Carmen Trutanich

Carmen Trutanich Moves Three Political Aides To Tenure-Track Positions

When he arrived in the City Attorney's office in 2009, Carmen Trutanich was alarmed to find some of his predecessor's political appointees still working there. Trutanich fumed that it was "like Barack Obama walking into the White House and finding Karl Rove waiting for him."Now Trutanich is on the w ... More >>

Porn Stars and Mangled Limbs: Readers Express Dismay

Carmen Trutanich's Loss Was Historic

Mike Feuer took City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's job with 62 percent of the vote versus the incumbent's less than 38 percent, a more than 24-point spread. Some think Trutanich's failed run for district attorney, which had him breaking a vow to stay put, killed his chances. You might also consider h ... More >>

L.A. Marijuana Dispensaries Face Legal Action If They Don't Close

The L.A. City Attorney's office this week said it would begin the job of telling most marijuana dispensaries in town that it's time to close up for good. Of course, that actually happening is a believe-it-when-we-see-it proposition, since the city has been trying to do just that since 2007, only to ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Concedes: Mike Feuer Will Be L.A.'s New City Attorney

Just before 11:30 p.m., while the L.A.'s mayor race remained much too close to call, Carmen Trutanich conceded to supporters that he'd lost his reelection attempt. It wasn't even close. With 22 percent of precincts reporting, plus mail-in ballots, "Nuch" was down 60 percent to 40 percent -- a humbl ... More >>

Gov. Jerry Brown Attacks Carmen Trutanich for Flip-Flop on Prison Realignment

Gov. Jerry Brown has weighed in on the race for L.A. city attorney, recording a robocall attacking incumbent Carmen Trutanich for "misleading voters" on the issue of prison realignment. Trutanich supported Brown's realignment plan when he ran for district attorney last year. But now that he's runn ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Was Knocked Down. Can He Get Back Up?

Humiliated in the DA's race, "Nuch" is trying to hold onto his job as City Attorney

Los Angeles City Attorney Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Show Carmen Trutanich Well Behind Mike Feuer

Carmen Trutanich is well behind Mike Feuer in the early vote results for Los Angeles city attorney, with Feuer getting 41,248 votes or 40.6 percent and Trutanich 34,330 votes or 33.8 percent. Trailing well behind is Noel Weiss at 9,326 votes or 9 percent and Greg Smith at 16,751 or 16.5 percent. T ... More >>

Los Angeles City Attorney Primary Election Results: Mike Feuer and Carmen Trutanich to Face Each Other May 21

Mike Feuer appeared to widen his lead 43 percent to 32 percent over Carmen Trutanich for Los Angeles City Attorney, and the two now look good to face one another in the May 21 runoff. Wealthy litigator Greg Smith was far behind them with 16 percent. Environmental attorney Noel Weiss was in fourth pl ... More >>

City Attorney's Race: Mike Feuer Calls On Carmen Trutanich To Return NRA Money

The top candidates for L.A. city attorney continued their battle over gun control this week, with Assemblyman Mike Feuer calling on incumbent Carmen Trutanich to return any income he received from the NRA when he was in private practice.Trutanich countered by calling on Feuer to return his sala ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Still Lagging In Cash, But Claims Lead In Poll

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich raised more money last quarter than his top rival, bringing in $159,000 for his re-election campaign. But thanks to his late fundraising start, he continues to trail well behind Assemblyman Mike Feuer in overall donations.Trutanich has $313,000 in the bank -- about a t ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, Whose Old Law Firm Worked For The NRA, Comes Out For Gun Control

The school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has put gun control back on the national agenda. Over the last two days it's also become an issue locally, as the candidates for L.A. city attorney jockey to prove how tough they are on guns.It started on Wednesday, when incumbent Carmen Trutanich wrote a lette ... More >>

City Attorney Debate: Carmen Trutanich Was For Prison Realignment Before He Was Against It

