<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> Unified School District students can soon carry Narcan nasal spray at school in case of an opioid overdose, officials announced.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho reportedly told school board members Tuesday in a message that an updated policy from the district will allow students to carry the medication at a time when drug cartels are smuggling deadly fentanyl across the southern border into the United States.
Narcan “cannot be used to get high, is not addictive and does not have any effect on a person if there are no opioids in their body,” Carvalho wrote to board members, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-01/l-a-students-will-be-able-to-carry-narcan-in-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Carvalho added that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health “supports a clarification” in L.A. Unified policy “that would allow students to be able to carry Narcan in schools,” adding that officials would reissue an updated policy bulletin soon.
The existing district policy on administering Narcan that officials issued last year reads that the medication “must be kept at the school in a secure location accessible to designated school personnel.”
The Times reported that school board member Nick Melvoin supports the policy update.
“Narcan has the power to save lives and I’ve been working to expand its access to everyone in our school communities, including students themselves,” Melvoin said. “But the increased use of Narcan as a life-saving measure underscores the drug crisis that’s being brought to our schools.”
“We must do more to address the root causes of this crisis and that starts with education and more support for our youth,” he added.
Last year, a <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-29/fentanyl-deaths-in-l-a-county-soared-1-280-between-2016-and-2021-report-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> showed 92% of teens who died from drug overdoses in 2021 tested positive for fentanyl in Los Angeles County, with 31 directly related to the deadly opioid.
The Drug Enforcement Administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dea-seized-enough-fentanyl-in-2022-to-kill-every-single-american-and-then-some" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last December that the agency seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill every single American citizen.
Officials said the DEA had seized some 50.6 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl, along with more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, with two weeks left in the calendar year 2022.
That amounts to more than 379 million lethal doses of fentanyl last year, more than enough to kill all 333 million people in the United States.
Los Angeles Unified announced last September that after student overdoses, schools would be stocked with naloxone, which medical professionals assert the supply of could make a difference in teen deaths.
District officials also said staff has been receiving training to administer the nasal spray.
Online and in-person substance abuse workshops and counseling will be offered to students and families starting in February and March, the Times reported.
“Through our existing initiatives, we will educate students and families about the safety and effectiveness of Narcan including the identification signs of an opioid overdose and the importance of alerting medical professionals when Narcan is used,” Carvalho wrote. “We remain committed to expanding access, education and training for this life-saving emergency medication.”

Opioid Overdose Treatment Narcan Available In Vending Machine In Wheaton, Illinois

Los Angeles Students To Be Allowed To Carry Narcan In Schools Amid Deadly Fentanyl Crisis

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A teenager who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93TFNRQkxBQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran over a mother</a> walking her 8-month-old baby in a stroller in Venice, California, in August 2021 then was only sentenced to juvenile probation camp rather than military school, was murdered in Palmdale, California.
Kristopher Baca was 15 when he ran over the mother and child, prompting the video of the incident to go viral. He was found dead from gunshot wounds Wednesday evening; sources told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-hit-run-driver-who-plowed-into-mom-baby-stolen-car-murdered-after-light-sentence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> that prior to his death, Baca had been seen at a fast food restaurant attempting to “get with a girl,” then walked toward home.  As he walked home alone, a car stopped by him and an argument ensued before someone in the vehicle fired at Baca before fleeing.
Apprised of Baca’s death, the mother he ran over — who had moved away from Los Angeles, citing the “soft-on-crime” policies implemented by Los Angeles County DA George Gascon, said, “The universe delivered the justice we weren’t given in court, but a much harsher punishment than he’d have been dealt in a court of law.”
“I think I feel shorted — by the system because they didn’t hold him accountable and sad, not for him, but for his mom a little, because if George Gascon actually did his job, this kid would still be alive in jail,” the mother stated.
After the initial hit-and-run incident and Baca&#8217;s sentencing, the mother, identified as “Rachel,” told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-wrong-way-hit-run-driver-plowed-mom-baby-stolen-car-wants-early-release" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Digital</a>, “I remain incredibly disappointed with the justice system in LA but I am unsurprised to learn that I am yet again being denied my rights as a victim to participate and use my voice in the judicial process. F*** George Gascón.”
Rachel had hoped for a harsher initial sentence for Baca, who had no driver’s license and was already on probation for felony poisoning after he allegedly spiked a high school girl&#8217;s drink. She had expected that any hearing for the teenager would come near the end of his probation in early November.
“I thought those were the last moments of our lives; we were dead,&#8221; she said in a victim impact statement, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11237809/LA-hit-run-driver-plowed-mom-baby-asks-let-punishment-EARLY.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> reported. &#8220;That feeling, along with the memory of a car accelerating directly into us, will haunt me forever. &#8230; As the car approached me and my child, I stopped walking and moved the stroller and myself up against a building on the right side of the road to ensure that we gave the reckless driver plenty of room to pass. As the car got dangerously close to us, KB turned the wheels in our direction and accelerated as he aimed to kill us.”
“I was also told that his record would be wiped clean when he turns 18,” she added. “How on earth can that be? He tried to murder two innocent pedestrians. Murder. And we have video evidence. My child would be dead if I hadn&#8217;t been there to protect him.”
“George Gascón doesn&#8217;t value my life or the life of my child, or any other victim out there and would rather reward the monsters like KB by demonstrating to them that their actions have no consequences,” she said. “DA Gascón is telling him and every other thug in LA County that it doesn&#8217;t matter if you try to murder people. Why are Gascón’s policies prioritizing the livelihood of rotten monsters when my child, my baby, who is incapable of protecting himself, is left to fend for himself, and is essentially being told his life doesn&#8217;t matter?”
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This is horrific. Hard to watch. The way the mother shakes off getting hit by a car to protect her baby gets me. Welcome to LA. And the driver was released. Mother and baby are ok. <a href="https://t.co/0O8pdNNzAa">pic.twitter.com/0O8pdNNzAa</a>
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Lady Justice At Sunset

