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Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station
South Los Angeles residents gathered Friday to celebrate a future that many thought would never happen. At a park in tree-lined Leimert Park Village, dozens of community members cheered their victory: approval for a light-rail station on the Crenshaw...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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L.A. City Council OKs Villaraigosa's final, $7.7-billion budget
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday signed off on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's final $7.7-billion budget, setting the stage, as several members acknowledged, for many city workers to get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Council members did not vote to...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Government, Finance, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: Finance, Government, Local Elections, Eric Garcetti, Civil and Public Service
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Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer
The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour." Even though Greuel has said she...
Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, AFL-CIO, Eric Garcetti, Immigration
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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: Government, Collective Contract, Bankruptcy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Public Employees
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City Council finds money to halt controversial LAFD staffing plan
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to give the Fire Department $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new ambulance staffing plan. The money will pay for the agency to add 11 new ambulances to the department's fleet through June. And it will...
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At annual roast, Greuel and Garcetti trade barbs for laughs
L.A. NOWOnce a year, politicians, lobbyists and other City Hall power players get together for a fancy dinner at the Beverly Hilton to make fun of each other for a good cause. The honoree at this year's Los Angeles Political Roast,...... -
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: Paul Koretz, Fires, Dennis P. Zine, 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: Fires, Paul Koretz, Dennis P. Zine, Bernard Parks
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Boston bombers are 'monsters,' L.A. City Council president says
Los Angeles authorities said Tuesday they planned more vigilant security for the foreseeable future in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The violence sparked outrage by some Los Angeles leaders. L.A. Council President Herb Wesson called out...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Government, Jerry Brown, Sports, Antonio Villaraigosa
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L.A. Votes: Greuel launches TV ad, Garcetti asked about absences
Wendy Greuel launched the first TV ad of the mayoral runoff election on Monday, a 30-second cable spot about her support for new gun control measures. The ad nods at Greuel’s personal experience with gun violence, including a 1992 murder-suicide...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Los Angeles Unified School District, Gun Control
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Three new names on MOCA board
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...
Tags: Trials, Finance, Crimes, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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