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State of Affairs: 2015 LA elections, city budget, Villaraigosa bows out
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Feb 26, 2015
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State of Affairs: 2015 LA elections, city budget, Villaraigosa bows out
L.A. city elections and the city's budget deficit, Inglewood City Council approves a new NFL stadium without putting it on the ballot.
Voters cast their ballots on March 5, 2013 in the Los Angeles Primary Election.
Voters cast their ballots on March 5, 2013 in the Los Angeles Primary Election.
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L.A. city elections and the city's budget deficit, Inglewood City Council approves a new NFL stadium without putting it on the ballot.

On this week's State of Affairs, L.A. city elections are right around the corner, but the one thing candidates aren't talking about is the city's budget deficit. Plus we look at what the move by Inglewood's City Council to approve a new NFL stadium there without putting it on the ballot means for future development. 

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication at USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy and Ben Bergman, Southern California Public Radio business reporter, join Take Two.