Emanuel Pleitez

Emanuel Pleitez Endorses Former Rival Eric Garcetti in Mayoral Race

Read L.A. Weekly feature story "Meet Emanuel Pleitez." That was quick. Los Angeles mayoral candidates Kevin James and Jan Perry are still figuring out if they'll endorse primary winners Wendy Greuel or Eric Garcetti, but Emanuel Pleitez announced on Saturday that he's backing Garcetti. "Eric Gar ... More >>

Los Angeles Mayoral Results: Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Heading To May Runoff

Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel appear headed to a mayoral runoff in May, after taking the top two spots in Tuesday's primary election.With about 42% of precincts reporting, Garcetti had 34% of the vote to Greuel's 29%. The third place contender, Councilwoman Jan Perry, trailed ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Adds More Labor Support, As Eric Garcetti Seeks To Exploit Her Union "Baggage" In Mayoral Runoff

The day after mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel secured a spot in the May 21 runoff against Councilman Eric Garcetti, she won endorsements from two more public employee unions.SEIU Local 721, which represents civilian employees at City Hall, and SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, which represents home ... More >>

Voter Guide to L.A. Weekly's March 5 Election Stories: Prop. A, Garcetti, Greuel, Perry, James, Pleitez, CD 1, CD 3, CD 7, CD 9, CD 13, LAUSD

Here is key coverage so far by the L.A. Weekly staff regarding the Los Angeles March 5, 2013 primary: --Proposition A: Sales Tax or Scam? By Hillel Aron --and Prop. A Sales Tax Goliath Fought by "David" Jack Humphreville, By Patrick Range McDonald --Wendy Greuel Dined with IBEW Boss During Critici ... More >>

Los Angeles Mayoral Primary Absentee Ballot Results: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel Neck and Neck

Early results in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, with about 6 percent of ballots counted show Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti neck and neck, with 33,435 for Garcetti and 33,119 for Greuel. Most of them presumed to be absentee ballots. That puts them both at about 31 percent. Jan Perry is well bac ... More >>

Los Angeles Mayoral Primary Early Results: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel in Tight Duel

Eric Garcetti appeared early tonight to be pulling away from Wendy Greuel somewhat as the two began to cement their front-runner spots for the May 21 runoff. At 11 pm Garcetti had 48,507 of the counted votes, or 34.05 percent, while Greuel had 41,832 or 29.36 percent. Garcetti was being helped, ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Flip-flops to Support Parent Trigger School Reform After Media Pressure

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti flip-flopped days before the March 5 primary election, embracing Parent Trigger, the dramatic law now spreading nationwide that lets disgusted parents take over bad schools through petition. On February 15, when L.A. Weekly pressed the five top mayoral ca ... More >>

Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Lead The Pack In Race For Mayor, USC/L.A. Times Survey Finds

Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel appear to be headed to a May 21 runoff election in the race to be the next mayor of L.A., according to a new USC Price / L.A. Times poll.Garcetti has 27% of the vote to Greuel's 25% -- a statistical tie. Former radio host Kevin James trails with 1 ... More >>

Emanuel Pleitez Maybe Isn't So Amazing, Readers Claim

Can Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Still Feign Ignorance about 'Gold Card Desk' Parking Ticket Scandal?

It's always interesting, and, of course, a bit suspicious, when seemingly smart politicians are "surprised" or claim ignorance when something peculiar happens on their watch -- as if that's a valid excuse. Los Angeles mayoral candidate and brainy Rhodes Scholar Eric Garcetti pulled such a maneuver ... More >>

Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Headed To Mayoral Runoff, According To New Private Poll

A new private poll shows Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti advancing to a runoff in the race for L.A. mayor, with Greuel taking a slight lead ahead of the March 5 primary vote.The poll was paid for by a Greuel-friendly source who declined to be identified, and conducted by a profe ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Edges Eric Garcetti In Fundraising, Has More Cash In Campaign's Final Two Weeks

Update below: Kevin James' super PAC runs out of steam.Controller Wendy Greuel raised more money over the last month than Councilman Eric Garcetti, her top rival in the race for L.A. mayor, and has more cash in the bank with less than two weeks to go before the March 5 primary.Greuel reported raisin ... More >>

Brainiac Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti Pleads Ignorance On Clear Channel Vote as Rival Emanuel Pleitez Files Ethics Complaint

Read L.A Weekly feature article about inner-city success story Emanuel Pleitez. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez is now getting into the thick of a brewing scandal involving rival Eric Garcetti, who L.A. Weekly reported owned stock in Clear Channel Communications while at the same time ... More >>

Meet Emanuel Pleitez

He's the Most Amazing Person Who Won't Win the March 5 Los Angeles Mayoral Primary

Will Mayoral Candidate Emanuel Pleitez Hurt Eric Garcetti With Immigration Plan?

