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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: Career and Workplace, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Employees, Paul Koretz
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College trustees appoint two presidents, acting chancellor
Two college presidents and an acting chancellor were named by the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Laurence B. Frank, who is deputy chief of staff for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, will become the new...Tags: Teaching and Learning, FBI, Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities
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Villaraigosa's pick to run pension system decides to pass
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's pick to run the pension system for public safety employees has dropped out of the running, saying Wednesday he didn't want to "get wrapped up in the politics" of the agency. Ray Joseph, 40, had been slated to...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Safety of Citizens, Eric Garcetti, Health and Safety at Work, Government
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Villaraigosa's pension choice pulls out just before council vote
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's pick to run the city's pension system for public-safety employees has dropped out of the running, saying Wednesday he "didn't want to get wrapped up in the politics." Ray Joseph, 40, had been slated to appear...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Safety of Citizens, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Government
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John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger talk immigration reform at USC
Comprehensive immigration reform will pass the House of Representatives if reluctant Republicans are convinced that it is a matter of political survival, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said at USC on Tuesday. In conversations with other lawmakers, McCain...
Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Senate, AEG, Migration, John McCain
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Leimert Park Village deserves a rail station
Two years ago, every one of the elected officials representing South Los Angeles — members of the City Council, the Legislature and Congress — joined in an unprecedented show of unity to call for the Crenshaw-to-LAX light-rail line to...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Travel, Los Angeles International Airport, Transportation
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Labor has helped L.A., but tweaks are still needed
I think it's fair to say that the men sitting across the table from me Monday afternoon were not terribly happy with my recent work. Bob Schoonover, president of Service Employees International Union, Local 721, and Art Sweatman, a shop steward and tree...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Government, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Interior Policy
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Schwarzenegger lends muscle to immigration discussion
Arnold Schwarzenegger uses his own improbable rise from bodybuilder to action hero to California governor as an argument for immigration reform. As a teenager in his native Austria, Schwarzenegger saw the United States as the only place he could achieve...Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Senate, Migration, John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Walton foundation gives $8 million to StudentsFirst
A foundation associated with the Wal-Mart family fortune has expanded its support for the education advocacy group run by former District of Columbia schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. The Walton Family Foundation announced Tuesday an $8-million grant...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, School Examinations, Elections
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If Los Angeles hosts electric-car race, what will it sound like?
One reason fans attend auto races is because the cars are loud -- in some cases, exceptionally loud. Spectators simply love the roar of the engines. So what if a race was held with significantly quieter cars? Would fans still find it appealing? Los...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Auto Racing
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Newton: What about the Port of Los Angeles?
It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...
Tags: Political Candidates, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Environmental Issues, Air Pollution
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Milken conference panel: Immigration reform would boost economy
Providing legal status to the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants would boost the U.S. economy and eradicate underground economies in cities such as Los Angeles, a panel of researchers, elected officials and a business tycoon said Monday. ...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, News Corp., Migration, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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