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Rami Othmane was driving to the supermarket to pick up ingredients to make dinner when he noticed a car following closely behind… He was brought to the downtown Los Angeles ICE facility known as B-18, or “the basement,” a temporary immigration processing center. According to the Pasadena-based Barcena Law Offices, “this is where people go to be detained for less than 12 hours ... [and]… Read more »

More than six months after wind-whipped flames tore through parts of Los Angeles, two Republican senators are opening an investigation into the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes. “You can’t stop what happened — but you can learn from what happened,” said Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla. in an interview with Spectrum News on Tuesday. Scott,… Read more »

A split U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift restrictions on indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Los Angeles also divided Southern California lawmakers and activists Monday, leaving some to decry the order as greenlighting racial profiling and others cheering what they say will be increased safety in the area... Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles: “Once again, speaking… Read more »

Watch full interview here Rep. Jimmy Gomez on the Supreme Court decision of temporary relief for immigration raids in Los Angeles. “Jimmy Gomez called the decision by the court a slap in the face of the immigrant community, the 500,000 undocumented Europeans and Canadians living in… Read more »

Watch full video here During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) spoke about the housing affordability crisis's impact on people's perception of the American dream. Read more »

Watch full video here During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) spoke about the housing affordability crisis and Democratic legislation aimed at solving the problem. Read more »

By Brendan Pedersen A prominent group of House Democrats told reporters this afternoon they were glad to see the Senate Banking Committee move on a major piece of bipartisan housing legislation but want to see more out of the package. “Them just taking a big swing – or a bunt swing, I guess – at the problem at least shows that they know they have a problem that they want to… Read more »

Watch full interview here Congressman Jimmy Gomez, who represents part of LA, says he's working on the Affordable Homeownership Act that would give first-time home buyers between 25 and 50 thousand dollars towards a down payment. President Trump, meanwhile, says he is considering declaring a… Read more »

The Los Angeles City Council is considering whether to support a bill that would ban surveillance drones. The bill was introduced after the Department of Homeland Security deployed a drone over the city during recent protests against immigration raids. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, introduced the legislation. The legislation would prohibit federal agencies from using military… Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to spend more than $100 million on counter-drone systems, even as lawmakers move to restrict the use of drones for surveillance inside the United States. As a result, Los Angeles Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez introduced a resolution supporting Rep. Jimmy Gomez's "Ban Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act." The… Read more »