Betsy Butler

Assembly District 50 Election Results: Who Voted For Betsy Butler and Richard Bloom?

Take the L.A. Weekly exit poll after the jump. We want to know why you voted for Betsy Butler or Richard Bloom. While Assemblywoman Betsy Butler and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom wait for election results to be confirmed in the too-close-to-call Assembly District 50 race, the Los Angeles County ... More >>

Kate Anderson vs. Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board Race: Mother of Twins, Lawyer and Activist Goes After Anti-Charter Zimmer

The heat is on. Kate Anderson, an activist mom and successful attorney with political chops -- she worked for Congress members Henry Waxman and Jane Harman -- will try to oust Steve Zimmer, the Westside's man on Los Angeles Unified School Board, in March 2013. Zimmer has emerged as a fierce oppone ... More >>

California Voter Guide for Nov. 6, 2012, Los Angeles Weekly

Confused about the measures and races on Tuesday's ballot? This California Voter Guide for November 6, 2012 contains a summary of all state measures and several key races. It does not take a position but does touch on controversies, polls and analysis. Proposition 30: Jerry Brown's Tax Hike Governo ... More >>

Assembly District 50: Facing Tough Political Battle, Betsy Butler and Friends Point Fingers and Slam L.A. Weekly

We always know we're sounding the right notes on a story when a politician and her "friends" start crying foul in such an over-the-top way that it makes us laugh out loud. Such is the case with California Asseblywoman Betsy Butler, who's running for Assembly District 50 in a tight race against Santa ... More >>

Will Betsy Butler's Sex Pervert Vote Kill Her Political Career?

In Assembly District 50, underdog Richard Bloom sees daylight

California Assembly District 50 Campaign: Will Gay Voters Choose Betsy Butler or Richard Bloom?

For the L.A. Weekly story "Will Betsy Butler's Sex Pervert Vote Kill Her Political Career?" we talked with longtime political analyst Jamie Regalado, who thought state Assemblywoman Betsy Butler had another major problem on her hands: The gay vote may go to rival Richard Bloom in the contentious Ass ... More >>

California Assembly District 50: Campaign Mailers Slam and Tout Richard Bloom and Betsy Butler

In the final days of the hotly contested California Assembly District 50 race, a bevy of campaign mailers sent to voters are slamming and touting rival candidates Richard Bloom and Betsy Butler. They make for hilarious, if not worrisome, reading. Themes range from Butler's "courage and integrity" t ... More >>

CNN's Anderson Cooper Slams Betsy Butler's Abstention on Sex-Pervert Bill (VIDEO)

CNN video after the jump... Will California State Assemblywoman Betsy Butler's refusal to vote on a sex-pervert bill cause her political downfall? Someone sure hopes so. Butler's in a tight race against fellow Democrat and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom in the swanky California Assembly District ... More >>

California Assembly District 50 Race: Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City Disses Local Son Richard Bloom

California State Assemblywoman Betsy Butler and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom are battling it out in the competitive Assembly District 50 race, and with such a close election expected, anything can help -- or hurt. Butler and Bloom would have probably liked the endorsements of their like-minded ... More >>

Fresh & Easy's Automated Checkouts an Easy Target For Kids Buying Beer? Not So Fast ...

If critics are right, maybe Fresh & Easy should change its name to That Was Easy. Some local leaders said today that at least one of the chain's stores, the one in Manhattan Beach, has been cited for selling booze to underage drinkers as a result of his unmanned, automated checkout system, which cr ... More >>

Assembly District 50: Club Endorsements Up in the Air for Richard Bloom and Betsy Butler

In the always interesting California Assembly District 50 race, new developments are once again unfolding that make us wonder what's happening behind the scenes among local Democratic leaders. Last week, as WeHo News reported, both Democratic candidates Richard Bloom and Betsy Butler, who are battl ... More >>

Village Trailer Park Closure Decision Postponed

See also: A Santa Monica Trailer Park -- and Its Senior Residents -- Face Off With Fancy New Development. After hearing from an estimated 70 members of the public during a grueling six hour meeting, the Santa Monica City Council adjourned Tuesday night without any kind of resolution on the contenti ... More >>

Why California Democrats Protect Sex Abuser Teachers

How Betsy Butler and Mike Eng torpedoed Alex Padilla's sex-pervert bill, SB 1530

Political Shake Up in Santa Monica, Richard Bloom Focusing on Assembly District 50 Race

Big developments are unfolding in the always interesting Santa Monica political scene. Longtime City Councilman Richard Bloom announced he won't run for re-election while his colleague Bobby Shriver is hinting at the same thing. That means that for the first time in two decades, as The Lookout New ... More >>

Firing the Bad Teachers: Ted Olson and LAUSD Parents Sue

Comments: Race to the Finish

California Assembly District 50 Race: Torie Osborn Mailer Rips Into Rival Betsy Butler's Commitment to Education

There's only a week until Election Day, and the contentious California Assembly District 50 race has ramped up several notches, with candidate Torie Osborn sending out a mailer that questions rival and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler's commitment to education. Butler's supporters are now aggressively com ... More >>

California Assembly District 50: Where All the Rich, White, Liberal People in Los Angeles Live

In the current issue of L.A. Weekly, the feature story "Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest" takes a look at the hard-fought, highly contentious political race for California Assembly District 50 -- one of the wealthiest, most celebrity-packed, left-winger districts in the entire country. It also ha ... More >>

Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest

Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn woo the carbon-counting strata of Assembly District 50

Betsy Butler, Assembly Candidate for L.A.'s Westside, Spams 8,000 Residents With Weirdest Campaign Paraphernalia Ever

Betsy Butler's bright idea to attach her campaign flyers to plastic baby bottles must have seemed cute in theory. The current assemblywoman for much of L.A. County's South Bay area is shooting for finer pastures this November: She wishes to reign over the new citizen-drawn District 50, quite possib ... More >>

Assembly Candidate Torie Osborn Enlists Gay Activists In Fight Against Gay Speaker John Pérez

Torie Osborn​Torie Osborn, a veteran gay activist, is campaigning for a new Assembly district that stretches from West Hollywood to Malibu. She's been lining up big endorsements, including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.But Osborn is facing powerful opposition from an unexpected source: Assembly Speak ... More >>

Surprise: Rest Of The Shoo-Ins Win* California State Senate, Assembly And Congressional Districts In Election 2010, Banding Together For Mass Extermination Of Opponents

In a startling upset, Gerrymandering Congressman Howard Berman wins again​*OK, so we fibbed in the headline. The final results aren't in. But -- thanks to sleazy incumbent fixing of elections in California by the Berman brothers -- the new crop of California Senators, Assemblymen and Congressm ... More >>