Eli Broad

Antonio Sanchez Monica Ratliff Early Election Results: Ratliff Ahead In LAUSD Board Race

Updated below; first posted at 9:06 pm Based on early returns, we can say that Monica Ratliff leads Antonio Sanchez by four points, with roughly 14,000 ballots cast. This is the final LAUSD school board race of 2013, and will decide who replaces outgoing board member Nury Martinez, who is running ... More >>

Our Diary of the Getty's Architecture Project: 'Everything Loose Will Land,' the A D Gala and Machine Project

This is the third installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, tracking modern architecture happenings all over the city. Check out our previous entries: *The Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture *SCI-Arc's Gala and a Concert at Jackie Treehorn's House High temperatures mig ... More >>

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Stop Hesitating and Support Parent Trigger

It took a while, but Los Angeles mayoral hopefuls Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel finally met with parents and students on Monday at Los Angeles Unified's chronically failing 24th Street Elementary School, where the district's first "Parent Trigger" took place. The Parent Trigger, which is viewed as ... More >>

Joe Moller, Art Walk Leader, Expects BJs On First Date, He Tells 'Millionaire Matchmaker'

Joe Moller is no stranger to controversy. As the head of Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, he's been accused of pressuring vendors for "special event" fees that some say his group is not necessarily entitled to. Others have said he has helped turn the event into a drunken party. (He told us he support ... More >>

LACMA and MOCA's Possible Merger: The Internet Reacts

See also: *LACMA Proposes To Take Over MOCA The art world is abuzz with news about the possible merging of art museum titans Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Basically, LACMA would help MOCA financially sustain itself while keeping its name. Sounds like a good de ... More >>

Proposition A Los Angeles Sales Tax Election Results: Voters Rejecting Tax Hike by Eight Points

Update, Wednesday morning: In a huge embarrassment for City Council President Herb Wesson and the City Hall establishment, voters resoundingly rejected the citywide sales tax hike, 55.17 percent to 44.82 percent. See details on next page. With additional reporting by Jill Stewart. Update, 12:40 PM: ... More >>

LAUSD School Board District 4 Election Results: Incumbent Steve Zimmer Holds Healthy 14 Point Lead Over Kate Anderson

Update, 11:39 PM: The race is tightening up a bit, with Zimmer's lead down to 10 percent. Incumbent Steve Zimmer has a significant lead over challenger Kate Anderson, with absentee ballots and a small number at-poll ballots being counted. This race was expected to go down to the wire. But Zimmer ... More >>

Yes On Measure J Campaign Rakes in $2 Million; "No" Campaign Raises Just $5,000, But Vote Is Likely To Be Close

The cash is starting to roll in for Measure J, the November ballot initiative to extend the county's half-cent sales tax to accelerate transportation projects.The "Yes on J" campaign has raised more than $2 million -- almost all of it in the last three weeks -- enough to go up on the air with t ... More >>

MOCA Crisis: What Do Younger Artists and Curators Think?

See also: *Marina Abramovic Speaks Out About the MOCA Gala *Dennis Hopper at MOCA: Double Trouble *Mike D of the Beastie Boys on Curating His New Show at MOCA *Street Art at MOCA The crisis at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, which exploded with the ouster of longtime chief curator Paul Sch ... More >>

Prop. 28 Passes With Flying Colors: How California Legislators Tricked Voters Into Extending Their Term Limits

Update: Philip Blumel with the group U.S. Term Limits tells us Prop. 28 was "the most deceptive referendum that I've ever seen." More at the bottom. Like Big Oil-backed Prop. 26 in the 2010 election, another disastrous Trojan Horse made its way past California voters last night.

