Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosais an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California. Prior to being elected Mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembly, the Democratic leader of the Assembly, and the Speaker of the California State Assembly. After being termed out of the State Assembly, he was elected to the Los Angeles City Counciland served until he was elected Mayor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 January 1953
CityCity Terrace, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I think what we want to do is make sure that the people who are buying handguns have a clean record and at a minimum aren't people who have been convicted of criminal activity in the past, even if it is a misdemeanor activity.
I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.
So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.
You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.
I think the people I met in the course of this campaign realize that those commercials frankly are not reflective of who I am, who I've been and how I'll serve the city of Los Angeles.
Look, I'm a grown-up, I know people do things out of self-interest and opportunism. I'm going to have to work with people who weren't with me.
Our community knows the difference between rhetoric and results. They know the difference between pandering and producing.
Stem cell research will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of illnesses that have afflicted our friends and families for generations, ... We need Washington to stop playing politics that could impact California's efforts to lead the nation in life saving research. We stand united in California urging Congress to pass Senator Feinstein's legislation adopting strong ethical standards while pushing forward on sensible research.
Literacy is crucial to creating job opportunities, supporting workers and their families and eradicating poverty in our region, ... Literacy must start in homes and classrooms by giving the children of Los Angeles the best education possible to enable them to pursue their goals and become engaged citizens. I am committed to assembling the resources needed to build the skills of our workers and our children.
The fact that this happened the day after September 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern, ... I am here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations. In fact power was restored to the vast majority of DWP customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours.
The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, ... I think the question is, is the federal government prepared to provide the resources that we need? I think that, clearly, by what we've seen in Louisiana, the jury's out.
troubling because they confirm that the outage was the result of multiple errors and a lack of communication.
Today we get to celebrate football in Los Angeles.
We're smoothing over Los Angeles one pothole at a time,