Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Open Letter to Teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.08.2012

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Antonio Villaraigosa

On this Teacher Appreciation Day, I'd like thank you for your countless hours, your sweat and tears, and your relentless commitment to our children. And I'd also like to thank you in advance for inspiring the next generation of amazing teachers.

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Are You a Friend of Azealia Banks?

Tomas Mournian | Posted 05.03.2012

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Tomas Mournian

The Los Angeles LGBT Heritage Month Writing Contest encourages queer youth to make a video or write -- poem, essay, short story -- a creative work connecting to their life with a larger history.

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Rag Picking in America?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.16.2012

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Carl Pope

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa takes pride in the fact that his city's recycling rate is the highest in any of America's million plus population cities. But listening to the workers, it is clear that inside the recycling facility, workers are treated more like the garbage they sort than fellow citizens.

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Villaraigosa Faces Racism: 'Go Back To Mexico'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.14.2012

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A man told Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to "Go back to Mexico" as the mayor was leaving the state capitol recently. Dan Morain of the Sac...

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FACEOFF: LAFD Union & Villaraigosa Exchange Insults

2011-04-04-tcmhuffpo.jpg | Posted 03.13.2012

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Story comes courtesy of The City Maven. By Alice M. Walton Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the president of the firefighters union used a mornin...

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PHOTOS: Nominees Play Nice Before The Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

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Thursday night, Academy Award Nominees gathered at the home of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for The Hollywood Reporter's Nominees' Night 2012 -- a celeb...

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Carlos Harrison

Who Might Be The First Latino President Of The U.S?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.20.2012

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With all the attention being placed on the Latino vote, possible Hispanic vice-president candidates, and the support of influential Latino leaders in ...

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Elise Foley

LA Mayor And Obama Supporter Previews Line Of Attack On Mitt Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, plans to dig into Mitt Romney in a speech on immigration reform Wednesday, when he w...

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Mayors To Make Controversial New Announcement

Posted 01.19.2012

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Working with marriage-equality advocates Freedom to Marry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the heads of several other major American cities will ...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Presidential Candidates Skip Meeting With Mayors On Job Creation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly 250 of the nation's mayors will be in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss some of America's most pressing issues, including jo...

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Port of LA Shows You Can Be Pro-Jobs and Pro-Environment

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 03.07.2012

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Our port is a vital economic engine for the region -- additional cargo means additional jobs. So make no mistake: we need to grow our port, especially now.

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Kim Kardashian, Blair Underwood, Others Serve Turkey To Homeless In Skid Row

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian, Blair Underwood and other celebrities served up a Thanksgiving day meal to the homeless in Los Angeles. Longtime ...

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A Jobs Bill That Can Pass Congress

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 01.09.2012

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Antonio Villaraigosa

America Fast Forward is an incentive program designed to spur local jurisdictions to raise local revenue for their projects. That's the kind of federalism that both Democrats and Republicans should be able to get behind.

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L.A.'s Work in Creating Jobs Pays Dividends

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 01.01.2012

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Antonio Villaraigosa

For too long, L.A. businesses have been stolen from us by other cities and states. The result has been a calamitous decline in both jobs and tax revenues in our city, causing huge strains on our budget.

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Putting Quality Teachers Back Into the Classroom and Getting Our Economy Back on Track

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.20.2011

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Protecting our children's right to learn and preserving their access to the middle class isn't a partisan issue, it's an American issue. So we ask Congress to act quickly to pass this the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Bill.

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Will Cirque du Soleil Get 'Rid Of The Riffraff' On Hollywood Blvd?

Los Angeles Magazine | Mark Lacter | Posted 12.03.2011

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Cirque du Soleil's Iris, the entertainment troupe's ode to moviemaking, is already drawing large audiences to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, but for ...

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Sasha Bronner

Deasy On How Private Funds Will Save Public Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 11.22.2011

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Last week, news broke that a privately-run Los Angeles Fund For Public Education was launching when solicitation emails hit the inboxes of most major ...

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Amanda Terkel

U.S. Mayors Frustrated With Gridlock On Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) is traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with congressional leaders and let them k...

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Mexican-Americans Celebrate 'El Grito!'

newtab | Posted 11.16.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Mexican and Mexican-American residents celebrated this Thursday the traditional ceremony of the Scream of Independence or “Grito de I...

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Laura Ingraham Trashes The Mayor Of L.A.

Posted 11.09.2011

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Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in DC for President Obama's job speech on Thursday, and he did not get a warm greeting from Laura Ingraham....

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LA Libraries Bring Back Monday Hours

Posted 09.17.2011

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All 73 libraries in the Los Angeles Public Library system are re-opening their doors on Mondays after budget cuts forced them to reduce hours last yea...

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Villaraigosa's Chief Of Staff Resigns

latimes.com | David Zahniser | Posted 09.05.2011

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's chief of staff, Jeff Carr, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from his post, the latest sign of tur...

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Anna Almendrala

VIDEO: Inner-City Students React To 'A Better Life'

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 08.15.2011

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"A Better Life," directed by Chris Weitz, chronicles the struggles of an undocumented landscaper in Los Angeles trying to protect his teen son from ga...

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New to the Blue in Los Angeles

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.15.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Way back in 1874, the city of Los Angeles established its first dump site for solid waste. Over 130 years later, we've come to learn that disposing of our waste properly is a collective responsibility.

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Message to Small Business Community: Los Angeles Is Dedicated to Your Needs

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.02.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

As National Small Business Month comes to a close, Los Angeles remains committed to the specific needs of the more than 300,000 small businesses that ...

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