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Subject: Jack Weiss

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Los Angeles City Councilmember Calls for Tougher Billboard Ban

    Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss introduced a motion yesterday that would address and fix the colossal problems that have been raised in court cases challenging the city's sign ordinance. The motion calls for the city's planning department, Department of Building and Safety and City Attorne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Los Angeles City Committee Will Consider Motion to Rewrite Billboard Ordinance

    The City’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider a motion today that would address and fix the colossal problems that have been raised in court cases challenging the city's sign ordinance. The motion, introduced by Los Angeles city councilmember Jack Weiss on July 29, ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    City Council Will Consider Selling Rights for Electronic Billboards

    The Los Angeles City Council will consider a proposal today to allow massive electronic signs along the 10 and 110 freeways next to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The proposal by Anschutz Entertainment Group reportedly calls for 50,000 square feet of advertising signs. Last week, the Trade, Co ... More >>

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Stadium Games

    The Los Angeles City Council will consider a proposal today to allow massive electronic signs along the 10 and 110 freeways next to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The proposal by Anschutz Entertainment Group reportedly calls for 50,000 square feet of advertising signs. Last week, the Trade, Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Rap Names for L.A. Politicians

    What's in a name? Ask MyRapName, a Web site that automatically generates a rap-singer identity for you after you enter your first name and last initial. We did this with the names of some Los Angeles' leading statesmen and stateswomen -- just in case they require more street cred for their next elec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    City Report Calls For Digital Billboard Ban -- Kinda

    City planners are causing a stir with a report released today that calls for banning all new digital billboards -- with a huge exception.The much-anticipated Department of City Planning Recommendation Report, obtained early by L.A. Weekly, comes just weeks after the Los Angeles City Council approved ... More >>

  • News

    April 3, 2008

    CBS and Clear Channel Lose Billboard Secrecy Bid

    The judge says L.A.'s thousands of billboards are hardly a “trade secret”

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Jack Weiss Took Dough from Outdoor Ad Pushers

    The Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight reports that outgoing Los Angeles City Council Member  Jack Weiss, who is the leading candidate for City Attorney, received a $1,000 campaign contribution in 2007 from Barry Rush, the president of Worldwide Rush. Rush is the owner of the huge, controversial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    New Mayor in Hot Seat  Mary Su, who was sworn in as Walnut's first Chinese-American woman mayor Wednesday night, is already at the top of recall petitions because she did not display enough ardor in opposing an NFL stadium being planned for neighboring Industry. Hoodie Recall About 300,000 kids ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Trutanich Crime Ad: Tempest in PC Teapot

    Until last Sunday, many if not most Los Angeles voters had probably only heard of one of the City Attorney candidates, the somewhat annoying Westside City Councilman Jack Weiss. But then the Los Angeles Times endorsed Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich and we suddenly realized a race was on. The Times assu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Early election results: Los Angeles March 3, 2009 primary

    Nobody is ever sure how closely absentee voters match the views of the voters who actually trek into the polls, but here is the first wave of election returns released by the City of Los Angeles elections division about 45 minutes after the polls closed tonight.In the four hottest races, top percent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Villaraigosa, Solar Measure B, Weiss all get voter rebuffs

    While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won, as expected, his poor showing, and the humiliating possible defeat of solar Measure B, was a repudiation by Los Angeles voters and indicates tough sailing if he decides to run for governor. While surprisingly biased cheerleading for the mayor continued today fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    DWP Ordered to Refund Customers A Superior Court judge has ordered the DWP to pay back $30 million in fees it channeled into cash-strapped city agencies. L.A. TimesBenefits Take a Holiday Employees of papers belonging to the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (Daily News, Daily Breeze, et al) have been tol ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    A Shark Tank of Lawyers Takes on Jack Weiss for L.A. City Attorney

    Five sharp lawyers try to upset the Westside politician’s bid for the office

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Fight for L.A.'s Ritzy Council District 5

    Six candidates vow to bring back "slow growth"

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy

    Silver Lake, Hollywood, the Valley and Westside take on City Hall's anti-green transformation of LA

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    April 24, 2008
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    February 28, 2008
  • Columns

    February 21, 2008

    Jean Nouvel Unveils Century City Condo Plan

    If you lived there, you'd be home by then

  • News

    April 16, 2009
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    September 27, 2007

    Jack Weiss Recall Stumbles

    Westsiders turn an effort to oust a councilman into amateur hour

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Weiss Recall Quickly Turns Ugly

    Westsiders furious at overdevelopment

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Backing Jack

    And sparing trees

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Targeting a Weiss Guy

    Westside homeowners are furious with their pro-development city councilman

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Failing the Smell Test

    City claims Westside traffic will ease, thanks to two skyscraper condos

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    The Human Teardown

    Audit levels Andrew Adelman and his chaotic reign at L.A.’s building department

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    The Miseducation of Bill Rosendahl

