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L.A. Votes: Mayoral candidates clash over minimum wage, attack ads
A proposal to raise the minimum wage for hotel workers to $15 per hour became an issue in the mayoral contest over the weekend, with Wendy Greuel supporting it as labor activists backing her used the proposal to urge voters to support her. Rival Eric...
Tags: Local Elections, Mike Feuer, Politics, Jan Perry, Carmen Trutanich
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Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel have spirited debate at Cal State L.A.
Wendy Greuel called on Eric Garcetti on Friday night to stop all negative advertising in the last 11 days of the Los Angeles mayor's race, a challenge that her rival dismissed as "disingenuous" for a candidate whose campaign is effectively "bankrupt."...
Tags: Politics, Bankruptcy, Advertising, Jan Perry, Elections
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Newton: The mayoral money trap
There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between...
Tags: Local Elections, Values, Politics, Political Fundraising, Ethics
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Eric Garcetti woos female voters; says campaign will finish strong
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti said Friday that Wendy Greuel’s dwindling campaign treasury would only bolster his argument that her campaign is being sustained by the independent spending on her behalf. With 11 days left before the...
Tags: Politics, Polls, Political Fundraising, Wendy Greuel, Elections
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Garcetti sees Hollywood as 'a template for a new Los Angeles'
Chris Robbins could be a poster child for mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti's vision for Los Angeles. Each morning, Robbins straps on a backpack, cues up his iPod and sets out on a short walk to the subway, which whisks him to his downtown public...
Tags: Transportation, Cirque du Soleil, Trials, Subway Transportation Industry, Apple iPod
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Greuel has fraction of Garcetti's cash in race's last days, reports show
Wendy Greuel had roughly one-tenth of the cash on handĀ of her rival Eric Garcetti as she headed into the final two weeks of the mayoral election, according to new campaign finance reports. Greuel, the city’s controller, reported raising nearly...
Tags: Values, Politics, Polls, Political Fundraising, Ethics
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L.A. Votes: Poll shows dead heat but finance reports show large gap
With under two weeks to go until election day, the race to become the city’s next mayor is extremely volatile. A new poll shows Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti in a virtual dead heat, a vast improvement for Greuel, who was down by double digits...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Political Fundraising, Wendy Greuel, Elections
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Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds
He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...
Tags: Kevin James, Barack Obama, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Radio, Renewable Energy
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Letters on letters: No excuse for not voting
Judging by the hundreds of letters we received on L.A.'s mayoral campaign (and other races) between the March 5 primary and Tuesday's election, Angelenos weren't exactly thrilled watching the candidates engage in political fisticuffs for nearly three...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Memorial Day, Human Interest, U.S. Supreme Court
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DWP average pay rose 15%, despite flagging economy
Average employee pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rose 15% over the last five years, despite an economic slump that ravaged the city's budget, records released Tuesday show. DWP workers received significantly more generous pay...
Tags: Collective Contract, Government, Wage Contract Issues, Public Employees, Career and Workplace
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L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...
Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Politics, Lima (Peru), Fires
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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: Los Angeles Police Department, Career and Workplace, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Collective Contract
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