TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Video of a sidewalk delivery robot crossing yellow caution tape and rolling through a crime scene in Los Angeles went viral this week, amassing more than 650,000 views on Twitter and sparking debate about whether the technology is ready for prime time. It turns out the robot’s error, at least in this case, was caused by humans.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

But lower payouts and onerous requirements about the number of trips has made Express Drive a tough sell for many drivers, according to a 2019 story in the Los Angeles Times. The company says it will lobby for “aggressive zero-emission vehicle policies” like mandates, tax rebates, and charging infrastructure expansion.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

Like many neighborhoods in the expanding Chicago metro area, however, the city’s postwar redlining policies, combined with expressway construction in the 1960s, forced a dramatic shift: white immigrant families fled for better-connected neighborhoods, and institutional segregation policies served to push African American families into Austin.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

They currently partner with 48 local organizations in 17 countries that work to secure equal educational access and high-quality education for all children. Their strategic focus of leaders, teachers, and families also incorporates support for one of the strongest early childhood policy and advocacy networks in the nation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s a give and get policy. Today, it’s active in over 20 markets in North America, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Vancouver, and Mexico City. That service fee covers company costs and provides its margin, its founders say.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Rental cars are stored in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium in this aerial photograph taken over Los Angeles, California, U.S., Without electricity and connectivity, we don’t have the world we want to see.” on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Hertz Global Holdings Inc. Still, the fact remains that something needs to change.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF. State/Local. Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees / Los Angeles, CA / $935.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We need to utilize these tools, to the best of our abilities, to engage and inform the public, because no matter how much federal, state and local officials do, we will only be successful if the public is brought in as part of the team." Frequently, they are simply bystanders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The terms advocacy and lobbying are generally used interchangeably to describe how nonprofits influence legislation and public policy. The idea is to aid the organization as a whole with small, manageable bits of advocacy, like writing a letter to a local representative or networking with business leaders. Talbert, M.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Los Angeles, California: Digital Activism: How Much Can You Really Accomplish? Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. State/Local / #DCNP2019 / @DMANF. State/Local. State/Local / #NPSummit19 / @TogetherSC. State/Local. The Corps Network National Conference.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Identify priorities for the types of programs and services you’ll offer to support your goals, target audience for your services, target supporter audiences, advocacy and public policy aims, and branding or marketing objectives. Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles outlined a strategic plan for 2022-2023.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA). The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. This list is by no means exhaustive: please add your favorites (especially non-American ones) in the comments. Waffle Shop (Pittsburgh, PA).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

Others took advantage of new remote work policies and being constrained by commutes to relocate to new homes. Factor in that more people were spending more time at home than ever due to COVID shelter-in-place orders, home took on new meaning. Suddenly, many needed more space.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

This month's highlights include a review of cost-saving technologies in Rhode Island, a discussion on how technology can help build community in Los Angeles, and a case study on the importance of weaving IT in to your strategic plans in Las Vegas. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Los Angeles Times was the first to report on the lawsuit). In his newish chief scientist role, Pratt gives advice to the company from a “scientific point of view” and tries to educate the public and policy makers about issues that are of concern to Toyota. And people fail to do that now.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Los Angeles, California: WordPress for Nonprofits — Learn from an Expert! Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

We shared that distinction with big players like American Honda Motor, Frito-Lay, Lockheed Martin, and the Los Angeles Zoo. I have championed the recent Oakland Food Policy Assessment introduced by some amazing grad students at Cal, which lays out a very clear, thorough, and utterly achievable road map for food security in Oakland.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Many local police departments like the one in Los Angeles are experimenting with them. Foreign Policy magazine's Predators for Peace Drones is a short history of humanitarian drones. The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. What the Future Holds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

This all started with one guy in Los Angeles thinking, "I have to do something.". We sat down at the table with Senator Feinstein's foreign policy legislative assistant, and I gave the spiel. My hands were shaking and I was really nervous. And at the end of it he said, "Well this has been great, thank you so much for coming.

