Wendy Greuel

Decrying TV Attacks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Gives A Boost To Wendy Greuel

So much for staying neutral. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said that he would not get involved in the campaign to succeed him, saying he wants to maintain good relations with both Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti.But if we know one thing about this guy, it's that he's constitutionally incapable of st ... 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 >>

Wednesday Attack Ad Round-Up: Three New Spots Slam Mayoral Candidates In English And En Español

We're already getting a little nostalgic for the L.A. mayor's race, which will be over next Tuesday. Call us crazy, but we think we'll miss the attack ads the most. There's just something compelling about seeing fundamentally decent public servants portray each other as child-killing monsters.Today ... More >>

A User's Guide To The L.A. Mayor's Race: 5 Key Differences Between Garcetti And Greuel

The last televised mayoral debate is tonight on KCAL, which means one more opportunity to point out that the candidates agree with each other on everything. That's been one of the recurring themes of the race: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel are fundamentally the same.The problem with that is not tha ... More >>

Friday Attack Ad Roundup: Garcetti Slammed Over Occupy L.A., Greuel Camp Threatens Lawsuit

Mic check! Finally, someone has dragged (finally, someone has dragged...) Occupy L.A. into the race for mayor. In a web-only video released today, the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce attacked Eric Garcetti for inviting the Occupy movement to "stay as long as you need to" on the City Hall lawn back in ... More >>

Dead Heat: Wendy Greuel Up By One Point In New Mayoral Poll

A new poll in the L.A. mayor's race shows Wendy Greuel up by one point over Eric Garcetti, a sign that her campaign's decision to spend $1.4 million on an unusually early TV ad blitz may have paid off.The poll, by the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State L.A., was conducted April 29-Ma ... More >>

Wendy Greuel TV Ad Slams Eric Garcetti's Polo Fundraiser With Felon Developer

It turns out that reports of the demise of Wendy Greuel's TV campaign were premature. Greuel released a new attack ad this afternoon, attacking mayoral rival Eric Garcetti for holding a polo fundraiser with a convicted felon.The Greuel campaign has reserved about $300,000 worth of time for this spot ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Attack Ad Calls Wendy Greuel "The DWP's Mayor"

Councilman Eric Garcetti launched a new TV ad today attacking mayoral rival Wendy Greuel over her support from the union that represents Department of Water and Power workers.The 30-second ad, posted after the jump, calls Greuel "the DWP's mayor."

Garcetti and Greuel's Worst Days in Power

Setting aside promises, how have they behaved?

Wendy Greuel Slams Kevin James In Attack Mailer, But Courted Him For Weeks In Text Exchange

Wendy Greuel's mayoral campaign has launched an attack on Eric Garcetti with direct mail targeted at the African-American and Latino communities. In two similar mailers, the Greuel campaign highlights Garcetti's endorsement from white Republican Kevin James, who finished third in the March 5 primary ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Has One-Point Lead in Mayor's Race, According To DWP Union's New Poll

Eric Garcetti has a one-point lead in the race for L.A. mayor, according to a new poll issued by Working Californians, the DWP union-backed campaign supporting Wendy Greuel.The poll found Garcetti leading 39% to Greuel's 38%, with 23% still undecided. The margin of error is 3.7%.The Greuel campaign ... More >>

Survey USA Brings The Noise: New Robo-poll Has Wendy Greuel Up 3 Points

You may have seen the new Survey USA robo-poll out this morning, which purports to show Wendy Greuel up three points in the race for L.A. mayor. We're getting tired of trashing Survey USA, but this poll may get more attention than most, because it shows a violent, 12-point swing in Greuel's dir ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Leads By 10 Points In New USC/L.A. Times Poll

Councilman Eric Garcetti has a 10-point lead in the race for mayor, according to the USC Price / L.A. Times poll out this morning.According to the survey of 500 likely voters, Garcetti leads his opponent, Controller Wendy Greuel, by a margin of 50 percent to 40 percent.The margin is the largest seen ... More >>

Wendy Greuel TV Ad Attacks Eric Garcetti's Support For Digital Billboards, Which She Also Voted For

Wendy Greuel launched a TV attack ad this morning, faulting her rival in the race for L.A. mayor for his support for a controversial settlement allowing hundreds of digital billboards.However, Greuel also voted for the 2006 settlement with Clear Channel Outdoor and CBS Outdoor when the issue came be ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Spends $700,000 On New TV Ad Touting Endorsements

