Patrick Range McDonald

In the Los Angeles City Controller race, frontrunners Dennis Zine, Cary Brazeman, and Ron Galperin are duking it out. Zine raised more money than his two rivals -- $811,000 to Galperin's $362,000 and Brazeman's $215,000 -- but Galperin got a Los Angeles Times endorsement. As of now, Zine leads with......

In the Los Angeles City Council District 7 race, frontrunner and former state assemblyman Felipes Fuentes will most probably run away with the contest. That's not to say he's the best candidates in the world -- he's actually known as the "Worst Legislator in California." But rivals Jesse David Barron,......

After months of political contention, West Hollywood voters will decide today if term limits for City Council members should be approved and if incumbents Jeff Prang and John Duran should be re-elected. Former Councilman Steve Martin, a front-running challenger, wants to replace either Duran or Prang. From the start, this......

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti flip-flopped days before the March 5 primary election, embracing Parent Trigger, the dramatic law now spreading nationwide that lets disgusted parents take over bad schools through petition. On February 15, when L.A. Weekly pressed the five top mayoral candidates for their positions on Parent......

Read L.A. Weekly's news story on Proposition A: "L.A. Sales Tax Hike: Will $211 Million Increase Fix City's Problems?" While nearly all of L.A.'s political establishment -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Herb Wesson, and deep-pocketed special interests -- are lining up behind Proposition A, City Hall watchdog Jack......

Correction: A previous version of this post stated that Fuentes "switched" his vote 138 times. That was incorrect. The legislator missed 138 votes. He later "added" his vote 138 times, after knowing the outcomes of the bills. Corrections have been made throughout the post. Now there's one more reason why......

Read L.A. Weekly's news story "L.A. Sales Tax Hike: Will $211 Million Increase Fix City's Problems?" Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council president Herb Wesson say they need to raise the city's sales tax by one-half percent to close a looming $216 million budget deficit, but can taxpayers......

Correction: A previous version of this post stated that Blumenfield "switched" his vote 89 times. That was incorrect. The legislator missed a vast majority of votes and changed three of them. He later "added" or "changed" his vote 89 times, after knowing the outcomes of the bills. Corrections have been......

Things are certainly changing in L.A. City Council District 9, although politicians and certain news outlets may play it down for the public. You see, African American leaders want to keep a black councilmember in that district -- Jan Perry will be termed out this year -- while Latino politicos......

Update: Luke Caldwell also made videos for the 2012 presidential election. More after the jump. Los Angeles mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti may have the slick TV ads, but Kevin James now has one heck of an unofficial campaign song, with a polished video to boot. In fact,......