Noah Goldberg
@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social
I cover City Hall for the Los Angeles Times -- noah.goldberg@latimes.com
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Huang could complicate Bass’ reelection bid, luring away left-of-center voters at a time when the mayor faces criticism over the Palisades fire, the budget and several other issues.
The larger the pool of candidates, the more work Bass will have to do to avoid an expensive runoff campaign.
The larger the pool of candidates, the more work Bass will have to do to avoid an expensive runoff campaign.
Could she be LA's Mamdani? Rae Huang, a community organizer, announces her mayoral campaign.
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She's challenging Bass from the left. Could she become L.A.'s Mamdani?
Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer and democratic socialist, is waging a long-shot campaign for L.A. mayor, focusing on free buses, public housing and police abuse.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Huang could complicate Bass’ reelection bid, luring away left-of-center voters at a time when the mayor faces criticism over the Palisades fire, the budget and several other issues.
The larger the pool of candidates, the more work Bass will have to do to avoid an expensive runoff campaign.
The larger the pool of candidates, the more work Bass will have to do to avoid an expensive runoff campaign.
Could she be LA's Mamdani? Rae Huang, a community organizer, announces her mayoral campaign.
with @davidzahniser.bsky.social
with @davidzahniser.bsky.social
She's challenging Bass from the left. Could she become L.A.'s Mamdani?
Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer and democratic socialist, is waging a long-shot campaign for L.A. mayor, focusing on free buses, public housing and police abuse.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Could she be LA's Mamdani? Rae Huang, a community organizer, announces her mayoral campaign.
with @davidzahniser.bsky.social
with @davidzahniser.bsky.social
A developer tried to quietly open an RV park in a single-family neighborhood. The pushback has been fierce
An RV park in this neighborhood? Not without a fight
Residents in Harbor City are fighting against a proposed RV park that they believe could bring crime and lower property values.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A developer tried to quietly open an RV park in a single-family neighborhood. The pushback has been fierce
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On an 11-2 vote, the City Council approved a $2.6-billion expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center, despite warnings that the project will pull taxpayer funds away from essential city services.
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L.A. backs $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion amid major warnings about the cost
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday voted 11 to 2 to support the project, despite warnings of the strain it would put on the general fund and city services.
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September 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
On an 11-2 vote, the City Council approved a $2.6-billion expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center, despite warnings that the project will pull taxpayer funds away from essential city services.
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Five months ago, L.A. city leaders announced plans to lay off 1,600 workers to close a $1-billion budget gap. On Tuesday, after months of salary talks with city unions, Mayor Karen Bass said every layoff has been avoided.
@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the story
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@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the story
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L.A. won't lay off any city workers this year, mayor says
The announcement came on the heels of an agreement with the L.A. City Coalition of Unions, whose tens of thousands of city workers will take up to five unpaid holidays in 2026.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Five months ago, L.A. city leaders announced plans to lay off 1,600 workers to close a $1-billion budget gap. On Tuesday, after months of salary talks with city unions, Mayor Karen Bass said every layoff has been avoided.
@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the story
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@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the story
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Have you seen one of the "Save Our Services" campaign fliers around L.A.?
Here's what's going on with those
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Here's what's going on with those
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The fliers say 'Save Our Services.' Airbnb is actually pulling the strings
Supporters of the plan say it could generate about $80 million in tax revenue annually, especially as tourists descend on Los Angeles for the 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl, and 2028 Olympics.
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August 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Have you seen one of the "Save Our Services" campaign fliers around L.A.?
Here's what's going on with those
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Here's what's going on with those
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Immigration agents reportedly handcuffed, detained and drew their guns on a student outside Arleta High School in a case of mistaken identity, officials said.
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Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Immigration agents reportedly handcuffed, detained and drew their guns on a student outside Arleta High School in a case of mistaken identity, officials said.
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L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said the battle between business and labor is raging out of control, and no one has brought the parties together to reach a compromise.
“In the absence of that, everyone is taking matters into their own hands," she said.
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“In the absence of that, everyone is taking matters into their own hands," she said.
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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures
Labor leaders and business groups, looking to gain the upper hand, have submitted proposals that, if approved by voters, would disrupt the city in enormous ways.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said the battle between business and labor is raging out of control, and no one has brought the parties together to reach a compromise.
“In the absence of that, everyone is taking matters into their own hands," she said.
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“In the absence of that, everyone is taking matters into their own hands," she said.
