Archives: Antonio Villaraigosa
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March 2008
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Eyes open
March 31, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesThis just in: Rivalry between African American gangs and their Latino counterparts is adding a new and troubling racial element to the epidemic... more
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California's shifting axis
| March 30, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesIt's not the Civil War, of course. There's no Andersonville or Quantrill's Raiders. But from the time that L.A.-spawned Jesse Unruh captured... more
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L.A. leaders concede that race might be an issue in recent shootings...
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief William Bratton have strongly challenged the notion that racial hatred might have played a... more
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L.A. unveils plan to speed building project approvals
| March 26, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesOnly days after business leaders publicly complained that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wasn't making good on a pledge to slash bureaucratic... more
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L.A. official to join Pomona College
| March 26, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles' chief financial analyst, a widely respected City Hall figure who is keeping watch over a troubling municipal budget deficit... more
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Filling potholes puts a bounce in mayor's step
| March 24, 2008
From Los Angeles Timesos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last week filled the city's 800,000th pothole since he took office in July 2005 and that being a seemingly... more
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A CITY OF GUEST LISTS
March 23, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesTHEY'RE still repairing the stiletto divots in the mayor's backyard. But that's what you get when you invite the fashion crowd over for... more
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Potential rival to mayor's cousin gets city appointment
March 21, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesRicardo Lara is named to the Planning Commission days after he dropped out of the race for an Assembly seat coveted by Villaraigosa relative... more
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Villaraigosa picks up business baton
| March 21, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesFormer Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan named an influential group of civic leaders 15 years ago to streamline what was said to be a tortuous... more
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Port shifts plan's cost to shippers
| March 21, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a clean air plan requiring shipping companies to buy and maintain a modernized... more
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One more and we'll call it a pattern
Ricardo Lara was running for the state Assembly in the 46th district. So was Antonio Villaraigosa's cousin. Lara dropped out, and this week... more
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Mayor takes an (unpaid) holiday
L.A. taxpayers will save $858.26 today courtesy of Antonio Villaraigosa. That's what the mayor (who earns more than $223,000 a year) will... more
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800,000 and counting...
How could we have filled so many potholes but still have so many around LA? Consider this item: A pothole will be repaired today in Leimert... more
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Two police shootings rock city
| March 15, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesThe day after back-to-back shootings by Los Angeles police officers on the same Wilmington block, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and... more
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L.A. considers plan to increase trash fees
March 14, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesTo fund the mayor's plan to boost police staffing, officials may raise the monthly cost again, from $26 to $38... more