Read L.A. Weekly feature story "Meet Emanuel Pleitez." Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez, a 30-year-old Stanford grad and technology executive who grew up on the mean streets of El Sereno, pushed forward a three-point immigration plan yesterday, attempting to further connect with Latino ... More >>

NationBuilder, a Downtown L.A. Startup, Explodes onto Scene in Los Angeles Mayoral, City Council 2013 Elections

Also see "Emanuel Pleitez, the Most Amazing Person Who Won't Win the March 5 L.A. Mayoral Primary." By Amanda Lewis Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel isn't using it, but candidates Eric Garcetti and Emanuel Pleitez are. So are five of 12 candidates vying for City Council District 13, and ... More >>

Amid Ad Blitz For Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti Uses TV Debate To Attack

Amid a TV ad blitz for Wendy Greuel, rival candidate Eric Garcetti went on the attack at Monday night's televised debate, with just two weeks left before the March 5 primary.Garcetti challenged Greuel's numbers and repeatedly cited the $1 million in ad spending she has received from the union that r ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate Kevin James and Education Reformers Speak Out About Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel's Silence on Parent Trigger

UPDATE, 5 p.m.: Eric Garcetti breaks silence on Parent Trigger. After the jump. UPDATE, 4 p.m.: Wendy Greuel tells L.A. Weekly she supports the Parent Trigger. Eric Garcetti is now the only mayoral candidate who remains to be silent. After the jump. After Los Angeles Unified School District board ... More >>

Wendy Greuel's Inside Game

The controller's union ties could be her biggest advantage in the race for L.A. mayor — or her biggest liability

New TV Ad Offers Voters A Stark Choice: Kevin James Or Bankruptcy?

A new TV ad supporting Kevin James' campaign for mayor will start running tomorrow, making him the third candidate with a spot on the airwaves.The ad is the second one in a week to raise the specter of bankruptcy. This one contends that the three City Hall veterans in the race -- Wendy Greuel, Eric ... More >>

Los Angeles Unified School District Approves Historic Parent Trigger, L.A. Mayoral Candidates Weigh In Or Stay Mum

Elected board members of the Los Angeles Unified School District -- the second largest public school system in the country -- unanimously approved a Parent Trigger for the 24th Street Elementary School in West Adams. It's a first for L.A. Unified, and Los Angeles mayoral candidates are weighing in o ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Makes A Play For Growing Latino Vote, But Turnout Is A Challenge

When Antonio Villaraigosa became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles in modern times, he did it with record-breaking turnout from the Latino community. And since then, Latino voter registration has surged from 22% to about 29% of the city electorate.But without a major Latino candidate on the ball ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate Emanuel Pleitez Gets Aggressive with Rival Eric Garcetti and Hauls Out Immigration Politics

UPDATE: Emanuel Pleitez speaks out at press conference, after the jump. After seeing a bump in his polling numbers among Latino voters, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez is getting aggressive and now looking to beef up that support by bringing the politics of immigration into the fold. ... More >>

Christopher Dorner's Rampage Prompts Question On LAPD Discrimination At Mayoral Debate

Christopher Dorner's rampage intruded into the race for L.A. mayor this afternoon, when the candidates were asked at a forum whether they would investigate Dorner's claims of racial discrimination at the LAPD.Speaking in front of a mostly African-American audience at Crenshaw High School, ... More >>

Hard-Charging Mayoral Candidate Kevin James Takes Aim at Wendy Greuel with 'WendyWatch'

While the Los Angeles mayor's race hasn't been the most inspiring contest -- frontrunners Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel have been so careful with what they say that the average voter probably has no idea what one of them will do if elected mayor -- candidate Kevin James has been trying his best to ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate Emanuel Pleitez Says L.A. Politicians Offering 'Band Aids' For Solutions, Unveils 'Seven-Point' Plan

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez rolled out a "seven-point" policy plan yesterday at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College near downtown, with more details to come during a citywide "policy tour" between now and the March 5 primary. Pleitez said too many city services have been cut " ... More >>

Latino Support Drops for Eric Garcetti in Mayor's Race, Underdog Emanuel Pleitez Says Latino Vote 'Not For Sale'

With a new poll for the Los Angeles mayoral race in his back pocket, underdog candidate Emanuel Pleitez (pronounced "play-tez," in case you were wondering) has come out swinging, telling rivals Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel that the Latino vote is "not for sale." Pleitez, whose mother is Mexican a ... More >>

