L.A. Deputy Mayor Brian Williams was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into an alleged bomb threat three weeks before fires broke out in LA County.
On Tuesday, the council drafted and posted a flurry of proposals for same-day voting — so many that they were buried under one another on a City Hall bulletin board.
Shortly before the four-hour meeting began about 50 supporters of the motion gathered on the steps of CityHall and waved signs that read “Shame on crisis profiteers” and “LA needs a tenant ...