‘The Universe Delivered The Justice’: Teenager Who Ran Over Mom And Baby In 2021 Found Murdered

Teenager Who Ran Over Mom And Baby In 2021 Found Murdered

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Octavia Spencer</a> said she experienced &#8220;more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism">racism</a>&#8220; when she first moved to Los Angeles than she ever had during her childhood in Alabama.
The 52-year-old actress, known for movies like &#8220;The Help&#8221; and &#8220;Hidden Figures,&#8221; talked about experiencing what she called racist behavior upon moving to L.A. during a recent <a href="http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1402-octavia-spencer">interview</a> for the podcast &#8220;WTF with Marc Maron.&#8221;
Spencer also said she had positive recollections of her childhood growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, which Maron found surprising.
&#8220;It’s a beautiful place and beautiful people. You know, I love being from there,&#8221; the actress said.
&#8220;But it’s like, it’s heavy, man. Right?&#8221; Maron replied.
&#8220;I think everywhere is heavy. Everywhere has its history. You know what I mean? It’s &#8230; I think everywhere has problems,” Spencer said. &#8220;You can’t deny that southern history is intense,&#8221; she continued, before saying that her experience in Alabama happened during a less racist time. 
&#8220;Well, what’s beautiful for me is that stuff preceded me. You know, I was a child of the ’70s … You know, as you grow older and the things that you can remember. That wasn’t a part of my history. I learned about it. It’s not everything &#8230; anything that I experienced.&#8221;
&#8220;My mother definitely, you know, taught us about the world and the realities, the harsh realities of the world and history,&#8221; the “Self Made” star continued. &#8220;But growing up in Alabama, I’m going to be honest, I felt more racism when I first moved [to Los Angeles] than I ever, ever had in Alabama.”
Spencer said she expected Los Angeles to be progressive. She recalled thinking, &#8220;Oh, California is gonna be this free and liberal thinking place,&#8221; but claimed she was singled out while shopping in a store. 
&#8220;It is so funny. It’s right out of ‘Pretty Woman,’&#8221; she said of the experience. &#8220;I remember going into a shop and being followed, like, at first, I didn’t even — I was just, like, so excited, like just walking around, and then I realized that I was being followed.&#8221;
She continued, &#8220;It was kind of strange in that way,&#8221; saying the incident was &#8220;glaringly obvious,&#8221; but that she doesn&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s been discriminated against since then.
Spencer made her film debut appearing in the film adaptation of “A Time to Kill” in 1996. She went on to appear in small roles for several years before her breakout role in “The Help,” which earned her several awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2012.