African-American Vote Looms Large In Race For L.A. Mayor

The candidates for L.A. mayor held their 423rd** debate last night, at Ward A.M.E. Church in South L.A. The event was feistier than most -- as Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel finally got to have their face-to-face clash over the $160 million in waste she claims to have uncovered.But it also gave a gl ... More >>

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Duel Over Celebrity Vote in L.A. Mayoral Race

It's always fun to see who the cool kids -- i.e., celebrities -- line up with come election season, and this year's mayoral race is starting to attract that kind of attention. L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti recently rolled out a video starring a gushing Salma Hayek. Now it's City Controller Wend ... More >>

Two New Polls Offer Murky Picture Of L.A. Mayor's Race

Today we have two new polls of the L.A. mayor's race, with two different results. Both of them have some problems which make them less than totally reliable.The first is from Survey USA, a reputable polling firm that uses robocalls. It shows Councilman Eric Garcetti with an 8-point lead over Co ... More >>

Mayor's Race: Eric Garcetti Edges Wendy Greuel In Chase For Campaign Cash

Eric Garcetti has expanded his narrow lead over mayoral rival Wendy Greuel in the race for campaign cash.According to campaign filings released this evening, Garcetti raised $727,000 last quarter, beating out Greuel, who raised $672,000.Garcetti also has more money on hand, with $3.6 million in the ... More >>

Subway Route Under Beverly Hills Becomes An Issue In L.A. Mayor's Race

Five candidates for L.A. mayor squared off last night at a debate in -- of all places -- a temple in Beverly Hills. The debate did not produce much news until the very end of the two-hour forum, when the candidates were asked their opinions on the controversial Westside subway extension route.Counci ... More >>

Kevin James' Mayoral Dreams Get Legs

Gay Republican moderate attracts big GOP cash in Los Angeles

Eric Garcetti Has Narrow Lead Over Wendy Greuel In New Private Poll

We were pretty skeptical when Fernando Guerra of Loyola Marymount University put out an "exit poll" showing Eric Garcetti with a lead over Wendy Greuel in the race for L.A. mayor. Guerra did not screen out unlikely voters, which made the results -- in our view -- unreliable.But now we have anot ... More >>

Mayor's Race: Wendy Greuel Joins Calls To "Let Emanuel Pleitez Debate!"

A few minutes into Saturday night's L.A. mayoral debate, a group of demonstrators stood up and demanded that outsider candidate Emanuel Pleitez be allowed to participate."Let Pleitez debate!" they chanted, as the KABC feed went to black. Though they were escorted out, Pleitez had a powerful all ... More >>

Rick Caruso Won't Run For L.A. Mayor; Field Is Set For March Primary

Mall developer Rick Caruso announced this evening that he will not run for mayor of L.A., saying it's "not the appropriate time" to step away from his business career.Caruso's decision means the field is now set for the March 2013 primary, with Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel as ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Takes Narrow Fundraising Lead Over Wendy Greuel In Race For L.A. Mayor

Councilman Eric Garcetti has edged into a narrow fundraising lead over his top rival, Controller Wendy Greuel, in the race for L.A. mayor.The two candidates have been neck-and-neck all year. But in reports disclosed this afternoon, Garcetti announced that he had brought in $664,000 over the last thr ... More >>

Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Play Nice At First Mayoral Debate

In the first debate of the 2013 mayor's race on Wednesday, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel came out of their corners, touched gloves, and then did not take a swing at each other for the rest of the night.Instead, the two frontrunners spent most of the night agreeing with each other on business taxati ... More >>

Emanuel Pleitez, Goldman Alum, Faces Long Odds In Quest To Be Boy Mayor of Los Angeles

A few weeks ago, Emanuel Pleitez called up Fernando Guerra -- a veteran political analyst -- and asked whether he should run for mayor. Pleitez is just 29, with a resume that includes Stanford and Goldman Sachs. He has no shortage of ambition, but Guerra told him to hold off."I don't think he stands ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Obama's Man in El Sereno Political newcomer Emanuel Pleitez, who's served on Barack Obama's transition team, is shaking things up in the 32nd District Congressional race. L.A. TimesMortgage Black Hole Located Ground zero for the nation's catastrophic mortgage meltdown was 4500 Park Granada, Calabasa ... More >>

Three Dems Square Off for Money in Race to Replace Hilda Solis

"It does not take a lot of money in these low turnout races, but that doesn't mean a lot of money isn't going to be spent." This wonderful quote comes courtesy of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and, while these words could serve as a judgment on all small elections gone wild, they specifically desc ... More >>