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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: Civil and Public Service, Layoffs and Downsizing, Herb Wesson, Budgets and Budgeting, Antonio Villaraigosa
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In L.A. council race, rivals still battling over failed sales tax hike
Los Angeles voters rejected a plan to hike the city's sales tax two months ago, but the battle over that measure lives on in a hotly contested City Council race. In multiple mailers sent to voters in the 13th council district, candidate John Choi and...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Antonio Villaraigosa, Voting, Eric Garcetti, Elections
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Trutanich wages an uphill battle to be 'rehired' as city attorney
All he asks, Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich frequently says, is that voters judge him on his record. As he wages an uphill battle to hang onto to his job in the May 21 election, Trutanich rattles off a list of reasons he should be "rehired"...
Tags: Advertising, Prosecution, Human Interest, Justice System, Misdemeanors
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L.A. fire chief rejects request to delay emergency staff changes
Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings has rejected a request from members of the City Council to postpone Sunday's start of a controversial plan to shift dozens of firefighters to ambulance duty. Council President Herb Wesson asked Friday that the...
Tags: Herb Wesson, Dennis P. Zine, Bernard Parks, Fires
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L.A. fire chief pressing ahead with ambulance staffing plan Sunday
Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings rejected a request from members of the City Council to postpone Sunday's start of a controversial plan to shift dozens of firefighters to ambulance duty. Council President Herb Wesson asked Friday that the Fire...Tags: Herb Wesson, Dennis P. Zine, Bernard Parks, Fires
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Villaraigosa budget could cover 5.5% raise for city workers
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came out swinging against the city's labor unions last week, urging lawmakers — and the next mayor — to abandon or pare the 5.5% raise that comes due for many city employees on Jan. 1. Villaraigosa...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Elections, Career and Workplace
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Cindy Montañez in City Council District 6
Just once, it would be nice to encounter a well-prepared grass-roots candidate for the Los Angeles City Council. There is no good reason that a neighborhood activist or business owner can't do some homework and come to a council race with a well-crafted,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Elections, Paul Krekorian, Politics, Local Elections
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LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster
In 1989, then-Los Angeles Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky unveiled an audacious plan to boost the city police force by more than 25% to 10,000 officers. He couldn't have imagined that city leaders would chase that goal for nearly a quarter of a century...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Justice System, Environmental Issues, Cocaine, Elections
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L.A. City Council jumps into San Onofre debate
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Los Angeles became the latest -- and largest -- city to weigh in on the fate of the San Onofre nuclear plant Tuesday, with the City Council unanimously passing a resolution calling on federal regulators to hold off on deciding whether the plant can...Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Southern California Edison Company, Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Port of Los Angeles
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Rival marijuana measures thrown into the electoral pot
Dozens of medical marijuana activists rallied outside Los Angeles City Hall last week, declaring war on an enemy. Their target was not the federal government, whose agents raided several local dispensaries in recent days, or neighborhood groups trying...
Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Elections, Jose Huizar
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Wendy Greuel's support of insiders runs counter to her outsider message
Since retooling her campaign message last month, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel has gone on the offensive against City Hall, telling audiences that the place is mired in mediocrity and needs to "return to a time of strong leadership." "We must change...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Political Fundraising, Government, Elections, Local Government
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Los Angeles to consider crackdown on celebrity 'swatting'
The Los Angeles City Council is expected to consider a motion Tuesday to crack down on “swatting” incidents, in which police are dispatched to celebrities’ homes on false crime reports. Councilman Paul Koretz will ask the council to...
Tags: Celebrities, Mike Gatto, Racism, Prisons, Shootings
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