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The year is 2001 and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is talking about why it's more important to focus on the practical business of mailing out three DVDs at a time to consumers (who then mail them back) than it is to make something "cool" like streaming movies of the Internet
July 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The year is 2001 and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is talking about why it's more important to focus on the practical business of mailing out three DVDs at a time to consumers (who then mail them back) than it is to make something "cool" like streaming movies of the Internet
I wrote about the no-good, very messy divorce between the city-run L.A. Zoo and its non-profit partner of more than 60 years, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.
At stake is a $50 million endowment both sides claim is theirs
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At stake is a $50 million endowment both sides claim is theirs
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Inside the L.A. Zoo's messy $50-million breakup
The city’s contract with GLAZA, which governs fundraising, special events and more, ends Tuesday, leaving the zoo in a precarious place, with no firm plan for how to proceed.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wrote about the no-good, very messy divorce between the city-run L.A. Zoo and its non-profit partner of more than 60 years, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.
At stake is a $50 million endowment both sides claim is theirs
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At stake is a $50 million endowment both sides claim is theirs
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The DOJ said Trump won the 2024 election on a platform of deporting "millions of illegal immigrants." By passing a sanctuary city law, L.A. politicians sought to “thwart the will of the American people," the lawsuit said.
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Trump administration sues Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. City Council over sanctuary policy
The lawsuit, filed in California’s Central District federal court, accuses sanctuary cities such as L.A. of hindering efforts to address a 'crisis of illegal immigration.'
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June 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The DOJ said Trump won the 2024 election on a platform of deporting "millions of illegal immigrants." By passing a sanctuary city law, L.A. politicians sought to “thwart the will of the American people," the lawsuit said.
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The numbers don't lie: Data shows most nabbed in L.A. raids were men with no criminal conviction, picked up off the street. Great work by @racheluranga.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Most nabbed in L.A. raids were men with no criminal conviction, picked up off the street
The Trump administration claimed the sweeps were aimed at criminals, but data shows otherwise.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The numbers don't lie: Data shows most nabbed in L.A. raids were men with no criminal conviction, picked up off the street. Great work by @racheluranga.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
This past year legal payouts reached their highest levels ever in the history of Los Angeles — $289 million. The year before was also a record.
We looked into what is driving the record payouts and how it is contributing to LA's fiscal crisis.
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We looked into what is driving the record payouts and how it is contributing to LA's fiscal crisis.
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As Los Angeles faces budget crisis, legal payouts skyrocket
City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto has blamed a backlog of cases following the COVID-19 pandemic, juries she says are increasingly antagonistic to municipalities and structured settlements set up by the ...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This past year legal payouts reached their highest levels ever in the history of Los Angeles — $289 million. The year before was also a record.
We looked into what is driving the record payouts and how it is contributing to LA's fiscal crisis.
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We looked into what is driving the record payouts and how it is contributing to LA's fiscal crisis.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
With federal officials keeping the city in the dark on immigration enforcement actions, City Council members and the mayor sometimes rely on the rumor mill.
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How did a rumor about an ICE raid on a homeless shelter escalate to Mayor Bass?
At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass made a startling claim. U.S.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
With federal officials keeping the city in the dark on immigration enforcement actions, City Council members and the mayor sometimes rely on the rumor mill.
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BREAKING: Mayor Bass has declared a local emergency and issued a curfew in downtown Los Angeles "to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting" as protests against Trump's immigration crackdown enter their fifth night.
The curfew is from 8pm to 6am tomorrow, then could be extended.
The curfew is from 8pm to 6am tomorrow, then could be extended.
June 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
BREAKING: Mayor Bass has declared a local emergency and issued a curfew in downtown Los Angeles "to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting" as protests against Trump's immigration crackdown enter their fifth night.
The curfew is from 8pm to 6am tomorrow, then could be extended.
The curfew is from 8pm to 6am tomorrow, then could be extended.
Reposted by Noah Goldberg
L.A. City Council members spar with police chief over immigration protests
L.A. City Council members spar with police chief over immigration protests
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell appeared before the council to discuss the LAPD’s attempts to control protests that have erupted mostly in downtown Los Angeles every day since Friday, sometimes descending into chaos.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
L.A. City Council members spar with police chief over immigration protests
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The L.A. City Council's budget committee took steps this week to save the jobs of more than 1,000 workers, cutting in half the number of city employees targeted for layoffs in Mayor Karen Bass' budget
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L.A. council panel votes to save 1,000 city jobs, reducing layoffs to 650
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky said the move would allow the city to preserve core city services. The plan heads to the full council next week.