    Lincoln Place proves a tough test for new councilman

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    The Let-It-Slide Commission

    L.A.’s watchdogs pander rather than police

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Endorsements: Part 2

    L.A.’s watchdogs pander rather than police

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    We Endorse

    L.A.’s watchdogs pander rather than police

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Davids and Goliaths

    A few upstarts try to overcome the odds in four races

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    A Man of Contradictions

    A few upstarts try to overcome the odds in four races

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Bush Offensive Stalls at City Gates

    A few upstarts try to overcome the odds in four races

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    A Draining Problem

    A few upstarts try to overcome the odds in four races

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Eyesore or Landmark? The Century Plaza Hotel and its fate are a bone of contention between city preservationists enamored with its curving, Jet Age architecture, and the hotel's owner, who wants to raze it and raise a mixed-use development in its stead. L.A. TimesNo YouthTube for L.A. Times The city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Cinco de Mayo to Flu: Bring It On! Several large Cinco de Mayo celebrations scheduled across America will not hold de Mayo, despite fears that swine flu could spread in crowds of densely packed people. Los Angeles'  festivities will take place on Olvera Street, although a Chicago celebration ha ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    L.A. City Attorney Race: One Cooley Customer

    Cinco de Mayo to Flu: Bring It On! Several large Cinco de Mayo celebrations scheduled across America will not hold de Mayo, despite fears that swine flu could spread in crowds of densely packed people. Los Angeles'  festivities will take place on Olvera Street, although a Chicago celebration ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Bratton and Villaraigosa Seek More Cops During Fiscal Crisis

    Yesterday, at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Dispatch Center in downtown, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were buddying up again, with City Attorney candidate and Councilman Jack Weiss along for the ride. LAPD Chief Bill BrattonInitially described in press releases ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Vahedi vs. Koretz City Council Race

    Yesterday, at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Dispatch Center in downtown, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were buddying up again, with City Attorney candidate and Councilman Jack Weiss along for the ride. LAPD Chief Bill BrattonInitially described in press releases ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Bill Bratton's Endorsements Spectacle

    Yesterday, at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Dispatch Center in downtown, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were buddying up again, with City Attorney candidate and Councilman Jack Weiss along for the ride. LAPD Chief Bill BrattonInitially described in press releases ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Mayor Levels With Base Antonio Villaraigosa painted a bleak economic picture for one of his largest constituencies, organized labor. The mayor suggested shorter work weeks and increased employee retirement contributions as ways to avoid city worker layoffs that could climb to seven percent of the mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Sheriff to Close Jails? Going far beyond the early release of county inmates, Sheriff Lee Baca may also close a jail or two to cope with a massive budget shortfall that his department faces. L.A. TimesCandidate Boycotts Own Press Conference L.A. City Councilman and City Attorney candidate Jack Weiss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    May 19 Election: Schwarzenegger, Villaraigosa, Weiss, Bratton, Bass, Go Down in Flames

    Even with one key Los Angeles City Council District race still hanging in the balance on the Westside, the political wreckage surrounding some of California's best-known politicians was waist-deep, leaving Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to slog through the recriminatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!

    Will the long-overdue billboard fee inspection program start at long last? Don’t count on it. On May 27, Los Angeles’ Department of Building and Safety is expected to update the Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee on the status of the city’s billboard inspection program. That sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Crackdown on Gigantic Ads

    Companies that put up huge “supergraphics” on buildings and the building owners who allow the gigantic illegal signs could be fined $2,500 a day under a new plan announced today by Los Angeles City Council Member Jack Weiss. “These monster signs turn buildings into billboards,” said Weiss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    L.A. residents slam Special Order 40, Clear Channel shakedown

    Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Council has approved the giant electronic billboard on the 10 Freeway by a vote of 13-1 with only Jack Weiss opposing. It will go before the council a ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    California's May 19 Election

    Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Council has approved the giant electronic billboard on the 10 Freeway by a vote of 13-1 with only Jack Weiss opposing. It will go before the council a ... More >>

  • News

    July 16, 2009

    L.A.'s Reefer Revolution

    Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Council has approved the giant electronic billboard on the 10 Freeway by a vote of 13-1 with only Jack Weiss opposing. It will go before the council a ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    Bye-Bye, Bill Bratton

    Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Council has approved the giant electronic billboard on the 10 Freeway by a vote of 13-1 with only Jack Weiss opposing. It will go before the council a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Over the Rainbow Flags Between 3,500 and 5,000 gay-marriage supporters peacefully marched from West Hollywood to Hollywood tonight, protesting today's state supreme court ruling upholding Proposition 8's ban on same-sex matrimony. NBC, City News Service (subscription required)Koretz Claims Win As Pa ... More >>

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