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Despite Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's guarantee that the city of Los Angeles will not go bankrupt, there's a fair amount of evidence demonstrating it's quite possible, at least according to urban-history author and economic journalist Joel Kotkin (...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, los-angeles, mayor, unions, villaraigosa

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No, we're not talking about the two- to four-percent raises given to some Department of Water and Power workers late last year as the City Council knew the budget crisis was looming. Rather, a handful of employees who transferred to the DWP in order...

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As the city's historic budget crisis loomed, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa went to Guadalajara, San Antonio and Europe. He's been to the Grammys, the Oscars and his own Academy Awards party. The mayor even found time to make an appearance o...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, city-council, los-angeles, mayor, villaraigosa

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Councilman Tony Cardenas. Antonio Villaraigosa dropped his mayoral hammer after a councilman attempted to transfer some discretionary funds to help pay for office salaries in the shadow of a budget crisis at City Hall: After asking the City Council l...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, city-council, mayor, representative, tony-cardenas

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Photograph by Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles TimesThe downtown public library, which survived a devastating fire, is now threatened with budget cutbacks and layoffs. The Daily Mirror is a big supporter of libraries and librarians, and we'...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, books, budget, business, economy

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As City Hall ponders its options in shaving a $212 million deficit one councilman is suggesting that the burden of sidewalk repairs be shifted to property owners. Councilman Bernard Parks says that the city could save millions by having you foot the...

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The Days of Real Sport, by Clare Briggs. March 5, 1920: Police Chief Home appeals to the City Council for 300 more officers because so many have been transferred to the Central Division from more rural areas. Recall the theory propos...

topics: city-council, lapd, liquor

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March 5, 1910: This was one of those days when there were too many good stories to focus on one: Charles Lummis resigns as city librarian a veterinarian s assistant dies a horrible death after being bitten by a diseased dog Andrew Carnegie...

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City Controller Wendy Greuel on Tuesday released her economic forecast for the cash-strapped L.A. city budget next fiscal year and, as expected, it wasn't pretty: Revenue is expected to drop $141 million, the city will have to borrow $550 million to...

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March 1, 1910: Thomas Higgins is adding two floors to his building at 2nd and Main streets. A century later, downtown hipsters will thank him! On the jump, police make a terrible blunder in putting officers in Chinatown back in uniform, ...