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May 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The L.A. City Council's budget committee took steps this week to save the jobs of more than 1,000 workers, cutting in half the number of city employees targeted for layoffs in Mayor Karen Bass' budget
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Some of you may not have noticed that the cover art for Gov. Newsom's May Revision to the California state budget was generated with AI... But when you look a little closer, it starts to make sense.
May 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Some of you may not have noticed that the cover art for Gov. Newsom's May Revision to the California state budget was generated with AI... But when you look a little closer, it starts to make sense.
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Los Angeles' political leaders are looking to cut the size of the LAPD by another 300 officers, in hopes of avoiding layoffs of other city workers.
The move would leave the agency with 8,400 officers by mid-2026, down from 8,700 this year and about 10,000 in 2020.
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The move would leave the agency with 8,400 officers by mid-2026, down from 8,700 this year and about 10,000 in 2020.
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To stave off layoffs, L.A. council members seek to cut police officer hiring
The City Council voiced support for a slowdown in hiring that would leave the LAPD with about 8,400 officers by mid-2026, down from more than 8,700 this year.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Los Angeles' political leaders are looking to cut the size of the LAPD by another 300 officers, in hopes of avoiding layoffs of other city workers.
The move would leave the agency with 8,400 officers by mid-2026, down from 8,700 this year and about 10,000 in 2020.
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The move would leave the agency with 8,400 officers by mid-2026, down from 8,700 this year and about 10,000 in 2020.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House could soon be closed to the public -- and lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- if budget cuts proposed by Mayor Karen Bass are approved.
@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the details
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@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the details
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House could close due to city budget cuts
The house in East Hollywood, commissioned by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall in 1918, could close to the public and lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site if its staffing is cut to one full-...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House could soon be closed to the public -- and lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- if budget cuts proposed by Mayor Karen Bass are approved.
@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the details
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@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the details
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The mayor's office's budget went up by $600,000 in the proposed budget, yet she said she reduced funding to her office. I tried to square the math in our politics newsletter
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Mayor Bass said her office's budget will be cut. The numbers tell a different story
The mayor said that she will reduce her office's operating budget. But the budget actually went up.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The mayor's office's budget went up by $600,000 in the proposed budget, yet she said she reduced funding to her office. I tried to square the math in our politics newsletter
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One of the more fun things I've written
Last night was mad fun. 33 Taps in Silver Lake was *rocking* as the Knicks closed out the first round of the playoffs vs the Pistons. And two years ago today, this LA Times piece by @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social stamped the bar as the official clubhouse of Knicks fans in Los Angeles.
On Sunset Boulevard, Knicks fans create a portal to Madison Square Garden
Sports bar 33 Taps in Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood has become the place for expat New Yorkers, including Desus Nice, to watch Knicks games.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
One of the more fun things I've written
Closing Norms?
The iconic sawtooth Googie-style NORMS sign could give way to CANE'S as fast food chain Raising Cane's plans to operate their chicken finger business out of the iconic Norms La Cienega location starting in 2027.
Preservationists are disconsolate.
The iconic sawtooth Googie-style NORMS sign could give way to CANE'S as fast food chain Raising Cane's plans to operate their chicken finger business out of the iconic Norms La Cienega location starting in 2027.
Preservationists are disconsolate.
Norms, L.A.'s icon of coffee shop architecture, would give way to a fast-food chain. Some are outraged
If all goes according to plan, the iconic sawtooth "Norms" sign hanging above the La Cienega landmark will lose its letters. They'll be replaced by "Cane's."
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November 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Closing Norms?
The iconic sawtooth Googie-style NORMS sign could give way to CANE'S as fast food chain Raising Cane's plans to operate their chicken finger business out of the iconic Norms La Cienega location starting in 2027.
Preservationists are disconsolate.
The iconic sawtooth Googie-style NORMS sign could give way to CANE'S as fast food chain Raising Cane's plans to operate their chicken finger business out of the iconic Norms La Cienega location starting in 2027.
Preservationists are disconsolate.
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California's precipitation is 137% above average for this date in the water year. Many of the state's reservoir have received a noticeable bump due to recent atmospheric rivers. We're tracking all things California water here: www.latimes.com/projects/cal... @latimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
California's precipitation is 137% above average for this date in the water year. Many of the state's reservoir have received a noticeable bump due to recent atmospheric rivers. We're tracking all things California water here: www.latimes.com/projects/cal... @latimes.com
Alright I'm here. You guys can have fun now.
November 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Alright I'm here. You guys can have fun now.