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    Apr 29, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  1. Newton: What about the Port of Los Angeles?

    It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police officers making Los Angeles safe. What you don't often hear from these candidates, however, is a thoughtful vision for the Port of Los Angeles.
    It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...

    Tags: Shipping Service, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles International Airport, Suez Canal

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. Newton: Mayoral candidates, show us the money

    The complaint I hear most often about this race for mayor of Los Angeles is that the candidates, Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti, spend too much time talking in generalities without providing details about what they'd do. But when it comes to the city budget, the two candidates are so lost in the details that they often seem to be missing the big picture.
    The complaint I hear most often about this race for mayor of Los Angeles is that the candidates, Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti, spend too much time talking in generalities without providing details about what they'd do. But when...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Budgets and Budgeting

    3. Apr 8, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Newton: Endorsement games

    Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as evidence of their fitness for the city's top job.
    Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as...

    Tags: Bill Clinton, Ed Reyes, Richard Alarcon, Jan Perry, Republican Party

    4. Apr 1, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Newton: An all-male City Council?

    Imagine if Los Angeles, with a population that is roughly half Latino, had just one or even no Latinos in elected office. There would be protests and political recriminations in every election cycle. There would be lawsuits and threats of lawsuits. The Justice Department would be scrutinizing voting procedures.
    Imagine if Los Angeles, with a population that is roughly half Latino, had just one or even no Latinos in elected office. There would be protests and political recriminations in every election cycle. There would be lawsuits and threats of lawsuits. The...

    Tags: Jan Perry, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Justice System, Jose Huizar

    5. Jan 28, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. Newton: The city that could be

    Over the last couple of weeks, I've spent considerable time with the leading candidates for mayor, asking them about their approach to governance, watching them campaign and trying to get a feel for what distinguishes each from the others.
    Over the last couple of weeks, I've spent considerable time with the leading candidates for mayor, asking them about their approach to governance, watching them campaign and trying to get a feel for what distinguishes each from the others. Specifically,...

    Tags: Local Elections, Richard Riordan, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Jan Perry, Eli Broad

    6. Dec 31, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Newton: Dennis Zine and the race for city controller

    City Councilman Dennis Zine has never struck me as a controller type. He's garrulous, outgoing, street-smart — the remnants of his first career as a Los Angeles police officer and union representative. He was a forceful personality at the Police Department, where he often squabbled with his then-boss and now-colleague on the City Council, Bernard C. Parks. Zine was combative then and still is, more of a brawling, glad-handing pol than a cerebral, numbers-driven type.
    City Councilman Dennis Zine has never struck me as a controller type. He's garrulous, outgoing, street-smart — the remnants of his first career as a Los Angeles police officer and union representative. He was a forceful personality at the Police...

    Tags: Dennis P. Zine, Local Elections, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Jan Perry, AEG

    7. Oct 1, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  7. Newton: Porn, safe sex and Measure B

    At first glance, the county's Measure B, which would require the use of condoms in adult films shot in Los Angeles, seems fairly hard to rebut: Other than a few self-interested pornographers, who could be against mandating safe-sex practices?
    At first glance, the county's Measure B, which would require the use of condoms in adult films shot in Los Angeles, seems fairly hard to rebut: Other than a few self-interested pornographers, who could be against mandating safe-sex practices? And yet,...

    Tags: Media Industry, Entertainment, Pornography, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cinema Industry

    8. Mar 26, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. Newton: Is Eric Garcetti mayoral material?

    Eric Garcetti is one of the city's more likable public officials. He's smart, dapper, quietly confident, attentive to detail, seasoned enough to be taken seriously by power brokers but boyish enough to tend his Twitter feed. He's quite liberal but also a member of the Navy reserve. He's a good listener. And he's deeply immersed in Los Angeles history, with roots in Italy and Mexico, heir to a significant family name and a three-term member of the City Council, where he spent six years as the council president. So, is he a mayor?
    Eric Garcetti is one of the city's more likable public officials. He's smart, dapper, quietly confident, attentive to detail, seasoned enough to be taken seriously by power brokers but boyish enough to tend his Twitter feed. He's quite liberal but also...

    Tags: Local Elections, White House, Twitter, Inc., Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry

    9. Sep 23, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. Newton: L.A.'s pension peril

    There are a couple of assumptions guiding much of the civic conversation about public employee pension reform: first, that organized labor would fight any reform tooth and nail; and second, that labor's strong presence in Los Angeles would doom such measures to defeat.
    There are a couple of assumptions guiding much of the civic conversation about public employee pension reform: first, that organized labor would fight any reform tooth and nail; and second, that labor's strong presence in Los Angeles would doom such...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, George W. Bush, Finance, Interior Policy, Public Employees

    10. Feb 6, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. Newton: Free speech and L.A. County's supervisors

    The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors oversees a vast operation: It incarcerates thousands of inmates; it cares for children whose parents have abused or neglected them; it runs hospitals, clinics, beaches, harbors, parks and a welfare system. So it's no surprise that the board's meetings draw animated commentary. What is surprising is what those commenters want to talk about.
    The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors oversees a vast operation: It incarcerates thousands of inmates; it cares for children whose parents have abused or neglected them; it runs hospitals, clinics, beaches, harbors, parks and a welfare system. So...

    Tags: Gloria Molina, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Abusive Behavior, Zev Yaroslavsky, Don Knabe

    11. Feb 27, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. Fighting L.A.'s gangs with families

    In a large conference room at City Hall East, more than 100 gang-intervention workers gathered last week to hear about a new approach to heading off gang violence and the destruction it causes. They had come to hear a family tell its story.
    In a large conference room at City Hall East, more than 100 gang-intervention workers gathered last week to hear about a new approach to heading off gang violence and the destruction it causes. They had come to hear a family tell its story. The mother...

    Tags: Murder, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity

    12. Jul 23, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  12. Newton: Getting L.A. growing again

    There is no more consistent refrain among elected officials and candidates these days than that they will do everything they can to create jobs. It's a worthy goal given the sluggish state of the economy, and it's particularly crucial in California, which has the third-highest unemployment rate in the nation (behind Nevada and Rhode Island).
    There is no more consistent refrain among elected officials and candidates these days than that they will do everything they can to create jobs. It's a worthy goal given the sluggish state of the economy, and it's particularly crucial in California, which...

    Tags: Sports, Employment, Golf, Business Enterprises, Mark Ridley-Thomas

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