Mike Feuer

Carmen Trutanich Moves Three Political Aides To Tenure-Track Positions

When he arrived in the City Attorney's office in 2009, Carmen Trutanich was alarmed to find some of his predecessor's political appointees still working there. Trutanich fumed that it was "like Barack Obama walking into the White House and finding Karl Rove waiting for him."Now Trutanich is on the w ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich's Loss Was Historic

Mike Feuer took City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's job with 62 percent of the vote versus the incumbent's less than 38 percent, a more than 24-point spread. Some think Trutanich's failed run for district attorney, which had him breaking a vow to stay put, killed his chances. You might also consider h ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Mike Feuer Election Results: Feuer's Lead Widens

UPDATE: Trutanich has conceded. Post updated at the bottom; first posted at 9 p.m. Carmen Trutanich's quest to hang onto his job as the L.A. City Attorney was off to an rough start last night, with early election returns showing his opponent, Mike Feuer, off to an early lead. With 160,471 vote-by- ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Concedes: Mike Feuer Will Be L.A.'s New City Attorney

Just before 11:30 p.m., while the L.A.'s mayor race remained much too close to call, Carmen Trutanich conceded to supporters that he'd lost his reelection attempt. It wasn't even close. With 22 percent of precincts reporting, plus mail-in ballots, "Nuch" was down 60 percent to 40 percent -- a humbl ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Up 7 Points In New Mayoral Poll; Mike Feuer Has Commanding Advantage In City Attorney Race

Eric Garcetti has a 7-point lead over Wendy Greuel in the race for L.A. mayor with just four days to go before the runoff election, according to a new USC/L.A. Times poll out this evening. The results:Garcetti 48Greuel 41The margin of error is 4.4%, and 11% remain undecided.The poll also gives Mike ... More >>

Gov. Jerry Brown Attacks Carmen Trutanich for Flip-Flop on Prison Realignment

Gov. Jerry Brown has weighed in on the race for L.A. city attorney, recording a robocall attacking incumbent Carmen Trutanich for "misleading voters" on the issue of prison realignment. Trutanich supported Brown's realignment plan when he ran for district attorney last year. But now that he's runn ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Was Knocked Down. Can He Get Back Up?

Humiliated in the DA's race, "Nuch" is trying to hold onto his job as City Attorney

Street Artist Bubblehead Says L.A. Mayoral Election Matters, Makes Art to Inspire Voting

About one in five of you typically votes in a city election like the one coming May 21. It's kind of not a big deal, at least to y'all. One street artist, Bubblehead, is hoping to change your minds about that with a series of pieces put up around town this month:

Los Angeles City Attorney Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Show Carmen Trutanich Well Behind Mike Feuer

Carmen Trutanich is well behind Mike Feuer in the early vote results for Los Angeles city attorney, with Feuer getting 41,248 votes or 40.6 percent and Trutanich 34,330 votes or 33.8 percent. Trailing well behind is Noel Weiss at 9,326 votes or 9 percent and Greg Smith at 16,751 or 16.5 percent. T ... More >>

Los Angeles City Attorney Primary Election Results: Mike Feuer and Carmen Trutanich to Face Each Other May 21

Mike Feuer appeared to widen his lead 43 percent to 32 percent over Carmen Trutanich for Los Angeles City Attorney, and the two now look good to face one another in the May 21 runoff. Wealthy litigator Greg Smith was far behind them with 16 percent. Environmental attorney Noel Weiss was in fourth pl ... More >>

City Attorney's Race: Mike Feuer Calls On Carmen Trutanich To Return NRA Money

The top candidates for L.A. city attorney continued their battle over gun control this week, with Assemblyman Mike Feuer calling on incumbent Carmen Trutanich to return any income he received from the NRA when he was in private practice.Trutanich countered by calling on Feuer to return his sala ... More >>

Mike Feuer And Carmen Trutanich Back New Local Gun Restrictions In City Attorney Race

California already has some of the nation's most stringent gun laws. But in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, L.A. officials are pushing for new restrictions at the local level. The issue has become particularly potent in the campaign for L.A. city attorney. Today, incumbent Carm ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Still Lagging In Cash, But Claims Lead In Poll

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich raised more money last quarter than his top rival, bringing in $159,000 for his re-election campaign. But thanks to his late fundraising start, he continues to trail well behind Assemblyman Mike Feuer in overall donations.Trutanich has $313,000 in the bank -- about a t ... More >>

Mike Feuer Announces Fundraising Totals, Claims "Front-Runner Status" In City Attorney Bid

Mike Feuer, a candidate for L.A. city attorney, raised about $96,000 last quarter, bringing his total war chest to $1.2 million, his campaign announced today.Feuer is seeking to unseat incumbent Carmen Trutanich, who got a late start in fundraising due to his failed bid for district attorney. As of ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, Whose Old Law Firm Worked For The NRA, Comes Out For Gun Control

The school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has put gun control back on the national agenda. Over the last two days it's also become an issue locally, as the candidates for L.A. city attorney jockey to prove how tough they are on guns.It started on Wednesday, when incumbent Carmen Trutanich wrote a lette ... 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 >>

Assemblyman Mike Feuer, Candidate For L.A. City Attorney, Injured In Car Crash

Update: More detail below. Feuer is in ICU, suffered lacerated spleen and broken ribs.Assemblyman Mike Feuer, who is running for L.A. city attorney, has been hospitalized after a car crash this afternoon.According to his campaign, Feuer was on his way to the swearing-in ceremony for D.A. Jackie Lace ... More >>

