Today’s Headlines
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10:01 AM PST on February 7, 2023
- Hacienda Heights community meeting to focus on controversial Quemetco settlement (SGV Tribune)
- “We basically sleep with the roaches.” Tenants at Chesapeake Apts in South L.A. sue (LAT)
- The LAT’s Ed Board raises the alarm about the oil industry’s campaign to roll back the ban on neighborhood drilling
- Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes (LAT)
- Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio (AP)
- A new study in Nature finds 15 million at risk for glacial floods (AP)
- CNBC takes a look at induced demand and settles on congestion pricing (CNBC)
- Broadway-Manchester Complete Streets project still kicking in South L.A. (UrbanizeLA)
- Bighorn conservationists weigh in on high-speed rail and a solar panel project (LAT)
- L.A. street vendors fight to retain foothold in no-go zones on Hollywood Blvd (LAist)
- Check Elizabeth Chou’s twitter thread for some of the highlights of the Governance Cmte’s discussion of ethics reform and redistricting (here)
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