Obama in L.A.

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)