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Funding OKd for light-rail station in Leimert Park
After years spent fighting for a light-rail station in Leimert Park, South Los Angeles community members got their wish Thursday with the approval of full funding for a stop in the heart of L.A.'s African American community. To cheering and applause...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles International Airport, Arts, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles International Airport, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Government, Wendy Greuel, Healthcare Contract Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Elections
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Villaraigosa, Garcetti pledge smooth transition in mayor's office
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support." Garcetti,...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Local Government, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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L.A. City Council OKs Villaraigosa's final, $7.7-billion budget
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday signed off on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's final $7.7-billion budget, setting the stage, as several members acknowledged, for many city workers to get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Council members did not vote to...
Tags: Elections, Government, Public Employees, Herb Wesson, Bankruptcy
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L.A. mayor: Villaraigosa, Garcetti promise 'seamless transition'
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House, where he told reporters that the city councilman had his “full support.”...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Local Government, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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RPT-Los Angeles' new mayor: hipster, Rhodes Scholar, budget fixer?
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to story) By Sharon Bernstein and Tim Reid LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - A Rhodes Scholar and urban planning wonk in a city that generally prefers its politicians to be less eclectic, Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti will...Tags: Government, Tim Reid, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Entertainment
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Carmen Trutanich's defeat sown in a broken pledge
The seeds of one-term Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich's resounding election defeat Tuesday were planted in his ill-fated run for district attorney last year. The candidate himself acknowledged that with less than a quarter of the ballots counted....
Tags: Elections, Eric Garcetti, Lobbying, Justice System, AEG
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Government, Los Angeles International Airport, Paul Koretz, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Antonio Sanchez concedes L.A. school board race to Monica Ratliff
Antonio Sanchez has conceded to Monica Ratliff in the contest to represent the east San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles Board of Education. Sanchez congratulated Ratliff in a Facebook posting. "Her commitment to the children of this district is...
Tags: Elections, Bell City Council, Politics
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Monica Ratliff, the 5th-grade teacher who schooled L.A.'s campaign 'experts'
The Times' editorial board endorsed 5th-grade teacher Monica Ratliff for a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board -- twice -- but that doesn’t mean we expected her to win. Ratliff went into Tuesday dubbed the underdog by a mile,...
Tags: Elections, Local Government, Teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michael Bloomberg
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Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti declared victory Wednesday in his bid to become the next mayor and vowed to put the city's economic slump "in the rear-view mirror," capping a race shaped by dire fiscal forecasts and...Tags: Government, Alternative Energy, Local Elections, Mike Feuer, Judaism
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