L.A. County Federation of Labor

John Choi and Mitch O'Farrell Throw Off the Gloves in Council District 13 Race

Is L.A. City Council District 13 candidate John Choi running from a sordid past? Is rival Mitch O'Farrell trying to hide his own skeletons? In a recent heated exchange, O'Farrell and Choi have thrown off the gloves and are aiming for the jugular. O'Farrell says in a press release that Choi hasn't ... More >>

Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Have The Same Position On Pensions; So What's This Fight About?

When Wendy Greuel got the endorsement of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, it was quickly chalked up to her objections to pension cuts. Since then, there has been talk that she wanted to renegotiate those cuts; or maybe she didn't.The truth, however, is that Greuel and her opp ... More >>

L.A. County Labor Fed Backs Wendy Greuel, Asks Eric Garcetti To Lay Off Anti-Union Remarks

The L.A. County Federation of Labor today officially threw its support behind Controller Wendy Greuel in the race for L.A. mayor. The Fed's endorsement -- a foregone conclusion since last week's political committee vote -- should provide Greuel a strong get-out-the-vote operation, which could b ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Picks Up Critical Support From L.A. County Labor Federation

Update below, 5:15 p.m. Full rundown of Garcetti and Greuel's remarks behind closed doors at the Fed today. Greuel: "I'm gonna stand with labor, not stand up to labor." Controller Wendy Greuel got a major lift this morning, as the political committee of the L.A. County Federation of Labor voted ... 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 >>

Mayor Michael Bloomberg Pours $1 Million into LAUSD Elections to Oust Steve Zimmer, Elect Monica Garcia

See also, "LAUSD's Dance of the Lemons," and "Can Kate Anderson, Mom of Twins, Fix LAUSD?"Los Angeles Unified School District, whose teachers union UTLA has squelched attempts to raise student learning by making ineffective certified teachers relearn subject matter and skills, just attracted $1 mill ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Adds Another Public Sector Union, Picking Up Firefighters Endorsement

Update below: Eric Garcetti wins UTLA endorsement. L.A.'s public-sector employee unions continue to line up behind Wendy Greuel in the race for mayor.Greuel already has the backing of the L.A. Police Protective League and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18, which repr ... More >>

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 >>

John Choi, Candidate For 13th Council District, Says Labor Will "Be On The Inside" If He Wins

Everybody panders a bit when they go for a labor endorsement. But at the recent SEIU endorsement meeting, John Choi set the bar for pandering very high.Choi, a candidate to replace L.A. Councilman Eric Garcetti in the 13th council district, promised that if elected, labor would "be on the inside" wh ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Complains About Being Attacked While Opponent Is Hospitalized

Assemblyman Mike Feuer is still in the hospital after a nasty car crash on Monday, but the campaign for L.A. city attorney goes on. Last night, the campaigns fought it out for the SEIU endorsement.Feuer's team sent a surrogate, former Controller Rick Tuttle, who took some jabs at Trutanich ... More >>

Labor Groups Want MTA To Buy American On $900 Million Rail Car Contract

Update: MTA Board defies labor and votes to award the contract to Kinkisharyo. More below.The state's most powerful labor leaders are urging the MTA not to award a $890 million rail-car contract to a Japanese company, arguing that the money should instead be pumped into the U.S. economy.Labor leader ... More >>

D.A. Rivals Sharpen Their Attacks on Carmen Trutanich, Fear He May Win Outright On June 5

Candidates for L.A. County District Attorney are sharpening their attacks on frontrunner Carmen Trutanich, out of concern that he may win the race outright on June 5.Speaking at a forum in the Crenshaw area on Tuesday night, Chief Deputy Jackie Lacey urged the audience to unite behind her candidacy. ... More >>

Prosecutor Mario Trujillo Dropping Out of L.A. District Attorney Race

​Updated below with a statement from Trujillo. Prosecutor Mario Trujillo will soon drop out of the race for L.A. County district attorney due to health concerns, according to two sources close to the campaign.Trujillo was a serious contender for D.A. Though he had no prior political experience, he ... More >>

Who Replaces Jane Harman?

