The runoff election between Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani to fill the vacated Los Angeles City Council district 15 seat takes place on January 17, but if voters were looking to the former seat holder, U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro), for her endorsement, they're going to have to keep looking. Hahn says she won't endorse either. more ›

The race to fill Janice Hahn's vacant Los Angeles City Council seat has become the tale of the Officer and an Assemblyman. The two top finishers in last night's special election in CD 15 has resulted in a runoff slated for Los Angeles police officer Joe Buscaino and Assemblyman Warren Furutani. more ›

Now that Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Dodgers, high-profile Angelenos are coming forward with suggestions as to who should buck up and purchase the fiscally shaky Major League Baseball franchise. If you ask L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (you didn't, but, no surprise, he's offered) the answer is it must be a local. more ›

Special elections aren't cheap, but Council District 15 needs one to replace Janice Hahn, who was sworn in yesterday as the Congresswoman from California's 36th District. The L.A. City Council debated mightily about the $1.5 million price tag for a special election to replace the departed councilwoman, but they did manage to set a couple of dates, reports the Daily News. more ›

City Councilwoman and Democrat Janice Hahn has defeated Republican small business owner Craig Huey in the runoff election to fill the vacant Congressional District 36 seat. Hahn brought in 54.56% of the vote, leaving Huey with 45.44%. The battle was "hard fought," says the L.A. Times, however, the New York Times calls not just Hahn's win, but the entire race kind of weaksauce, comparing it to another runoff in their neck of the woods. more ›

Tomorrow's Congressional District 36 Special General Election is expected to be a close race to fill the vacancy for Congresswoman Jane Harman's unexpired two-year term. Harman resigned on February 28, 2011; her term expires at midnight on January 3, 2013. Voters must choose between two candidates - Democrat Janice Hahn, Local City Councilwoman and Republican Craig Huey, Small Business Owner. more ›

Republican businessman Craig Huey may not stand a chance against Democratic nominee Janice Hahn in the upcoming election to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Jane Harman. But that's not stopping one conservative PAC from bringing attention to the fact that there is an alternative to the heavily favored Hahn in the Democratic-leaning 36th District. more ›

As the final ballot count continued after Tuesday's Special Election, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen conceded in the race to fill the vacated 36th Congressional District seat, leaving the runoff to Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn (D) and businessman Craig Huey (R). more ›

Voters had their say in the City and County of Los Angeles yesterday in a trio of close contests. In the City's General Municipal Election, a pair of education runoffs saw narrow triumphs for the Board of Education District 5 seat in the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Community College's 5th Seat. In California's 36th Congressional District, a Republican candidate has upset the Democratic apple cart, giving an L.A. City Councilperson a run for her money in the bid to replace the departed Jane Harman. more ›

The USS Iowa, a historic battleship that served extensively in WWII and the Korean War, could be setting sail for San Pedro as early as this summer, according to plan supporters, if the Navy decides to relocate the vessel currently berthed near San Francisco, reports CBS. more ›

On the eve of Jane Harman's expected resignation from Congress, Marcy Winograd is hoping the third time is a charm in her quest to win the 36th Congressional District seat. Winograd, an anti-war activist and high school teacher who lost both of her previous bids for the 36th district seat to Harman, will officially kick off her campaign at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fox Drugs in Torrance. more ›

Rep. Jane Harman (D-36th District) will likely serve her last day on the job on the last day of this month. From a release issued by the office of Jerry Brown: "At Governor Brown’s request, Congresswoman Harman has agreed to resign from Congress on February 28th. By resigning at the end of the month, the Congresswoman is increasing the possibility that the primary election to fill her seat can be consolidated into the statewide election that Governor Brown has requested for June." more ›

California's Secretary of State Debra Bowen is expected to announce her plans to run to replace departing US Rep. Jane Harman in the 36th District, says Politico. Harman recently shocked many by revealing she would step down to take a job "Bowen hails from Marina Del Rey, which is part of the district, and represented the area in the state Assembly and Senate from 1992 to 2006," noted the Sac Bee last week, when rumors of Bowen's interest in the bid first began to circulate. more ›

Congresswoman Jane Harman has just announced she will resign her seat in California's 36th District, and now Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is poised to announce her intent to run to replace her, says the City Maven. Hahn, who reps the City's 15th District, lost a bid last year for lieutenant governor; she was handily defeated by Gavin Newsom in the primary. more ›

