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LA Mayor Tells Council to Cut Budget to Protect Credit Rating

Christopher Palmeri BusinessWeek 02/10/2010

L.A. mayor orders 1,000 jobs eliminated

Maeve Reston and Phil Willon Los Angeles Times 02/05/2010
LA Mayor Tells Council to Cut Budget to Protect Credit Rating

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the City Council yesterday to bridge a $212 million budget deficit or risk a downgrade to the credit rating of the second-most populous U.S. city, his spokeswoman said.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered officials Thursday to eliminate 1,000 city jobs and begin planning employee layoffs, one day after the City Council failed to do so amid a deepening budget crisis.

Villaraigosa to be Sworn in for Second Term as Los Angeles Mayor Today

Antonio Villaraigosa will be sworn in Wednesday for his second term as the mayor of Los Angeles.

LA mayor Villaraigosa  won't run for California governor

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Monday he will not enter next year's race for California governor, ending months of speculation about his ambitions and reordering the emerging contest to run the deeply troubled state.

Los Angeles mayor proposes trimming work hours to save jobs

MICHAEL R. BLOOD San Francisco Chronicle 04/06/2009
L.A. mayor and council weighing retirement option for reducing city's workforce

Looking to avoid the need for layoffs and furloughs, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council are weighing a plan to offer early retirement to thousands of city workers, some of whom would receive an incentive of at least $15,000 to leave.

Los Angeles mayor proposes trimming work hours to save jobs

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked municipal workers in this recession-battered city Monday to consider a shorter work week, postponing raises or paying more toward retirement plans to help avert sweeping layoffs.

Los Angeles re-elects Hispanic mayor

Steve Gorman Reuters 03/03/2009

Los Angeles election to decide mayor, council races

Maeve Reston Los Angeles Times 03/02/2009
Los Angeles re-elects Hispanic mayor

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, one of the nation's leading Hispanic politicians, claimed a re-election victory on Tuesday, capping a low-key race widely seen as a prelude to an eventual run for governor.

Los Angeles election to decide mayor, council races

The countdown to today's city election in Los Angeles was marked by a flurry of last-minute spending and a fusillade of charges in the races for city attorney and controller as union representatives made a final push to get out the vote for a $3-billion solar energy initiative backed by the mayor.

Los Angeles mayor a shoo-in for re-election Tuesday

John Wildermuth San Francisco Chronicle 02/28/2009

A confident Villaraigosa still thinking big for L.A.

Phil Willon Los Angeles Times 02/22/2009
Los Angeles mayor a shoo-in for re-election Tuesday

Tuesday is election day in Los Angeles, but it's a good bet that Antonio Villaraigosa isn't staying up nights fretting about his re-election chances. That part of his future was taken care of when he scared off any credible - as in independently wealthy - challengers.

A confident Villaraigosa still thinking big for L.A.

Antonio Villaraigosa has reigned over Los Angeles for four years with the same guile and keen political instincts he used to dethrone the sitting mayor in 2005. Those skills have won him national attention and allowed him to recover from what he refers to as "the mistake that looms over all others": the self-inflicted humiliation two years ago of an affair with a television news anchor that ended his 20-year marriage and damaged his standing with many voters.