L.A. mayoral Q&A
Watch our video interviews with candidates Garcetti and Greuel.
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Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times
The 2.8-square-mile area west of downtown has picked the mayor in every vote since 2001. This year, interviews suggest that it also shares the apathy and ambivalence of voters elsewhere in the city.
Since the May 8 beating of David Sal Silva, who later died, Bakersfield residents have remained largely silent while a public outcry grows elsewhere in the state.
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Urban gentrification and the decline of manufacturing are among the causes, according to the Brookings Institution. The surge of poverty in suburbs has left many social service agencies unprepared.
An aide insists the president learned from news reports that an IRS office had singled out conservative groups for scrutiny; Republicans vow to investigate any White House role.
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