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‘The Help’ Actress Octavia Spencer Says She Encountered ‘More Racism’ In L.A. Than Alabama

'The Help' Actress Octavia Spencer Says She Encountered 'More Racism' In L.A. Than Alabama

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears">Britney Spears</a>’ husband, Sam Asghari, is clarifying some details about an incident that happened over the weekend at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> restaurant.
Witnesses said they saw Asghari “storm out” of the restaurant JOEY in Woodland Hills while Spears stayed behind at the table speaking to herself unintelligibly. She left soon after with her bodyguard. The episode was captured on multiple recordings as the restaurant patrons pulled out their phones to document what was happening.
Asghari has since given his side of the incident with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">paparazzi</a> photographer, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/15/britney-spears-meltdown-sam-asghari-dinner-restaurant-response/">TMZ</a>. He said Spears did not have a “manic episode” and that she was upset, in part, because so many people were filming her. Asghari also said he had just run to his car and did not leave the restaurant because he was angry.
He went on to contradict eyewitness reports of the “Slave 4 U” singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-has-manic-episode-in-l-a-restaurant-husband-storms-out-report">acting erratic</a>, reiterating that his wife of seven months was just frustrated from all the attention on her.
Spears posted a video of herself dancing to the song “I Touch Myself” by the Divinyls to Instagram the next day, which featured the 41-year-old flipping off the camera multiple times. Later in the evening, she shared another Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CndfIcwrPhy/?hl=en">post</a> that seemed to address the incident. 
The singer said she was “looking like [the Dreamworks animated ogre] Shrek” at the restaurant and that media outlets were “all hyped about me being a little drunk” there, and that they’re “watching my every move.”
Spears next addressed her fans and supporters directly, saying, “I know y’all are rooting for me and all and make sure you check out the shocking Shrek picture of me … I was like damn that’s horrific yet there were two pics where I was normal … either way honestly I know nobody gives a flying f*** what I do.”
The #FreeBritney movement proponents have been keeping an eye on Spears following the end of her 13-year conservatorship, which gave control of her $60 million estate to her father, Jamie. It ended in November 2021 when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny granted Spears’ petition to terminate the agreement. 
Since the conservatorship ended, some fans have become increasingly concerned about Spears as she’s been frequently posting nude photos, rambling rants, and strange videos on social media. But fervent supporters say the pop star is finally free just to be herself.

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Britney Spears’ Husband Sam Asghari Defends Her ‘Manic’ Behavior At L.A. Restaurant, Says He Didn’t Storm Out

Britney Spears' Husband Sam Asghari Defends Her 'Manic' Behavior At L.A. Restaurant, Says He Didn't Storm Out

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Adam Rich, best known for his role as Nicholas Bradford in the 1970s TV drama “Eight is Enough,” died Saturday at 54 years old, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
A family member of Rich told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/08/adam-rich-dead-dies-eight-is-enough/">TMZ</a> the actor died at his home in Los Angeles, where law enforcement told sources the former child actor was found lifeless by an unidentified person who arrived at the residence.
According to authorities, an official cause of death has not been revealed, but there is no foul play suspected.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/eight-enough-child-star-adam-rich-dead-age-54-rcna64805">reported</a> Rich&#8217;s spokesman, Danny Deraney, described the actor as a &#8220;wonderful guy&#8221; who was &#8220;really America&#8217;s little brother.&#8221;
&#8220;He was kind, generous and a warrior in the fight against mental illness,&#8221; Deraney said. &#8220;He was so unselfish and always looked out for those he cared about. Which is why many people who grew up with him feel really sad today.&#8221;
Rich rose to fame in the 1970s while portraying Nicholas, the youngest son, on “Eight is Enough,” which ran on ABC from 1977-1981.
Dick Van Patten, who also starred in the TV drama as Rich’s father, said of his former co-star in a 2011 interview that Rich was the reason “why the show was a big success.&#8221;
“People loved him!” Van Patten said, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/08/adam-rich-eight-is-enough-star-dead-at-54/?_gl=1*1l97iwr*_ga*OTMyMjA1OTI1LjE2NzIyNzM1MTg.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MzE5NTIxOC42LjEuMTY3MzE5NTIzMS4wLjAuMA..&amp;_ga=2.67318548.469387275.1673195219-932205925.1672273518">Page Six</a>. “[Fans] named a child Nicholas and everything because of him. He was cute, and he was a good actor. He was very natural.”
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Rich would go on to land smaller roles in other television shows and assorted movies throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, which include “Fantasy Island,” “CHiPs,” “Small Wonder,” and credit as a voice actor on the animated series “Dungeons &amp; Dragons.”
Before taking a ten-year hiatus from the screen and spotlight, Rich was last credited on an episode of “Baywatch” in 1993.
He re-emerged in 2003 to portray himself in the 2003 David Spade comedy “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.”
In the same year, he starred as Crocodile Dundee in the TV series “Reel Comedy.’’
According to TMZ, Rich reportedly struggled with substance abuse, which resulted in a 1991 arrest for breaking a pharmacy window to obtain drugs.
Van Patten later bailed him out.
Page Six noted that Rich spent the following years in and out of rehab.
Authorities arrested Rich again in 2002 on DUI charges after nearly hitting a California Highway Patrol vehicle.
Rich denied the charges to CBS News, telling reporters, “I’ve been sober for ten years.”

