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Michael Bloomberg donates $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the Los Angeles school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge the already sizable war chest of the Coalition for School Reform,...Tags: Human Interest, Eli Broad, New York City, Politics, Local Government
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Rumor of deal roils teachers union
The leadership of the Los Angeles teachers union is roiled over whether its officials made a private deal with a Board of Education candidate whom critics view as an ally of anti-labor forces. The dispute centers on an alleged understanding worked out...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Labor Legislation, Politics, Teachers
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the L.A. school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge an already sizable warchest of the Coalition for School Reform, a political...
Tags: Human Interest, Eli Broad, New York City, Politics, Local Government
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L.A. Votes: A testy debate, new ads and a flurry of mailers
Los Angeles’ mayoral candidates clashed in a feisty debate, with Wendy Greuel striving to create a strong distinction between herself and rival Eric Garcetti as mail-in voting begins in advance of the May 21 runoff election. Greuel is arguing...
Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Career and Workplace, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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L.A. mayor's race: The world isn't watching either
This Los Angeles mayoral election isn’t exactly setting the city's electorate on fire. Nor the world, for that matter. It’s so low key that I was surprised to see a very focused piece in the Guardian, Britain’s liberal national...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Elections, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Michael Bloomberg
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Wendy Greuel outlines fresh attack on rival Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel stepped up attacks on rival Eric Garcetti on Tuesday, repeating ethical accusations brought up at Monday night’s televised debate and adding a new one -- that Garcetti accepted thousands in donations at a...
Tags: Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Human Interest, Values
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L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday to begin moving away from coal-fired energy, despite warnings from a Department of Water and Power watchdog that the shift could cost more than $650 million. Like many utilities, the city-owned DWP...Tags: Coal, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Greuel steps up attacks on Garcetti in L.A. mayor's race
Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel stepped up attacks on rival Eric Garcetti on Tuesday, repeating ethical accusations brought up at Monday night's televised debate and adding a new one — that Garcetti accepted thousands in donations at a...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Human Interest, Politics, Values
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Los Angeles mayor's budget plan closes $216 mln deficit
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (Reuters) - Los Angeles city employees would be spared the layoffs and furloughs of the recent past under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's $7.7 billion budget plan, but would have to pay more for health care and surrender raises to...Tags: Eric Garcetti, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Public Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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L.A.'s million trees, more or less
Nearly seven years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa launched a program to plant 1 million trees. Since then, the city has planted more than 400,000 trees — in fact, 407,000 and counting. So is the program a success or a failure? As...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Local Government, Energy Saving
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L.A. to host all-electric race car series
Los Angeles will be one of 10 cities globally to host an all-electric race series — dubbed Formula E — as soon as 2014, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced. The series will be the first in the world to feature fully electric open-wheel race...
Tags: Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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Steve Lopez: Villaraigosa's budget leaves a mess for next mayor
The number to look at in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's budget is not the $15-million surplus that's possible in fiscal year 2017-18. It's the $267-million deficit that could exist in year 2014-15 "if labor concessions and police overtime controls are not...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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