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Gil Cedillo Jose Gardea Early Election Results: Cedillo Ahead in Eastside L.A. Council District 1

Update: Gardea is closing the distance to Cedillo. See details at bottom. Updated at bottom to explain that the city election web site's confusing "7.52 percent reporting" is wildly misleading. Far far more votes have been counted. First posted at 9:05 p.m. Gil Cedillo is leading Jose Gardea in ea ... More >>

Los Angeles Voter Guide May 21, 2013: Mayor, Weed Measures, City Council, City Attorney, LAUSD Board and The Works

Here's a quick guide to the key races and issues on the May 21, 2013 ballot in the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayoral Race: Read this fascinating dissection of the five main behavioral and philosophical differences between 2013 Los Angeles mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti, ... More >>

Los Angeles City Council District 1 Primary: Gil Cedillo Just Shy of Winning Outright Against Jose Gardea

Update Wednesday morning: Unofficial vote totals show Gil Cedillo failed to break the 50 percent needed to beat Jose Gardea, setting up a dramatic Eastside showdown between the two very different men at the May 21 runoff. Gil Cedillo and his wealthy union backers must be wishing the dial would move ... More >>

Los Angeles City Council District 1 Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Put Gil Cedillo Ahead of Jose Gardea

Gil Cedillo is ahead of Jose Gardea in early voter returns for City Council District 1 in Los Angeles, with Jesse Rosas  keeping the two front-runners below the 50 percent mark needed to win outright.Cedillo has 47.77 -- 1,878 votes -- while Gardea has 42.63 or 1,676 votes. Rosas has 377 votes, ... More >>

Jose Gardea Vs. Gil Cedillo in L.A. City Council District 1 Election: Ugly Fight for $178,789 Job

Eastside L.A. voters in the March 5 primary might elect someone outright for City Council District 1 without awaiting the May 21 runoff if either candidate gets 50 percent plus one vote. The spoils? A $178,789 job, a staff of about 20 aides, and eight free cars paid for by L.A. taxpayers. So the Jo ... More >>

Emanuel Pleitez Maybe Isn't So Amazing, Readers Claim

Illegal Immigrant Drivers Licenses in California Back Under Obama Amnesty Program?

A window has opened for undocumented workers to obtain drivers licenses in California. The practice, once legal but outlawed for nearly 15 years, could return under President Obama's program that gives work permits to illegals who came to the United States as children. The California DMV has been ... 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 >>

Drivers Licenses For Illegal Immigrants in California Gaining Momentum?

The LAPD's move to drop 30-day impounds of cars belonging to unlicensed drivers stopped by cops has been controversial to say the least. The L.A. police union thinks the new policy could put dangerous drivers back on the road: It's suing the department, arguing that the rule contradicts state law. ... More >>

Tim Donnelly's 'Stop the DREAM Act' Measure Won't Go on California Ballot

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has been on somewhat of a lucky streak, what with his laughable non-charges for carrying a loaded gun through airport security. That's probably because, as noted by LA Weekly's Gene Maddaus, wiggle room in law enforcement "seems to work in favor of state lawmakers, and aga ... More >>

Mulholland Drive's 'No Litter Zone,' Where a Homeless Man is the Solo Clean-Up Crew

Nanette GonzalesTrying to keep Mulholland Drive clean​Green signs announce that the stretch of Mulholland Drive between Laurel Canyon and Coldwater Canyon has been declared a "No Litter Zone," and for the most part, they're right. Considering the volume of traffic that passes through here, th ... More >>

Tim Donnelly, Tea Party Republican, Introduces Arizona-Style Immigration Law

Photo by Kevin ScanlonTim Donnelly​Making good on a campaign promise, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly introduced an Arizona-style immigration law in the California Legislature yesterday.Donnelly's bill would make it a crime to shelter an illegal immigrant, require employers to use E-Verify, and make it a ... More >>

Welcome To America, Now Give Us Your Car: Do Los Angeles Area DUI Checkpoints Target Poorer Areas, Immigrants?

dogwelder via Flickr​A report in La Opinion this week (Google translate) indicates that, yeah, cops tend to target immigrant neighborhoods when they set up DUI checkpoints. Why? Maybe because so many unlicensed drivers -- illegal immigrants can't get California licenses -- means police can seize l ... More >>

Are DUI Checkpoints Targeting Illegal Immigrants?

​A recent report by California Watch questions whether California's ubiquitous, weekend DUI checkpoints are really nets cast to seize the vehicles of illegal immigrants. The state-aided checkpoints, which net $40 million annually in fines and seizures, are often in or near Latino neighborhoods ... More >>

Are Latinos Disappointed With Obama?