With just a few days left before absentee ballots are mailed in the L.A. mayor's race, Wendy Greuel has released a new TV ad highlighting her endorsements from Barbara Boxer, Richard Riordan and Magic Johnson.The Greuel campaign has spent heavily on this one -- about $700,000 over the next five days ... More >>

Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Debate, But Expected Fight On Education Fizzles

Mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti met on Thursday night for their first one-on-one debate. But on the hot topic of the week -- education reform -- an expected confrontation fizzled.Greuel did challenge Garcetti on the issue, but she passed up an opportunity to put Garcetti on the def ... More >>

Why Wendy Greuel's Campaign Stumbled: Recent Shake-up Reveals Aides' Power Struggle

Wendy Greuel entered the UCLA Faculty Center last week to Alicia Keys' soaring anthem "Girl On Fire." But after two years of campaigning for mayor, and a disappointing second-place finish in the March 5 primary, Greuel was still trying to light a spark. In her speech, she vowed she would break ... More >>

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:

Two New Polls Show Dead Heat In Mayor's Race; But Are They Believable?

Today we have two new polls in the L.A. mayor's race, and both show Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel in a statistical dead heat.The Garcetti campaign dismissed the numbers, while the Greuel campaign embraced them as a sign that she has "momentum" following her second-place finish in the March 5 primar ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Seeks To Reboot Campaign, Acknowledging Her Union Backing Has Defined Mayor's Race

Wendy Greuel this morning launched a reboot of her campaign for mayor of L.A., giving a speech at UCLA that attacked the media and rival Eric Garcetti, while including a tacit admission that she has struggled to define her candidacy.Greuel acknowledged up front that her campaign has been overshadowe ... More >>

Kevin James Joins A Growing List of Conservatives Who Back Liberal Eric Garcetti in L.A. Mayor's Race

Former mayoral candidate Kevin James endorsed Eric Garcetti today, making him the latest conservative to side with the liberal councilman out of concern that Controller Wendy Greuel is too beholden to unions.James, a former conservative radio host, joins bloggers Michael Higby, of Mayor Sam, and Pau ... More >>

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 >>

Mayoral Contenders Keep The Gloves On At L.A. Political Roast

Councilman Tom LaBonge was the honoree at last night's 16th Annual Los Angeles Political Roast at the Beverly Hilton. And while there were plenty of jokes about his fondness for pumpkin bread, all eyes were on mayoral rivals Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti to see if they would get in any nasty digs a ... 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 >>

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 >>

Even After Election, Pro-Greuel Group Still Running TV Ad Attacking Eric Garcetti

Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel flooded the TV airwaves in the week leading up to Tuesday's mayoral primary. Since then, both campaigns have gone off the air and gone back on the fundraising circuit.But that doesn't mean TV viewers can put the election out of their minds completely. Working Californi ... 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 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 >>

Los Angeles Mayoral Primary Absentee Ballot Results: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel Neck and Neck

Early results in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, with about 6 percent of ballots counted show Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti neck and neck, with 33,435 for Garcetti and 33,119 for Greuel. Most of them presumed to be absentee ballots. That puts them both at about 31 percent. Jan Perry is well bac ... More >>

Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Lead The Pack In Race For Mayor, USC/L.A. Times Survey Finds

Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel appear to be headed to a May 21 runoff election in the race to be the next mayor of L.A., according to a new USC Price / L.A. Times poll.Garcetti has 27% of the vote to Greuel's 25% -- a statistical tie. Former radio host Kevin James trails with 1 ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Had Dinner With Union Boss; Rival Mayoral Candidate Alleges Illegal Coordination

In the closing weekend of the L.A. mayoral primary, new allegations are surfacing about a dinner that Controller Wendy Greuel shared recently with one of the co-chairs of the independent group supporting her campaign.Independent committees are barred from coordinating their efforts with candidates. ... More >>

Wendy Greuel's Private Sector Job Involved Lobbying At L.A. City Hall

As she campaigns for mayor, Wendy Greuel has repeatedly stressed one thing that distinguishes her from her top two rivals: She has private-sector experience.Indeed, Greuel's resume includes a four-year stint at DreamWorks -- something that neither Jan Perry nor Eric Garcetti can claim -- which says ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Attacks Eric Garcetti In New Radio Ad; TV Ads Picking Up In Campaign's Final Week

Update below: Check out Kevin James' latest video, and an Eric Garcetti radio ad.Controller Wendy Greuel launched a new radio ad today in the increasingly contentious race for L.A. mayor, attacking Councilman Eric Garcetti for taking "luxury trips around the world" on the taxpayer's dime.The spot (a ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Slams Rival Eric Garcetti With Devastating Academy Awards Spoof

