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February 1, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 31, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 31, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 30, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 29, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 18, 2013
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 >>
News
January 17, 2013
Rent Activists Hit Greuel and Garcetti
L.A. mayoral rivals dinged for favoring developers, fueling affordable-housing loss
Blogs
January 17, 2013
Two New Polls Offer Murky Picture Of L.A. Mayor's Race
Today we have two new polls of the L.A. mayor's race, with two different results. Both of them have some problems which make them less than totally reliable.The first is from Survey USA, a reputable polling firm that uses robocalls. It shows Councilman Eric Garcetti with an 8-point lead over Co ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2013
Mayor's Race: Eric Garcetti Edges Wendy Greuel In Chase For Campaign Cash
Eric Garcetti has expanded his narrow lead over mayoral rival Wendy Greuel in the race for campaign cash.According to campaign filings released this evening, Garcetti raised $727,000 last quarter, beating out Greuel, who raised $672,000.Garcetti also has more money on hand, with $3.6 million in the ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
January 4, 2013
Mayor's Race: Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Skirmish Over Cellphones
The New Year is upon us, which means that the candidates for L.A. mayor can finally stop being nice and start sending nasty press releases about each other.Controller Wendy Greuel kicked things off this morning with a press conference announcing that she was demanding five years worth of city cellph ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
December 3, 2012
L.A. Mayor's Race: "Exit Poll" Shows Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Atop The Field
Update: Not even Garcetti believes he's winning. More below.What better way to start off the week than with a dubious poll of the L.A. mayor's race?Fernando Guerra, of Loyola Marymount's Center for the Study of Los Angeles, has conducted an "exit poll" which purports to show Councilman Eric Garcetti ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
October 22, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
September 19, 2012
Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Play Nice At First Mayoral Debate
In the first debate of the 2013 mayor's race on Wednesday, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel came out of their corners, touched gloves, and then did not take a swing at each other for the rest of the night.Instead, the two frontrunners spent most of the night agreeing with each other on business taxati ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2012
Bob Hertzberg Backs Wendy Greuel In Mayor's Race; Zev Yaroslavsky Backer Sets Sept. 15 Decision Deadline
Bob Hertzberg wrapped his big arms around Wendy Greuel today, metaphorically, endorsing her campaign to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.Hertzberg, the former Assembly speaker, finished third in the 2005 mayor's race -- and first in the Valley. So it's natural that he'd back a fellow Valley politici ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2012
Los Angeles City Hall Sitting on Millions in Special Funds, Says Controller Wendy Greuel
The city of L.A. in recent years has struggled to come up with cash to fill potholes, expand the police department, and recruit firefighters. But L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel says Los Angeles bureaucrats, in fact, have been sitting on millions that are loafing in "special revenue funds." Yeah ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2012
L.A. Community College Chose a Watch Dog, Christine Marez, With Ties to Construction Supervisor She Was Supposed to Watch
The hot mess that is the Los Angeles Community College District just got a little messier. An audit by L.A. city controller Wendy Greuel released today found a dumb if not outright shady selection process for an inspector general who happened to have ties to a construction firm accused of shoddy on ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Michael Lee, L.A. Rec and Parks Employee, Allegedly Stole 800 Gallons From City Pumps; $6.9 Million in Gas Still Missing
So the LAPD just nabbed one (allegedly) conniving city employee on suspicion of "stealing more than 800 gallons of gasoline over a three month period of time" and selling it on the black market. Michael Anthony Lee, a 12-year veteran of the Department of Recreation of Parks who worked at the Algin ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Rave Promoters Got Low, Even No Rent at Publicly Run Coliseum as They Raked in Millions in Ticket Sales
Updated at the bottom: L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas says this just shows that it's time to do away with the Coliseum Commission. First posted at 11:54 a.m. Rave promoters at the publicly run L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena paid decreasing rents as they raked in millions in ticket revenu ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
$7 Million Worth of L.A. City Hall Gas Has Gone Missing With No Explanation
Other people's money. It's so fun to play with. Especially when it's yours. Let us explain: Today city controller Wendy Greuel said her latest audit has discovered that more than $7 million worth of fuel costs have gone basically unexplained at City Hall. That's your tax money at work, and it's en ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Animal Services Didn't Keep Track of Guns and Animals, Failed to Collect $1.3 Million in Fees, City Controller Wendy Greuel Says
Remember when Animal Services officers had to give up their guns, at a time when it didn't seem like the city department knew exactly how many weapons it even had? Well today city Controller Wendy Greuel spelled it out in an audit of Animal Services: "Department officials ... neglected to perform p ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Wendy Greuel Raises $1.1 Million For Mayor's Bid; Eric Garcetti Close Behind
Updated. Controller Wendy Greuel announced today that she has raised a total of $1.11 million in the 2013 race for L.A. mayor, giving her a slim advantage over Councilman Eric Garcetti.Garcetti announced today that he had raised $1.06 million since joining the race in September. Greuel launched h ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
L.A. City Hall Missed Out on More Than $1 Billion in Free U.S. Money: Wendy Greuel Blames Lack of Coordination