A Cancer on the Office

'Parent Trigger' Petition Rejected by Adelanto School District After Teacher-Backed Rescission Campaign

A group of parents at Desert Trails Elementary, located two hours east of L.A. in the dusty desert town of Adelanto, saw months of hard work thrown back in their faces last night. The "parent union," as they call themselves, guided by controversial ed-reform org Parent Revolution, have been going d ... More >>

'Drop Dead CRA Day' Will Celebrate L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency's Demise (With Special Kool-Aid)

A pack of veteran L.A. City Hall gadflies will have a little fun, this Wednesday, with Governor Jerry Brown's big bloody butchering of California's redevelopment agencies (RDAs) -- and the notorious L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency, in particular. Miki Jackson (No. 1 enemy of the slimy Community ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Should be Taxed More in California, Video by Courage Campaign Says

We once joked that "Occupy that ass" could be the silly title of a porn spoof but, as they say, this shit is real. The class-warfare train is about a six-pack away from literally marching with pitchforks to the good side of the tracks, and the latest salvo aims at millionaire tabloid candy Kim Kard ... More >>

Redevelopment Agencies Across California, Including L.A. CRA, Abolished: Governor Jerry Brown Victorious

The struggle between hundreds of California redevelopment agencies and Governor Jerry Brown, who bashed them for stealing millions from schools and essential services, is over. The governor wins this round, with flying colors. Not only did a California Supreme Court judge rule, this morning, that ... More >>

Marina Abramovic's MOCA Gala Controversy: Jeffrey Deitch Confronted and the Performers Speak Out

Getty Images for MOCAA human centerpiece at the "Artist Life Manifesto" directed by Marina Abramovic for the MOCA Gala​ The guests at MOCA's annual galas are patrons high in the economic hierarchy: politicians, heirs, celebrities, moguls, entrepreneurs who've made bank. Tickets cost an arm an ... More >>

L.A. City Hall Promises Rent Guarantee to Chinese Car Corporation BYD, Which so Far Employs 20 People Here

treehugger.comBYD comes to L.A.​L.A. leaders like to say how business-friendly our city is and that the big bucks taxpayers invest in billionaire and corporate moves here (Eli Broad's $52 million museum parking lot, architectural firm Gensler's $1 million bonus for doing what it had plannned a ... More >>

Pacific Standard Time Fall Art Preview Celebrates L.A., a Great and Shitty Place to be an Artist

Institute for Arts & Media, California State University, NorthridgeRoland Charles' Portrait with Veil (1978) from the PST exhibit at California State University Northridge​ Our awesome fall art preview issue, which landed on newsstands this week, delves into Pacific Standard Time, this ridicu ... More >>

Toothless Arizona Boycott

'Sopranos' Reference Sparks Fight Between Southern California Lawmakers (Video)

HBOBada Bing.​California lawmakers are usually way too busy doing absolutely nothing to fight. But it finally happened late Wednesday when two Southern California assemblyman got into a shoving match in Sacramento. It popped off as the assembly was debating a bill that would eliminate redevel ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa Ribbed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 'Glee' Producer

FoxMayor V. vs. 'Glee.'​Wow. You know you're in low-approval-rating territory when the mayor of New York gets more love than you even when it comes to art-and-culture in your own city. That was the rap for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week. After a 60 Minutes profile of local billiona ... More >>

The 42 Most Powerful People in Los Angeles*, According to the Downtown News

AEG CEO Tim Leiweke: He's got downtown Los Angeles in his hands​*Well, technically just in downtown Los Angeles, but that's where all the big players make all their big decisions anyway, right? Just ask a pissed-off Daily News outsider in the Valley. Jon Regardie at the LA Downtown News knows ... More >>

Know Your Rich People, Los Angeles: A List of SoCal's 20 Billionaires

Richboy Slim, worth $74 billion.​Forbes' annual list of "The World's Billionaires" was released this week, and (gasp) a Mexican, Carlos Slim Helu, took the top spot for the second time in a row. The U.S. grip on the billionaire game, and California's too, has been slipping even as the ultra-r ... More >>

L.A. CRA Scandal Outdoes Itself: City Council Calls Special Meeting to Steal $1 Billion From State on Election Day, After Weeks of Stalling

Jerry Brown is coming, and L.A. won't go down gracefully.​Update: The City Council votes to shield about $1 billion from Governor Jerry Brown after Councilman Paul Krekorian begs them not to, revealing the City Council only got their huge, complex reports yesterday. See jump. The Los Angeles Com ... More >>

L.A. Farmers Stadium: Why Does L.A. Have to Help Get a Loan for a Rich Corporation That Would Own This Thing?

