Wednesday, May 16, 2012
See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.
(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The city councilwoman will be the second mayoral candidate interviewed in the Talking About Los Angeles series. Questions from Patch readers will be presented to Perry.
A series of conversations with Los Angeles mayoral candidates continues Tuesday evening with an interview of Councilwoman Jan Perry that will be shown via a live video stream you can watch on this Patch site. The interview, the second in the "Talking About Los Angeles" series, begins at 5:30 p.m. before an audience in The Grand Salon of California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. (See attached PDF map.) If you would like to attend the event, you can register on the Talking About Los Angeles website. The moderator for the event will be Christine Essel, the CEO for Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment Agency. She’s a former senior vice president of government and community affairs for Paramount Pictures and had been an …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
BongHwan Kim to face a crowded field of potential candidates seeking to replace Councilman Eric Garcetti, who is running for mayor.
The general manager of the embattled Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) filed Friday to run for the 13th District City Council seat. It was not immediately clear whether BongHwan Kim would step down from his city job in order to run. He was appointed to the post by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. DONE, also known as Empower LA, in partnership with the current 95 Neighborhood Councils, last year fought back a City Council attempt to merge it into the Department of Community Development. On Wednesday, DONE wrested from the City Clerk the authority to run Neighborhood Council elections. The City Council has yet to allocate funds for those elections. Among the Neighborhood Councils supervised by DONE in Valley Patch communities are: …
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Los Angeles Times has endorsed Howard Berman to represent the 30th Congressional District.
The Los Angeles Times endorsed Democratic representative Howard Berman Monday in the 30th Congressional District race against fellow Democratic representative Brad Sherman. The Times made it a point to credit Sherman for being a strong lawmaker and excellent candidate, but commented that Berman holds the edge in experience, has a wide range of important supporters, and that he agrees with the Times "on a few distinguishing issues." Read the full endorsement here.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Five of the six candidates for the newly-drawn 46th Assembly district discussed their stances on key issues at the Valley Village Neighborhood Council meeting.
Public education reform, job creation, and more government transparency were among the key themes highlighted by 46th Assembly District candidates during a town hall forum Wednesday night. The event, moderated by Neighborhood Council Valley Village President Tony Braswell, was held during the NCVV’s general board meeting at Colfax Elementary School. Braswell challenged candidates with both prepared questions and those from the audience. The candidates in attendance were Laurette Healey, Brian Johnson, Andrew Lachman, Adrin Nazarian and Jay Stern; Adriano Lecaros did not attend. All the candidates but Stern, a Republican, are registered as Democrats. All the contenders said they support a strong public education system, but it was Johnson …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Watch the recording of the interview with the mayoral candidate before a live audience at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in downtown L.A.
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Thursday, March 29
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti responded to questions regarding his run for mayor as part of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series. Some of the questions were submitted by Patch readers. Watch video of the interview by clicking on this link to the Livestream website. The interview was held before a live audience at the downtown campus of Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Moderator for the interview was Anthony Salcito, vice president of worldwide education for Microsoft Corp., the event's lead sponsor. The councilman responded to questions submitted by Patch readers, presented by Patch Regional Editor Richard Core. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which has been organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
The Mayflower Club in North Hollywood is the first place in the country that hosted all three Green Party candidates running for president.
Roseanne Barr spoke rather seriously to a group of Green Party supporters at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood on Friday night about her run for President of the United States. This “Rally in the Valley” was the first Green Party group in the country that hosted all three of the leading contenders running for president in the Green Party. The 75 people in attendance (including some paparazzi) also heard from other Green Party candidates for congressional seats. The comedienne explained that her candidacy was no joke, and she discussed a platform that included legalizing marijuana, supporting gay marriage and forgiving student loans. “I will not let the idiots go unanswered,” she said, with an occasional quip. She talked about her …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The city councilman will be the first mayoral candidate interviewed in the upcoming Talking About Los Angeles series. Questions from Patch readers will be presented to Garcetti.
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Wednesday, March 14
Editor's Note: Thanks to all who submitted questions for Councilman Garcetti. No more questions are being taken. (3/26/2010) ————— An upcoming series of conversations with leading candidates in the Los Angeles mayoral race will feature Patch readers' questions—perhaps your own. The "Talking About Los Angeles" series, co-sponsored by Patch, begins Thursday with the interview of City Councilman Eric Garcetti. The event, to be shown on Patch via a live video stream, will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, 400 W. Washington Blvd. Selected questions from Patch readers will be included in the interview. If you have a question you would like considered for Councilman Garcetti, email it to tala@patch.com or post it in the…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
After vowing to stay neutral in the Congressional election between Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has endorsed Berman.
California's United State Senator Barbara Boxer has endorsed Rep. Howard Berman in the race for the 30th Congressional District, which includes Sherman Oaks. Boxer had vowed to remain neutral, but has now changed her mind according to this letter sent to Berman's office. Dear Howard: I am proud to endorse your candidacy to represent the people of the 30th Congressional District. You have always been a true champion for human rights and equal rights, for our workers and veterans, for an effective foreign policy and a healthy environment. I have written to Brad to tell him about my decision and the reason for it. As you know, until now, I have stayed out of the primary in the 30th Congressional District because through the years I have …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The fight for the 30th Congressional District heated up before an overflow crowd at Temple Judea in Tarzana Tuesday night.
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Tuesday, February 21
Temple Judea in Tarzana played host to a key debate Tuesday evening between Democratic Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman and Republican candidate Mark Reed. The event was organized by the Jewish Journal, streamed live online, and moderated by Jonah Lowenfeld, who writes the Berman v. Sherman blog for the Journal. About 800 people attended the event, organizers said, with the crowd filling the synagogue's 500-seat sanctuary and the rest standing or watching in a side room. Republican candidate Susan Shelly was not invited to participate. Topics included foreign policy issues such as how the United States and Israel should deal with Iran's nuclear program; national issues such as the Obama administration's recent policy statement on …
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