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Tableau

MAY 3, 2021

Every student has the right to an education, but harsh school discipline policies are blocking students of color from achieving their full potential,” says Marc Philpart, managing director at PolicyLink and principal coordinator for their Alliance for Boys and Men of Color. The effect of law enforcement presence on students of color.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Boss-Moms is one of many Facebook groups grappling with inadequate moderation policies as members attempt to discuss Black Lives Matter. The groups, which range in focus from video games to music to local communities, are moderated by other group members. People screenshotted everything and sometimes left the group.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

“As I’ve written about elsewhere, local project developers are key to getting sustainability projects built where they will actually do the most good — in the communities hit hardest by both local pollution and climate change impacts. Wander is one-such service providing high speed wireless internet in Los Angeles.

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The Verge

APRIL 19, 2022

While mask usage is still recommended, we’ve updated our Covid Safety policies. Masks may still be required for some international flights or when flying in and out of certain localities, the airlines said. The Los Angeles Metro said the same , noting that it was waiting for further guidance from the federal government.

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Tableau

MAY 3, 2021

Every student has the right to an education, but harsh school discipline policies are blocking students of color from achieving their full potential,” says Marc Philpart, managing director at PolicyLink and principal coordinator for their Alliance for Boys and Men of Color. The effect of law enforcement presence on students of color.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Editors’ note: This article is from the Summer 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future. ”.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Founded by Susan Crawford, who now advises President Obama on science, technology, and innovation policy, OneWebDay is a global event that is celebrated every September 22 since 2006. Because the Web shifts the balance of power in our global society and local communities, even those who never go online live in a constantly changing world.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 2, 2025

Peza notes that Altadena does not have the same legislative limitations at the county level; rather than having its own city government, as most municipalities do, Altadena is managed by the Los Angeles County supervisors. Technically, local policy can be passed at any point, and there is more that we need to be demanding, Peza says.

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Futurism

MARCH 19, 2025

Granado reported previously being harangued by riders over masks at the height of Covid, uncomfortable advances by men, requests to escort riders into doctors' offices, and a customer who insisted that she roll down the window in the midst of the recent Los Angeles Wildfires, as the air glowed orange with ash.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In September, more than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were under boil-water notices for nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of a local water system. In January, several water providers declared their drinking water unsafe after wildfires roared through Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Taur , for example, is a British company that has just launched operations in Los Angeles , in large part because the U.K. They just need to get the policy to align with demand. Divergent Technologies , a Los Angeles-based manufacturing startup, raised $160 million in a Series C funding round. In the U.S.,

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

Eva Rodriguez has earnedminimum wage at a Subway franchise in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles for more than a decade. Rodriguez detailed her claims in the complaint she filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Subway, Singh, and Singhs company, Guardashan & Happy Inc. The Washington, D.C.-based

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 3, 2025

Local communities and states decide whether to adopt building code documents. earthquakes such as the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco, the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles and the 2001 Nisqually earthquake near Seattle. Stewart is a professor of engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Some far-right groups have purposefully sown confusion by impersonating left-wing activists, adding chaos to already turbulent days of protests in which local officials have blamed unnamed outsiders and left-wing groups for the mayhem. The changes to the default data settings are a significant expansion of the company’s privacy policies.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 5, 2025

These efforts show how working locally to grapple with the complexity of land-based reparations is a necessary and feasible part of the nations healing process. Members include Los Angeles; Austin; and Asheville, North Carolina. Each mayor is advised by committees made up of representatives from local Black-led organizations.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Just yesterday, Los Angeles county said stay-at-home orders would likely continue through August , albeit with some restrictions lifted. The move stands in sharp contrast to other big tech companies that are expending work home home policies.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security have rescinded a policy that would require international students to take in-person classes in order to remain in the US. The agencies reached an agreement with Harvard and MIT, who filed a lawsuit on July 8th over the policy. Monica Chin / The Verge ).

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