Dollars and thrills as Obama visits L.A.

President Obama is introduced by Dr. Vito Imbasciani to the LGBT Leadership Council Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

President Obama is reflected in a mirror as he speaks to the LGBT Leadership Council Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

President Obama greets well-wishers at a fundraiser after speaking to the LGBT Leadership Council Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

About 300 people passed through metal detectors to attend an Obama fundraising breakfast at the home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife, JoAnn, in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The president wrapped up his roughly 19-hour L.A. fundraising trip Thursday morning as more than 100 neighbors gathered to get a glimpse of him before he left Los Angeles.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jdan Applewhite, 5, puts flags around his house, located across the street from the Kenway Avenue home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife, JoAnn, who were hosting a fundraiser for President Obama in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Cheryl Flanagan, 25, wears her Obama jacket as she hopes to get a view of the president as he departs a fundraising breakfast at the home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife, JoAnn, in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. About 300 people attended the breakfast.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Ella Avery-Smothers, center, carries a sign hoping to get the attention of President Obama as he drives past a crowd of more than 100 neighbors who gathered to get a view of the chief executive, who was attending a fundraising breakfast at the home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife, JoAnn. Avery-Smothers says she has owned six Burger King franchises in South L.A. for 36 years but says she can’t obtain or restructure loans to stay in business and may be soon forced to close some of the restaurants.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sandra Anderson, left, waves an American flag and takes a photo with her phone as a vehicle carrying President Obama departs a fundraising breakfast at the home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife, JoAnn.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Wanda Jackson, left, and Lene Reynolds, center, scream with delight as their friend Michelle Burks, right, shows them video she took on her phone of President Obama as he drove past the crowd of more than 100 neighbors who gathered to get a view of the chief executive.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)