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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: Los Angeles Police Department, Local Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Los Angeles Hotels, Minority Groups, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Wendy Greuel, AFL-CIO
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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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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, Bernard Parks, Dennis P. Zine, 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: Paul Koretz, Bernard Parks, Dennis P. Zine, Fires
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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 Police Department, Government, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Regional Authority
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Wendy Greuel seeks $175 million in savings in L.A. budget
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel said Monday that she would seek an extra $175 million in savings from the city's budget by using such strategies as cutting the City Council's discretionary funds and changing the investment practices of its...
Tags: Local Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Health and Safety at Work, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Los Angeles Unified School District, Antonio Villaraigosa, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, 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: Los Angeles Police Department, Arts, Local Elections, KB Home, Walt Disney
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L.A. Votes: Greuel gets Waters' backing, Garcetti gets union money
Los Angeles mayoral contender Wendy Greuel has landed a coveted endorsement from Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), one of the city's influential leaders among African American voters. Both Greuel and her rival in the May 21 election to replace Mayor...
Tags: Mike Feuer, Local Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa, Carmen Trutanich, Elections
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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,...... -
Eric Garcetti wins endorsements from City Council's black members
Surrounding himself with the City Council's three African American members, mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti traveled Saturday morning to Leimert Park — the historic heart of black Los Angeles — for a rally in which he sought to galvanize...
Tags: Local Elections, Bernard Parks, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Jan Perry
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