Antonio Villaraigosa

Controversy has broken out in Beverly Hills over the proposed construction of a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School. Locals are irate about the construction, which endangers property values and presents significant safety issues for students. But what takes this issue from the realm of the local to the realm of the national is the fact that the subway tunnel isn’t being constructed merely to help Angelenos to and fro. As the Beverly Hills Courier has reported, it’s being...Read Full Story

89.3 KPCCLA mayor calls for city layoffsSan Francisco Chronicle(03-29) 19:45 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he'll call for layoffs of city workers as part of his budget proposal to be released next month. The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/H5LVII) says Villaraigosa told ...Villaraigosa says LA must lay off 'a large number of people'Los Angeles TimesVillaraigosa To Call For Layoffs Of City WorkersCBS LocalLA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for...Read Full Story

Maria Lucy Armendariz -- who goes by the name of Lucy Armendariz -- is a 41 years old single mother. Armendariz was born in East Los Angeles. She attended UCLA and later graduated with a law degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1997. After a short stint in private practice, she assumed a government position in Sacramento. Ms Lucy Armendariz. In 2007, Ms. Armendariz was appointed State Bar Court Judge. At that time, the California Bar Journal reported that she was the single mother of a...Read Full Story

First lady Michelle Obama talks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chat during an event held to showcase efforts being made to draw grocers to low-income neighborhoods at the future site of a Northgate Market in Inglewood, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) via huffingtonpost.com Permalink | Leave a comment  »Read Full Story

via en.wikipedia.org Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California. Prior to his election as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, the Speaker of the California State Assembly, and the Los Angeles City Councilman representing the 14th District. In 1998, Villaraigosa was chosen by his colleagues to be the first Speaker of the Assembly from Los Angeles in 25 years. Villaraigosa left the Assembly in 2000 due to...Read Full Story