AltWeeklies Wire
State Budget Debacle: California Descendingnew
Some experts predict the state budget will quickly become unbalanced again, thanks to a persistently bad economy. But that didn't stop self-congratulations and posturing by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Democratic majority leaders Karen Bass and Darrell Steinberg, and Republican minority leaders Dennis Hollingsworth and Sam Blakeslee, the so-called "big five" who worked out this latest budget.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
07-31-2009 |
Politics
With a Probable Run for Governor in Sight, a High-Profile Celebrity Drug Case Couldn't Hurtnew
The Anna Nicole Smith indictments and California Attorney General Jerry Brown's contact high with the political power grid.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
03-20-2009 |
Politics
Los Angeles on $300,000 a Yearnew
The L.A. City Council salaries are not just overinflated in an era of belt-tightening. They are only a hair below the salaries of Congress, and are higher than those of federal judges. They amount to a staggering 400 percent of Los Angeles' median household income of $46,000.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
02-27-2009 |
Politics
Villaraigosa Helps Obama on the Economy ... Why?new
Filled with some of the most experienced business, economic policy and labor leaders in the country, Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board includes luminaries like Warren Buffett and CEO of Google. And Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. We took to the streets to find out how Angelenos would vet Villaraigosa’s economic qualifications.
L.A. Weekly |
Tibby Rothman |
11-21-2008 |
Politics
In California, the Mystery Voters Have Their Waynew
The record-breaking 13-million-plus voters proved to be a mercurial throng who followed no code or discernible ideology, placing into the state constitution a ban on gay marriage, even as they trampled a proposal to require notification of parents whose daughters seek abortions. It was an almost schizophrenic Coalition of Whatever.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
11-07-2008 |
Politics
Rick Caruso's Aria: L.A.'s Mall King Mulls a Mayoral Runnew
Caruso has teased his impending mayoral candidacy off and on for nearly five years, yet he's done little to formally promote a holistic vision for the city. In the absence of such a comprehensive civic blueprint, others have stepped in to fill the void.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
10-17-2008 |
Politics
Going Door-to-Door for Obama in North Vegasnew
I've come to believe that in my own small way I've helped to allow the takeover of Washington by the present coalition of free-market buccaneers, armchair imperialists and religious zealots -- whose supporters have been all too eager to do the grunt work of politics. And so I take my clipboard and trudge forward in the 97-degree heat.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
10-10-2008 |
Politics
Michelle Obama's Night Out in L.A.new
Michelle delivers her remarks as Sarah Palin is set to give her RNC address, and Michelle gives an indirect reference to Palin, noting that her husband is "not afraid of smart people."
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range Mcdonald |
09-12-2008 |
Politics
L.A.'s All-About-Me Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa's Frenetic Self-Promotionnew
Time has become the mayor's defensive tool, and the mayor continually touts his rushing, 16-to-18-hour workday in speeches and media interviews to anyone who questions his commitment. But documents reveal that hours of travel, fund-raising and PR leave little time for his job.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range Mcdonald |
09-12-2008 |
Politics
The DNC Delegate From Sadr Citynew
Majid Al-Bahadli more than hopes Obama can change the world.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshua Bearman |
09-05-2008 |
Politics
Ron Burkle Confronts Life Without the Clintons and Instant White House Accessnew
With Senator Barack Obama winning the Democratic presidential nomination, and with a definite power shift within the party that's moving away from Bill and Hillary Clinton, political observers are already wondering if Burkle -- a top-echelon supporter of the Clintons -- will end up some kind of loser.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
06-13-2008 |
Politics
Barack Obama at East L.A.'s Garfield Highnew
Sandwiched between three celebrity-packed Hollywood fund-raisers, Obama's visit has refreshingly little flash and plenty of substance.
L.A. Weekly |
Seven McDonald |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
GOP Straw Mennew
Republican presidential candidates pander to baseless base in Iowa.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
08-17-2007 |
Politics
Rocky Delgadillo's Flameoutnew
Once a rising star, the Los Angeles City Attorney muffs it with endless screwups.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
06-29-2007 |
Politics
Mario Beltran's Strange Bedfellowsnew
A political brouhaha erupts as LAPD seizes documents from a Bell Gardens councilman and the city's towing company.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
06-22-2007 |
Politics