Four Los Angeles City Councilmembers co-introduced a motion today that would transform L.A.’s toxic hotspots into “Green Zones.” The first-in-the-nation initiative would grant the low-income and heavily polluted communities of Pacoima, Boyle Heights and Wilmington access to economic assistance for cleanup efforts. more ›

The push for a new NFL stadium took another step forward today when the Los Angeles City Council voted to form a committee to discuss the proposal, according to the LA Times. Committee members will meet with representatives from AEG to examine the downtown project’s viability and help to expedite the process. more ›

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn said today that she is not going to throw her hat in the ring for the special election to fill late state Senator Jenny Oropeza's 28th District seat, reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

Although he made an early attempt to run for Governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped out of the race last year, making way for Governor-elect Jerry Brown. He later decided to run for Lt. Governor, which proved to be a successful move on Tuesday. Both the Associated Press and LA Times declared the 43-year-old as the winner against incumbent Abel Maldonado, who had yet to concede, during the early hours of Wednesday. more ›

John North at ABC7 this afternoon took a great look at the salaries of Los Angeles City Councilmembers. The question is, with a $179,000 salary and other compensation -- you'll often hear people say this makes them the highest paid councilmembers in the nation -- how can they justify furloughing city employees during this massive budget deficit? more ›

An investigative report done by local radio station KNX 1070 finds that there have been numerous passenger complaints "about the professionalism of the LAX police stationed at podiums on the other side of security," indicating that the employees are not fully engaged in their job to monitor for possible terrorists. more ›

Residents in San Pedro are working hard to prevent a topless bar from opening up at 1010 N. Gaffey Street [map], reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

Los Angeles will not turn off red light enforcement cameras at 32 intersections this summer. The City Council this morning unanimously voted to extend a contract with Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions for 10 months. When the issue comes up again next year, the Council will have to decide to either keep ATS, find a new vendor -- either based in Arizona or not -- or scrap the program altogether. more ›

Statewide results are already coming in and here's what we know, as of the midnight hour: more ›

The second floor of city hall is home to the snack bar. For years Guilliano’s sold snacks, beverages, breakfast, and lunch to both staff and public alike. But talk around city hall has brought a new issue to the forefront, one that hits closer to home for a lot city councilmembers. more ›

Well, it seems Arizona power commissioner Gary Pierce is the new punching bag for politicians in the L.A vs. Arizona flame war. The latest is from Lt. Governor candidate and L.A. City Councilmember Janice Hahn, who co-authored the city's boycott of Arizona. "Commissioner Gary Pierce is the Forrest Gump of Arizona politics, nevermind that he is an extreme right-wing republican who supports a racist law in AZ that even the United Nations has condemned, he must now believe he can tell the Navajo Nation..." more ›

If landlords can't raise your rent, by law, then they may not fix up the property, either. more ›

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's crafty scheme to use his city as a rung on the ladder to something better will, most likely, prove successful this June. In a recent poll conducted by the Newsom campaign, Gavin has an astounding 21-point lead over L.A. City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor. more ›

The move to ban the city from doing business with Arizona, a reaction to its controversial immigration law, will be discussed and likely voted on at Wednesday's L.A. City Council meeting. "The City of Los Angeles has taken a stand against injustice many times in the past, and it's often been very successful," Janice Hahn, who co-authored the resolution, told LAist. "I hope my Council colleagues will support my proposal to boycott Arizona, so that we can put enough pressure on that state to reconsider this unfair law." more ›

At a news conference held today, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa went on record in support of a boycott of Arizona by the City of Los Angeles, according to LA Now. The Mayor calls the neighboring state's new SB 1070 immigration law "unpatriotic and unconstitutional." Joining Councilmen Ed Reyes and Jose Huizar to speak on the issue, Villaraigosa expressed awareness that an economic boycott of Arizona would be difficult more ›

This morning, two Los Angeles City Councilmembers introduced a resolution calling for a boycott of Arizona after the passing of SB 1070. "The resolution will call for Los Angeles, and all of its departments, to end any and all contracts with Arizona-based companies and to stop doing business with the state," a media advisory said this morning. more ›