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    May 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Mayor Ed Reyes? Mayor Tom LaBonge?

    I explained in an <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-mayor-wesson-20120501,0,1891461.story">earlier post</a> that if Mayor <a href="http://mayor.lacity.org/index.htm" data-topic-id="PEPLT007500">Antonio Villaraigosa</a> leaves office early to become, say, U.S. secretary of Transportation, the acting mayor would be the City Council president. And right now, that&rsquo;s Herb Wesson Jr.
    I explained in an earlier post that if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa leaves office early to become, say, U.S. secretary of Transportation, the acting mayor would be the City Council president. And right now, that’s Herb Wesson Jr. If I had been paying...

    Tags: Herb Wesson, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry, Jose Huizar

    2. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. L.A. City Council votes for another Fire Department inquiry

    Mayoral campaign politics again spilled into a controversy over lagging Los Angeles Fire Department response times Tuesday as the City Council voted to launch yet another investigation into the agency's faulty data.
    Mayoral campaign politics again spilled into a controversy over lagging Los Angeles Fire Department response times Tuesday as the City Council voted to launch yet another investigation into the agency's faulty data. The department has been under scrutiny...

    Tags: Politics, Justice System, Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles Fire Department

    3. Mar 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Police take 'Kony 2012’s' Jason Russell to mental hospital

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    Police take Kony 2012’s Jason Russell to mental hospital...
    4. Mar 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Councilman seeks fire department report on emergency response data

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    L.A. Councilman Dennis Zine introduced a motion on Friday ordering the Fire Department to prepare a report on how it has calculated its emergency response times, which have come under fire because of inaccuracies in the figures....
    5. Mar 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Control of Ontario airport to be studied by L.A. council committee

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    After hearing about the severe decline in traffic at L.A./Ontario International Airport, a Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday ordered the city’s chief administrative officer to study Ontario’s proposal to take over the struggling...
    6. Apr 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Getting ads on wheels to keep moving

    The Los Angeles City Council has been calling for a crackdown on mobile billboards &#8212; those big signs that companies drag around on trailers and then leave on city streets for hours, days or sometimes weeks &#8212; since at least the 1980s. Two years ago, Sacramento lawmakers finally gave cities the power to ban advertisers from leaving their signs in the street and driving the truck away. Parking places, after all, are for motor vehicles and whatever trailers they happen to be pulling, not for signs. But advertisers responded to the state and city laws by depositing their signs and then hitching them to motor scooters. See? It's a vehicle, and it's parked!
    The Los Angeles City Council has been calling for a crackdown on mobile billboards — those big signs that companies drag around on trailers and then leave on city streets for hours, days or sometimes weeks — since at least the 1980s. Two years...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance

    7. Apr 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. L.A. moves the needle

    The first cases of HIV identified anywhere in the world are widely thought to have been in Los Angeles in 1981. Since then, 45,000 Angelenos have contracted HIV and nearly half have died due to the disease.
    The first cases of HIV identified anywhere in the world are widely thought to have been in Los Angeles in 1981. Since then, 45,000 Angelenos have contracted HIV and nearly half have died due to the disease. As terrible as that statistic is, we can look...

    Tags: MRSA, Health, HIV, Paul Koretz, Epidemics and Plagues

    8. Mar 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. L.A. council members call for accurate Fire Department figures

    The Los Angeles City Council made deep cuts to the Fire Department last year after being presented with data that overstated how quickly rescuers arrived at the scene of citizen calls for help.
    The Los Angeles City Council made deep cuts to the Fire Department last year after being presented with data that overstated how quickly rescuers arrived at the scene of citizen calls for help. In presentations made by fire officials to council members...

    Tags: Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Fires

    9. Apr 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. L.A. City Council wants less buzz from its swarm of gadflies

    After a string of disruptions during Los Angeles City Council meetings, several members are considering changes in the rules that govern when the public can speak, as well as how the proceedings are televised.
    After a string of disruptions during Los Angeles City Council meetings, several members are considering changes in the rules that govern when the public can speak, as well as how the proceedings are televised. Council President Herb Wesson said one...

    Tags: Herb Wesson, Zev Yaroslavsky, Linthicum, Entertainment, Justice System

    10. Apr 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Plan would expand LAPD ranks by adding public safety workers

    Officials are moving forward with a plan that would expand the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department by adding public safety employees from another city department.
    Officials are moving forward with a plan that would expand the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department by adding public safety employees from another city department. Under the proposal, the LAPD would assume control of scores of sworn police and...

    Tags: Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Antonio Villaraigosa, Libraries, Los Angeles Police Department

    11. Feb 26, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. L.A. catching up to Chicago in sleaze

    Panning for gold in the local cesspool is always lucrative, but it's been one fat nugget after another lately.
    Panning for gold in the local cesspool is always lucrative, but it's been one fat nugget after another lately. We've got Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa marketing himself for his next job before he finishes this one; City Atty. Carmen Trutanich...

    Tags: Steve Cooley, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Chicago City Hall, Antonio Villaraigosa

    12. Dec 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. L.A. Council members call for more control over housing authority

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    Frustrated by reports of lavish spending and a high-priced employee payout, three members of the L.A. City Council called Tuesday for direct oversight of the beleaguered Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, saying state and federal law should...
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