Henry Waxman

SMC Rampage Prompts Quick Call For Gun Control

It wasn't long after the bullets stopped flying that a politician said it was time once more to consider serious gun control legislation. Congressman Henry Waxman, who represents much of the L.A. County coastline and the area of Friday's Santa Monica rampage, said over the weekend that "enough is e ... More >>

Maxine Waters Rips into Henry Waxman Over LAX Expansion, Sounds Battle Call

In extraordinarily candid remarks to Los Angeles community activists, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters ripped into fellow Democrat and U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman over plans to expand Los Angeles International Airport. At a Westchester Democratic Club meeting this past weekend, Waters minced no w ... More >>

LAUSD School Board District 4 Election: Absentee Ballot Results Show Steve Zimmer Leading Kate Anderson

With just under 24,000 absentee ballots counted by the city clerk, incumbent Steve Zimmer has a significant 16-point lead over challenger Kate Anderson. Zimmer has tried as best he can to hold the middle ground between the teachers union and the reformers. But middle grounds are hard to come by in ... More >>

Helicopter Noise Law Would Protect Westsiders From Noise Endured By The Rest Of L.A.

Sick and tired of helicopters flying low over your neighborhood? California-based federal legislators, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, today introduced the "Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act" to restrict flight paths and limit how low choppers can fly. ... More >>

Bruce Margolin For Congress: L.A.'s Chance to Put a Pro-Marijuana Rep in Washington

Okay, pot people. You like to complain a lot about how bad Obama's been treating you lately, sending his feds in to bust Oaksterdam University and other California-legal marijuana establishments. But you didn't have enough buds to pass full legalization in 2010 in California, and you haven't exact ... More >>

Update: Federal Transit Administration Extends Public Comment Period for Westside Subway

Update, 3:10 p.m.: Congressman Henry Waxman weighs in, after the break. The brouhaha over the Westside subway keeps getting more interesting ... by the prodding of the Beverly Hills Unified School District, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has agreed to extend its public comment for the mul ... More >>

L.A. Members of Congress Paid Hundreds of Thousands in Campaign Cash to Themselves, Relatives

You contributed cash to your favorite U.S. representative's campaign, hoping he'd use the money to fight the good fight and knockout his foe. But in many cases a lot of that money is going to "babysitters, five-star hotels in Athens, six-figure salaries for candidates' family members and thousands ... More >>

Venice Residents Still Fuming Over Santa Monica Airport's Self-Serving Flight Pattern

New York Times, circa 2007Still annoying.​Update: L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl says he has some tricks up his sleeve to possibly take down the airport before 2015. Also, he calls it "a health emergency for the lungs of my people." More drama below. Originally posted October 18 at 12:50 ... More >>

L.A. Democrat Says Republican 'Science Deniers' Are Using Solyndra Solar Failure to Argue Against Clean Energy

baycitizen.orgWas Obama blinded by the wonders green jobs could do for his campaign?​Solyndra, Inc., the NorCal solar company that just blew through a $535 million loan from the federal government and is being probed by the FBI, had a lot more to lose than the money. (Hell, what's $535 million ... More >>

Will Janice Hahn Run For The "Black" Seat After Redistricting?

Janice Hahn​Newly minted Rep. Janice Hahn faces a tough choice if she wants to stay in Congress for more than a year. By the looks of the latest redistricting maps, she will be drawn into a coastal district that also includes Rep. Henry Waxman.Waxman has been in Congress for 36 years, and is as cl ... More >>

Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles

Get ready for the brawl of cutting Southern California in pieces, on paper

Japan Earthquake: Could Nuclear Power Plant Radiation Reach L.A?

Fukushima, on-edge.​Update: Minor amounts of radiation are projected to reach SoCal by Friday, after the jump. Could radiation from Japan's quake-stricken nuclear power plants reach Los Angeles? It's a long shot. But a look at Pacific jet stream animation shows that what happens in Japan doe ... More >>

Big Billboards Equal Big Issue for West Hollywood Elections: Watch Out For Measure A

BanBillboardBlight.orgMeasure A: the Trojan Horse of tall wall billboards for WeHo​Originally posted 3/2/11: See update at the end of the post: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Congressman Henry Waxman both oppose Measure A. Measure A is expected to bring several hundred new voters out to the p ... More >>

Arms Merchants of South Central

Did the rich and intrigue-filled Botach family get a pass from Henry Waxman?

Immigration Town Hall Meeting Focuses On California's Congressional Leaders

​In it's quest to light a fire under the Obama administration on the issue, the Reform Immigration For America Campaign is planning a big town hall meeting in the Los Angeles area next week, with Senator Barbara Boxer, Congressman Henry Waxman and Congressman Xavier Becerra on its list of inv ... More >>

Brentwood's Toxic Grave

Historic dumping grounds beneath the spectacular VA land finally get tested.

Unregulated Medical Marijuana: Could Pot-Brownie Bake Sales Help?

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

May Day Cops Dodge Bullet No LAPD officers involved in the 2007 May Day melee in MacArthur Park will be fired, although Chief Bill Bratton had called for four terminations. L.A. TimesCut the Comedy Birmingham High School administrators will be disciplined for allowing Sacha Baron Cohen to use the sc ... More >>

Oh, That Chickenshit MTA

No one on the governing board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had the courage to tell it like it is to the warring factions that showed up Thursday to push their pet transit projects. The message to the people who want to extend the Gold Line to mars, via Ontario airport, would have go ... More >>

Inside View of Inner-City Schools

A former LAUSD teacher writes in

City Hall's "Density Hawks" Are Changing L.A.'s DNA

Bitter homes & gardens?

Rage Against...

Bruce Willis, Maxine Waters and Living Wagers, plus a new religion for Teddy “The Gay Hypocrite” Haggard

Gross Political Negligence

The Shape of '06

The Republicans have one theme, but that’s one more than the Democrats

Tom Bradley’s Oscar and Felix

On the passings of Marvin Braude and Bill Robertson

Go, Henry, Go

Light at the end of the Red Line tunnel

The Air That We Breathe

Just when it looked like we might win the war on smog, a new and more deadly form of air pollution stalks Los Angeles

Letters

The Subway Mayor

How a bus-only politician — and a car-obsessed city — are learning to love the underground

In Our Misery

The right to die faces a big test in Congress

Where Angels Fear To Tread

The Nanny Congress out of control

Letters

Red Line to Somewhere

Henry Waxman is onboard — sort of

Antonio Villaraigosa Interview Transcript

Interview With Antonio Villaraigosa

Bush’s Watergate

If it happens, keep your eye on Texas

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