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‘Eight Is Enough’ Actor Adam Rich Dead At 54

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The biological man, who claims to be a transgender woman and created a furor in Los Angeles by allegedly exposing his genitals to women and an underage girl at a spa, was arrested last week after fleeing authorities for over a year.
Darren Agee Merager, 53, who is a registered sex offender, was charged with five felony counts of indecent exposure after a viral altercation in June 2021. In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-video-irate-woman-blasts-spa-letting-nude-man-enter-womens-section" target="_blank" rel="noopener">viral video</a> at the time, an outraged woman lambasted a Los Angeles Wi Spa employee after Merager allegedly entered the women’s section, where women and young girls were permitted to be nude.
“So it’s okay — I just want to be clear with you — it’s okay, it’s okay for a man to go into the women’s section, show his penis around the other women, young little girls under age?” the woman asked the employee.  “Your spa, Wi Spa, condoned that. Is that what you’re saying?”
After the employee’s response, the woman continued, “Like I asked. So he can stay there? He could stay there?”
In response, the employee referred to “sexual orientation,” prompting the angry woman to reply bluntly, “What sexual orientation? I see a d***. It lets me know he’s a man. He’s a man. He is a man. He is not no female. He is not a female. He is not a female. He is not a female, sweetie.”
The woman continued to blast spa management, accusing them of doing nothing.
“Girls down there, other women who are highly offended for what they just saw,” she said. “And you did nothing, absolutely nothing. In fact, you sided with him. So Wi Spa is in agreement with men that just say they are a woman and they can go down there with their penis and get into the women’s section, is that what you’re saying?”
Days after that incident, people identifying as &#8220;anti-fascist&#8221; activists attacked protesters who were demonstrating against the Wi Spa.  The activist group allegedly assaulted a videographer, attacked a female protester, and attacked a group of Christian street preachers, including hitting one in the face with a skateboard. Some reports in leftist media <a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/07/wi-spa-la-transphobic-protest.html">labeled</a> the initial video a hoax.
A 2018 internal memo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department noted, “Merager claims to identify as female so he can access women’s locker rooms and showers.”
Merager was also wanted for an alleged indecent exposure incident that occurred at a women&#8217;s changing area at a swimming pool in West Hollywood Park, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11555915/Transgender-pervert-arrested-15-months-exposed-women-Wi-Spa-LA.html">noted</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-video-irate-woman-blasts-spa-letting-nude-man-enter-womens-section">VIRAL VIDEO: ‘What Sexual Orientation? I See A D***.’ Irate Woman Blasts Spa Letting Nude Man Enter Wome</a><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-video-irate-woman-blasts-spa-letting-nude-man-enter-womens-section">n’s Section</a>

Transgender Person Accused Of Exposing His Genitals To Women In Spa Arrested After Fleeing Police For 15 Months

