 billion budget, warns of federal funding cuts | LAist | | LA County CEO proposes $48.8 billion budget, warns of federal funding cuts
Los Angeles County’s CEO on Monday proposed a $48.8-billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Los Angeles County’s CEO on Monday proposed a $48.8-billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that avoids broad cuts, but warns reductions in federal funding could hit the county hard.
The details: The budget by acting CEO Joseph Nicchitta recommended a net decrease of 81 budgeted vacant jobs for a total of 115,885 positions. It includes $63.2 million in new ongoing local funding for programs and services. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | Rendering vs. Reality: Affordable housing at 1441 W. Third St in Westlake | Urbanize LA | | In Westlake, work is just about complete for a new affordable housing complex West Hollywood Community Housing Corp.
The Third Thyme apartments, located at 1441 W. 3rd Street, consists of an eight-story building featuring 104 one-bedroom senior apartments. Included in that total are 47 units for formerly homeless residents and two units for on-site managers The remaining apartments would be set aside for renters earning between 50 and 60 percent of the area median income level. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-13 | | | | These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer. | Grist | | Every state in the West is expected to face an above-normal threat of wildfire this summer, according to the latest projections, released Wednesday by the National Interagency Coordination Center. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-06 | | | | Nearly $3 Million Secured for Housing and Transportation Improvements in Los Angeles – Los Angeles Sentinel | | Federal funding targets affordable housing expansion, transit upgrades, and climate relief in South L.A. [Article] | | by , . 2026-04-06 | | |
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