Carmen Trutanich and Mike Feuer have been hammering each other in press releases for months. Last night, the two rivals in the race for L.A. city attorney got their first opportunity to spar in person, in a debate at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.Trutanich, the incumbent, is trying to reboo ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Blasts Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Move To Strip His Powers

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came into office promising to eliminate the city's persistent deficits. And as he heads out the door, having cut 5,000 positions, the deficits are still there.This week, he sent the city council a memo with some "outside the box" ideas for trimming even further. Among them ... More >>

Bob Hertzberg Accuses Carmen Trutanich Of "Thuggery" Over Campaign Finance Lawsuit

Earlier this week, former controller Laura Chick went after City Attorney Carmen Trutanich for being "a liar and a demagogue." Today, it's Bob Hertzberg's turn to take a few swings.In an interview with the Weekly, Hertzberg accused Trutanich of "thuggery" for filing a lawsuit against his former camp ... More >>

Mike Feuer Demands 10 Debates; Carmen Trutanich Raises It To 100

During his campaign for D.A., City Attorney Carmen Trutanich did everything he could to avoid debates. First, he said his invitation got lost. Then he blamed scheduling conflicts.After losing that race, he's taking a much different approach for his re-election campaign. This morning, Assemblyman Mik ... More >>

Environmental Clean-Up Firms to Wipe Up After Carmen Trutanich's Broken Campaign Pledge

Remember Carmen Trutanich's "pledge to serve"? This is a story that refuses to die. Back in 2008, when he was first running for city attorney, Trutanich vowed to serve two terms and not to seek higher office. If he ever broke his word, he said, he would give $100,000 to the L.A.'s Best after-school ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Files Paperwork For Re-election Bid; Poll Shows He Has To Work To Restore Image

We thought we'd make it to the weekend without doing another Carmen Trutanich post, but it was not to be. This afternoon, Trutanich announced that he has pulled papers to run for re-election as city attorney.Trutanich has retained the services of Rick Taylor, a lobbyist and occasional political cons ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Delivers $30,000 To L.A.'s Best After L.A. Weekly Calls Out Broken Pledge

Loyal L.A. Weekly reader Carmen Trutanich must have seen our post from Wednesday, in which we noted that he had yet to deliver on his pledge to donate $100,000 to the L.A.'s Best after-school program. Trutanich had promised to come up with the money by his birthday, which was on Sunday, and had yet ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Breaks Another Pledge, Fails To Deliver $100,000 To Kids' Program By His Birthday

Carmen Trutanich, the L.A. city attorney, has been keeping a low profile since being drummed out of the D.A.'s race earlier this summer. Sure, he announced a big crackdown on ticket scalpers last week, but he sounded subdued about it, as though he no longer takes the same satisfaction from pummeling ... More >>

L.A. Will Now Treat Scalpers Like Gang Members

That guy with the cardboard sign yelling "Tickets!" is on par with a gangbanger. At least that's the message City Attorney Carmen Trutanich sent with an announcement yesterday that Los Angeles will institute the nation's first-ever scalper injunction. What that means is that "known scalpers" -- 17 o ... More >>

Rusty Hicks, L.A. Labor Official, Trades Political Battles For War In Afghanistan

The L.A. County Federation of Labor has some major election battles coming up. There's the mayor's race in March, but even more important is the November campaign against Prop. 32, the "paycheck protection" initiative that threatens labor's ability to fund elections.But the Fed will be fighting thos ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Clowned in Poster as Anti-Street Art 'Mister Meaner'

Carmen Trutanich and the street art community aren't exactly BFFs. The L.A. City Attorney has targeted out-of-compliance murals, famous outdoor art-makers and graffiti taggers, sometimes with the zeal of a capital murder prosecutor. One auteur said last year that Trutanich's campaign against stree ... More >>

John Shallman Dumps Carmen Trutanich, Will Work For Mike Feuer In City Attorney Race

