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Inglewood Speaks Up for Forum Deal
City to give sports venue suitor $18 million.Inglewood steps in with loan to help Madison Square Garden score purchase of the Forum. February 20, 2012 midnight $$ ShareMolina Healthcare Loses Missouri Contract
Molina Healthcare Inc. shares fell Tuesday after the Medicaid managed care provider said it had lost a key contract in Missouri, and thus was lowering its full-year earnings guidance.
Supply Chain Act Will Soak Businesses Like Drinking Water Act
OP-ED
Michael Gorman sees supply chain act draining businesses just like the drinking water act.
Giving Bus Lines Their Fare Share
OP-ED: Time to park bad attitude toward eco-friendly form of transportation that provides social interaction.
Annie Chen, Timothy Lee and Anthony Kennedy urge Angelenos to kick bus riding into a higher gear.
Silly Laws Have Become the Rule
COMMENT
Charles Crumpley discounts the county’s ban on secondhand stores in unincorporated territory.
Savings Grace
Goodwill leads fight to allow thrift shops in unincorporated L.A. County.
Goodwill looks to shelve county zoning ban on opening thrift stores in unincorporated areas.
Show of Strength
NBC Universal parent seeks tax refund on L.A. County property.
NBC Universal parent Comcast produces lawsuit to recover Universal City property taxes.
LAEDC Forecast Still Sees Slow Recovery
L.A. County’s economy will continue its slow climb from the recession this year, with the unemployment rate dropping to 11.5 percent, according to a forecast by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
LA Public Works Board Endorses Controversial Franchise System
Brushing aside concerns from small private trash haulers, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works has unanimously approved a plan to convert the city’s open competition system for trash collection from commercial and apartment properties to an exclusive franchise system.
Monrovia Property Wins $24 Million Gold Line Settlement
A Monrovia owner of property deemed essential for a Gold Line maintenance yard has settled his legal fight against the light-rail line for $24 million.
Local SEC Head to Retire
Rosalind Ramsey Tyson, director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Los Angeles Regional Office, will retire at the end of March after 30 years with the regulatory agency.
Dumped?
L.A. franchise-zone plan could scrap trash haulers
Trash businesses want Los Angeles to throw out plans to create one-hauler franchises across the city.
L.A. Employers Tell State to Lay Off With Unemployment Tax
Local employers fear spike in unemployment insurance will only work to kill jobs and growth.
Governor Brown Forms Board to Dismantle L.A.’s CRA
Gov. Jerry Brown has created a special three-member governing board that will be responsible for dissolving the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles.
Still a Ways Off
OP-ED: Governor’s axing of redevelopment agencies goes against his goal of establishing more local control.
Governor loses local-control building block by axing redevelopment agencies, writes Daniel J.B. Mitchell.
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