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Jurors reached a split verdict Monday in the sexual assault and rape trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles.
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands accused of sexually assaulting five women between 2003 and 2014.
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/Elex_Michaelson">reports</a>, jurors said Weinstein is guilty of forcible rape &amp; other charges relating to Jane Doe 1, not guilty of sexual battery for Jane Doe 3, and a hung jury for counts related to Jane Doe 2 and California’s first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
Weinstein was also acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by another woman, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-verdict-los-angeles-rape-trial-1a3a9db4e4589a9e0fb03214bc01fecf">The Associated Press</a>.
Jurors reached the verdict after nearly 41 hours of deliberations over ten days.
Weinstein pleaded not guilty to all seven charges, which included two counts each of forcible rape, sexual battery by restraint and forcible oral copulation, and one count of sexual penetration by foreign object as reported by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-deliberations-los-angeles-monday/index.html">CNN</a>.
The Associated Press reported that he faces up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced.
“It is time for the defendant’s reign of terror to end,” Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez said in the <a class="paragraph-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-los-angeles-08ab20688a4317bf40052ac789fdd071">prosecution’s closing argument</a>. “It is time for the kingmaker to be brought to justice.”
Weinstein was convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act and third-degree rape in 2020. He has denied raping anyone and says all of his sexual encounters were consensual. He was extradited to California last year in anticipation of his second trial, which will feature up to 50 witnesses, says the L.A. County District Attorney’s office.
Earlier this year, a New York Appeals court ruled that Weinstein’s team could argue for another trial or have his conviction dismissed. Weinstein’s lawyers shared various reasons why they believe Weinstein was not given a fair trial and is entitled to a new one, including that they say too many witnesses unrelated to the sexual assault charges were allowed at trial.

Harvey Weinstein Court Hearing – Los Angeles, CA

Disgraced Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape In Los Angeles Trial

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Over the weekend, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/3-6-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-the-east-bay-awake/">struck</a> along the Hayward fault in northern California, the fault that the U.S. Geological Survey has stated has a good chance of a major earthquake in the next 30 years.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the chances of an magnitude-7 earthquake hitting San Francisco from the Hayward Fault in the next 30 years stands at over 50%.
According to the <a href="https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20175013v2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HayWired Earthquake Scenario</a> from USGS, roughly 8900 people would die and another 16,000 would be injured in the event of a seismic temblor over magnitude 7 while property and direct business interruption losses of more than $82 billion coulkd occur.
Seismologist Lucy Jones has estimated the probability of an earthquake hitting the Hayward Fault at 100%, “if you give me enough time.”
Earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter told <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/02/californias-big-one-among-other-disasters/9111798002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Today</a>, “It could happen tomorrow. &#8230; don&#8217;t know when… [but] it will happen.”
Over 22,000 people could require rescue from stalled elevators and another 2,400 people from collapsed buildings, USGS estimated, adding that the chances of an earthquake hitting San Francisco within the next 30 years rose to 72% if the earthquake measured 6.7 or greater and the probability of a 7.5 earthquake were 20%.
USGS also <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-probability-earthquake-will-occur-los-angeles-area-san-francisco-bay-area" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posited</a> that the chances of an earthquake hitting Los Angeles in the next thirty years were 60% for an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7, 46% for an earthquake measuring magnitude 7, and 31% for an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5.
Every time an earthquake measures one whole number increase in magnitude, 32 times more energy is released. According to the <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquake-magnitude-energy-release-and-shaking-intensity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USGS</a>, “a magnitude 5.3 is a moderate earthquake, and a 6.3 is a strong earthquake.”
The last time a sizable earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault was on October 21, 1868; it has been estimated at a magnitude between 6.8 and 7.2. According to scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, the average span between the last five major earthquakes on the fault was 140 years.
The Hayward Fault is part of the San Andreas Fault system — which serves as the point of connection between the North American and the Pacific tectonic plates — and  travels from the Gulf of California to Cape Mendocino in the north.
According to the USGS, reports of being affected by the earthquake on the Hayward Fault over the weekend came from the East Bay, San Francisco and the San Francisco Peninsula.

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San Francisco Has 51% Chance Of Major Earthquake In Next 30 Years