City Attorney Debate: Carmen Trutanich Was For Prison Realignment Before He Was Against It

Carmen Trutanich and Mike Feuer have been hammering each other in press releases for months. Last night, the two rivals in the race for L.A. city attorney got their first opportunity to spar in person, in a debate at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.Trutanich, the incumbent, is trying to reboo ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Blames Opponent Mike Feuer For Failure of L.A.'s Medical Marijuana Ban

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has been pushing for a "gentle ban" on marijuana dispensaries all year. So when the L.A. City Council backed down under threat of a referendum and repealed the ban earlier this week, it came as a pretty staggering defeat.Trutanich has had a few days to think about it, ... More >>

Mike Feuer Demands 10 Debates; Carmen Trutanich Raises It To 100

During his campaign for D.A., City Attorney Carmen Trutanich did everything he could to avoid debates. First, he said his invitation got lost. Then he blamed scheduling conflicts.After losing that race, he's taking a much different approach for his re-election campaign. This morning, Assemblyman Mik ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich Files Paperwork For Re-election Bid; Poll Shows He Has To Work To Restore Image

We thought we'd make it to the weekend without doing another Carmen Trutanich post, but it was not to be. This afternoon, Trutanich announced that he has pulled papers to run for re-election as city attorney.Trutanich has retained the services of Rick Taylor, a lobbyist and occasional political cons ... More >>

Cops Want More Privacy Than You Get: L.A. City Council Today Supports That Unanimously

Cops don't want you to know where they live. But they get to find out where you do, how old you are, and any history of interaction they've had with you. Irony? In response to a hacker group's posting of LAPD officers' personal information, a state assemblyman has proposed a law that would keep co ... More >>

Judge Michael Nash: I'm Opening the Secret Courts in Los Angeles so Child Dependency Screwups Get Sunshine and Fewer Kids Die

God Bless Our Lost AngelsLance Helms, almost forgotten. But not by Judge Michael Nash.​Presiding Judge Michael Nash in L.A. County Dependency Court has seen horrific child sexual predators who rape their toddlers and sickos who starve their foster children -- and social workers and judges who ... More >>

Coming soon to L.A: Ignition-locking breathalyzers for cars

Arnold Schwarzenegger spent the weekend madly signing scores of laws that will go into effect in 2010. The screw-ups who comprise our California state legislature had piled a heap of about 700 mostly unneeded, mostly special-interest-ghostwritten new laws on his desk, many of them just  in the ... More >>

Bill Would Allow Video Advertising on Freeway Signs

A bill that would authorize advertisements on freeway signs used for Amber Alerts and other emergencies in California is headed for a state senate committee hearing next week. Called the "State Highway Operation and Protection Program Emergency Funding Act," the bill would allow Caltrans to turn o ... More >>

L.A. Billboard Cheerleader Richard Alarcon Opposes Digital Ban

Los Angeles' City Council voted 10-4 today to support a state moratorium on digital billboards. This will rankle billboard companies who claim that California assemblyman Mike Feuer's proposed law takes away local control just when City Hall is trying -- again -- to get a handle on billboard clutter ... More >>

U.S. Billboard Safety Study: Do Another Study

A widely anticipated federal traffic study into the dangers to motorists of brightly flashing, distracting digital billboards reports that -- drum role please! -- more research is needed to figure out if they're unsafe.The 39-page report, clinically entitled, "The Effects of Commercial Electronic Va ... More >>

Villaraigosa could copy the Blagojevich billboard-removal crews

People were cheering in Chicago and other parts of Illinois today after crews openly began dismantling the obnoxious blue signs that ousted Governor Milorad Blagojevich had slathered all over the state in an embarrassing effort to personally take credit for road projects.When I saw this efficient-lo ... More >>

City Council Delays Billboard Ban Endorsement

L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

Why L.A.'s Latest Billboard Fix Won't Work

There are signs that the Los Angeles City Council's just-adopted billboard moratorium, purportedly designed to give officials time to crack down on the forest of 10,000 billboards. One possible result is that pro-billboard factions in City Hall now see an opening to wipe out a billboard ban current ... More >>

War Over MTA's "Eternity" Tax

The "temporary" sales tax would last 30 years. It's already set Eastside against Westside

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L.A. Weekly’s choices for June 6

The Activist Candidates

WeHo’s legacy is at stake in this Assembly race

Skunk at the Picnic

Hi. My name’s Maxine, and my endorsement’s for sale

Dear Losers

How the campaigns should have been run

Antonio’s Line

Sometimes politics makes strange progeny

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Our recommendations in the June 5 Los Angeles city election

L.A. Lawyer

The insiders’ race for city attorney

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Just the Truth

LAPD recruits are having trouble with new lie-detector tests

Doing the Medici

Imagine world peace; then imagine Central City as the new San Marino

Fame, etc.

Holiday showtime hits City Hall

Bad Call

Mayor Dick makes spirited call to ol’ Hal

Playa’s Problems

City wants answers to methane questions before approving money for massive project

Frittering Away

What the City Council does instead of governing

Signs of Change

'Supergraphics' transform the cityscape

The Wreck of the Business Tax

The Riordan Express went off the rails. Does it matter?

Footloose in Westwood

Doyennes diss dancing