Jan Perry

Herb Wesson's Fiscal Commission Stacked With Wendy Greuel Supporters

L.A. Council President Herb Wesson today officially unveiled a new "L.A. 2020" Commission tasked with wading through L.A.'s finances and developing some recommendations to keep the city out of bankruptcy court.Though the commission's chair, Mickey Kantor, has said repeatedly that the commission will ... More >>

Los Angeles Mayoral Election Map: Bodacious Digital Tool Reveals how Every Neighborhood has Voted Since 2001

Who did your neighbor vote for in the last four L.A. mayoral elections? Would you love a crystal ball to tell you if Wendy Greuel or Eric Garcetti becomes L.A. mayor on May 21, 2013? Now you can figure it out -- well, almost. Ben Welsh and Thomas Lauder of the Los Angeles Times Data Desk created ... 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 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Antonio Villaraigosa Led The Way On Education Reform, But His Potential Successors Are Reluctant To Pick Up The Torch

For the last eight years, education reformers have had a staunch ally in the L.A. mayor's office. From the start of his administration, Antonio Villaraigosa showed he was willing to fight the teachers' unions, and to pay a political price for it.But in a few months, Villaraigosa will be gone. And at ... More >>

Rent Activists Hit Greuel and Garcetti

L.A. mayoral rivals dinged for favoring developers, fueling affordable-housing loss

Mayor's Race: Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Both Fall Short In Bid For Democratic Endorsement

Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel campaigned their hearts out, but in the end the L.A. County Democratic Party decided not to endorse either one in the race for L.A. mayor.At tonight's endorsement meeting, neither candidate could muster the 60% of delegates required to secure the endorsement.Both sides ... More >>

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 >>

Wendy Greuel Stays Vague On Hot-Button Issues, While Mayoral Rivals Take Controversial Votes

The top contenders in the race for L.A. mayor have a lot in common, but there is one key strategic difference. As council members, Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry have to vote on issues that come up at City Hall. Wendy Greuel, the city controller, does not.And in the early stages of the race, Greuel has ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Leads In Private Poll Of Mayor's Race

Controller Wendy Greuel has a narrow lead among registered voters in the race for L.A. mayor, according to private polling results obtained by the L.A. Weekly.Greuel is out front with 20%, followed by Councilman Eric Garcetti at 16%, Councilwoman Jan Perry at 10% and former radio host Kevin James at ... More >>

The 5 Best Jokes From The L.A. Political Roast of Councilman Herb Wesson

​If redistricting humor is your cup of tea, then the L.A. Political Roast was the place to be last night. About 900 lobbyists, elected officials, and assorted City Hall hacks gathered at the Beverly Hilton to raise money for diabetes research and roast Council President Herb Wesson.At most, there ... More >>

Marriott Hotels to Be Erected Across From L.A. Live -- and Subsidized by Taxpayers

The new Courtyard and Residence Inns (right) will sit directly across from two more Marriott hotels.​A double Marriott hotel project that will occupy the lot across from L.A. Live just got a huge boost from you, the Los Angeles taxpayer. You have the L.A. City Council -- and downtown Councilw ... More >>

L.A. City Hall Offers Gensler, Wealthy SaMo Architect, $1 Million in Community Grants to Move East

Funny how L.A. City Councilmembers are acting all sympathetic toward the 99 percent camping on their front lawn -- then making sweet deals with millionaire companies so the well-off don't have to pay a dime. When as far as we can tell, that's pretty much exactly the type of behavior Occupy is spitti ... More >>

No Food Trucks at Downtown Art Walk

Guzzle & NoshCrowds gather at the Flying Pig truck.​In some ways, last night's Downtown Art Walk looked exactly the same as it has for the past couple years: gallery hoppers, drunken revelers and pedestrians all enjoying the breezy street fair vibe. In one important way, it looked very differe ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Claims Fundraising Lead In 2013 Mayor's Race

Wendy Greuel​The relentless Wendy Greuel today claimed the early-early fundraising lead in the 2013 mayor's race.Greuel raised $519,000 in the first six months of the year. That bests Councilwoman Jan Perry, who reported $457,000 and Austin Beutner, who raised $405,000.The winning candidate will l ... More >>

L.A. City Council Looking at Dropping Representation of City Attorney Carmen Trutanich

'I know this Nuch is ... Trutanich' - Spandau Ballet.​L.A. City Council? Pretty much in the blue corner. L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich? Not so much. (He declines to state). And so on Tuesday the City Council voted unanimously to look at ways to obtain legal representation for the body ... More >>

Laying Odds on Mayoral Race

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 >>

Digitally Ad-Wrapped Skyscrapers Coming to L.A.?

