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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: Safety of Citizens, Politics, 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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government, AEG, POLITICO LLC
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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: Los Angeles International Airport, Transportation, Railway Transportation, Travel, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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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: Politics, Health Insurance Cost, Public Officials, Government, 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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Government, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael F. Bennet, Politics
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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: Politics, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, Lobbying
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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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LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster
In 1989, then-Los Angeles Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky unveiled an audacious plan to boost the city police force by more than 25% to 10,000 officers. He couldn't have imagined that city leaders would chase that goal for nearly a quarter of a century...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles International Airport, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Los Angeles Police Department
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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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Labor Legislation, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy
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Knabe says LAX has not done enough for airport regionalization
A county report released Monday added fuel to the debate over whether the operator of Los Angeles International Airport is adequately trying to spread the growth of commercial flights to other airports in the area. Requested by the Los Angeles County...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Sarah Palin, AEG, Air Transportation Industry, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Barry Diller talks up Aereo on first day of Milken conference
The three-day Milken Institute Global Conference kicked off Monday in Beverly Hills, with media moguls Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch among the hundreds of business leaders and politicians slated to speak. The annual event, run by financier and...
Tags: CBS Corp., NBC (tv network), Microsoft Corporation, Consumers, BlackBerry
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Garcetti, Greuel hammer each other over ethics
After weeks of pummeling her rival Eric Garcetti over his ethical standards, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel can run quickly through her list of reasons that she sees her former City Council colleague as dishonest and untrustworthy. For...
Tags: Fines, Computer Hardware, Punishment, Values, Apple iPhone
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