Los Angeles City Council

Mar 3 2011

Top concerns outlined

Tough economic times force hard decisions that impact every residential and business constituent in the various council districts, and that is no different in the 10th District. With the Los Angeles municipal elections coming up this Tuesday, there are those who believe that something different needs to happen. Below find in their own words the candidates running for the 10th District, and their thoughts on pertinent issues facing those who live and work there. All Candidates were invited to submit input, and the comments are entered in the order responses were returned.

Earl "Skip" Cooper  |   OW Guest Contributor
Feb 24 2011

AEG efforts applauded

The potential Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) football stadium for downtown Los Angeles would spur major economic development and finance for the local economy, and in particular, for minority and small businesses. I strongly applaud the efforts of AEG, as well as Farmers Insurance Exchange, in their commitment to this historical project. The proposed football stadium will be dubbed Farmers Field under a naming-rights agreement announced by AEG.

Feb 22 2011

Los Angeles City

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles residents have until 5 p.m. today to register to vote in the March 8 municipal election.

The election includes races for the seven even-numbered seats on the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 14th districts. Voters will also choose four members of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education and four members of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.

Jan 26 2011

$25 billion deficit

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The mayors of California's largest cities, including Los Angeles, will meet with Gov. Jerry Brown today to ask him to find another way of balancing the state's budget without eliminating municipal redevelopment agencies and enterprise zones.

"I understand and respect the daunting fiscal challenge facing the governor and Legislature, and want to help craft an alternative that protects economic development for our communities most desperate for jobs,'' Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a statement.

Jan 4 2011

Kashmier James, Taburi Watson and Jesus Vasquez

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Three separate rewards of $50,000 each were offered today for information leading to the perpetrators of recent murders in South Los Angeles, including the Christmas Day slaying of a woman in front of her child and the shooting of a teenage bicyclist.

The Los Angeles City Council agreed to hand out the cash to tipsters willing to help authorities identify, arrest and convict those responsible for the deaths of Kashmier James, 14-year-old Taburi Watson and Jesus Vasquez.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.