Laura Chick

A day after a debate in which they told Los Angeles voters their prime focus as mayor would be promoting job creation, Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti took up the topic Monday, while also continuing a furious debate over union influence in their runoff...

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel is turning criticism that she would be beholden to the powerful Department of Water and Power union back on her rival, Eric Garcetti, accusing him of doing the union’s bidding during a contentious 2009...

City controller hopeful Dennis Zine picked up an endorsement from Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina on Thursday and said the nod would be a "huge plus" in helping him win support among critical Latino voters. Molina, the sole Latina on the...

Imagine if Los Angeles, with a population that is roughly half Latino, had just one or even no Latinos in elected office. There would be protests and political recriminations in every election cycle. There would be lawsuits and threats of lawsuits. The...

If Dennis Zine wins Tuesday's race for Los Angeles controller, he may have to send a thank-you note to three public relations firms -- none of which worked on his campaign. The three companies -- Phelps Group in Santa Monica, AdEase Inc. in San Diego...

As the union representing L.A. Dept. of Water and Power employees plowed hundreds of thousands of dollars into their independent effort to elect Wendy Greuel mayor, contender Eric Garcetti alleged Friday that the union was trying to buy Tuesday’s...

This post has been corrected. See note below for details. A group funded mostly by unions and entertainment executives has produced a television attack ad backing city Controller Wendy Greuel's campaign to become Los Angeles' next mayor by accusing City.....

Re “What makes a good mayor?,” Opinion, Feb. 26 Michael Woo's piece could have been headlined “What makes a good politician?”I believe that an essential factor is responsiveness to communication from the people who are served....

In a feisty debate that highlighted the intensifying clash between the top two contenders in the race for mayor, Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti disparaged rival Wendy Greuel’s record as city controller and mocked her campaign platform...

Los Angeles is an underachieving city led in recent decades by a succession of underachieving mayors — people who came in with big dreams or big talk but soon got bored with the day-to-day task of steering a municipality. Voters don't get to conduct...

In the five-man race for Los Angeles controller, the best-known candidate is also the one who's had the best view of city government. That would be Dennis Zine, who is finishing his 12th and final year representing the City Council's 3rd District after...

Former L.A. City Controller Laura Chick endorsed Ron Galperin over City Councilman Dennis Zine in the race for the city’s fiscal watchdog position....