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  • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tests positive for COVID-19 while in Scotland (LOL!!)

    11/03/2021 10:45:10 AM PDT · by God luvs America · 21 replies
    KABC ^ | 11-3-2021 | KABC
    LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is currently overseas in Scotland, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, city officials announced. Garcetti, who is fully vaccinated, was said to be "feeling good" as he isolates in a hotel room, according to a tweet.
  • LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Is In Such Hot Water That Even the Biden Campaign Is Distancing Themselves

    10/25/2020 11:45:22 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Townhall ^ | 10/25/2020 | Beth Baumann
    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's (D) has come under fire for allegedly turning a blind eye to one of his top aide's sexual misconduct and harassment. Rick Jacobs, the mayor's deputy chief of staff, has been accused sexual assault and harassment. LAPD officer Matthew Garza, who has been on the force for 23 years and served on Garcetti's security detail, filed a lawsuit against the city earlier this week, accusing Jacobs of harassment. He said "Garcetti had witnessed the assault and harassment and did nothing to stop it, nor hold Jacobs accountable," Yashar Ali reported.According to Ali, he had personal experience...
  • LA Mayor Will Cut Power, Water To Homes And Businesses That Disobey Him

    08/06/2020 9:41:46 AM PDT · by Bigtigermike · 120 replies
    L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that he ordered the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to cut off the water and electricity to any homes, venues, or businesses in violation of COVID-19 safety measures. In April, Garcetti enacted a similar order that applied to any non-essential businesses that defied his “Safer at Home” mandate. The announcement comes just days after Los Angeles police responded to a “gang related” shooting at a large house party in Beverly Crest. According to Garcetti, this order will help limit people’s right to assemble. “We’ve been clear from the beginning that getting together in...
  • Los Angeles Mayor says he will order water and power utilities to be shut off at homes hosting parties

    08/05/2020 5:39:00 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 64 replies
    BREAKING: Los Angeles Mayor says he will order water and power utilities to be shut off at homes hosting parties
  • Police Union Excoriates Mayor Over Budget Cuts, 'Killers' Comment

    06/06/2020 6:00:29 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 7 replies
    LAist.com ^ | June 5, 2020 | Brian Frank
    In a stern rebuke, the union that represents the Los Angeles Police Department lashed out at Mayor Eric Garcetti today over budget cutbacks and his comments labeling officers as "killers." The union also called into question the mayor's mental fitness to lead the city through crisis.On Friday, speaking at a press conference live-streamed on Facebook, Jamie McBride, director of the L.A. Police Protective League, said: "We're here to warn the citizens and residents of Los Angeles that we're worried and concerned about Eric Garcetti. He's clearly unstable. We are worried about him and worried about his future, and the safety...
  • LA Mayor to Open Beaches—But There's a Catch

    05/12/2020 11:49:38 AM PDT · by absalom01 · 34 replies
    PJ Media ^ | May 12, 2020 | Victoria Taft
    Beaches in Los Angeles will re-open on Wednesday, which will come as good news to surfers, swimmers, joggers and walkers. The indulgence one must pay to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for the privilege of walking or jogging on the beach, however, is to follow the edict that the people who own the beaches of California must wear a mask. “We’ll have to pay a lot of attention to what that means in a county with as many people, with 10 million people,” county health director Barbara Ferrer said at a news conference Monday. “Like, are we able to keep...
  • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signs city’s enhanced ‘Green New Deal’

    02/10/2020 11:16:10 PM PST · by knighthawk · 23 replies
    Fox News ^ | February 10 2020 | Bradford Betz
    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed an executive directive aimed at boosting the city’s Green New Deal initiative to fight climate change. In signing the executive directive – Garcetti’s 25th since taking office – the 49-year-old mayor insisted the “stakes could not be higher.” “We must act this decade to save the planet and create a more equitable prosperous and healthy future for our children and grandchildren,” he said, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
  • LA officials advise illegal immigrants on how to thwart ICE

