Richard Alarcon

Why Are Women Practically Nonexistent on L.A. City Council?

Of 15 City Council seats, the Valley's may soon have the sole female

Andrea Alarcon Resigns From Public Works Following DUI, Child Endangerment Allegations

See also: *Andrea Alarcon's Rise and Fall. After she was accused of drunk driving with her child in the car and then had to be tracked down after allegedly letting her child roam the City Hall while she "partied" at a nearby hotel, you probably asked how Andrea Alarcon, daughter of city Councilman ... More >>

Official IDs For Illegals Coming Soon To L.A.

If you're an illegal immigrant you can't even get arrested in this town. Really, the LAPD won't arrest you for simply being undocumented. But soon you'll be able to get an ID card issued by the city. The L.A. City Council this week voted 12-1 to get the program started by requesting proposals from ... More >>

Assembly District 39 Election Results: Landslide Win For Raul Bocanegra Over Richard Alarcon

In the California Assembly District 39 race, longtime political aide Raul Bocanegra has won in a landslide over L.A. City Councilman Richard Alarcon -- a one-time political force in the northeast San Fernando Valley. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Bocanegra won 58.5 percent of the vote to ... More >>

Assembly District 39 Raul Bocanegra and Richard Alarcon: Early Returns Show Bocanegra with 17 Percent Lead

In the California Assembly District 39 race, Democrat and longtime political aide Raul Bocanegra has a major lead over Democratic L.A. City Councilman Richard Alarcon. Sixty-three percent of voters back Bocanegra and 36 percent support Alarcon. During the campaign, Alarcon had been hit with a major ... More >>

Assembly District 39's Dilemma

Alarcon, circling the drain over corruption charges? Or yes-man Bocanegra?

LAPD Party Car Returns To Streets In Time For Halloween

The LAPD's party car is back. And while you might think, yeah, lights and sirens are kind of cool to party to -- woo-woo -- it's not that kind of party car, unfortunately. No, this is an extra patrol unit dedicated to shutting down raucous gangster parties in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. Cop ... More >>

Richard Alarcon Faces Perjury Trial Over Squatter House Saga

They say when you buy a vintage car, you don't want one with a "story." You know -- if it requires too much explanation, there's trouble ahead. And frankly, Richard Alarcon's story about the Panorama City house he was supposed to be living in to qualify for his City Council district election is one ... More >>

L.A. May Turn Library Cards Into IDs, Bank Cards for Illegal Immigrants

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's dream of granting special drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants -- which would largely clear up the impound debate, by giving illegals a fighting chance of making it through the DUI checkpoints alive -- still has a few hearts to win over in the Legislature. And although s ... More >>

Comments: Blood in the Streets

Did L.A. Officials Cover Up Manny Figueras' Fatal Mowing Down of Gary Woodford?

AD 39: Alarcon Is Trailing Bocanegra Because He's Lost Touch With 'Comadre Network' in Northeast Valley, Says Political Consultant

Richard Alarcon is in trouble. After easily winning various elections in the San Fernando Valley area over the last 20 years -- hopping from the L.A. City Council to the State Senate to the State Assembly and back -- he's finally losing his grip. This became embarrassingly clear on Tuesday night ... More >>

Richard Alarcon: Good Riddance and Hello

Making history by incessantly running for office

Richard Alarcon's Strange Squatter Home Saga Sees Charges Dismissed

Updated at the bottom: After charges were refiled, Alarcon and wife pleaded not guilty (again) today. First posted at 12:40 p.m. Thursday L.A. city Councilman Richard Alarcon got into some hot water after a squatter broke into his home and thus, he said, temporarily forced him out of his own distri ... More >>

Sorry, Occupy L.A. -- City Council Delays 'Responsible Banking Ordinance' Until 2012

mike_s_etc via flickriverL.A. banksters, rest assured.​The only part of the L.A. City Council's long-ago resolution to support Occupy L.A. that meant anything at all -- seeing as the whole "we support you" part devolved into an epically orchestrated raid by 1,400 LAPD officers last Wednesday - ... More >>

L.A. City Councilmember Richard Alarcon Begs Judge To Dismiss Charges Of Perjury And Fraud

Mayor SamJoke's on you, District 7​L.A. City Councilmember Richard Alarcón has been on uneasy street since the beginning of August, when he was charged with 18 counts of felony indictment, including perjury and voter fraud. His wife racked up six more. This morning, fed up with all the guilt ... More >>

L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon Says City Won't Pull Porn Permits Because It's Afraid Of Lawsuits

Boogie NightsDid Rollergirl have her city permits in order?​At a time when some of the larger porn producers in Los Angeles have shut down production as a result of an HIV-positive test for an actor, the city of L.A. says it will continue to issue permits for adult filming. Why? Councilman R ... More >>

Richard Alarcon Barely Flushed At Home Inside Council District Where He Claimed To Live

​Poor Councilman Richard Alarcon. All this time he was being environmentally aware and this week he gets dinged for it. Tisk tisk on the Los Angeles Times for reporting grand jury testimony indicating that water use at his home was so low that it represented about two toilet flushes a day. Ha ... More >>

Some Neighbors Say Councilman Richard Alarcon's House Is An 'Embarrassment' To The Neighborhood

​ As Richard Alarcon faces charges that he's been living outside his district, some neighbors are embarrassed at the dilapidated state of his in-district property -- and they wonder if Alarcon every lived there at all, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Alarcon claims to have always lived at ... More >>

Richard Alarcon: Some Valley Leaders Ponder Replacement For L.A. Councilman

Richard Alarcon.​Despite reports that supporters of embattled city Councilman Richard Alarcon were standing him as he faced charges related to allegations that he has not been living in his East Valley district, La Opinion newspaper reported Friday that a group of leaders has begun pondering ... More >>

If He's Convicted, L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon Could See Real Time Behind Bars

​La Opinion newspaper looked at the seven cases in the last nine years in which politicians have been successfully prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney for lying about where they lived and found that in at least two of those cases officials saw serious jail time. That might ... More >>

L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon -- What Happened?

​Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon late Wednesday insisted he was innocent after he was charged with 18 criminal counts, including perjury and voter fraud, related to allegations that he hasn't been living in his district. His wife faced six similar charges. Stated Alarcon: My wife ... More >>

Should L.A. Council Suspend Richard Alarcon? It Could

​Blogger, lawyer and onetime mayoral candidate Walter Moore points out on his site and in a comment at LA Weekly online that the Los Angeles City Council has the power to suspend and even call for the replacement of city Councilman Richard Alarcon, so long as he faces criminal charges related ... More >>

Los Angeles Councilman Richard Alarcon Says He Expects To Be Indicted

​Updated with Alarcon pleading not guilty. Originally posted at 12:51 p.m. Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 18 criminal counts in connection with allegations that he lives outside his San Fernando Valley district, which would be illegal. His wife, Fl ... More >>

L.A. City Council Puts Off Moratorium On Rent Hikes

​The Los Angeles City Council on Friday put off a proposal to prohibit hikes for residents of rent-conrol units in the city, a move that means the freeze on increases for the quarter beginning July 1 probably won't happen at all. The council voted to send the proposal to deflect three percent ... More >>

Some L.A. Residents Could Get Reprieves On Rent Hikes

​The Los Angeles City Council housing committee recommended Wednesday that tenants of city rent-controlled units should get a four-month reprieve on rent increases as a result of L.A's high unemployment and stagnant economy. "It's a very contentious issue and I think that the apartment owners ... More >>

L.A. Councilman Proposes Ban On Rent Increases For Some

​Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon on Wednesday proposed a one-year ban on rent increases for rent-controlled residences. "My motion will put a one-year hold on increases in rent to help our working families, and give the council time to consider longer-term fixes to ensure fairness ... More >>

Intruder Strikes At City Councilman's Home ... Again

​The apparently homeless squatter whom Councilman Richard Alarcon blamed for driving him from home and district has apparently struck again. Alarcon says he found the same man who allegedly tore up the house last year back inside Thursday. "I knew instantly who it was," Alarcon said. "It was ... More >>

L.A. Location Shoots At Low Point In 2009

​On-location movie shoots in Los Angeles dipped nearly 30 percent in 2009, and all the local, location-based film, television and commercial productions comprised a 19.4 percent dip compared to 2008, marking a low point since records were kept in 1993. The dire report from FilmLA was touted a ... More >>

Today In WTF: Councilman Says Squatter Forced Him From Home, District

Councilman Richard Alarcon.​Facing a District Attorney's office inquiry over a claim that he has not been living in his own district, Councilman Richard Alarcon came clean today with an admission that he hasn't been living at his registered residence since late October, but the admission came ... More >>

Suspect Was Arrested For Burglarizing Councilman's Home

​Los Angeles police late Friday confirmed at least some of city Councilman Richard Alarcon's bizarre story about how his home was broken into: A suspect was indeed arrested for burglary at Alarcon's residence in the 14000 block of Nordhoff Street in Panorama City, according to Los Angeles Poli ... More >>

D.A. Investigating Claim That Councilman Alarcon Has Been Living Outside Own District

Councilman Richard Alarcon.​The Los Angeles District Attorney's office is investigating a claim that City Councilman Richard Alarcon has been living outside his district, which would be illegal, the office confirmed to L.A. Weekly Thursday. On Tuesday the D.A. served search warrants on two re ... More >>

L.A. Doesn't Have A Film Commission? Councilman Tries To Change That

Councilman Richard Alarcon.​It's a strange fact: The city of Los Angeles doesn't have a proper film-it-here marketing arm targeting Hollywood productions like such offices and commissions in New York, Toronto or even Savannah, Georgia. Councilman Richard Alarcon is proposing that we get one. ... More >>

City Council Votes for Permanent Ban on Digital Billboards

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban all digital billboards in the city, an action brought before them by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who feared that an existing "Interim Control Ordinance" that temporarily bans digital billboards and super-graphics may soon be found inval ... 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 >>

After Marlo Jones' Arrest: How to Keep Ex-Gang Members Straight?

You've got to hand it to our city's social guardians, they can see a gold lining in every tragedy. In the soul-searching that has followed last week's arrest of gang-interventionist Marlo Jones, several people gave the L.A. Times explanations for his alleged role in robbing a member of the hip hop g ... More >>

L.A.'s Toothless Spaying Law

A new neutering rule appeases the wrathful animal-rights lobby but offers little hope

Is This the Part They Call Reform?

Villaraigosa doesn’t win a decisive victory, and one of his own candidates is already minimizing his role

How Alarcón Sold Out the Schools

Re-running for City Council, he got a free pass from the media over his troubling antics in Sacramento

Anti-Choice Mayor

A political machine squeezes out Tokofsky, Montañez and Fuentes, giving voters sanitized choices

Shameless in Sacramento

The strange ways of Richard Alarcón

Letters

The Defibrillator

Richard Alarcón tries to jolt the mayor with a campaign about saving the middle class, Latinos and the Valley

Reversal of Misfortune

Fired by Laura Chick, overbillings investigator finds a friend in Sacramento

Top Dog Politics

Latinos take their turn

Out and No Wonder

Why aren’t city managers held to a higher standard?

Our selections in Tuesday's General Election

Endorsements 98

Valley Split

Old-School Campaign Hands Alacaron a Razor-thin Victory

A Valley Campaign (About) Race

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