Zev Yaroslavsky

Pit Bulls' Fatal Attack Leads to Dangerous Dog Crackdown in L.A.

Last month a woman jogging east of Palmdale was fatally mauled by a pack of pit bulls. The shocking attack landed the dogs' owner in jail, where he faces a rare murder charge for something four of his canines allegedly did. Now Los Angeles County authorities are cracking down on "dangerous dogs" wi ... More >>

Zev Yaroslavsky And Former Coliseum Manager Point Fingers Over '04 Super Bowl Tickets

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Pat Lynch, the convicted ex-manager of the L.A. Coliseum, are pointing the finger at each other over a pair of Super Bowl tickets that Yaroslavsky obtained for a constituent in 2004.Lynch, who was caught up in a massive corruption scandal at the Coliseum, contends that ... More >>

With Zev Yaroslavsky Out Of Mayor's Race, Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Dial For Supporters

As soon as Zev Yaroslavsky bowed out of the race for mayor Thursday morning, top contenders Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti started working the phones in a mad scramble to pick up his supporters.By the end of the day on Friday, both campaigns had picked up some converts. Greuel claimed a longer list, ... More >>

Zev Yaroslavsky Announces He's Not Running For Mayor

Updated below. After agonizing about it for much of his life, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavksy has decided not to run for mayor of Los Angeles.Yaroslavksy, who has been in public office since winning a City Council seat at 26, announced his decision this morning on his blog. While I have never been a supp ... More >>

L.A. County Supervisors Spent Thousands on V.I.P. Chauffer Service in D.C.

After years of criticizing the every move of Los Angeles County's five-member governing board, gadfly extraordinaire Eric Preven -- known by county supervisors as the pesky mosquito who's never missed a meeting -- finally gets his crowing and legitimizing moment this week with a juicy expose on the ... More >>

Zev Yaroslavsky, Stepping Aside, Warns That Next Mayor Must Confront Unions Or Face "Financial Tailspin"

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky announced this morning that he won't be a candidate for mayor in 2013. But he has plenty of advice for those who will be running, especially when it comes to taking on the city's powerful employee unions.In an interview with the Weekly today, Yaroslavsky warned that the ne ... More >>

Carmageddon 2: Avoid the 405, But Don't Stop Shopping on the Westside Pweeze

The first Carmageddon, when the 405 freeway was shut down for much of a weekend last summer to facilitate the take-down of an old bridge, was so successful that some businesses on the Westside complained that too many people just stayed home. This time around L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, ... More >>

LACMA Rock Finally Opens to the Public. But Does It Live Up to Expectations?

"When the rock is installed, will I stand under it and experience its massive weight?" wondered artist Dai Toyofuku, when I spoke with him him back in March. "Will I feel like it might crush me?" The 340-ton granite boulder, soon to be the centerpiece of Michael Heizer's sculpture Levitated Mass, ha ... More >>

L.A. Riots: Zev Yaroslavsky's Car 'Was Totally Destroyed'

South L.A. was gutted by the L.A. riots, which were sparked 20 years ago Sunday. Hollywood was hit. Parts of Koreatown burned. But news coverage of fires and looting further west was rare. As we look back at the uprisings with our Riot Stories vignettes, we checked in with L.A. County Supervisor Ze ... More >>

Los Angles Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky? Time Running Out For Popular Pol To Announce Candidacy

So here's the deal... well-known, widely respected Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky is the frontrunner of the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral race. Political pros think he'd win and do a solid job of fixing a broken city; wealthy liberal contributors would love to throw money at him; and nearl ... More >>

Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel Lead in Mayor's Race, Zev Yaroslavsky Trails Slightly, Per Private Poll Results

Zev Yaroslavsky​According to the conventional wisdom, Zev Yaroslavsky is the presumptive front-runner in the race to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.But a private poll, the results of which were obtained by the L.A. Weekly, turns that wisdom on its head.The poll shows Councilman Eric Garcetti and ... More >>

The Politics of The L.A. County Redistricting Fight Explained -- With Venn Diagrams!

Zev Yaroslavsky: At the center of the storm​The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is just a week away from its big vote on redistricting.Last week, we used pie charts to illustrate the underlying demographic reality of the issue, which is that white people are over-represented on the Board while La ... More >>

'Racial Gerrymandering' for L.A. County Supes: New, More Politically Viable Plan Welcomes White Republican Don Knabe Back in

Long Beach PostKey to redistricting: Keep incumbents happy.​Leave it to L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina to play peacekeeper in her five-member board's redistricting battle -- standing up for the civil rights of Latino voters while placating Republican Don Knabe by letting him have some of ... More >>

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Eric Garcetti Becomes Eclectic: What Councilman's Guest DJ Set Says About the Race For L.A. Mayor