Jan Perry opens a new front in the Los Angeles billboard wars

Yet Another Major Study Finds Kids Get Sick Living Near Freeways, When Will L.A. City Council and Antonio Villaraigosa Take Action?

Gregory BojorquezL.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti​How many prominent studies does it take for Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to keep more kids from getting sick? That's the huge, underlining question that now comes up after a very re ... More >>

Op-Ed: Don't Ban Fast Food, Provide Better Options

Cementing its reputation as a haven of well-intentioned but noxious intolerance, San Francisco's board of supervisors recently approved an ordinance banning toys in children's meals that exceed 600 calories. The measure didn't explicitly refer to McDonald's or Happy Meals. It didn't have to. Appa ... More >>

L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry Supports Tax Exemption For Billion-Dollar Developer To Erect Massive Supergraphic Towers On Wilshire

Proposal for a new-and-improved Wilshire Grand Hotel​While Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dismantles libraries across the city, City Councilwoman Jan Perry of the downtown district thinks there's still enough money to give a few billionaires a tax exemption on their massive hotel proje ... More >>

Happy Meals Are About to Get A lot Less Happy

Mario Anzuoni, ReutersTo our children's dismay, Happy Meals may become healthy meals​ California kids will now have fewer incentives to ditch mom's homemade organically grown, tofu steak dinners for Happy Meals, thanks to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, the Board took ste ... More >>

L.A. Advertisers And Anti-Billboard Activists Pissed Over City Council's Bright Idea To Slap Billboards With A 12 Percent Tax

PHOTO BY TED SOQUI​The Weekly has long had an eye on sketchy billboard deals throughout Los Angeles. In 2008, we reported that 4,000 of the city's 11,000 billboards were illegal, built without permits or earthquake regulations. Then came the Westside "Mad Men," fat-cat entrepreneurs who were ... More >>

Some On L.A. Council Question Massive DWP Hikes

​While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in Washington, D.C. lobbying for federal transit money, some on the Los Angeles City Council this week were questioning his plan to implement massive Department of Water and Power rate hikes amid an economy that includes high unemployment in L.A. "I think ... More >>

L.A. City Attorney Targets Overdue Taxes, Gets $1.5 Million For L.A.

​As the city struggles to make ends meet -- cops need to be hired, city workers will likely be fired, and fire companies are already going on daylong hiatuses to save money -- it's been hard to find a hero at City Hall. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took off for Europe this month, at the taxpayer ... More >>

Council Committees Pass Buck To City Attorney Regarding Jackon Memorial Bill (UPDATED)

Councilwoman Jan Perry has sometimes relied on the kindness of corporate strangers.​[UPDATED] City leadership has been bold when it comes to pressing issues like cat declawing, so it's no surprise that two Los Angeles City Council committees on Monday took up the issue of who should cover the ... More >>

$4 Million Jackson Memorial Cost to Taxpayers?

By Tibby Rothman City Hall is begging Jackson fans for alms, but upset L.A. residents face paying a king's ransom for the memorial to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. During the hours leading up to today's globally viewed memorial, the Los Angeles Police Department and other city offices were str ... More >>

Funny Math on Downtown L.A. Civic Park

Taxpayers may be out $27 million if "Grand Avenue" project breaks ground

Thankful for the LA Times' David Zahniser

We'd be horrible Scrooges if we ended this year without a nod to a former Weekly reporter and columnist, our friend Dave Zahniser (or Dave Z., as he's known throughout the local political and journalism world).  His amazing recent scoop about the secret report on Measure B on the ballot on Marc ... More >>

Eli Broad's luxury Grand Avenue project is now half-owned by Dubai

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 >>

A Zillion New Neighbors

Scared by a weakening downtown, City Hall is set to obliterate zoning protections

The End Of Murder

If New York can slash homicide by 76 percent, can Los Angeles contemplate a vanishing point?

Pledging the Farm

Annenberg Foundation might give $10 million to save the South-Central symbol of hope

The Grand Illusion?

Downtown project may need blessing of new power - residents

Battling Segregation

L.A. opens debate on affordable housing

Turning to a Newspaperman for Ethics

And assorted other City Council maneuvers

Bush Offensive Stalls at City Gates

Why U.S. cities are going anti-war; how L.A. joined them

Fox in the Hen House

A progressive for L.A.’s redevelopment agency

Endorsements

Our recommendations in the June 5 Los Angeles city election

Soul Battle

The 9th Council District has new candidates and old problems