“Tom was so much more than a councilperson. He was 24/7 working for L.A. with tireless energy,” wrote Gerry Hans, president of the community organization Friends of Griffith Park, to KCET. LaBonge first worked for Mayor Tom Bradley’s youth program in 1974. Two years later, he was hired by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson and, four years later, he went on to serve Councilman John Ferraro. He ran for city council in 1993 but lost. Instead, he became an aide to Mayor Richard Riordan. In 2000, he was hired by the Department of Water and Power. Eventually, in 2001, he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council, where he served until 2015.
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The 2020 vote in California spelled qualified advancement and some retreats November 10, 2020 11:29 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon
Students pictured here at California s UCLA are expressing disappointment that voters rejected an affirmative action proposition. | Damian Dovarganes/AP
American voters have had their say, and in more significant numbers than ever. Joe Biden racked up the most massive popular vote in the nation’s history, projected to be about 81 million votes.
That Donald Trump won about 75 million votes, expanding his total over 2016 by eight million, cannot be overlooked. However, Biden will likely have the second-largest vote margin since 2000 and greater than Trump’s disparity against Hillary Clinton. About four million of Trump’s votes came
A Look Back at a Roller Coaster of a Year in L.A..
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A Look Back at a Roller Coaster of a Year in L.A. Politics
In 2020, the halls of power were dominated by big fights, big surprises, and the mother of all federal investigations
The biggest national political story of 2020 was Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump. The saga of news vs. fake news, mail-in balloting, lengthy counts, recounts, and the president’s myriad thwarted legal maneuvers will end up in the history books.
Challenger Nithya Raman held a narrow lead Wednesday night in her effort to oust incumbent David Ryu from the Los Angeles City Council’s District 4 seat. With initial vote counting from Tuesday’s election complete but an unknown number of ballots still remaining to be tallied Raman had 52.4% of the vote, with more than 5,400 votes separating the…