In recent months, local governments elsewhere in the nation have taken similar action on trying to regulate what people can ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to ban use of the N-word and the C-word during meetings in response to a recent increase in abusive or offensive language from a handful of people who ...

To the editor: Armando Herman, Wayne Spindler and Stacey Segarra-Bohlinger are allowed to protest speech restrictions at Los Angeles City Council meetings (“L.A. City Council bans N-word and C-word at ...

Despite eventually allowing protestors to voice their opposition to the Dodger Stadium gondola project, Metro certifies a ...

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council approved new rules Wednesday banning speakers from using a racial slur and an obscene term for a woman during council and committee meetings. In a 14-0 vote, ...

As deadly wildfires raged across Southern California in January, a Los Angeles city official lamented to the city council and others how they were forced to listen to hateful, vulgar language from ...

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of the N-word and C-word at public meetings — triggering free speech backlash and the threat of a $400 million lawsuit. The controversial ...

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new rule prohibiting public speakers from using the N-word and C-word, including any variations, during council and committee meetings. The measure aims to ...

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Speakers at Los Angeles City Council meetings will be banned from using the N-word and the C-word, the council decided Wednesday. The ban comes after years of tirades by a few speakers who attack ...

The city council passed a motion banning the two terms on July 30, saying they were the "most frequently used offensive and injurious epithets" at its meetings. Some local neighborhood councils ...