    06/26/2019 2:15:42 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 25 replies
    Hot Air.com ^ | June 16, 2019 | JAZZ SHAW
    Another helpful public service from the municipal government of Los Angeles and the Governor of California. They’re making sure that some specific residents of the City of Angels are up to date with the latest information. The residents in question are the illegal aliens in the city and both the Mayor and the Governor are tipping them off about potential ICE raids and how they can thwart law enforcement. Isn’t that just the most helpful thing ever? (CBS Los Angeles) Gov. Newsom posted a video to Twitter alerting those of their rights when it comes to ICE stating, “CA will...
  • Mayor of Los Angeles Wins a Second Term (Viva La Raza!)

    03/04/2009 5:36:05 PM PST · by VU4G10 · 33 replies · 2,372+ views
    ap ^ | March 4, 2009 | ap
    LOS ANGELES -- The mayor of Los Angeles easily won re-election after a bumpy first term in the nation's second-largest city, fueling speculation that he will be among contenders next year to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the first Hispanic mayor in more than a century, was rewarded Tuesday with a second, four-year trip to City Hall despite an uneven first term that saw the breakup of his marriage and the defeat of his signature plan to reform city schools.
  • Mayoral challengers attack incumbent Villaraigosa

    02/24/2009 3:11:00 PM PST · by AreaMan · 6 replies · 526+ views
    L.A. Daily News ^ | 23 Feb 2009 | Jerry Berrios
    Mayoral challengers attack incumbent Villaraigosa By Jerry Berrios, Staff Writer Updated: 02/23/2009 05:29:15 AM PST TUJUNGA - As election season winds down, five of the nine candidates hoping to dethrone Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took some jabs at the well-financed incumbent at a mayoral forum in Tujunga Sunday afternoon. Sunday's forum was yet another debate at which the mayor was a no-show. During a recent editorial board meeting with the Daily News, Villaraigosa said his campaign would focus on his achievements and he would not debate the mayoral challengers. On Sunday morning, Villaraigosa did attend a meeting of San Fernando...
  • CA: LA mayor makes rare campaign stop for Hillary Clinton (Villaraigosa's Iowa stealth visit)

    12/03/2007 5:31:56 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 109+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/3/07 | Michael R. Blood - ap
    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa slipped quietly out of the city last week to campaign in Iowa for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a rare public foray into presidential politics since his marital meltdown dominated front pages last summer. Clinton made a splash in May when she snagged the Democratic mayor's endorsement, and even former President Bill Clinton was called in to help lock up Villaraigosa's support. The New York senator said at the time that Villaraigosa, one of the nation's most prominent Hispanic politicians, would be "reaching out to a broad range of voters across the country." In other states prominent supporters...
  • CA: LA mayor meets Muslims who accuse him of appearing pro-Israel

    08/07/2006 9:06:41 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 483+ views
    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has apologized to local Muslim leaders who accused him of taking Israel's side in the violence in Lebanon by appearing at a pro-Israel rally and ignoring their invitations to attend Muslim peace vigils. Villaraigosa met with 10 Muslim leaders Sunday and explained that a mix-up by his staff prevented him from seeing the invitations, said his spokeswoman Janelle Erickson. "The mayor did apologize that the staff didn't place the meeting on his schedule sooner," said Erickson, who described the hour-long discussion as "open and friendly." Villaraigosa called the meeting after the Muslim leaders held a news conference...
  • LA mayor (Villaraigosa) warns of Guard 'chilling' Mexican tourism, economic ties

    05/25/2006 7:28:53 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 43 replies · 952+ views
    ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 5/25/06 | Michael R. Blood - ap
    LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa warned Thursday that federal plans to use more troops and barriers to tighten security on the nation's southern border could hurt the city's attempts to increase trade and tourism with Mexico. "There's no question that putting up a wall, assigning the National Guard, could have a chilling effect on tourism, the relationship between the two countries, economic ties," the mayor told reporters on the eve of his meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox. "Our economies are much more intertwined than most people really understand," the mayor said. "The benefits to both countries are great."...
  • Immigration rallies force L.A. mayor into political tight spot

