Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Although I am no longer living in Los Angeles, I am happy to read this morning that L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was reelected for a second four-year term in yesterday’s election there. I’ve been a supporter of Villaraigosa since I first met him in 2003 at a John Kerry campaign event. He has an ambitious agenda for the city [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
California for all intents and purposes is in the toilet economically speaking. Things have gone from bad to worse out there, as Governor Schwarzenegger is now preparing to send out 20,000 pink slips. That will leave many more Californians singing the blues.
If there’s any bright news at all coming from the state that’s been hit [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
Ah god, I love former California Governor Jerry Brown. He’s currently Attorney General and is running again for Governor. Here’s a news piece from Political Wire:
Jerry Brown (D), who first ran for governor in 1974 as a reformer — and ultimately served two terms — is launching another bid, the Los Angeles Times reports.
“No one [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
According to a poll released today, Barack Obama is picking up steam among Latino voters and he is “winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries.”
The national survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, showed that 66 percent of Hispanic registered voters [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Gay marriage activists won a clear victory in California today as the California Supreme Court “struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage Thursday in a broadly worded decision that would invalidate virtually any law that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.”
The 4-3 ruling declared that the state Constitution protects a fundamental “right to [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
There is an excellent article in WaPo about ‘Clinton’s California Dream Team‘, including Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, actor activist Rob Reiner and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
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