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L.A. Now Live: Are unions losing influence in L.A. politics?
The largest and the most free-spending labor organizations in Los Angeles placed a large bet on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and rolled snake eyes. The county Federation of Labor and IBEW Local 18 also wagered on newcomer candidates for City Council and...
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Elections, Local Elections
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Villaraigosa, Garcetti pledge smooth transition in mayor's office
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support." Garcetti,...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Finance, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Local Elections
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Gloria Romero, Politics, Advertising, Bill Clinton, Public Employees
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Politics, Herb Wesson, Budgets and Budgeting, Healthcare Contract Issues, Public Employees
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Mayor-elect Garcetti, hire these ex-pols!
You won’t see politicians lined up at the unemployment office, but every election means that some defeated officials wind up out of work. It happened again in this week’s L.A. city election. So let us ask not what the city can do for them,...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Politics, Dennis P. Zine, Elections, Local Elections
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Antonio Villaraigosa, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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L.A. mayor: Villaraigosa, Garcetti promise 'seamless transition'
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House, where he told reporters that the city councilman had his “full support.”...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Finance, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds
Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Parties and Movements, Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing
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L.A. Now Live: Can Garcetti's grand goals match reality?
Despite Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti's lofty rhetoric during the campaign, Los Angeles City Hall could quickly bring him crashing back to earth, with real-life struggles about to unfold over employee salaries, overtime pay and city spending overall. Join...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Local Elections
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L.A. mayor's race: It's Eric Garcetti by wide margin
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Three-term City Councilman Eric Garcetti's relentless campaigning paid off early Wednesday as he decisively won a hard-fought race to become Los Angeles' next mayor, scoring well with...
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Voting, Primaries, Elections
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Carmen Trutanich's defeat sown in a broken pledge
The seeds of one-term Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich's resounding election defeat Tuesday were planted in his ill-fated run for district attorney last year. The candidate himself acknowledged that with less than a quarter of the ballots counted....
Tags: Politics, AEG, Wendy Greuel, Lawyers, Justice System
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Politics, Herb Wesson, Los Angeles International Airport, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Koretz
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