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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Jackie Speier, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Kevin de Leon
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Ron Kaye: Wishing PACs would pack it in
Just days before Burbank voters went to the polls, Mike Gatto was the star attraction for a Napa Valley retreat at a five-star hotel where, for $5,000 each, guests could schmooze with the assemblyman and four of his legislative pals. The event was...
Tags: Kevin Johnson, Barbara Boxer, Maxine Waters, Doug LaMalfa, Judaism
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Michael Dukakis to help Rep. Brad Sherman retire campaign debt
Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, are helping with a "debt retirement" fundraiser for Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), who last fall won one of the most contentious -- and most expensive -- House races in the...Tags: Regional Elections, Political Fundraising, Brad Sherman, Elections
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Remembering the Henry Waxman-Howard Berman machine
SACRAMENTO -- The defeat of Rep. Howard Berman last fall marked the end of an era in California politics. Berman, a former state Assemblyman who lost a bitter fight for the speakership in 1980, went on to serve the San Fernando Valley for three...Tags: Henry Waxman
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Schiff, senators introduce legislation to regulate helicopter noise
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) joined California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer in introducing legislation on Monday to try and provide Los Angeles County residents a respite from helicopter noise. The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Google+, Air Transportation Industry, Henry Waxman, Brad Sherman
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Ganging up on Bob Blumenfield
Six candidates are running for Los Angeles’ 3rd Council District seat; five showed up to a forum last Tuesday hosted by the Woodland Hills Property Owners Assn. They shook hands, embraced, in a couple cases offered each other pecks on the cheek. Who...Tags: Curren D. Price, Jr., AFSCME, Media Industry, Tony Cardenas, Richard Alarcon
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Greuel, Garcetti hope for support from Clinton or Obama
Trying to set yourself apart from the pack in the Los Angeles mayor's race, you couldn't ask for a much more potent ally than former President Clinton. Unless your backing came from the current occupant of the Oval Office, President Obama. The two...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Wendy Greuel, Jan Perry, Eric Garcetti, Steven Spielberg
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Berman-Sherman House race sets spending record
PolitiCalDemocratic rivals Howard Berman and Brad Sherman set a California candidate spending record with their race for a San Fernando Valley congressional district seat. Sherman defeated Berman on Nov. 6.... -
Helicopter rules depend on FAA
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced plans to take up legislation to regulate low-flying helicopters above residential neighborhoods, saying voluntary controls for the “persistent flyovers” were clearly insufficient. Whether there will be a...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Adam Schiff
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Sherman-Berman race sets California spending record
To no surprise of San Fernando Valley voters who were inundated with campaign ads, robo calls and political mail, Reps. Brad Sherman and Howard Berman set a record for spending by candidates in a California congressional race — shelling out more...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Brian P. Bilbray, Richard Simon, Elections
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Fiscal cliff bill includes showbiz boost: Tax provision for film, TV production extended
VarietyThe legislation passed by Congress on Tuesday to avert a fiscal cliff includes a sweetener for Hollywood: the extension of a tax provision that is designed to boost U.S. film and TV production. The provision, Section 181 of the tax code, allows producers...Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Television, ABC (tv network), U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff
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Rep. Schiff vows to take up helicopter noise regulations for L.A. region next year
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Wednesday announced plans to take up legislation to regulate low-flying helicopters above residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, saying voluntary controls for the "persistent fly-overs” were clearly...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Times, Google+, Air Transportation Industry, Adam Schiff
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