A mock up of AEG's 'Farmers Field.'​Anchutz Entertainment Group developed Staples Center and LA Live and now wants a crown achievement next door -- a roughly $1.5 billion NFL stadium that already has a name, Farmers Field. Many folks, including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, billionaire Eli Broa ... More >>

Now That's Irony: Jerry Brown Lives in a Sacramento Loft Built on Redevelopment Funds

Google MapsFit for a budget-cutter ​Do as Jerry say, not as Jerry do. That's the message the California governor is sending to the state's fat-cat redevelopment agencies, which get the ax in his 2011 budget proposal, and the frantic city leaders who back them: I'ma cut you, but not before I g ... More >>

California Controller John Chiang to Probe L.A. Redevelopment Agency, 17 Others

John Chiang takes on the L.A. CRA​Looks like we Angelenos may have raised enough of a ruckus about the last-minute $1 billion money transfer between the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and the L.A. City Council for a state official to get involved. Welcome to the shitshow, Controll ... More >>

LAUSD School Board Promotes John Deasy To Superintendent -- Without So Much As A Job Interview

John Deasy, man of the hour​Well, we were right: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's superintendent of choice made it past the L.A. School Board yesterday. Board members voted him in 6-0; only Steve Zimmer, of Board District 4, abstained. John Deasy will now be promoted from deputy superintendent to ... More >>

John Baldessari: Point Man

"Pure Beauty" in finger paintings

KB Home CEO Convicted In Stock-Option Cover-Up

KB Home headquarters in L.A.​The former CEO of Los Angeles-based mega-home-builder KB Home was convicted Wednesday in conneciton with covering up a stock-option backdating scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in extra earnings for himself and fellow company executives, federal authoriti ... More >>

PEE-WEE'S BIG ANNOYANCE

Let the Golden Globes (and etc.) bad-mouthing begin!

Because it's awards season and there's no holiday cheer

L.A. Billionaire Eli Broad Lands in ArtReview Top Ten

Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad has a knack for getting ranked.The Broad FoundationEli and Edythe Broad​Whether it's as one of the richest men in the world, one of the richest men in L.A., one of the of this country's most influential and generous philanthropists, or, in this case, one of the mo ... More >>

Grand Avenue: Is L.A. City Hall's Pet Project Foundering?

Not a stick of the posh project is up, but a taxpayer subsidy could hit $123 million

Eli Broad's Grand Avenue Follies

Mecca for the monied can't get a loan, but is likely to get City Council's nod

The Getty's Video Blockbuster

"California Video" gets all contemporary on us

Fabian, maybe it's the friends you keep

If you followed the election fine print - those ballot measures having nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain or Mitt Romney, you might be wondering what killed Proposition 93, the plan to alter California Term Limits for the first time since voters overwhelmingly passed the l ... More >>

LACMA Raided! Updated with Search Warrants

County Museum board members busted in illegal art sting The L.A. County Museum of Art got some unexpected visitors this morning, when federal agents arrived en masse with search warrants. The raid, the result of a five-year investigation into illegal dealing of Asian artifacts, according to federa ... More >>

Our Fair City

Getting fairer?

The Centralizer

By the standards of democracy and accountability, Villaraigosa’s school plan ain’t half bad

POST-Mortem, Popping Corn

Death and rebirth in downtown L.A.

Poster-Modernism

Rauschenberg and Revolution on Wilshire

The Second Coming

Hyper and charismatic, Antonio wants another shot at making modern L.A.

Pluggging the Latest Conspiracy Theory

Internet buzzes about the recall schemes of Arnold and Enron

I Could Be a Voice for the Other L.A.

Web exclusive: the L.A. Weekly’s interview with Antonio Villaraigosa, candidate for the 14th Los Angeles City Council District

Urban Fission

Why we face it and who might stop it

Brave New City

At the end of the evening, it’s Antonio alone

Superintendent Dick

It’s the mayor vs. the teachers

Trouble in Union City

Fast-food workers at Staples Center want a deal before Democrats arrive

Is It Boris or Is It Memorex?