David Zahniser

Workers struggling with higher expenses called the wage proposal a matter of survival. Business owners warned they would scale back operations or shut down.

The Los Angeles City Council hiked the rate that it pays for services at many of its homeless shelters on Friday, in an attempt to keep nonprofit contractors from pulling out of more than a dozen sites.

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It's Dakota Smith, Rachel Uranga and David Zahniser at the helm.

The council passed a 12-2 vote to increase the rate it pays to $80 per night, up from a range of $60 to $66, at its congregate shelters, tiny home villages and other facilities.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council hiked the rate that it pays for services at many of its homeless shelters on Friday, in an attempt to keep nonprofit contractors from pulling out of more than a dozen sites.

FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials said Wednesday.

The agents searched the home of Brian Williams, who is deputy mayor for public safety, on Tuesday while looking into a bomb threat Williams “allegedly

LOS ANGELES — FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials said Wednesday.

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It's David Zahniser, giving you the info on the past week in city and county government, with an assist from my colleague Rebecca Ellis.