City Council is taking a quick break from solving WeHo’s woes to let the world know how they feel about the recent Supreme Court rulings on equal rights and affirmative action. The court sided with the designer. The second case held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The resolutions, authored by Mayor Sepi Shyne, Mayor Pro Tem John Erickson and Councilmember Chelsea Byers, are entirely for show. As WeHo wades back into the culture wars, residents and businesses continue to struggle with rampant crime, rising costs and a love-hate relationship with electric scooters.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 14, 2023 10:30 UTC