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Where's Antonio? Six More Unreported Freebie Events
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said yesterday that today his office will release what it is says is all the information it has about just how many events the Mayor attended without having to pay for his tickets since he was elected Mayor in 2005.The Enterprise Report has uncovered additional events, not previously disclosed, in which the Ma...
Friday Aggregation: Today's News for LA
Police brace for fans marking first anniversary of Michael Jackson's deathIncreased security will be deployed at the family home in Encino, and access to the tomb site at Forest Lawn in Glendale will be limited. Law enforcement officials said they will follow an "event action plan" Friday intended to ensure peace and safety as fans mark the first a...
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More Arizona Boycott Follies: LA Red Light Camera Contract
Two much-debated City Hall issues are expected to converge this week when the Los Angeles Police Department's red light camera program moves to the front of the line for an exemption from the city's contracting boycott of Arizona over that state's new immigration enforcement law.On Tuesday, the City Council is scheduled to consider — and appears likely to approve — an exception to the boycott allowing a 10-month extension of a multimillion-dollar agreement with Scott...
Lakers Parade: News, Transportation & Other Sports Madness
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Monday Aggregation: Today's News for LA
A finger on the problemSee a pothole? An overgrown tree? The iPhone app — a pilot program available to L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti's constituents — may represent the future of how residents interact with government. John Chuldenko can do a lot with his iPhone: search the entire collection of New Yorker cartoons, look up Italian phrases, play funny sound bites from rocker David Lee Roth. Recently he added a more sensible — and civic-minded — application to ...
LAPD Cancels Training Trip to Arizona Convention
Out of "respect for the city council's boycott" of Arizona, Los Angeles Police Department officials decided not to send several officers to a training conference in Tucson Arizona. The council was going to consider a one-time boycott exemption, authored by Councilmembers Greig Smith and Bernard Parks, Friday. The decision is now off the table much to the displeasure of police union leaders.From the LA Times:The trip to the annual Airborne Law Enforcement Assn. conference...
Countdown to July 1: The Game of Chicken over City Layoffs Escalates
With the new city budget taking effect on July 1, city officials and public employee unions have pushed their negotiations on layoffs  and furloughs vs salary and benefit cuts to the brink.A year ago, the mayor and City Council backed down on June 26 and agreed to an Early Retirement Incentive Program that soon proved to be unaffordable. A second ERIP was negotiated with the Coalition of City Unions with an agreement workers would defer two years of raises for guarantee...
Friday Aggregation: Today's News for LA
Friday at Los Angeles City Hall:9 a.m. Ad Hoc Comte on Economic Recovery and Reinvestment, Special Meeting 10 a.m. Los Angeles City Council Agenda  10 a.m. Los Angeles City Council, Continuation Agenda  From the Mayor's Office: LA Lakers Host Downtown Parade to Celebrate 16th NBA Championship Calm returning to downtown L.A. after violence following Lakers gameA sense of calm began to return to downtown Los Angeles early Friday after rowdy crowds clashed with police, se...