Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s legislation to increase penalties for those who flee the scene of an accident cleared another legislative hurdle today, passing the Assembly Transportation Committee by a vote of 13-1. Gatto’s bill, AB 1532, would expand hit-and-run penalties to include automatic license suspension for motorists who flee the scene of any accident involving another […]
Bill has 64 co-authors, including a majority of the State Assembly AB 1839, the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act of 2014 passed the Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee today by a vote of 7-0. The legislation, authored by Assemblymembers Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Raul Bocanegra […]
The public is invited to attend a “Building Responsible Government” Town Hall with Assemblyman Mike Gatto. On Saturday, April 5, 2014, from 11am to 12:30pm, Assemblyman Gatto will be available to answer questions about community issues, provide updates and information about his 2014 legislation, and discuss suggestions for legislation in 2015. This will be Gatto’s […]
By Ted AYALA Not long after settling into the mayor’s office last year, Dave Weaver moved quickly to curtail the time allotted to the public to comment during the Glendale City Council weekly meetings. The resulting debate has left in its wake a deep divide among the public and, as last Tuesday’s meeting proved, within […]
By Ted AYALA The city was slapped with a pair of lawsuits recently filed, one over the transfer of monies from Glendale Water & Power, the other about the continuing controversy over the statue of a “comfort women” in Central Park. The former lawsuit, filed by members of the Glendale Coalition for Better Government, regards […]
By Jason KUROSU Five candidates will appear on the ballot this June in Glendale’s Special Election, which will determine who will fill the vacancy on the Glendale City Council left by former councilmember Rafi Manoukian. Manoukian left the council to become city treasurer in April 2013, leaving a vacancy that has been filled in the […]
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff and 195 House and Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to sign an executive order banning contractors from receiving federal contracts unless they have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Such a step, which could be implemented without Congressional action, would […]
Power was restored by midnight to GWP customers in far north Glendale affected by the overnight power outage. Crews are continuing to investigate the cause of the outage. UPDATED 10:15 p.m.An estimated 5,000 GWP customers, including far north Glendale west of Lowell and north and south of Foothill Boulevard as well as the Montrose […]
A bill by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) to ensure that crimes committed on college campuses are properly reported and investigated passed its first legislative hurdle today, receiving a 12-0 vote of support from the Assembly Higher Education Committee. The legislation, AB 1433, would require colleges to disclose certain violent crimes, including sexual assaults and […]
Earthquake occurred at 6:25 a.m. preliminary information from USGS has it as a magnitude of 4.4 [downgraded from 4.7] earlier. Located 9km NNW of Westwood.