Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is not the only elected official in the City of Los Angeles who will be ponying up some after-the-fact cash in the form of fines for accepting free tickets to events over the last few years. Now four City Council reps have agreed to pay a combined $13,000 in such fines for accepting free passes to events like awards shows and dinners, according to LA Now. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Ticketgate might have faded from the headlines, but not from the scrutiny of the state Fair Political Practices Commission and the city Ethics Commission, and now Villaraigosa has agreed to pay almost $42,000 in fines to settle up the years'-long matter of taking tickets to functions as unreported gifts, according to LA Now. more ›

Remember "ticketgate" from back in June? Since taking office in 2005, it was found that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had accepted free tickets to some 80 events, including high profile ones such as the Oscars or Lakers games with courtside seats. The estimated value of all the freebies, as determined by LA Weekly, was $100,000. more ›

And ticketgate continues. California's statewide ethics agency is now investigating free tickets to over 80 events accepted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, according to the LA Times. The Fair Political Practices Commission will be coordinating with the L.A. District Attorney's Office and L.A. Ethics Commission, which oversees local ethics laws. more ›

An investigation by a City ethics committee and District Attorney Steve Cooley's office has prompted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's staff and lawyer to prepare a lengthy document chronicling his acceptance and use of tickets to high profile sporting and entertainment events since he took office in 2005, reports the LA Times. more ›

There are 80 events on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's official schedule since he took office in 2005 for which he did not pay to attend. He may not have even attended all of them, but shoddy records kept by his office mean a blurry paper trail pegging the source of each of these gifts, and the "official duty" Villaraigosa would have performed in attendance in order to justify his accepting the freebies in the first place. more ›

The Los Angles District Attorneys Office has begun an inquiry into possible ethics violations made by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Submitted last Thursday, a complaint refers to news articles about free tickets the Mayor accepted -- but did not report -- to 81 events, which included courtside tickets to Lakers games, a seat at the Oscars and to music concerts (Beyoncé, Shakira and Mary J. Blige, to name a few). As for what an inquiry is, D.A. Spokesperson Jane Robinson explained to LAist: "When we receive a complaint of possible wrong doing, we review that; and if we believe there is a criminal misconduct, an investigation will be opened." How long will it take to complete? "However long it takes," she said. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a press conference yesterday in which he pressed the public to stay away from the Staples Center tomorrow if they didn't have a ticket to the Lakers-Celtics NBA championship game 7. But Villaraigosa will be there, though the source of his ticket, and what it his being there means in regards to his official capacity remains unclear, notes LA Observed. more ›

Remember last year when the Mayor got caught up in the joy that is seeing Bono perform live and Tweeted out his love for Los Angeles? Turns out that U2 concert at the Rose Bowl was one of the only ticketed events Villaraigosa paid for himself to attend, according to the LA Times. more ›