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Antonio Villaraigosa
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveils modernization plan for LAX
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
For the third time in less than a decade, a Los Angeles mayor and airport officials today unveiled a grand design for modernizing Los Angeles International Airport, which has not been substantially remodeled since 1984. Read more
L.A. disasters test Villaraigosa’s crisis management skills
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
In three months, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has become a continual crisis manager, as his city has been buffeted by one disaster after another. Read more
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa is ending first term firmly at helm
California | Local |
November 8, 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa finishes his first four-year term on a perch that any big-city politician would envy – no strong opposition, cash in his campaign coffers and a City Hall that is closely in sync with his agenda.His most formidable potential challenger, billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso, announced Friday that he would not run for the city’s top office this year. Read more
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Villaraigosa vetoes contract for legal help in skid row lawsuit
California | Local |
October 16, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has vetoed a $96,000 contract for outside legal help to defend the city against allegations that it discriminates against the disabled on skid row. Read more
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Mayor backs solar power plan
California | Local |
October 15, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and three City Council members have thrown their support behind a proposal to install enough rooftop solar panels on buildings across the city to power 100,000 residential customers of the Department of Water and Power by 2013. Read more
Sunday, October 12, 2008
L.A.’s fiscal forecast looks dismal
California | Local |
October 12, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa offered a bleak financial forecast for city government over the next two years on Saturday, warning that deep cuts to services and other belt-tightening measures would be unavoidable because of the worsening economic downturn. Read more
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Villaraigosa says racial tensions due to poverty
California | Local |
October 7, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday said Latinos and African Americans must “face up to” existing racial strains over jobs, language differences and violent crime by addressing the underlying causes of those tensions, primarily poverty and the lack of opportunity. Read more
Sunday, September 28, 2008
L.A. housing plan to be unveiled
California | Local |
September 28, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday will unveil a $5-billion, five-year plan to build housing for the poor and middle class. Read more
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Eviction of nonprofit blocked
California | Local |
September 25, 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has asked the city to block the eviction of a nonprofit organization from a city-owned building that City Councilman Bernard C. Parks said was illegally being used by the group to organize voters against his bid for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Read more
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says summer anti-gang programs decreased violence
California | Local |
September 9, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa credited a new summertime anti-gang program, which included special community events and extended nighttime hours at eight city parks, with a measurable drop in crime in some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods. Read more
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
L.A. mayor denies talk of a snub
California | Local |
August 27, 2008
Far from center stage, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent the first day of the Democratic National Convention straining to speak over clattering dishes as he addressed a breakfast meeting Monday of the Florida delegation. Read more
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Water wasting by city angers mayor
California | Local |
August 21, 2008
Responding to a Times video that showed city agencies wasting water last week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa firmly ordered city officials to conduct ongoing audits of water use by all departments, saying he will publicly release the results, including any violations of the city’s new “drought buster” restrictions. Read more
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
No convention speaking gig for Villara … L.A.’s mayor
National |
August 19, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won’t have a featured role at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, the political pep rally that can be a springboard for the party’s brightest stars. Read more
Saturday, July 19, 2008
L.A. mayor pushes massive school bond
California | Local |
July 19, 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa teamed up with charter school advocates Friday in Boyle Heights to pressure school board members and district officials to put a multibillion-dollar school bond on the November ballot – and to include at least $300 million for charter schools. Read more
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Can you feel it?! Hello?
National |
July 9, 2008
Not long ago, Antonio Villaraigosa was on Sen. Read more
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Mayor finds a new team to play on
National |
July 8, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a former co-chairman of the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign, energetically stumped for the New York senator until she was shown the door. Read more
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Mayor’s education plan goes to school
California | Local |
July 1, 2008
The termites among the bookshelves in her classroom at 99th Street Elementary did it for Janet Lee. Read more
L.A. officials vow to clean up illegal trash at double speed
California | Local |
July 1, 2008
Piles of smelly, rotting trash dumped illegally in some of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods have been allowed to sit for weeks because dumping has increased: The number of complaints has doubled in the last year while sanitation staffing has remained stagnant, the city’s top public works officials reported Monday. Read more
Thursday, June 26, 2008
L.A. mayor wants sales tax hike for transit
California | Local |
June 26, 2008
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said for the first time Wednesday that he would like to ask voters in November to consider a half-cent sales-tax increase in Los Angeles County to pay for more road and mass transit projects. Read more
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Villaraigosa officiates gay marriage at brief City Hall ceremony
California | Local |
June 24, 2008
With the clink of champagne glasses, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday became the latest politician to preside over the marriage of a same-sex couple, uniting a Hollywood producer and his five-year companion in a short ceremony at City Hall. Read more
