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Beutner's exit shows waning influence of business at City Hall
When Austin Beutner entered the mayor's race last year, it looked like the wealthy former investment banker and onetime city jobs czar might give the Los Angeles business community its best chance in years at regaining influence at City Hall. His...
Tags: Jan Perry, Politics, Local Elections, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace
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Newton: Treating L.A.'s spending addiction
City Councilman Bernard C. Parks likes to describe Los Angeles' budget woes as the consequence of an untreated addiction — the city's habit of adding workers in good times and then being unwilling to let them go in bad times. The result is ever-...
Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Paul Krekorian, Antonio Villaraigosa, Budgets and Budgeting
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Herb Wesson, mayor of Los Angeles
This is a corrected version of the original post; see the note below. Mayor Herb Wesson? It could happen, and soon – at least in theory. Here’s the scenario. It begins with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa leaving office early, a prospect...
Tags: Jan Perry, Politics, Lawyers, Local Elections, Eric Garcetti
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Mayor Ed Reyes? Mayor Tom LaBonge?
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: Jan Perry, Bill Rosendahl, Politics, Richard Alarcon, Dennis P. Zine
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Howard Berman to host major Sacramento fundraiser Monday
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown will headline a cast of top state Democrats at a Sacramento fundraiser Monday for embattled incumbent Rep. Howard Berman. Berman (D-Valley Village) is facing an expensive and increasingly nasty race against fellow Democratic Rep. Brad... -
'I feel your wrath,' Perry tells Wesson amid redistricting debate
L.A. NOWStrained relations between L.A. City Council president Herb Wesson and Councilwoman Jan Perry moved center stage on Friday during the contentious fight over 15 new council districts, with Perry apologizing publicly to Wesson in hopes of preserving her... -
L.A. mayor candidate Perry claims corruption in redistricting fight
L.A. NOWL.A. mayoral candidate Jan Perry sent out a sharply worded campaign email laced with accusations of corruption on Tuesday. But she wasn’t attacking City Councilman Eric Garcetti, City Controller Wendy Greuel or any of her other opponents in next... -
Tempers flare when speakers hurl insults at L.A. City Council
L.A. NOWTempers flared at L.A. City Hall after a councilman said he was "tempted" to “clock” a speaker who called out “Heil Hitler” during a public comment period.... -
Gadfly's 'Heil Hitler' gibe angers L.A. Councilman Paul Koretz
Tempers flared at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday when a councilman said he was tempted to "clock" a speaker who called out "Heil Hitler" during a public comment period. The spat began when political gadfly Michael Carreon stood up during the City...Tags: Religion and Belief, Paul Koretz, Judaism, Tom LaBonge, Linthicum
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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.
Council President Herb Wesson said one...Tags: Paul Koretz, Zev Yaroslavsky, Entertainment, Linthicum, Justice System
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Parsing the downtown L.A. divide
Downtown Los Angeles today is divided between two City Council districts, with Jose Huizar representing one part of the city center and Jan Perry representing the other. Despite maneuverings and tweaks, when a city commission and the council finish...Tags: Jan Perry, Politics, Business, White House, Staples Center
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L.A. ethics panel votes to make fundraising season shorter
L.A. NOWAfter a heated hearing on Thursday, the L.A. City Ethics Commission put off a controversial vote to more than double the limits on how much a candidate can accept in campaign contributions....
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