John Shallman, the campaign strategist who ran Carmen Trutanich's failed bid for district attorney, said today he had severed his ties with Trutanich, and will run his opponent's campaign for city attorney.Trutanich is up for re-election as city attorney in March. In an interview with the Weekly, Sh ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Suffers Another Defeat, As Judge Tosses Criminal Charges In Supergraphics Case

For as long as he's been L.A. city attorney, Carmen Trutanich has been trying to throw Barry Rush in jail. Rush, owner of the firm World Wide Rush, was once one of the major installers of unpermitted supergraphics -- the giant vinyl signs that blanket the sides of buildings.Trutanich came into offic ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Was the Front-Runner in the DA's Race — Until He Failed to Even Make the Runoff. What Went Wrong?

The 5 Biggest Losers From Carmen Trutanich's D.A. Debacle (Other Than Trutanich)

The county updated its vote tally this afternoon, and it confirmed what we already knew: Carmen Trutanich crashed and burned on Tuesday night. With 59,000 extra ballots counted, Trutanich's margin of defeat is unchanged. He's still in third by 8,000 votes, and only 117,000 votes remain to be counted ... More >>

In A Shocker, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Looks Beaten In District Attorney's Race

Update, 2 p.m.: Mike Feuer signals he is not dropping his bid for city attorney, which may mean the end of Nuch's career at City Hall East. More below.The crowd at the Croatian American Club of San Pedro watched the election returns Tuesday night in a state of shock and disbelief, as hometown hero C ... More >>

D.A. Race: Carmen Trutanich Targets Jackie Lacey As Election Nears

A strategist for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich launched a broadside against Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey on Thursday night, accusing her of making a "swiftboat attack" in the campaign for D.A.John Shallman, Trutanich's strategist, appeared on Fox's Studio 11 L.A. He was asked about a ... More >>

Top 5 Secrets Carmen Trutanich Dug Up On Carmen Trutanich

In 2008, Carmen Trutanich was a private lawyer making his first run for public office. He needed to be ready for an onslaught of attacks in the city attorney's race, so he hired a research firm to dig through public records and exhume all the skeletons in his background.VR Research came back with a ... More >>

Caught in a Fib, Carmen Trutanich Concocts Conspiracy Charge Against D.A.'s Office

Update, Thursday: Attorney general declines to investigate. More below.D.A. candidate Carmen Trutanich was caught last week in a fib about being shot at by gang members when he was a young prosecutor in 1985. The L.A. Times' Jack Leonard discovered that in fact, there were no gang members, and no gu ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Withholds Occupy L.A. Video On First Amendment

Carmen Trutanich is running for district attorney on a pledge to bring "honesty, transparency and integrity" to the D.A.'s office. His record on honesty is a bit checkered, and lately his commitment to transparency has come into question as well.In a recent debate, Chief Deputy D.A. Jackie Lacey cri ... More >>

Tough-Talking Carmen Trutanich Softens His Image, Tacks To The Left In D.A. Campaign

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has avoided debating his rivals in the race for district attorney, leaving a big question mark about where he stands on public safety issues.As the June 5 primary approaches, Trutanich is starting to fill in the blanks. In a 17-page "Blueprint for Justice," the tough-t ... More >>

D.A. Rivals Sharpen Their Attacks on Carmen Trutanich, Fear He May Win Outright On June 5

Candidates for L.A. County District Attorney are sharpening their attacks on frontrunner Carmen Trutanich, out of concern that he may win the race outright on June 5.Speaking at a forum in the Crenshaw area on Tuesday night, Chief Deputy Jackie Lacey urged the audience to unite behind her candidacy. ... More >>

Judge Faults Carmen Trutanich For Misleading Voters, Orders New Ballot Designation

A judge today ruled that City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was trying to mislead voters when he anointed himself "Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor."Judge Joseph Kalin ordered a change on the ballot for L.A. County district attorney. Trutanich will now be referred to as "Los Angeles City Prosecutor."Prosecu ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Vs. L.A. Weekly: In Legal Brief, City Attorney Grouses About "Biased" Coverage