In a campaign mailer perfectly timed to coincide with the Academy Awards show (it's one of those "only in L.A." political moments), Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel takes off the gloves and proclaims that rival Eric Garcetti has won "Worst Performance by a Politician in a Leading Role" fro ... 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 >>

Wendy Greuel Edges Eric Garcetti In Fundraising, Has More Cash In Campaign's Final Two Weeks

Update below: Kevin James' super PAC runs out of steam.Controller Wendy Greuel raised more money over the last month than Councilman Eric Garcetti, her top rival in the race for L.A. mayor, and has more cash in the bank with less than two weeks to go before the March 5 primary.Greuel reported raisin ... More >>

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Amid Ad Blitz For Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti Uses TV Debate To Attack

Amid a TV ad blitz for Wendy Greuel, rival candidate Eric Garcetti went on the attack at Monday night's televised debate, with just two weeks left before the March 5 primary.Garcetti challenged Greuel's numbers and repeatedly cited the $1 million in ad spending she has received from the union that r ... More >>

L.A. Police Protective League Launches TV Spot For Wendy Greuel

Another City Hall union is now running ads on behalf of Wendy Greuel's campaign for L.A. mayor.The L.A. Police Protective League started airing its ad this weekend. (Video after the jump.) It comes about a week after Working Californians, the IBEW-funded independent group, started running its own Gr ... More >>

Will Mayoral Candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel Take Action to Protect Mothers and Children From Air Pollution?

Another important study about the impacts of air pollution on children was released last week, but don't expect mayoral frontrunners Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel to say or do anything specific about it. In 2010, L.A. Weekly exposed in the cover story "Black Lung Lofts" the dangerous side effects ... More >>

Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Duel Over Budget Numbers

Councilman Eric Garcetti kept the focus on Wendy Greuel's plan to hire 2,000 cops and 1,000 firefighters today, arguing that his chief opponent in the campaign for L.A. mayor is making promises she can't keep."Independent analysis shows the numbers simply don't add up," Garcetti said this afternoon. ... More >>

Hard-Charging Mayoral Candidate Kevin James Takes Aim at Wendy Greuel with 'WendyWatch'

While the Los Angeles mayor's race hasn't been the most inspiring contest -- frontrunners Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel have been so careful with what they say that the average voter probably has no idea what one of them will do if elected mayor -- candidate Kevin James has been trying his best to ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Unveils $417 Million Plan To Hire Cops And Firefighters; Plan Relies On Rosy Projections

Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel unveiled a $417 million plan this morning to hire 2,000 new police officers and 1,000 new firefighters by 2020.Greuel said she would pay for the additional hires by setting aside a quarter of the projected revenue increases over the next several years. However, the pla ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Walks Back Debate Remarks About Moving LAX Runway

Wendy Greuel has quietly walked back remarks she made last week about the LAX reconfiguration project, after getting herself in hot water with Westchester activists.The remarks came during last week's televised debate, which was hosted by the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and which focused on projec ... 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 >>

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 >>

Eric Garcetti Attacks Wendy Greuel For Her "Flim-Flam" Waste Claim

Eric Garcetti took to the microphones today to attack Wendy Greuel on her claim to have discovered $160 million in waste, fraud and abuse -- marking the sharpest dispute yet between the two leading candidates."The numbers that are the cornerstone of her campaign don't add up," Garcetti said. "This i ... More >>

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Duel Over Celebrity Vote in L.A. Mayoral Race

It's always fun to see who the cool kids -- i.e., celebrities -- line up with come election season, and this year's mayoral race is starting to attract that kind of attention. L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti recently rolled out a video starring a gushing Salma Hayek. Now it's City Controller Wend ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Launches First Mayoral TV Ad

Tuesday, 11:15 a.m. Updated below with video. Controller Wendy Greuel will be the first candidate to run TV commercials in the race for L.A. mayor, according to records filed with the Federal Communications Commission.Greuel's ads will start airing Tuesday morning. The campaign spent at least $125,0 ... More >>

Will Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Turn Back Clock on Slum Housing Prevention?

Read more about Wendy Greuel's housing record: "Rent Activists Hit Greuel and Garcetti." Update, 1:05 p.m.: City Controller Wendy Greuel's office releases a statement, after the jump. Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, who's running for mayor, is stirring up outrage with a recommendation th ... More >>