LA Area in 5

The LA area's local governments, in five minutes.

Every Sunday, the week's decisions from the Los Angeles area's city councils and the county's Board of Supervisors, in five minutes. Produced with AI from the episodes of CivicFM's shows for each government, which are made from the public recordings of the meetings and checked against them: every episode links to its sources.

Episodes

Monday, October 19, 2026 · 5 min

LA County's final budget; LA votes to codify parts of immigration directive

LA County's Board of Supervisors adopted a final $54.2 billion budget. The Los Angeles City Council voted to write parts of the Mayor's immigration directive into city law, and Pasadena's City Council adopted its Fair Oaks Orange Grove plan and named the Black Legacy District.