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> Mayor Karen Bass said over the weekend that she wants to eliminate the homeless encampments that are plaguing the city&#8217;s streets through the state of emergency that she declared on her first day in office.
Bass made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-december-18-2022-n1302029">&#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;</a> with host Chuck Todd.
Bass claimed that 95% of the city&#8217;s 40,000 homeless people would accept taxpayer-funded public housing if it was offered to them.
When asked by Todd if she would allow LAPD and sanitation officers to continue doing sweeps of the encampments, she said, &#8220;no&#8221; and that she wanted to put the homeless people into hotels.
&#8220;No, these are not sweeps at all. This is getting people to move on their own, but then after the person leaves sanitation is absolutely going to have to be there,&#8221; she said. &#8220;No question about it. But this is not coercing people. This is not ticketing people or incarcerating people. This is moving people from tents to hotels or motels.&#8221;
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&quot;Are you still going to allow LAPD and sanitation officers to do these sweeps of [homeless] encampments?&quot;
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<blockquote>CHUCK TODD: And joining me now from Los Angeles is the former member of Congress and VP short-lister to Joe Biden, by the way, the new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass. Mayor Bass, congratulations and welcome back to Meet The Press.
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Thank you. Thanks for having me on.
CHUCK TODD: I want to start with what&#8217;s going to be different this time. And what I mean by this time is, in 2015 — this was pre-pandemic, obviously — Eric Garcetti declared a version of a state of emergency. Not quite the same as what you declared. Yours is a bit more comprehensive. But it freed up $100 million and tried to tackle the homeless problem that he was dealing with back in 2015. It didn&#8217;t work. What&#8217;s going to make what you&#8217;re doing more successful than what Mayor Garcetti attempted to do?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, I think a few things. First of all, it&#8217;s not just about the money. Of course money is needed, but it&#8217;s really about the arcane bureaucratic process. You talk to developers and it&#8217;s just so difficult to get anything done. So when I declared a state of emergency and issued following executive directives, it basically allows the process to be centralized. It allows time certain for building. Chuck, the other day I did a press conference on a piece of land where the builder had been working for 16 years and had just finally broken ground. So it&#8217;s about bursting past the bureaucratic maze and developers having no idea when approvals will be done. So now I&#8217;m requiring that approvals and the process be moved within 30 to 60 days.
CHUCK TODD: There&#8217;s a few issues that people run into all the time when it comes to dealing with the homeless in the city. The biggest one is, What do you do about people that don&#8217;t want to leave, that don&#8217;t want to move, that don&#8217;t want to go into shelters?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, you know, what we have found in the community organizations that we&#8217;re bringing in to do this work is that you can get 95% of the people housed. People will go. It takes a while. You have to do outreach. And what the community programs do is that they work with people who were formerly unhoused. People are unhoused for a variety of different reasons. Some are profoundly mentally ill. Some are profoundly addicted. You have to address the reasons why they wound up unhoused while you house them. So we&#8217;re going to launch a program on Tuesday called Inside Safe, which is going to address the people that are in the tents. Now, it&#8217;s not going to address everybody, but it is going to address, hopefully, a significant number. But we&#8217;re going to put them in motels and hotels immediately. It&#8217;s interesting: it&#8217;s lessons that were learned from the pandemic. Some community organizations have been trying to get the city to master lease out entire hotels and motels for years.
CHUCK TODD: Are you still going to allow LAPD and sanitation officers to do these sweeps of encampments?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: No, these are not sweeps at all. This is getting people to move on their own, but then after the person leaves sanitation is absolutely going to have to be there. No question about it. But this is not coercing people. This is not ticketing people or incarcerating people. This is moving people from tents to hotels or motels.
CHUCK TODD: We know some of this is a — that you&#8217;ve run across quite a bit of mental health challenges here with the homeless population. Mayor Adams, in New York City, is talking about, you know, temporary institutions to help those with mental health problems. You know, do you think we need to bring some institutions like that into play to help you in Los Angeles?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, let me just say that one of our challenges in LA is the division between the city and the county. The county provides the services. We&#8217;re doing this process jointly, so we know that the people on the streets — again, there&#8217;s not enough services, but there will be some. But in the state of California the legislature passed something too that says if somebody is profoundly mentally ill, you know, they can be hospitalized.
