Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles in a run-off election on May 17, 2005, in which he defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his service as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, the Speaker of the California State Assembly, and the Los Angeles City Councilman representing the 14th District. Before being elected to public office, Villaraigosa had a long career as a labor organizer.
Source: Sierra Club Blog
On Tuesday, City Council Member and Sierra Club endorsed candidate Eric Garcetti surprised many political observers by pulling out a victory against an establishment favorite to be elected the next mayor of ...
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Source: Southern California Public Radio
Politics, government and public life for Southern California Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the man who will succeed him met at Getty House Thursday for breakfast and a talk on leading the country's second-largest city. The may ...
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Source: CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Is the highest-paid mayor in the U.S. broke? With just over a month left in his second and final term, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will leave office in June reportedly without a place to live or a car of his own to drive, accordi ...
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LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kafi D. Blumenfield has informed Liberty Hill Foundation's Board of Directors of her intention to step down as President and CEO. Kafi's departure date has not been finalized ...
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Source: Economist
Now do something about the congestion LOS ANGELES has a new mayor-elect. The question is whether anyone noticed. In a run-off on May 21st Eric Garcetti (pictured), a longtime city councilman, defeated his opponent, Wendy Greuel, by 54%-46%. The e ...
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Source: The Washington Post
Big money doesn’t always win the day. At least it didn’t in a school board race in Los Angeles in which a few million dollars showered on a favored candidate failed to overcome the poorly funded campaign of a fifth-grade teacher. Monica Ratliff wa ...
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Her strategy to achieve some name recognition was to mail out refrigerator magnets, which cost $5,000 in scarce campaign funds. Ten to 20 faithful volunteers knocked on doors every weekend. Her election night party? She jammed some 10 people into her ...
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Source: LA Observed
Eric Garcetti surrounded by supporters and media in Echo Park on Wednesday. Photo by Gary Leonard - click to gigantify. Quotes often tell the story. These are from a variety of sources. "Enthusiasm — real grassroots enthusiasm — trump ...
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