Dakota Smith

KAYLA BARTKOWSKI Los Angeles Times WEST HOLLYWOOD Councilmember Chelsea Byers speaks during a news conference Feb. 17 in Los Angeles. Behind the debate over whether Casey Wasserman should resign as the 2028 Olympics chief over 20-year-old correspondences ... See more

After Epstein files, Wasserman's survival as L.A. Olympics chief may come down to money Behind the debate over whether Casey Wasserman should resign as the 2028 Olympics chief over 20-year-old correspondences unearthed in the Epstein files is a fraught qu... See more

LOS ANGELES — Casey Wasserman faced more calls Wednesday to resign from his position leading the 2028 L.A. Olympics — the latest push to oust the embattled mogul in the aftermath of the recent Jeffrey Epstein files release. During a gubernatorial forum in... See more

CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times MAYOR Karen Bass shakes hands Tuesday with Michael Stephens of Urban Community Action Network. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in an interview Monday that she does not want embattled mogul Casey Wasserman running the 20... See more

NITHYA RAMAN, left, Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-MartÃnez at a meeting on Palisades building fees. (ALLEN J. SCHABEN Los Angeles Times) More than five years ago, Nithya Raman made history as the first candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of Ame... See more