Weekly News Update for October 11, 2019
Today we're talking about the fires and power shut offs, landlords collective response to new rent caps in California, LAPD's predictive policing and racial disparities in searches, and a scandal at the LA County Assessor's office that may involve one of the board members.\n\nSources\n\nFor info about the Saddleridge fire: https://www.lafd.org/news/saddleridge-brush-fire\n\nAB 1482: https://la.curbed.com/2019/8/1/20744755/assembly-bill-1482-rent-control-los-angeles-california\n\nLA TNC regulations: https://twitter.com/dotkohlhaas/status/1181669322185269248?s=12\n\nAssessor's office: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-08/connected-taxpayers-got-breaks-with-l-a-county-assessors-office-whistleblowers-allege\n\nLAPD searches: https://ktla.com/2019/10/08/lapd-searches-blacks-and-latinos-more-but-theyre-less-likely-to-have-contraband-than-whites/