Villaraigosa paid to attend only one of dozens of events

Published June 11, 2010 at 10:29 p.m.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa paid for tickets to only one of dozens of sporting and entertainment events he has attended in the Los Angeles area since taking office in 2005, a lawyer for the mayor acknowledged Friday. Villaraigosa has ...

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Mayor Villaraigosa's 30/10 plan: Moving forward

Published June 9, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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The innovative plan for funding local transit projects moves closer to reality ... The 30/10 transit plan is the most important initiative ever proposed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. If, as seems increasingly likely, it's embraced by Congress, it will become one of the nation's most significant public infrastructure projects ...

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Mayor, Councilmembers Call For Participation in May Day March

Published April 29, 2010 at 5:10 p.m.
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Workers from American Apparel marched from the company's Downtown headquarters on May Day in 2009 ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... Using recently-passed Arizona legislation as a rallying point, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today joined Councilmembers Jose Huizar and Ed Reyes in urging participation in Saturday's planned march supporting immigration reform ... "I encourage all Southern Californians to join the May Day activities in Los Angeles," Villaraigosa said. "I encourage you to voice your

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Large May Day March Crowd Calls for Immigration Reform

Published May 1, 2010 at 11:43 a.m.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaks to May Day marchers from a stage on Broadway ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... Approximately 60,000 to 80,000 people made their way to Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday morning to take part in a May Day march calling for immigration reform. Many carried signs with messages directed against Arizona's recently-passed SB 1070, a law that requires immigrants to carry their papers at all times ... Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilman Jose Huizar were among those

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Chinese Auto Maker BYD Locating its North American Headquarters Downtown on Figueroa

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Published April 30, 2010 at 1:59 p.m.
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomes BYD Chairman Chuanfu Wang (left) during a press conference to announce that the Chinese firm will be located its North American headquarters in Los Angeles ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... Chinese alternative-energy auto maker BYD may not be a household name in the United States, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hope that it soon will be ... The pair of elected officials were among those at City Hall this morning as BYD

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Villaraigosa wants to rescind L.A. arts grant cuts that stirred protests

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Published May 2, 2010 at 2:38 p.m.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has backed away from his controversial plan to cut the city’s arts grants by $415,000 and give the money to four other cultural organizations he picked himself. “We were overzealous,” Ben Ceja, deputy mayor for ...

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When City Leaders Become Daytime TV Stars

Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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Villaraigosa meets Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) and Garcetti meets Adam Chandler (David Canary) (ABC) ... Local fans of ABC's long-running soap All My Children will see a familiar face on today's episode: City Council President Eric Garcetti ... And that's not the Pine Valley City Council we're talking about ... Garcetti is one of two LA political bigwigs taking time out from laying off city workers to step into the sudsy world of daytime television; tomorrow AMC welcomes none other than Los

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Feinstein Says She Will Not Run for Governor

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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Feinstein in 2008 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ... Senator Dianne Feinstein confirmed yesterday that she will not make a bid for Governor of California on the Democratic ticket, according to the Sausage Factory ... Her official decision confirms the likelihood that "Attorney General Jerry Brown will be the party's nominee." Her spokesman indicated that Feinstein, 76, "alled Brown Tuesday morning to tell him she would not be running." ... Brown will face the victor from a race in the GOP that

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How Many Potholes Can You Fill with No Budget?

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.
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Potholes are annoying, but they do make for great public art (see more photos here) ... For Angelenos who are not paying attention to the city's current fiscal crisis, they might start feeling it ... literally. We're talking about potholes ... Speaking to the urgency of laying off 1,000 or more city hall workers, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday served up the harsh realities that could be waiting for us. "I am duty-bound to tell the truth and the truth is we can no longer afford the level of

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From Bad to Worse: Mayor May Cut 2,000 More Jobs

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tells unions "It's time to take a cut." ...

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