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A bill by Assemblymember John Harabedian aims to speed up housing recovery through a state-led task force to address the Palisades and Eaton fires. For more stories about the Los Angeles fires ...

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Harabedian’s bill is similar to the Texas law: It would create a task force with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the governor’s Office of Emergency Services ...

Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters “I think that government agencies generally don’t do a good job of talking to each other,” Harabedian told CalMatters. “There isn’t a ton of coordination on these ...

The wildfires still burning in Southern California have destroyed thousands of homes. A freshman state lawmaker, whose district includes one of the epicenters of the blazes, aims to rebuild those ...

SACRAMENTO—The California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation announced this week that newly-elected John Harabedian has been named the chairperson of the group. Following the November ...

Vislor Antilly, a German shepherd known as Anti, played Brandy through three seasons of the Netflix comedy about a local newspaper reporter dealing with the death of his wife. Antilly was born in ...

Brandy Norwood at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2012 in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com/Joe Seer) Grammy ...