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Monica Ratliff's election to L.A. school board is 'huge upset'
On its face, the election this week of a Los Angeles fifth-grade teacher to the Board of Education was a stunner. Monica Ratliff's low-budget effort included her boyfriend, a film school instructor, as her campaign manager. She had no paid staff and no...
Tags: Social Issues, Students, Politics, Eli Broad, Minority Groups
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L.A. County keeps troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina were unable to win majority support for their push to sever all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated child abuse and financial malfeasance. Under the...
Tags: Theft, Juvenile Delinquency, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Abusive Behavior, Child Abuse
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Grand Park filming fees temporarily lowered
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to temporarily lower filming fees at their newly opened Grand Park downtown. Movie and television crews previously had to pay $20,000 a day per block of park space they used. Many entertainment executives...
Tags: Cinema Industry, About Last Night (movie), Don Knabe
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Knabe
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L.A. County supervisors are split on Grand Park filming fees
Two Los Angeles County supervisors want to temporarily eliminate filming fees at downtown's newly opened Grand Park to drum up Hollywood interest in the site. The other three, however, are wary of dropping fees, fearing it could close off parts of the...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, About Last Night (movie), Mark Ridley-Thomas, 500 Days of Summer (movie), Photography Supplies and Services
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Minority of L.A. County voters quashed transit tax extension
A minority of voters living in a daisy chain of small, suburban and relatively upscale enclaves around the county's outer rim were largely responsible for last fall's razor thin defeat of a $90-billion transit tax that received lopsided ballot box...
Tags: Politics, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Local Elections, Don Knabe, Wendy Greuel
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Supervisors pull back storm water pollution fee proposal
L.A. NOWFaced by widespread public opposition, L.A. County supervisors on Tuesday sent a proposed parcel fee to combat storm water pollution back to the drawing board.... -
Candidates barnstorm, new controversies emerge
Tuesday is election day in Los Angeles, and voters will weigh in on who should be the city’s next mayor and decide on a measure that would boost the city’s sales tax. Also on the ballot are contests for city controller, city attorney, eight...Tags: Gil Cedillo, Politics, Kevin James, Polls, Elections
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L.A. Votes: Election Day! Candidates barnstorm, new controversies emerge
L.A. NOWTuesday is election day in Los Angeles, and voters will weigh in on who should be the city’s next mayor and decide on a measure that would boost the city’s sales tax. Also on the ballot are contests for city...... -
Antonovich 'outraged' by Kevin James endorsement email
L.A. NOWL.A. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich blasted as "outrageous" a letter distributed by Los Angeles mayoral candidate Kevin James that made it appear he was endorsing James over his opponents in Tuesday's primary election.... -
Newton: An MTA power play
The transportation future of this region rests, in no small measure, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. And that body's board is about to change. In part, that is because Los Angeles will be getting a new mayor. That mayor will sit on the...
Tags: Politics, Zev Yaroslavsky, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Elections, Local Elections
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L.A. supervisors approve task force to examine 'maternity hotels'
L.A. NOWImmigrants rights advocates complained Tuesday about the move by Los Angeles County supervisors to crack down on so-called "maternity hotels," facilities that primarily host Asian women who travel to the United States while pregnant and stay to recover...
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