Hahn, Bowen and a cast of SoCal characters slug it out for Congress

Pro-Bernard Parks Mailer Touts Endorsements From Dead People, Misspells Magic Johnson's Name

Whoops: Earvin "Magic" Johnson's name is misspelled on a pro-Bernard Parks mailer​Unlike in Chicago, dead people can't vote in Los Angeles elections. But they can make endorsements, judging from the latest mailer to hit the streets in the hotly contested campaign between L.A. Councilman Bernard Pa ... More >>

Councilman Bernard Parks Likens Union Leaders To Slaveholders

Bernard Parks: Not going to take it anymore​Update: 4:30 p.m. Parks' opponent, Forescee Hogan-Rowles, calls Parks' slavery analogy "a racist tactic." More below.The gloves are coming off in the 8th Council District. Councilman Bernard Parks unleashed a righteous vent on Twitter on Sunday, apparent ... More >>

Bernard Parks v. Forescee Hogan-Rowles

Incumbent's rival in Los Angeles Council District 8 was forced from an investing board for gift-seeking

Jane Harman Retires: Will Janice Hahn Take Her Place?

Congresswoman Janice Hahn?​L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn will run to replace Jane Harman in Congress. Hahn announced her candidacy in a press release this afternoon, saying she intends to "create new jobs, expand clean energy technologies and ensure that local small business owners get the help an ... More >>

Jackie Lacey Could Be L.A.'s First Non-White, Non-Male District Attorney

​Had D.A. Steve Cooley been elected attorney general, the odds-on favorite to replace him would have been his third-ranking administrator, Jacquelyn P. Lacey.Lacey, 53, was considered most likely to get Cooley's support for the appointment. She's also a Democrat and an African-American, which woul ... More >>

Rudy Martinez Versus Los Angeles City Hall

Flip This House reality TV star hopes to push out Councilman Jose Huizar

Meet the Gadfly Who Clobbered Mickey Kaus

Happier times: Brian Quintana poses with Barbara Boxer​Among the surprises in yesterday's poll results was that Mickey Kaus got only 5.3% of the vote against Barbara Boxer. (We predicted 7%.) Even more surprising, though, is that Brian Quintana got 14.2%.Who is Brian Quintana? He's a fund-raiser a ... More >>

The Chosen One

How the labor-Latino political machine decides who serves in Sacramento

Will Latinos Be the Swing Vote in the Tussle Between Parks and Ridley-Thomas?

Blood and Hubris at the Paradise Motel

The making of Richard Montoya’s Water & Power

Pavley's Dogs

Who’s the greenest one of all in the 41st Assembly race?

Life of Labor

Miguel, Martin and Maria Elena

Tom Bradley’s Oscar and Felix

On the passings of Marvin Braude and Bill Robertson

Taking On Arnold

The daily grind of Fabian Nuñez

Losing Labor’s Power

What happens to the L.A. labor movement (and local politics) if it splits in two?

Springtime for Democrats

And a revolution in South-Central

Who’s Gonna Vote?

How a Democratic state could elect a Republican

Recallus Interruptus

Republicans on memory lane, Clinton on the pulpit and the Supremes on the spot

Ladders of Hope

How the living-wage coalition is remaking L.A.

L.A. Weekly’s Choices

Something That’s Aggressive, That’s Refreshing, That’s Energetic

Excerpts from the L.A. Weekly’s interview with Martin Ludlow, candidate for the 10th Los Angeles City Council District

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

An Appealing Shade of Green

Denise Munro Robb for City Council

A House Divided

On the Hahn coalition, and other short-lived phenomena

Good vs. Good

The race for the San Gabriel Valley’s 24th state Senate seat

The Movement’s Mayor

The new-model unions pick a new-model candidate

The Red Sea

How the janitors won their strike

After Seattle

Free-trade protests coming soon to a city near you

Right and White

Why last week’s electorate does not portend the future of California politics

Bore and Gush

America’s nominees

Endorsements

Odd Man Out

The odyssey of Tom Hayden

Sterling Silver

Early Aspirations

City attorney seeks to pre-empt mayoral field

From Liberty Hill to the Living Wage

A brief history of Progressive Los Angeles

Famous Victories

How labor won on Tuesday; how Gray Davis can win this fall