Wednesday, May 16, 2012
See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.
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Wednesday, May 16
(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The city councilwoman will be the second mayoral candidate interviewed in the Talking About Los Angeles series. Questions from Patch readers will be presented to Perry.
A series of conversations with Los Angeles mayoral candidates continues Tuesday evening with an interview of Councilwoman Jan Perry that will be shown via a live video stream you can watch on this Patch site. The interview, the second in the "Talking About Los Angeles" series, begins at 5:30 p.m. before an audience in The Grand Salon of California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. (See attached PDF map.) If you would like to attend the event, you can register on the Talking About Los Angeles website. The moderator for the event will be Christine Essel, the CEO for Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment Agency. She’s a former senior vice president of government and community affairs for Paramount Pictures and had been an …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
BongHwan Kim to face a crowded field of potential candidates seeking to replace Councilman Eric Garcetti, who is running for mayor.
The general manager of the embattled Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) filed Friday to run for the 13th District City Council seat. It was not immediately clear whether BongHwan Kim would step down from his city job in order to run. He was appointed to the post by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. DONE, also known as Empower LA, in partnership with the current 95 Neighborhood Councils, last year fought back a City Council attempt to merge it into the Department of Community Development. On Wednesday, DONE wrested from the City Clerk the authority to run Neighborhood Council elections. The City Council has yet to allocate funds for those elections. Among the Neighborhood Councils supervised by DONE in Valley Patch communities are: …
Democrats Rep. Howard Berman and Rep. Brad Sherman, and Republicans Mark Reed and Susan Shelley faced off at the Valley Performing Arts Center on live video.
The debate Monday night between candidates for the 30th Congressional District seat was sponsored by the Associated Students of California State University, Northridge. (If the video window does not appear above, refresh the page.) The participating candidates were Democrats Rep. Howard Berman and Rep. Brad Sherman; and Republicans Mark Reed and Susan Shelley. Berman and Sherman are incumbents. They are running against each other because of redistricting, which put them in the same district. The primary election is June 5. Under the new "Top Two Open Primary Act," registered voters can pick a candidate from either party. The top two vote-getters will run against each other in the final, November election. The panel of moderators ws made up…
Friday, May 11, 2012
The City Council had previously allocated $120,000 for a study on the change in elections management.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
City Controller Wendy Greuel, Council members Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, attorney and conservative talk radio host Kevin James remain in the race.
Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, a former investment banker and high-ranking official in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office, said Tuesday he is withdrawing from the race. Beutner said he entered the race to meet the city's needs, but now must focus on the needs of his own family. Beutner has four children ranging in age from 9 to 15. "My candidacy reinforced my view of how much our city needs leadership to solve problems," Beutner told City News Service. "I intend to keep working, to roll up my sleeves to get things done. I don't think we can settle for the same old promises." Despite serving as Villaraigosa's "economic czar" for nearly a year before entering the race, Beutner tried to stake out a position as the outsider candidate, …
Howard Berman received another large newspaper endorsement on Monday.
A week after receiving an endorsement from the Los Angeles Times, Democratic representative Howard Berman received the formal endorsement of the Daily News on Monday. Berman is campaigning against fellow Democratic representative Brad Sherman in the 30th Congressional District race. "We urge Democrats to support Berman," wrote the Daily News. "While both he and Sherman have been hard-working congressmen for their districts, Berman's nearly 30-year career has been more distinguished - and his politics have been more moderate." The Daily News story also referred to Berman as a "heck of a nice guy." Read the entire story here.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Public is invited to a reception with Berman, Sherman, Reed and Shelley.
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Thursday, May 3
A "Meet the Candidates'' reception will be held 6:30 p.m., this evening, for the 30th Congressional District candidates. Democrats Howard Berman, Brad Sherman and Republicans Mark Reed and Susan Shelley are scheduled to attend. The event is hosted by the chambers of commerce of Chatsworth/Porter Ranch, Woodland Hills-Tarzana, and Encino. The reception will be at the Hilton Woodland Hills, 6360 Canoga Ave. For details, contact: Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber, (818) 347-4737, or the Chatsworth/Porter Ranch Chamber, (818) 341-2428, or see the flyer in the adjacent photo box.
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Los Angeles Times has endorsed Howard Berman to represent the 30th Congressional District.
The Los Angeles Times endorsed Democratic representative Howard Berman Monday in the 30th Congressional District race against fellow Democratic representative Brad Sherman. The Times made it a point to credit Sherman for being a strong lawmaker and excellent candidate, but commented that Berman holds the edge in experience, has a wide range of important supporters, and that he agrees with the Times "on a few distinguishing issues." Read the full endorsement here.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Democratic Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, and Republicans Mark Reed and Susan Shelly will debate from from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Sunday, April 29
[This news release comes from Cal State Northridge.] The four leading candidates for the 30th Congressional District seat face each other and take on the issues during a debate on Monday night at California State University, Northridge. The debate—featuring Democratic Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, and Republicans Mark Reed and Susan Shelly—is scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 30, in the Valley Performing Arts Center on the south side of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. For seating, call 818-677-2477. The debate is part of “Big Politics – The Series,” which is being organized by the university’s student government, Associated Students, Inc., to inform Cal State Northridge students and …
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Susan R
8:15 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
Looks like a bunch of empty seats. I don't think anyone even attended. more ›