California’s affordable housing crisis has forced countless residents out of their homes and neighborhoods. As an unfolding drama in Ojai reminds us, elected officials are not immune.
Foster "Gene" Johns is a former deputy sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The Tracy City Council voted Tuesday to remove the supermajority vote requirement for firing the city manager. If the ordinance passes a second vote, Tracy’s Black city manager will likely be terminated.
Police were called as the meeting quickly devolved into choas.
Cole, a former Pasadena mayor, released a video announcement last week.
The formal reprimand was prompted by a text message Macedonio sent to former interim city manager Jim Hart after a closed session meeting over a potential employment contract.
Grover Beach’s former Mayor Pro Tem Anna Miller resigned from the dais this month because of a change in residency. The city is now looking for someone to fill Miller’s seat in District 3.
Sheriff’s officials say they found dozens of ballots at the councilman’s house and dozens of voters registered to his address.
The City of Santa Clarita has announced a timeline for the transition to district-based elections for the City Council. The announcement is the result of a legal settlement reached last year.