D.A. candidate Carmen Trutanich is going to court next week to defend his right to be called "Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor" on the June ballot.On his way there, Trutanich is taking a few shots at the L.A. Weekly, which broke this story last month. Here's what we wrote at the time about Trutanich's p ... More >>

Prosecutor Alan Jackson Sues To Block Carmen Trutanich From Calling Himself "Chief Prosecutor"

​Prosecutor Alan Jackson, a candidate for district attorney, filed a lawsuit this morning to prevent rival candidate Carmen Trutanich from calling himself "Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor" on the June ballot.Trutanich claims that his job as L.A. city attorney entitles him to use the "chief prosecutor ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Crowns Himself "Chief Prosecutor," Draws Rebuke From D.A. Steve Cooley

​Carmen Trutanich is the Los Angeles city attorney. But that's not how he wants to known to voters who cast ballots for L.A. district attorney in June.On paperwork filed Thursday with county elections officials, Trutanich says he wants to be called "Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor."That job does not ... More >>

The Truth About Trutanich

Carmen Trutanich, L.A. City Attorney, Tramples the Rights of Pot Smokers, Street Artists and Protesters

Medical Marijuana Ban in L.A.? City Officials Botched Regulation, Now Want Prohibition

Medical weed ban heads to City Council

Carmen Trutanich Announces Campaign for D.A., Highlights Lawsuit Against Deutsche Bank

​L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich made it official this morning, announcing his candidacy for district attorney. Trutanich has been raising money for the campaign for a year, and has amassed a $1 million war chest, so this is not exactly a surprise.It does, however, give Trutanich's opponents y ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Stands to Reap Windfall From Pension Lawsuit

​City Attorney Carmen Trutanich announced Thursday that his office is suing Northern Trust, a firm that manages investments for the city pension fund, in an effort to recoup $95 million in market losses."I'm coming," Trutanich said. "We're coming. And we want our money back."If Trutanich prevails ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Rakes in More Than $1 Million in D.A. Race

​Updated below. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich will announce this week that he has raised more than $1 million in the race for L.A. County District Attorney.Trutanich has a commanding fundraising advantage, though he has still not officially declared his candidacy. His nearest competitor is prosec ... More >>

In Court Fight With Occupy L.A., City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Sees Many Cases Dismissed

​City Attorney Carmen Trutanich wants to teach Occupy L.A. a lesson about the First Amendment. But as the first wave of failure-to-disperse cases goes to court, the Occupiers are teaching him about the Sixth Amendment. That's the one that guarantees a speedy trial, as well as the right to confront ... More >>

Marijuana Dispensaries in L.A. Targeted For Closure: Here's The List

This is how Amsterdam does it.​L.A. still has a near-record high number of marijuana dispensaries despite efforts by the City Council to control them. (And we do mean high). But one-by-one the office of City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is knockin' 'em out. (Unfortunately, one of his assistant c ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich A No-Show At District Attorney's Debate, As Six Prosecutors Spar For The Top Job

Carmen Trutanich: Uninvited?​The race for L.A. County District Attorney has been a quiet affair up to this point. The leading fundraiser, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, hasn't even officially declared. Meanwhile, the declared candidates -- half a dozen prosecutors -- are mostly unknown to the gen ... More >>

L.A. City Council Looking at Dropping Representation of City Attorney Carmen Trutanich

'I know this Nuch is ... Trutanich' - Spandau Ballet.​L.A. City Council? Pretty much in the blue corner. L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich? Not so much. (He declines to state). And so on Tuesday the City Council voted unanimously to look at ways to obtain legal representation for the body ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Forms Committee To Run For District Attorney

Carmen Trutanich​Updated at 7:39 p.m. with Trutanich's campaign manager taking some swings at D.A. rival Alan Jackson. L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich filed paperwork today to begin his campaign for L.A. District Attorney. According to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder's office, Trutanich sub ... More >>