    05/15/2006 3:06:38 AM PDT · by Sharks · 9 replies · 779+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 14, 2006 | James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer
    Los Angeles -- When the immigration rights movement erupted from coast to coast beginning in March, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa embraced it with greater energy and visibility than just about any other political leader. Villaraigosa, the first Latino elected mayor here in modern times, spoke at every major demonstration in the city, in Spanish and in English, backing the calls for a fair path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. He was lauded by many of the demonstrators as a champion of their cause. But the normally voluble mayor was uncharacteristically restrained in discussing the issue in an interview last...
  • L.A. Mayor Criticism of Bush: Much Ado About Nothing

    02/10/2006 6:46:55 AM PST · by RepublicNewbie · 18 replies · 1,004+ views
    The Post Chronicle ^ | 2/10/06 | Jim Kouri
    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claims he received word of the new details of the 2002 terror plot like most Americans -- watching President Bush's speech on a cable news channel. He complained that his office should have been warned beforehand about Bush's speech since the details concerned his city. "I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president -- but somebody." However, the White House did notify...
  • L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement

    02/09/2006 1:31:15 PM PST · by Thanatos · 159 replies · 4,733+ views
    AP Wires ^ | 2-9-2006 | AP Wire
    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent." "I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president _ but somebody." Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before but he publicly filled in the details Thursday. Bush said Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of...
  • LA Mayor derides White House in Spanish-language speech ("America can do better,")

    01/31/2006 8:28:29 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 47 replies · 1,084+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 1/31/06 | AP - Los Angeles
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a nationally televised Spanish-language speech, faulted the White House Tuesday for policies he said pushed more Americans into poverty and failed to address a crisis in education. "America can do better," the mayor said in response to President Bush's State of the Union address. "Under this administration, 4 million people have fallen from the working class into the ranks of the poor," the mayor said. "Six million children are on the verge of failing out of school and 11 million Americans can't read a bus schedule or fill out a job application....
  • Dems Pick Villaraigosa to Rebut State of Union, in Spanish

    01/25/2006 5:33:48 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 63 replies · 1,156+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | January 25, 2006 | Edwin Chen
    WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats announced today that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver the party's Spanish-language response to next week's State of the Union address Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will deliver the Democratic response in English from the governor's mansion in Richmond, Va., while Villaraigosa will do so in Spanish from his office in Los Angeles City Hall, said Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. The annual presidential address, before a joint session of Congress and a national audience, gives the chief executive the opportunity to lay out his agenda...
  • Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa challenges L.A.: 'Dream with me'

    07/02/2005 9:58:12 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 1,392+ views
    LA Daily News ^ | 7/2/05 | Rick Orlov and Beth Barrett
    Calling on Los Angeles to renew its dreams and work with him to meet the challenges of making the streets safer, the schools better and the air cleaner, Antonio Ramo Villaraigosa was sworn in Friday as the city's 41st mayor and the first Latino mayor since 1872. With more than 5,000 officials and residents packed onto the South Lawn of City Hall, Villaraigosa promised to work to bring the city together and urged the public to think big about how the city can become a world leader. "Let's swear a common oath today. Let's make Los Angeles a city of...
  • World Press Fits Villaraigosa Into the Big Picture

    07/02/2005 6:55:51 AM PDT · by Alia · 13 replies · 445+ views
    LA Times ^ | Jessica Garrison and Daniel Hernandez
    Days after Antonio Villaraigosa was elected mayor, Nasser Hssaini, a correspondent for the Arab news channel Al Jazeera, flew to Los Angeles from Washington seeking an interview. "Certainly, the Arabs are watching," he said. "Here is an example of a Latino young man, who worked his way hard, and the system accepted him. America accepted him…. This is an example of a perfect integration of foreigners into the system. This is the man who could rally everybody: Jews. Muslims. Latinos." ... The question of immigration was also chewed over by European papers, but from a slightly different perspective. With cities...