The relaxed regulations now being applied in Los Angeles should become the standard across California. If lifting red tape helps after a disaster, why not apply the same approach to all construction?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s ...

City leaders tried to downplay the dangers, suggesting that it was confined to Chinatown and hinting that white people didn’t need to fear it. Dozens of people died while civic leaders tussled over ...