Eric Garcetti, spinning​Eric Garcetti knows how to spin. The still-undeclared candidate for mayor threw down some tracks yesterday during a guest DJ set at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. It was all in good fun, but Garcetti's playlist -- and his commentary on it -- says a lot about how he would ... More >>

Beach Bathroom Stank Alert Prompts L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to Ask For More Janitorial Funds

Smelling good, Zuma Beach.​When you hear tourists complaining about dirty, stinky beaches, don't automatically assume that Lindsay Lohan, the Kardashian sisters, and Andy Dick are the objects of their ire. (We kid). No, they could be holding their noses and pointing at L.A. County's lovely be ... More >>

Laying Odds on Mayoral Race

Beverly Hills-Adjacent Mega Mansion's L.A. City Approvals Lambasted by Zev Yaroslavsky, Who Could Be L.A.'s Next Mayor

Benedict Canyon, home of the moderately sized mansion.​The man who could be our next mayor isn't happy with some of the people who might end up under his supervision. L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky this week lambasted L.A. city officials for allowing a proposed, 85,000-square-foot man ... More >>

Zev Yaroslavsky Will Replace Antonio Villaraigosa as Mayor, Experts Predict

If Zev runs, he’s the man to beat in 2013

Death, Money and Megaraves

Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills

Benefit Set For Funeral Of 15-Year-Old Who Died After Attending 'EDC' Rave

EDC​Friends of the 15-year-old girl who died after attending a rave in Exposition Park last weekend planned two bake sales, including one Friday, to help pay for her funeral, a family fried told the Weekly. Sasha Rodriquez died on Tuesday after she attended the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival ... More >>

Los Angeles County Calls For Moratorium On Raves At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. Twitpic​Following the death of a 15-year old girl at a weekend rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Cou ... More >>

Video Of Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Depicts Crush Of People, Injuries

View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. YouTube​Video of a crush of gatecrashers Saturday at the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Exposition Park de ... More >>

Raves Temporarily Banned At Los Angeles Coliseum Following Problems At Electric Daisy Carnival

​ View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. The president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission has temporarily banned raves at the venue following the d ... More >>

County Dogs Sniff for Illicit Produce

Courtesy: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's Web site​Because practically nobody covers the county anymore, the job of writing light feature stories about the nation's largest local government has fallen to... Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's press staff.Today they turn in a nice piece on Ebony and Tahoe (p ... More >>

County Supervisor Threatens To Banish Porn Industry Over Condoms

​After a county health official said requiring condoms on porn shoots in Los Angeles County would simply drive them outside L.A., Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said let them leave. "I don't give a damn if they leave L.A. County,'' he said. "This is not an industry that we want to protect and enha ... More >>

Rubbers Revolutionary: AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Michael Weinstein

Activist wants to save porn actors from STDs. It's been lonely

HuffPo L.A. Gets Off to Shaky Start

Whenever a news media outlet starts, and publicizes, its debut coverage of Los Angeles with a top ten list from local billionaire Eli Broad -- not to mention what's essentially a press release from a big time, local politician ... in this case, L.A. County Board Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky -- you kno ... More >>

Supes Take Off Gloves, Take on Sacramento

After disentangling itself from the morass of feel-good decrees and distractions like the Wagner Wars, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to sue Sacramento if state legislators or the governor try to seize local redevelopment and highway taxes to shore up California's budget. As the budget c ... More >>

Inside View of Inner-City Schools

A former LAUSD teacher writes in

City Hall's "Density Hawks" Are Changing L.A.'s DNA

Bitter homes & gardens?

A Zillion New Neighbors

Scared by a weakening downtown, City Hall is set to obliterate zoning protections

Death Watch

King/Drew slips away on county supervisors’ watch

We Endorse

L.A. Weekly’s choices for June 6

Go, Henry, Go

Light at the end of the Red Line tunnel

The Subway Mayor

How a bus-only politician — and a car-obsessed city — are learning to love the underground

All A-Bored

The MTA’s mechanics aren’t the striking janitors of 2000

Giving Up the Ranch

Newhall gets its way with county supervisors

Leap of Logic

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

Fairness Dictates

The First Step Back

Yes, needle exchanges can save lives. But they can do even more

The Fashion Police

Mean and Cheap

The state drops the ball on health care for health workers

Never Too Early To Run

Who will be L.A.’s mayor in 2009? And 2017? Find out here.

Cracked!

The Disaster Waiting To Happen Inside L.A.'s Steel-Frame Towers

Cattle Call

The Race to Succeed Richard Riordan -- and to Shape the Future of Los Angeles -- Has Already Begun

Early Aspirations

City attorney seeks to pre-empt mayoral field

The Grand Finale?

The City Council lines up behind the new charter — but that doesn’t mean it has to like it

Dig No More

But is this anyway to kill a subway?