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While the forum saw crime and public safety again take top billing among issues, the candidates touched on new topics and responded to the recent leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision that would end the constitutional right to abortion.

Eleven candidates are vying for three open City Council seats and three candidates for the position of City Treasurer.

The Beverly Hills City Council discussed the establishment of a housing assistance program at its April 26 meeting, but opted to continue the matter to a later meeting to iron out key details.

Priorities for 2022-2023 were then presented by leaders of each city department–community development, community services, finance, information technology, policy and management, public safety, public works and city clerk–and discussed at length by the councilmembers.

Ahmed speculated that the crowded field and tense political atmosphere may be contributing to the high number of signs disappearing.

Tanenbaum also followed up with Friedman on a question asked by the Courier that touched on the conduct of former Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli.

Challengers were asked to justify their candidacies–the life experiences that makes them fit for office and the specific policies or decisions of the previous City Council that they disagreed with.

Located on city-owned property at Coldwater Canyon Drive and Cabrillo Drive, the Cabrillo Reservoir has been a contentious plot of land for the Public Works Commission since it was abandoned in 1986 due to groundwater infiltration.

The flyers appeared similar to those from the previous two incidents, declaring that "Every Single Aspect of the Ukraine-Russia War is Jewish."

In a continuation of an alarming trend in Los Angeles, four men visiting from Northern California were followed to an Airbnb on Coldwater Canyon Drive and robbed at gunpoint.