CHUCK TODD: I&#8217;m curious, you talk about the issues you have with developers. The biggest issue the city sometimes has when it comes to tackling these housing issues are these homeowners associations. They&#8217;re extraordinarily litigious and extraordinarily powerful. Does your emergency declaration give you any more authority in dealing with these powerful institutions or not?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, it does give me more authority to do that. But I do think that there&#8217;s a way to get neighborhoods to cooperate. You know, this problem is so severe in our city. I mean, literally five people a day die on our streets. It&#8217;s so severe that I think that some of the resistance that we&#8217;ve experienced in the past, I&#8217;m hoping will be softened. So there&#8217;s some neighborhoods that want buildings to be built in certain areas, but it is still within their general neighborhood. You cannot address 40,000 people without building housing everywhere. You can&#8217;t just build all of the housing in the low-income areas that are already severely overcrowded.
CHUCK TODD: All right. Before I let you go, give me a metric by which you should be judged in four years on the homeless situation. Is it the number of people on the streets? Number of tent encampments? What&#8217;s a fair way to judge your success or failure?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, a fair way to judge it would be encampments should be significantly down if not eliminated, and there should be housing being built, underway, at a much more rapid pace. And there should not be 40,000 people who are unhoused, that&#8217;s for sure.
CHUCK TODD: Mayor Karen Bass, appreciate you getting up super early out on the West Coast to share your perspective with us. Good luck. Congratulations. And we&#8217;ll be following your progress.
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Thank you.</blockquote>
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A famous mountain lion in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> area has been captured after it recently carried out several attacks.
The lion, called P-22, is well known in the area and lived in Griffith Park, a 4,000-acre area in the Hollywood Hills. However, the animal has attacked two dogs and also been spotted near houses, leading to concern about its wellbeing.
Sarah Picchi, a resident of Los Feliz, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-12/p-22-captured-in-backyard-of-los-feliz-home-resident-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Los Angeles Times that the lion was captured in her backyard on Monday. She was working a little before eleven in the morning when someone rang at the entrance to her home.
“The woman said, ‘No, I’m with Wildlife. You have a lion in your backyard,’” Picchi said in an interview with the Times. “Of course, I knew it was P-22 because I’ve been following the story.”
Last week, authorities with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife-and-national-park-service-team-up-to-evaluate-p-221" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the agency would “capture the world-famous mountain lion P-22 and bring him in for a health evaluation.” After the animal is assessed, veterinarians with the agency and National Park Service biologists will decide what the best way forward will be for P-22.
“P-22 has been reported near human dwellings close to his habitat in Griffith Park. Reports include sightings, video camera recordings and physical encounters with the lion,” the agency said in a press release. “P-22 is a remarkably old cat in the wild and, after being deemed responsible for killing a leashed pet last month, may be exhibiting signs of distress.”
The agency also called it “an unprecedented situation in which a mountain lion has continued to survive in such an urban setting.”
P-22 is thought to have <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/mountain-lion-attacking-leashed-dog-in-hollywood-hills-caught-on-camera/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> a chihuahua mix dog while a person was walking the dog on November 9, and also attacked another chihuahua. The owner of the second chihuahua fought back against the lion.
“My wife and I got Piper in 2014,” Daniel Jimenez, the first dog&#8217;s owner, said. “We rescued her and she was just the sweetest dog. We’re just devastated at the loss of our little dog.”
“I don’t want anything bad to happen to P-22,” Jimenez noted. “I just want people to be safe out there so that nothing like this happens again.”
In early 2012, P-22 was first seen in Griffith Park and has become famous in the area since that time.
Beth Pratt is the California regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation and is also in charge of the SaveLACougars effort.
“If Griffith Park was connected to other open space, P22 would have options,” she reportedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/09/los-angeles-p22-mountain-lion-captured-distress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a statement last week. “P22 might not be now traveling so close to the denser human-wildlife interface.”
It was previously <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-10/los-angeles-mountain-lion-p-22-capture-could-take-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believed</a> that it could take a while to bring the animal in.
“It’s up to the cat,” Pratt said. “It could be a couple of days or it could be in a month. It just depends on how quickly the cat cooperates.”

