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Ron Kaye: Money, power, public policy
It was like stumbling into a convention of the Society of Influence Peddlers, with old friends and enemies schmoozing before the start of festivities. There were Hall of Fame lobbyists like Richard Alatorre and Mike Roos, and future Hall-of-Famers like...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Finance, Companies and Corporations, Advertising
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San Diego is in Southern California too
Southern California includes San Diego. Reader Wayne Jacobs wanted to make that point to The Times, which he feels uses the term to refer only to the Los Angeles area. “You regularly refer to the five counties of Southern California (Ventura,...
Tags: Super Bowl, AEG, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Google+
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Newborn left at L.A. hospital is 99th under 'safe surrender' program
L.A. NOWA newborn girl was left at a Los Angeles hospital Monday, the county's 10th "safe surrender" of the year, County Supervisor Don Knabe announced.... -
L.A. Supervisors turn down measure to extend their term limits
L.A. NOWL.A. County supervisors rejected a measure that would have asked voters to extend term limits so members could serve an additional eight years.... -
Newton: L.A.'s sniping supervisors
There is a serious conversation worth having about term limits and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Supporters of the limits — currently three terms of four years each — argue that they are necessary because once supervisors are in...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina, Politics
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Metro officials endorse measure to extend half-cent sales tax
Los Angeles County transportation officials on Thursday endorsed a proposed ballot measure that would extend a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects by 30 years. Measure R, which was passed by voters in 2008, currently ends in 2039. If voters...
Tags: Ari Bloomekatz, Voting, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Elections, Los Angeles Times
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Primary 2012: California voters OK changes to term limits for state legislators, appear reluctant to raise tobacco tax
Californians approved a change to term limits for state lawmakers, but a measure to raise tobacco taxes for the first time in nearly two decades was in trouble, voting returns showed late Tuesday. In Southern California contests, the nonpartisan race for...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Primaries, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barack Obama, Autism
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Prop. 29 Vote Still Too Close to Call
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- By about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the vote for Prop. 29 -- the state's proposed tobacco tax -- was still too close to call. Those against smoking are calling for higher taxes and it's also why Big Tobacco has chosen...Tags: Research, Lance Armstrong, Charity, Tobacco Products, Elections
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Prop 29, Proposed Tax on Tobacco, Has Failed
Los Angeles TimesSACRAMENTO -- Asking voters to slap a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research seemed like a cinch in health-crazy California, where lighting up already is banned in bars, public buildings and on many of its golden beaches. But the tobacco...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Primaries, Barack Obama, Jerry Brown, Elections
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President of L.A. Coliseum Commission resigns abruptly
The president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission resigned abruptly Wednesday, saying he quit because his work on a deal to grant USC stewardship of the nearly bankrupt stadium was complete. David Israel's departure came as a key state...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Science, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Tom LaBonge
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President of L.A. Coliseum Commission resigns
L.A. NOWThe president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission announced his resignation Wednesday, saying he decided to step down because his work on a deal to transfer control of the stadium to USC was complete.... -
L.A. Coliseum had scant controls over spending, audit finds
A new city report assails officials in charge of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for failing to impose even basic financial controls, allowing the routine squandering of public money and permitting corruption to take root in "a dysfunctional and risk-...
Tags: Human Interest, Bribery, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Entertainment Events, Jerry Brown
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