Phil Angelides

Angelides stops to take a photo with Cecilia Camacho before speaking at a Monterey Park restaurant.  (Karen Tapia-Andersen / LAT)

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides appears at a town hall meeting in Los Angeles with Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to discuss Angelides’ plans to strengthen education.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Picture taken on Thursday, 10/19/2006, Valley Glen, CA - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, center, signing a campaign poster for supporter Louisa Caucia, 60, of Montrose, after a town hall meeting with Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to discuss Angelides’ plans to strengthen education. Angelides’ daughter Megan, 28, is on the rigt. Meeting took place at Los Angeles Valley College in the Fireside Room.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

116573.ME.1019.none1.KTA 10-19-06 (Monterey Park) Phil Angelides speaks answers questions from the media after giving a speech about his plan to cut taxes to at Luminarias Restaurant in Monterey Park.  (Karen Tapia-Andersen / LAT)