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P-22, Famous Los Angeles Mountain Lion, Captured

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Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> City Councilmember <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-im-not-resigning-l-a-city-official-refuses-to-step-down-following-racist-audio-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin de León</a> became involved in an altercation with an activist on Friday night at a charity event, footage shows. 
A video <a href="https://twitter.com/roots_action/status/1601435163472236545">posted</a> to Twitter shows de León shoving a man to the ground while at a toy giveaway at Lincoln Park in Los Angeles. The councilman claims that he was “assaulted” while activists upset with de León said he started the fight.
While at the charity event, de León said he decided to leave because protestors had shown up, and he wanted to “leave without further incident,” <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-councilmember-kevin-de-leon-involved-in-fight-during-holiday-event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to KTLA. As he departed, de León claimed that protesters had “blocked” the way out. 
The activist with who de León tussled was identified as Jason Reedy, an activist with the Left-wing People’s City Council group.
De León faced angry activists earlier this year after leaked audio recordings published in October revealed offensive comments made by him during a meeting with fellow city officials behind closed doors in 2021.
“Once we were able to push open a door and try to get out, Reedy launched a pelvic thrust, followed by a headbutt to my forehead. My response, in defense of myself, was to push him off of me. In the ensuing struggle, Reedy struck me in the face with a closed fist, violently elbowed a female staff member, and injured a volunteer in front of horrified parents and children,” the embattled councilman said in a statement. 
De León also suggested that the incident was an attack on democracy. 
“The escalating political rhetoric is beyond unacceptable, now turning verbal threats into physical acts of violence. It’s a dangerous pattern that must end before more serious harm or loss of life occurs,” he said. “Leaders must collectively step up to curb rising hostilities towards staff and elected officials. In no way is violence a form of free speech and acts like these have no place in politics or democracy.”
An attorney for Reedy claimed that the councilman had initiated the fight, claiming video evidence backed up his claims.
“Video footage clearly shows him and his supporters initiating this assault while Mr. Reedy stands prone,” lawyer Shakeer Rahman said. “Not only has Kevin de León lost all political legitimacy, his claims that he was the one attacked here simply underscores how he’s lost touch with reality.”
A social worker at the event told the L.A. Times that he had witnessed Reedy attempt a head butt, but that the activist had not made contact with de León.
The police are investigating the incident and City Council President Paul Krekorian has stood by de León, saying that he had been assaulted.

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Los Angeles has officially banned new oil wells in the city, further increasing the city&#8217;s reliance on foreign sources of oil.
On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council held a vote and all were in favor of getting rid of oil drilling in Los Angeles. They greenlit a measure to prohibit the extraction process of new oil and gas. The vote for the measure passed with no one voting against it — 12 to 0. 
The city will get rid of operations that already are running “after a 20-year amortization period,” <a href="https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/7e8aea68-fb21-4920-b0a1-0a1dc0f6563a/Oil_Ordinance_Fact_Sheet_-_English_Version_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a fact <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/3762406-los-angeles-city-council-approves-ban-on-oil-and-gas-drilling-within-city-limits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sheet</a>. 
&#8220;This may be the most important step towards environmental justice that this council has taken in recent memory,&#8221; Council President Paul Krekorian <a href="https://abc7.com/los-angeles-oil-and-gas-ban-la-city-council-vote-environment/12520325/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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In October, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors also supported a similar measure. In January, the entire City Council <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/3762406-los-angeles-city-council-approves-ban-on-oil-and-gas-drilling-within-city-limits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> in favor of creating a resolution after the county voted to get rid of oil and gas drilling last year.
While some have pushed Los Angeles to end oil drilling, there is also worry about the possible loss of employment opportunities and spike in gasoline prices.
&#8220;What happens very often is the profiteers of the oil and gas companies will use their mistreated workforce as a way to try to push back on policymakers,&#8221; Krekorian claimed at a briefing. ”They will try to use a fake, false untruthful argument about impacts on gasoline prices.” He also said that the time of oil and gas production is stopping either way. 
Warren Resources is one of the companies that has oil wells in the region and was against the measure. 
In a statement, president James A. Watt, said the company plans to ”use all available legal resources to protect our major investment from this unlawful taking&#8221; and said that pollution resulting from its work was &#8220;on par with that of a fast-food restaurant.”
&#8220;Warren has demonstrated to the City Council and all other regulatory authorities that we are not an environmentally significant pollution source for the community,&#8221; Watt said.
The decision also has international implications. 
Hector Barajas, a spokesman for the California Independent Petroleum Association, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/los-angeles-bans-oil-and-gas-drilling-within-city-limits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the new measure makes it so that the 2.5 million oil barrels made by the city last year would need to now come from international imports, like those from Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. 
“Our in-state oil is the only California climate-compliant oil in the world, given that oil producers must adhere to the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program and account for all emissions,” Barajas pointed out. “Foreign oil imports are totally exempt from those requirements.”
The latest development goes in line with Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom’s efforts from earlier this year. California legislators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-passes-54-billion-in-climate-spending-votes-to-keep-nuclear-plant-open-but-infringes-on-oil-and-gas-wells" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> legislation making it so that new oil and gas wells have to be established at least 3,200 feet away from community areas and homes.

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