Law Enforcement

11-Year-Old Boy Attacked on Disney Concert Hall Steps; 1 in Custody
In what was initially described by Los Angeles police as a stabbing, an 11-year-old boy was apparently randomly attacked on the steps of Disney Concert Hall Thursday by a possibly mentally ill man wielding a set of keys, authorities said. Police were called to the intersection of Grand Avenue and First Avenue — where the concert venue's main entrance is — at 3:42 p.m., according to Officer Aaeron Jefferson with the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
KTLA 5

White-haired San Fernando Valley scammer grabs more than $100,000
Authorities sought the public's help Thursday to find a San Fernando Valley identity theft suspect responsible for more than $100,000 in losses. From June through August, the man created fictitious identity cards and bank cards to assume the identity of multiple victims, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “The suspect fraudulently withdrew funds from various bank accounts, in excess of $100,000,” according to a police statement.
Los Angeles Daily News

SUV Crashes Into Mid-City Area Liquor Store
An SUV slammed into a liquor store early Thursday in the Mid-City area after its driver reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel. The crash was reported at 3:50 a.m. at La Liquor store in the 4700 block of Washington Boulevard, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
CBS Los Angeles

Body found in water at Port of Los Angeles, foul play not suspected
A man's body was pulled from the water near Berth 206 in Los Angeles Harbor today, but police said foul play is not suspected. “Our homicide department did not take that as an investigation,” said Los Angeles police Harbor Division Lt. Jeff Bratcher, although he said the final determination on what happened is up to the county coroner. The body was discovered about 7:50 a.m. and a 9-1-1 call was made, according to the LAPD. Firefighters assisted in recovering the body.
Daily Breeze

The Other Side of the College Sexual Assault Crisis
When you are the most notorious alleged college rapist in the country, it takes a lot of guts to attend your graduation ceremony. For most of Columbia University's Class of 2015, graduation day was an exuberant celebration of four years of hard work at one of the country's most prestigious schools. For Paul Nungesser, it was yet another reminder of how alone he was on that storied campus, and how hated he was. He and his parents had agonized over whether to attend the ceremony because his classmate Emma Sulkowicz had accused him of raping her, and for more than eight months she had carried an extra-long twin-size mattress around campus, vowing to do so until he was expelled, or fled.
Newsweek

City Government

Mayor Eric Garcetti Joins 2-Day Summit On Homelessness, Housing, Climate Change
Mayor Eric Garcetti and four other West Coast mayors will join White House officials at a two-day summit in Portland starting Thursday to discuss homelessness, housing and climate change. Garcetti and mayors from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Eugene, Oregon, will share their thoughts on the three topics during the event.
CBS Los Angeles

Pensions

California pension overhaul advocates move forward after Kamala Harris issues analyses
California moved one step closer to a public retirement fight after the state issued official summaries for two pension-change ballot proposals on Thursday – and for the first time neither labor unions nor the measures' proponents griped that the language was politically slanted or inaccurate. “It's not the most positive way to describe the initiative,” said Chuck Reed, the former San Jose mayor who is backing the proposal, “but a least it meets the legal requirement to be accurate.”
The Sacramento Bee

California public pension reform measure can try for ballot
Proponents of an initiative to reduce public pension obligations in California took a step forward on Thursday with approval to start collecting signatures to get a proposal onto the November 2016 ballot. Two initiatives, with varying language, were approved by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla for circulation. Both would restrict the amount of money employers would have to contribute to the retirement plans of public employees hired after Jan. 1, 2019.
Reuters