Nithya Raman booted from LA Housing & Homelessness Committee, Final stretch of Boyle Heights cleanup, Mourning Jackie the bald eagle— Morning Edition

Support for LAST comes from FX's Emmy-nominated hit, The Bear, starring Jeremy Allen White, Iowa Debrie, and Eben Moss Backrack. Season 4 finds the team determined to survive and take the bear to the next level. For your Emmy consideration, the bear is now streaming on Hulu. The American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis and some critical blood types have fallen below a one-day supply. Help make sure patients receive life-saving medical treatments. Make your appointment to donate. Use the blood donor app, visit red crossblood.org or call 1-800 Red Cross to schedule your donation. Today on the LA Report Morning Edition. Nithya Raman is out as chair of the L.A. Housing and Homelessness Committee, and she's blaming her rival in the mayor's race. I might be getting punished for running against Karen Bass, but Angelinos are the ones who are paying the price for these political games. Lineage hits the final stretch of the Boyle Heights warehouse cleanup. In California, ride share drivers are unionizing. Good morning. It's Tuesday, August 11th. I'm Austin Cross, and this is the L.A. report from L.AS News. LA City Council member and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman says she's out as the chair of the council's Housing and Homelessness Committee. She says the decision comes from Council President Marquis Harris Dawson, who she describes as Mayor Karen Bass's top city council ally. In a campaign video, Rahman says Bass is playing politics. I called for an audit of our homelessness programs in Los Angeles and now have been removed as the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee. I might be getting punished for running against Karen Bass, but Angelinos are the ones who are paying the price for these political games. Bass's campaign tells our media partners, CBSLA, that Robin canceled committee meetings for weeks and didn't show up for votes. The company at the center of the Boyle Heights' burned-out warehouse crisis says it's now cleaned up 90% of the rotting food at the site. Lineage says it's acutely aware that LA Unified Schools are reopening this week, which is why efforts continue around the clock. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has given lineage 45 days to clean up the site. That's coming up on Friday. Once that food's gone, air regulators are giving lineage seven days to sanitize the property. California Uber and Lyft drivers are gathering in L.A. today to celebrate their newly recognized labor union. As state boards told the California gig workers union that it can represent drivers as soon as next month, right-chair drivers have been fighting for nearly a decade for union representation. In January, a new state law took effect giving many gig workers the right to bargain for overtime pay and other protections. Coming up. There was a thunderstorm and it rained and it really felt like Big Bear was shedding a tear for Jackie. A community mourns the loss of its bald eagle icon. Stick around.

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And at football, UCLA is bringing on former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr as a special advisor. He'll work with quarterbacks and on game planning strategy. Bruin's first game is September 5th. Hey, thanks for listening to the LA Report's Morning Edition, hosted by me, Austin Cross, and produced by Kyle Kreis. Our engineer is Federico Garcia-Rodriguez. Check back here at one for the afternoon edition. You can read more on our website, laist.com, or listen live anytime on the LAist app or on the radio at 89.3 FM. Listeners like you make the LA report possible. Please donate at laisd.com slash join. This is Larry Mantle with news of our next film week screening. Our series of movies set in Southern California takes us to the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana for the Neo-Noir thriller Collateral. Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox match wits in a violent drive through late night L.A. After the movie, our film week critics provide their analysis of one of the most lauded Michael Mann films. It's Saturday night, August 22nd at the Frida. Tickets at L.A.s.com slash events.