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Speaker of the State Assembly of California and first openly gay person to serve in the post Don Garza Downtown Los Angeles With the sun shining bright and under the auspices of wonderful spring weather, John Perez , who made history by becoming th...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, little-tokyo, los-angeles, mayor, villaraigosa

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Speaker of the State Assembly of California and first openly gay person to serve in the post Don Garza Downtown Los Angeles With the sun shining bright and under the auspices of wonderful spring weather, John Perez , who made history by becoming th...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, little-tokyo, los-angeles, mayor, villaraigosa

aggregated from: LAist

Photo by Salaam Allah West Coast Transitphotography KING! via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr The hardest part about bringing Los Angeles a world-class public transit system is the funding. That's why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's has been hitting...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, committee, environment, hike, los-angeles

aggregated from: LAist

Efforts to build the $1.7 billion Crenshaw Line will take another step Monday when exploratory drilling begins. The process to test below-ground surface conditions will be hailed by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a ...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, expo-line, lax, mayor, villaraigosa

aggregated from: LA Daily

Despite Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's guarantee that the city of Los Angeles will not go bankrupt, there's a fair amount of evidence demonstrating it's quite possible, at least according to urban-history author and economic journalist Joel Kotkin (...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, los-angeles, mayor, unions, villaraigosa

aggregated from: Curbed LA

Hoping to get support for his 30/10 plan, the mayor made a case yesterday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for a federal loan to help fund numerous LA rail and bus projects. KPCC reports that the meeting was set up by Senator...

topics: committee, environment, mayor, senate, senator

aggregated from: LA Daily

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. optimistic about his plan to accelerate several transit projects, including his beloved subway to the sea that would take rail from the Miracle Mile to Santa Monica. H...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, los-angeles, mayor, miracle-mile, santa-monica

aggregated from: LAist

Newsom Has California ever seen a race for Lt. Governor that has gotten so much coverage? The race for a practically unknown office is getting its due as San Francisco Mayor and former gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom faces off with Los Angel...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, campaign, candidate, city-council, economy

aggregated from: LA Daily

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa flew out of town again this week, and attended another swearing-in ceremony for his cousin, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez. This time around, the mayor didn't blow a good chunk of his workday glad-...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, elected, janice-hahn, los-angeles, mayor

aggregated from: LA Now Blog

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has postponed a Friday news conference on his plan for hiking a surcharge for customers of the Department of Water and Power, replacing that event with one that focuses on his recent lobbying trip to Washington....

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, carson, hike, hiking, los-angeles