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Speaker John A. Pérez gives the Assembly's juiciest jobs to the biggest fundraisers. California Watch
Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to non-controversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. LAT
Steve Lopez column: You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it. (Steve apparently doesn't know 800 Degrees Pizza.) LAT
Advice to the next mayor from Joel Fox, president of the Small Business Action Committee. Fox and Hounds Daily (which turned five this week)
Tiny Glendale Water & Power Shows L.A. How To Tame DWP Union Boss Brian D'Arcy — an actual cut in pay. LA Weekly
Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for CD 13 council seat. LAT
Inspection of of vote by mail ballots has begun at the city's Piper Tech Center and will continue through noon on election day, May 21. The tally of mail-in ballots will begin the afternoon of May 21 but results won't be released until after the polls close at 8 p.m., the office of City Clerk says.
On July 1, L.A. city government could be run entirely by men. KPCC
At Streetsblog LA, Dana Gabbard explains why he is voting for Greuel and Joel Epstein explains why is voting for Garcetti.
The LA school board voted to stop suspending students for "willful defiance" and kept a breakfast program. LAT
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, the head of the county's Department of Public Health, talks to Patt Morrison. LAT Op-ed
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration outside the downtown headquarters of Oaktree Capital Management to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. LAT | LA Observed photo
"A Delicate Truth" by John le Carre is the new top-selling fiction hardcover in Southern California independent bookstores. "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls" by David Sedaris is the top-selling nonfiction hardcover. IndieBound
Metro's rail ridership for April was up nearly a million boardings over last April. The Source
Southern California home prices hit highest level in nearly 5 years. DN
Five hottest LA rental neighborhoods. LA Weekly
Metta World Peace of the Lakers took a picture with Stella March, 97, a longtime mental health advocate at the county's Hall of Administration. ZevWeb
Heal the Bay's annual fundraising gala “Bring Back the Beach” is Thursday evening at the Jonathan Club on Palisades Beach Road. They expect about 1,000 people.
The Kings won the first game of the Stanley Cup playoffs round two, beating the San Jose Sharks 2-0.
One of the most highly anticipated events in Los Angeles each year is back again, the MAXIM Hot 100 Event. I will be taking guest list inquiries for female guests and talent via facebook...
