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Kevin James Would Make History as LA’s First Openly Gay City Attorney, LGBTQ+ Organization Backs Out Councilmembers’ Re-Election Bids LOS ANGELES — Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, announced endorsements of two openly gay candidates for citywide office in Los Angeles on Monday and officially backed the city’s two openly gay […]

Los Angeles City Attorney candidate Kevin James today filed his first fundraising disclosure statement reporting over $300,000 raised from individual donors, labor unions and business leaders. Kevin said “I am honored to have the early support of so many individuals, labor unions who represent working families throughout Los Angeles, and business leaders who represent numerous […]

Original Article at CalMatters.org IN SUMMARY We need a legal standard covering a city’s ability to manage homeless encampments. Such a standard would keep cities from pushing their unhoused across city lines and force them to work together. By Kevin James, Special to CalMatters Kevin James is an attorney, the former president of the Los Angeles Board […]

The findings of the Special Master regarding the City Attorney’s Office’s handling of the class action lawsuit on DWP billing overcharges are very troubling.  The City Attorney’s Office, and individual attorneys named in the Report, have disputed the findings of the Special Master.  And the State Bar has confirmed that it will conduct its own review […]

Original Article at viniecurrent.com Guest Columnist, Kevin James – Jun 16, 2021 VENICE- According to the last official homeless count, the City of Los Angeles has over 60 percent of Los Angeles County’s unhoused population, but less than 40 percent of the County’s overall population.  Local coverage focuses on stories about neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles […]

CCA PAC Endorses Kevin James for LA City Attorney Supports James’ Proactive Vision for Addressing the City’s Urgent Challenges LOS ANGELES (June 2, 2021) — Today, the Central City Association Political Action Committee (CCA PAC) announced its endorsement of Kevin James for Los Angeles City Attorney. The CCA PAC believes that James has the necessary vision […]

Southern California is home to our nation’s largest Armenian diaspora community. Armenian Americans participate in every aspect of the rich diversity of Los Angeles. I applaud President Biden’s official public recognition of the 1915 massacre of more than 1 million Armenians as genocide. The President of the United States has joined the official recognition by […]

Original article at venicecurrent.com Mar 5, 2021 VENICE – It’s been said there needs to be a paradigm shift in the City’s thinking to change the growing homeless crisis. That shift could come with Kevin James, a candidate in the race to be the top lawyer in Los Angeles. For starters, James says he won’t settle […]

One year into the pandemic, the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community continues to be targeted in violent hate crimes coming from racist sentiments related to COVID-19.  And recent crime reports confirm the alarming news that these hate crimes against the AAPI community are on the rise. While leaders throughout Southern California are speaking […]