https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JXHc6WqCsrE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-iran-threat-san-diego-los-angeles-reaction
Along with withholding funds, the president has also imposed “unlawful” conditions on states requesting federal grants for disaster response and preparedness, according to attorneys general from 25 Democratic-led states that sued the administration in July.
The group, which was led by California’s Rob Bonta, claimed the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) have used a “campaign of coercion”, leveraging the needed disaster support in an attempt to force states to implement voting and immigration policies pushed by the president...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/los-angeles-wildfire-survivors-federal-aid
“This order reinforces the well-established principle that local governments have the authority to decide how to use their personnel and resources,” Feldstein Soto said in a statement released on Monday.
“The goal of this ordinance, and of LAPD’s immigration-related policies – which date back to special order 40 in the 1970s – is to encourage victims of and witnesses to crime to feel safe coming forward to seek help from LAPD regardless of their immigration status. It does not obstruct or impede lawful federal immigration enforcement operations.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/judge-trump-lawsuit-los-angeles-sanctuary-city
But in Friday’s video, Pratt said: “I’m moving on to the next, more interesting phase,” adding: “I don’t have campaign laws hamstringing me now. It’s war.”
“I didn’t get in this for political power, I got in this to expose this corrupt machine. Nothing’s changed. You enjoy your worthless meetings at city hall,” he said. “You think your election is going to stop me. If you want to stop me, you’re going to have to fucking kill me.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/spencer-pratt-concedes-la-mayor-race
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jun/08/tweets/spencer-pratt-ballot-dump-zero-votes-24000/
" There's no way in hell you're gonna come here and say $500 million is a down payment, and you can't tell me what the actual cost is," Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin said at the hearing.
"We're not doing this any longer," he said. "This is corruption, and it's gonna stop now."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836556/trump-homeless-veterans-la
Jesus Javier Gomez Islas, 23, says in filing against LAPD he has permanently lost vision in one eye due to unjustified munition fired at his face…
The Department of Justice last week petitioned to join a lawsuit against LAUSD in which a group has accused the school district of discriminating against white students...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/fbi-raids-lausd-offices-superintendent-00798374
The president said troops will no longer be in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland...
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-00708714
Democrats organized the hours-long congressional oversight hearing in Los Angeles in order to hear testimony about the impacts of Donald Trump's sweeping deportation agenda, and look at alleged civil rights abuses by federal agents and the "unlawful" detention of US citizens...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/los-angeles-congressional-hearing-ice-raids
Rafie Ollah Shouhed, 79, a US citizen, was held for 12 hours after sustaining broken ribs and a traumatic brain injury…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/26/los-angeles-car-wash-owner-ice-raid-lawsuit
Andrea Velez was charged with assaulting a federal officer while he was attempting to arrest a suspect. The DOJ later dismissed her case...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-citizen-detained-ice-l-says-wasnt-water-24-hours-rcna224493