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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: Antonio Villaraigosa, Voting, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections, Politics
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Jan Perry, AEG, Human Interest, Michael Jackson Memorial Service (2009)
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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: Dennis P. Zine, Fires, Herb Wesson, Bernard Parks
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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: Dennis P. Zine, Fires, Herb Wesson, Bernard Parks
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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, Eric Garcetti, Health Insurance Cost, Public Employees, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: Activism, Los Angeles Unified School District, Politics, Local Elections, 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: Crime, Law and Justice, Antonio Villaraigosa, Murder, Cocaine, Eric Garcetti
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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: Nuclear Power, Port of Los Angeles, Bill Rosendahl, Southern California Edison Company, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Jose Huizar, Eric Garcetti, Justice System
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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, Kevin James, Local Government, Politics, Public Employees
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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: Prisons, Celebrities, Shootings, Mike Gatto, Racism
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Wendy Greuel faces questions on pensions, labor support
Labor support and pensions for city workers continue to be a key issue in the Los Angeles mayoral contest, as Wendy Greuel faces fresh questions about her backing from public-employee unions and her stance on a City Council vote last year to trim...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Carmen Trutanich, Interior Policy, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Unified School District
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