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The Times' Jeffrey L. Rabin reveals that for two months Bob Hertzberg has refused to disclose the law clients that have paid him $1 million a year at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. The story says that Hertzberg first claimed attorney-client privilege, then revised that to say a confidentiality clause in the law firm's contracts forbids disclosure. Finally, though, he asked twenty clients if they would mind, and seven said OK. They are the city Community Redevelopment Agency and DWP, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the Metropolitan Water District, KB Home, Western Water Co. and Caliber Collision Centers. In each case, they wanted Hertzberg's political connections or strategic advice, not courtoom talent. In a twist, Hertzberg got the CRA job via Mayor Jim Hahn, the Times reports:
"I knew that Bob had a very close relationship with Supervisor Gloria Molina," Hahn said. "So, I thought he would be able to help, you know, kind of build a bridge to Supervisor Molina based on his skills as a lawyer, as a legislator, and of course because of the longtime personal and political relationship that he had with her. Unfortunately, it didn't work."
Also:
• Hahn finds the money to hire 370 new LAPD officers without the sales tax increase he sought. Villaraigosa proposes 90. Daily News lead story, Times and Daily Breeze.
• The Times' Dan Morain looks at the Sacramento fundraising records of Villaraigosa and Hertzberg.
• The Daily Breeze says "stay the course" and endorses Hahn. The Downtown News also urges the mayor's reelection.
• The Daily News editorializes again about Hahn "bogged down in scandal," despite the dearth of indictments or charges. Patt Morrison, meanwhile, writes in the Times that she's an Angeleno so her mayoral expectations are naturally low.
• Race is an issue in the race, says Earl Ofari Hutchinson at Pacific News Service.
• Richard Alarcon appears on Larry Mantle's Airtalk on KPCC at 10:30 a.m. New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman comes on at 11:30. Hahn's appearance Tuesday on "Which Way, L.A.?" is available in audio here.
• LABlogs.com invites mayoral candidates to answer questions from bloggers.
• Channel 2 has posted video of Monday night's debate online.
• Seven current or former city officials called to testify before grand juries want their legal bills covered, the Daily Breeze reports.
• Delgadillo spends like he has a reelection opponent—even if he doesn't.
• New South Bay assemblyman Mike Gordon is hospitalized with a brain tumor, expects to recover.
Morning updates: Hahn holds a 10 a.m. press conference to criticize Hertzberg for his ties to former Enron chief Ken Lay, talked about in the morning Dan Morain story...Hertzberg has a 1 p.m. newser to "expose fraud" in Hahn's new police hiring plan and at 3 p.m. goes on "The Big Show with Steve Mason & John Ireland" on ESPN Radio 710 AM to talk about bringing an NFL team to Los Angeles...The Los Angeles Independent and its sister Wave newspapers today endorse Hertzberg.