MatMYou, the taxpayer, might have missed out on $1 billion or more in free money because the geniuses at City Hall failed to coordinate their grant applications. That's according to the latest audit from city Controller Wendy Greuel, whose office says today that ... ... the lack of an effe ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel Finally Gets to Grit of Housing Authority Probe: Its Profitable 'Non-Profits'
Through the end of 2011, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) received a thorough spanking from press and politicians alike. L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel scrambled to play catchup with an Earth-shaking investigation by local news station KCET -- revealing swanky dinners, li ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
L.A. Housing Authority Audit Shows Lavish Travel, Meals, Gifts -- City Controller Wendy Greuel Plays Catch-Up With KCET
The Greuelinator.Flanked by L.A. City Councilmen Dennis Zine and Tony Cardenas at a press conference this morning, City Controller (and mayoral candidate!) Wendy Greuel "revealed" years of unchecked spending by Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles executives and staffers. Hundreds of ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
L.A.'s Worst City Departments, According to Controller Wendy Greuel's 'Audit Report Card'
Greuel's report card isn't going on the fridge.Just in time to outshine newest L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti on his big coming-out day, City Controller Wendy Greuel (also a candidate) has gifted her constituents a follow-up "report card" on all 41 audits she's issued in her time as L.A ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
L.A. City Wallet Has $23.5 Million More Than Expected, Says Controller Wendy Greuel
July's new Los Angeles city budget seemed like it was based on a little magical thinking. Viola -- and a few hundred million was somehow, some way erased from the books. So call us humbled: City Controller Wendy Greuel today said that L.A. has 23.5 million more in its reserve fund than was e ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Wendy Greuel Claims Fundraising Lead In 2013 Mayor's Race
Wendy GreuelThe 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 >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Rave Controversy at L.A. Coliseum Spawns Audit From L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel
Raving at the Coliseum.L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel will announce that she's launching an audit of the L.A. Coliseum today following reports of double dipping by a venue official who worked for a rave promoters, a taxpayer-owned car allegedly taken by a former general manager, and planne ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Gold Card Parking Ticket Dismissals For City Hall VIPs Revealed by City Controller Wendy Greuel Also Used by Greuel's Office
American ExpressDon't leave home without it.L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel called out the mayor and City Council yesterday for allegedly taking advantage of a little-known "gold card desk" that would expedite, and, seemingly, cancel parking tickets for VIPs. But City News Service reports ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Gold Card Parking Ticket Dismissals for City Hall VIPs Over, Says Mayor Villaraigosa
Mayor V.L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday pulled the plug on a controversial "gold card" program that allowed City Hall VIPs to essentially get parking tickets voided. The existence of the program was revealed yesterday by City Controller Wendy Greuel, who said about 1,000 tickets ha ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
Lax Parking Ticket Enforcement, Including Free Rides For Some Public Employees, Costs L.A. Hundreds of Thousands, Says Wendy Greuel
Ambernectar 13You complain about the omnipresent parking ninjas in L.A. And, yes, they suck. But somebody's getting away with not paying their tickets (and it sure isn't us). Public employees with special plates that mask their addresses have basically been off-the-hook for ticket payments. ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2011
Los Angeles City Hall Wastes $1.1 Million on Cellphone Use, Including $46,000 a Month on Unused Handsets
Following up on her March announcement that the city of L.A. spends $5 million a year on cellphones for employees, city Controller Wendy Greuel released an audit today that detailed some of the yakity-yak related waste. She concludes that at least $1.1 million of your money, at a time when l ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
VIDEO: Hilda Garcia, City Employee in L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa's Gang Unit, Called Out for Letting Husband Use Taxpayer-Paid Vehicle
Mayor to city workers: Don't do anything I wouldn't do!How much evidence does it take for the city of L.A. to realize it has a golf-ball-sized hole in the bottom of it's piggy bank? Company cars are a fat waste of money. No more denying it. There have been two Los Angeles audits -- one in 20 ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Parking Ticket Scofflaws Cost L.A. Nearly $15 Million: City Controller Wendy Greuel Blames Lax Parking Enforcement
Disney/PixarLax parking enforcement has robbed the city of L.A. of nearly $15 million, money that's much needed at City Hall faces more than $450 in red ink this summer. City Controller Wendy Greuel released an audit of the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) today that found that park ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
L.A. City Hall, Facing Historic Deficit, is Headed For $32 Million in Salary Overspending: Wendy Greuel Threatens to Stop Payment
Mind as well burn it.L.A. City Hall is headed for a $400 million budget hole, so you know city departments are really tightening their belts. Oh wait, they're not. They're spending like it's 1999, and salaries are on course to be $32 million over budget by the time the fiscal year ends in J ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
L.A. City Hall Cell Phone Bill at Nearly $5 Million: City Controller Wants That Cut by More Than Half
hotgirlswithiphones.comIf only City Hall were this discriminating with its mobile phone use.Jerry Brown's not the only Debbie Downer at the all-you-can-eat buffet known as California public employment. Wendy Greuel stepped forward Tuesday to call for L.A. City Hall's cell phone use to be cut ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2010
Should Authorities Donate Seized Fake Goods To L.A.'s Poor?
