Obama addresses the crowd at the town hall meeting in L.A. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama is greeted by Mayor Villaraigosa and Gov. Schwarzenegger at the start of the town hall meeting. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
President Barack Obama greets the audience after speaking at a town hall meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Rosalba Mondragon, 50, waits outside Miguel Contreras Learning Complex to welcome President Obama. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A resident of an apartment across from the Contreras complex shows support for Obama. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Crowds wait to get into the town hall meeting near downtown. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Heladio Arispe sells merchandise with a patriotic theme outside the Miguel Contreras complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Liz Sheen gets her picture taken outside the Contreras complex. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
In Pomona, Obama tours an electric vehicle garage with Ted Craver, chairman of Edison International, and Ed Kjaer, senior engineer. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
Obama speaks at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona. (Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)
