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What Has Antonio Villaraigosa Done for Los Angeles Lately?
The Mayor of Los Angeles has less than a year and a half until he's "termed out" of office. Antonio Villaraigosa's first term was marred by personal troubles and rejection of his education proposals, but he easily won re-election.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Mayor of Los Angeles has less than a year and a half until he's "termed out" of office. Antonio Villaraigosa's first term was marred by personal troubles and rejection of his education proposals, but he easily won re-election. Critics say his attention is now focused not so much on LA as it is on Washington, now that he's President of the US Conference of Mayors and Chair of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. He's in Washington today, pushing for transportation bills in the House and the Senate, which include his plan called, "America Fast Forward."
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Antonio Villaraigosa
former Mayor of Los Angeles and a member of Mayor Karen Bass’ transition team
David Abel
Verde XChange
Jim Newton
professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”
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1 of 3Does Antonio Villaraigosa Have Time to Be Mayor of LA?- 0:00What Has Antonio Villaraigosa Done for Los Angeles Lately?You’re reading this
- 23:35Students March for Education in Sacramento
- 29:34Obama, Netanyahu and the Threat of a Nuclear Iran