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By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-06-18/california-law-sb-478-hotels-rentals-airbnb-prices-junk-fees If you’re making travel plans for summer or fall, brace yourself for a jump in some advertised prices — which is, believe it or not,...

By DAILY JOURNAL https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/379087-state-bar-action-is-overdue-in-city-attorney-corruption-scandal The State Bar of California is confronting its most significant test yet in proving its reformation efforts. This comes as the FBI suspects former Los Angeles City...

By Jon Healey, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-06/restaurants-may-be-able-to-keep-service-fees-if-menu-shows-the-charges#:~:text=Under%20the%20proposal%20by%20Sen,%2C%20“clearly%20and%20conspicuously.” A new state law to prohibit hidden surcharges and other "junk fees" tacked onto customers' bills is slated to go into effect July 1, with businesses having...

By Sameea Kamal, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/05/california-election-voter-guide-cost/ What’s the cost of democracy in California?  If we calculate that based just on the pages informing the state’s 22 million voters about Proposition 1 in...

By Susan Shelley, WHITTIER DAILY NEWS https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2024/05/22/did-mike-feuer-tell-investigators-the-whole-truth/ In February, former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer acknowledged to the editorial board of this newspaper that he was under investigation by the...

A trove of investigative materials from the U.S. Attorney's Office relating to the LADWP billing scandal were released Wednesday. By David Houston, DAILY JOURNAL https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/378802-fbi-believed-feuer-obstructed-justice-in-litigation-investigation-documents-show Former Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer...

By CNS Staff, YAHOO! NEWS https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-alleges-former-la-city-193034282.html LOS ANGELES - Court documents released this week allege former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer lied to investigators probing the city's handling of litigation filed over the botched...

By Dakota Smith and Matt Hamilton, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/former-la-city-attorney-mike-feuer-lied-to-investigators-and-obstructed-justice-according-to-fbi-affidavit Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer lied to government investigators and likely obstructed justice during a massive federal probe into a fraudulent lawsuit...

By Eric Leonard and Andrew Blankstein, NBC LOS ANGELES https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/unsealed-fbi-files-show-agents-believed-former-la-city-attorney-was-involved-in-dwp-lawsuit-coverup/3414296/#:~:text=FBI%20files%20unsealed%20Thursday%20show,says%20is%2C%20%22absurd.%22 FBI files unsealed Thursday show agents investigating corruption at the LA Department of Water and Power, and the city's role in manipulating over-billing lawsuits, believed...

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/restaurant-surcharge-ban-19456033.php When you sit at a restaurant table and order food and drink, are you receiving “goods and services”? That issue apparently never came up in...