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Glendale gets funding boost for affordable housing for veterans
Glendale’s planned affordable housing development that will focus on veterans is getting a funding boost from the county. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday in gave the project $850,000 in county funds as part of a motion to...Tags: Google Inc., Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Ron Kaye: Ouster speaks of modern politics
The way that Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich and the cabalists of the San Gabriel Valley cities treated Glendale Councilman Ara Najarian over his Metropolitan Transportation Authority board appointment because he opposes the 710 Freeway...Tags: Board of Directors, Herb Wesson, Local Government, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Highway Transportation
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Antonovich among county supervisors criticized for use of chauffeurs
One of the proudest achievements touted by Los Angeles County supervisors is that thrifty decisions have helped the bureaucracy avoid layoffs and major cuts in service. But some say the frugality hasn't extended to the board members' own perks. Eric...
Tags: Gloria Molina, Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles Times, Washington, DC, Travel
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Najarian removed in retaliation?
No doubt Mike Antonovich has done good things for northeast Los Angeles County during his career as supervisor of the 5th district. However, his latest move as the new chairman of the MTA Board of Directors has left many in his district, and around the... -
Najarian contemplates move to protect Metrolink board seat
Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian is considering putting a motion before the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in hopes that seven of his colleagues will vote to overturn a decision to replace him on a rail oversight board....
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Metro officials endorse measure to extend half-cent sales tax
Los Angeles County transportation officials on Thursday endorsed a proposed ballot measure that would extend a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects by 30 years. Measure R, which was passed by voters in 2008, currently ends in 2039. If voters...
Tags: Politics, Don Knabe, Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times, Elections
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Primary 2012: California voters OK changes to term limits for state legislators, appear reluctant to raise tobacco tax
Californians approved a change to term limits for state lawmakers, but a measure to raise tobacco taxes for the first time in nearly two decades was in trouble, voting returns showed late Tuesday. In Southern California contests, the nonpartisan race for...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Alan Jackson, Parties and Movements, Autism
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L.A. County supervisor redistricting debate draws packed house
More than 800 people packed the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration Tuesday to weigh in on a redrawing of voting districts for the Board of Supervisors, which governs the most populous county in the nation.
The crowd filled nearly every seat in...Tags: Minority Groups, Steve Cooley, Lee Baca, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Gloria Molina
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Supervisors dodge questions after private talk with Jerry Brown
After a closed-door meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, Los Angeles County supervisors held a brief open meeting before quickly leaving.
The hastily called meeting included Brown as well as Sheriff Lee Baca and lasted for about an hour. They were...Tags: Politics, Jerry Brown, Lee Baca, Gloria Molina, Don Knabe
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L.A. County jail panel seems likely with Antonovich announcement
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announced Monday that he would appoint a retired federal judge to an independent commission examining the scope of brutality in the sheriff's jails.
He made the announcement, however, before the board...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Justice System, Judges, Prisons, Lee Baca
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Caltrans determined to build 710 extension
When I first served on the Crescenta Valley Town Council, I attended one of the early presentations from the California Department of Transportation on the beginning of the State Route 710 Geotechnical Study. At that time, it seemed inconceivable that a...Tags: Los Angeles, Facebook, Children, Vehicles, Elections
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Parents must take responsibility
I appreciate the follow-up story by Veronica Rocha about the Halloween night car crash ("Teen's joyride ends in wreck, police say," Dec. 10). Too often, we never hear any details after the day of a story. (This story concerns a violent crash of a...Tags: Halloween, Los Angeles, Gloria Molina, Zev Yaroslavsky, Children
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