louisvuitton.comFor real.We reported this week how L.A. city officials boasted of a big bust of counterfeit goods right in the heart of last-minute shopping season. More than $4 million worth of fake crap was seized and 10 suspects were arrested, according to an announcement by city Controll ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Happy Shopping, L.A: City Controller Wendy Greuel Helps Take Fake Designer Crap Off Streets
Pleather is a crime: This is the real deal.Updated with locations of the busts after the jump. First posted at 12:14 p.m. Ah, it wouldn't be the holidays in L.A. without the man cracking down on two-bit peddlers of exquisite, Chinese-made "Louie Futon" pleather goods. Seeming a little Grinc ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Defends Red-Light Cameras, Despite $2.6 Million City Loss In Unpaid Tickets
We'd like to see Beck's red-light mug shotThis just in: One brave soul has finally come forward and admitted he likes the infamous red-light camera tickets of Los Angeles! LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, otherwise a pretty popular guy, has one very unpopular opinion to share with the city: He think ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2010
City Watchdog Wendy Greuel Says $3 Million A Year Was Wasted On Worker's Compensation, Blames 'Poor Oversight' Under Former City Attorney Rock Delgadillo
CBS2A DWP worker appears to drink on the job: Let's hope there's no worker's comp to be had here.It's possible that Los Angeles city workers file a high number of worker's compensation claims for fake injuries. But the truth is we don't know: The city only takes a closer look at about four pe ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Los Angeles Red-Light Cameras Cost Taxpayers $2.6 Million With Little Gained
Updated after the jump with comments from city Controller Wendy Greuel. First posted at 9 a.m. Those red-light cameras that have you gunning through yellows with a baseball cap over your eyes, your car's visors flipped down (to avoid being photographed and sent a ticket) appear to have done litt ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
City Of L.A. Has Hard Time Spending Free Stimulus Money -- 'Cause That's Hard Work Indeed
Wendy Greuel.An audit by City Controller Wendy Greuel finds that key L.A. departments have only created about 55 jobs out of $111 million in federal stimulus money, her office announced Thursday. The departments include transportation and public works, the latter of which created the most jo ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
L.A. City Department That Issues Parking Tickets Appears To Waste Millions In Taxpayer Dollars
Lord Jim via FlickrAn investigation into L.A.'s transportation department -- the folks who dole out some rather large parking tickets -- found that its electronic vehicle locators cost the city $2.5 million more than a contract called for and that, despite the overrun, less than one in ten of ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2010
Website Will Publish Salaries Of L.A. City Workers
Wendy Greuel.If City Controller Wendy Greuel has her way you'll soon be able to see a website that lists the salaries of Los Angeles municipal employees. In the wake of the Bell salary scandal, in which the city manager there was discovered to be making nearly $800,000 a year, Greuel said she ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Mayor Villaraigosa's Gang Program Has Spent Half Million Evaluating Itself -- To No Avail
Wendy Greuel.An audit by Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel scheduled to be released Tuesday found that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's $26-million-a-year Gang Reduction and Youth Development office has, along with the nonprofit Urban Institute, spent more than a half million dollars to ev ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2010
DWP Officials Hauled Before City Council
The City Council did its best Congress imitation today, hauling up officials and former officials from the L.A. Department of Water and Power. Council members grilled them -- and did some grandstanding -- on charges that the public utility misled council members about $73.5 million in surpl ... More >>
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