State Sen. Gil Cedillo.​Los Angeles-based state Sen. Gil Cedillo, one of President Obama's early campaign supporters, says he's disappointed with president so far, and that he's not alone among Latinos. Cedillo says there are some hard feelings surrounding Obama's promise during his presiden ... More >>

Homeless Get (Fake) Designer Shoes For Holidays

manoloblahnik.com​If you see a homeless person hot stepping in some Manolo look-alikes or strutting in what appears to be Air Jordans, we don't blame you for doing a double take. But it's all good. Turns out counterfeit footwear seized by Los Angeles police in the Fashion District and elsewher ... More >>

Report: Villaraigosa Held Back-Room Confab For Assembly Speaker Job Over Bottle Of Wine

Assemblyman Kevin De Leon represents Silver Lake, Echo Park and nearby communities.​It's been years since Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa worked as a Sacramento power player, but that hasn't stopped him from throwing his weight around in statehouse politics. The Los Angeles Times on Monday reported ... More >>

Group Tries To Force Condoms On Porn Stars (Good Luck With That)

Porn star Belladonna.​The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been on a tear against the porn industry and its often unhealthy ways. On Friday it convened a UCLA symposium of health-care groups in a step toward getting the state to force male porn stars to use condoms. God bless them for it, but ... More >>

Tom Hayden: Bill Bratton Conflict of Interest in Cherkasky Deal?

Tom Hayden has been one of the gutsiest politicians in California, whether you like him or not. I've always admired him for that. It's not surprising to see that Hayden alone, so far among local civic leaders, is asking an obvious question also raised by my piece in L.A. Weekly today: isn't Bill Bra ... More >>

Glendale City Council: No to 710 Tunnel

One of L.A.'s great communal imbroglios is the extension of the Long Beach Freeway, also known as State Route 710. Years ago construction ended at its Alhambra terminus, so that it currently connects Long Beach directly to -- Valley Boulevard. Caltrans wants to complete it so that the highway will c ... More >>

710 Freeway Tunnel Vision

Curbed L.A. reported on Tuesday's unanimous Assembly committee vote to recommend that the 710 Freeway be extended underground -- instead of cutting 6.2 miles on the surface through neighborhoods in El Sereno and South Pasadena, along the freeway's course to link the San Bernardino and Foothill freew ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

The Thin Blue Pencil The LAPD union, which has $30 million invested with the new owners of the San Diego Union-Tribune, wants some editorial changes made at the paper. L.A. TimesA Wing and a Prayer A military T-38 Talon training jet crashed north of Edwards Air Force Base, outside Mojave, Thursday a ... More >>

Bill Bratton's Endorsements Spectacle

The LAPD chief's politicking has critics fearing a slide to the bad old days

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Tarnished Star A veteran sheriff's deputy has been relieved of duty and charged with perjury for lying about a 2007 drug-possession arrest. L.A. TimesCandidate to Cedillo: Donate Spree Money Longshot Congressional candidate Rafael Nadal has asked fellow candidate Gil Cedillo to donate to homeless ch ... More >>

The Race for Hilda Solis' Seat: Let the Bloodbath Begin

Yesterday's filing deadline to fill Hilda Solis' Congressional seat for the largely San Gabriel Valley 32nd District found a dozen candidates in the running. Three of them are sacrificial Republicans, plus one Libertarian, but the bulk are Democrats. The two frontrunners are Judy Chu, currently a me ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Cedillo Rolls Up Another Opponent Longtime San Gabriel Valley politician Ed Chavez has removed his name from the Congressional race to replace Hilda Solis. Chavez announced his support of state Senator Gil Cedillo, who faces a tough challenge May 19 from Judy Chu, who sits on the State Board of Equa ... More >>

How Low Can They Go?

As elected reps’ salaries soar, minimum-wage hike stays in limbo

Moving Beyond 500,000: Now What?

Talk of a national strike, or maybe another shot at driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants

The Architect

Miguel Contreras, 1952 – 2005

Hahn Solo

Hahn Solo

Jimmy doesn’t like to be called dull. In fact, he defends his style with, uh, passion

A License To Veto

Governor pulls a U-turn on driver’s-license bill

Dawn in L.A.

What were 12,000 people doing at the Convention Center?

Reign of Chaos

What a mess faces California politics and finances

Blood and Cuts

Now (after the election) they tell us about the billions of looming reductions

Gray in His Groove

Primary matters: The false spring of the Republican right, the real spring of the Democratic left

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

Crunch Time

The race to succeed Richard Riordan — and to reshape Los Angeles — comes down to the wire

Letters

Fame, etc.

Holiday showtime hits City Hall

Print-Out Ballot Guide

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

Endorsements (Continued)

The Weekly’s recommendations in the November general election

Troubled Solution

Calls to halt cleanup at William Mead go unheeded

More Endorsements

Our Choices in the June 8 L.A. City Elections

For the Weekly's handy one-page tear-out Voter Guide, see the inside back cover of next week's issue.

Who Is This Padilla Guy, Anyway?

Fresh face wins powerful friends, influence in Valley district

Our Choices in the April 13 L.A. City Election

Caretakers Take Charge

75,000 workers (in 75,000 work sites!) form a union

Activists Turned Elected Officials