Jan Perry

Newton: Where Greuel went wrong

2013-05-22 15:55:00

Smart and capable, City Controller Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of her career to improving it. But boy, did she run a lousy campaign for mayor. Eric Garcetti's sizable win might...

Two veteran Sacramento lawmakers win L.A. City Council seats

2013-05-22 20:36:00

Two newly elected members of the Los Angeles City Council are veteran Sacramento lawmakers whose campaigns got large boosts from special interest contributions. Former state Assemblyman Gil Cedillo and state Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles) won...

Mayor's race: Garcetti's lead over Greuel widens to 8 points

2013-05-22 01:43:00

With more than half of precincts reporting, City Councilman Eric Garcetti's lead over mayoral opponent Wendy Greuel widened to 8 points in the early hours of Wednesday morning. As of 1 a.m. PDT Wednesday, Garcetti led Greuel 54% to 46% in the race to...

Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes

2013-05-22 03:27:00

Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles....

Garcetti takes lead over Greuel in L.A. mayor's race

2013-05-21 23:15:00

With 14% of precincts reporting election results Tuesday night, City Councilman Eric Garcetti took the lead in the mayor's race from Controller Wendy Greuel, 51% to 49%. At 11 p.m., Garcetti led Greuel by about 3,500 votes. Of the city's 1,311...

Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post

2013-05-22 00:23:00

Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...

Price, Cedillo leading in council races

2013-05-22 00:46:00

Three veterans from Sacramento were making strong showings Tuesday in the Los Angeles City Council election, with two pulling ahead of their opponents and a third headed to a possible runoff in the San Fernando Valley, according to partial returns. In a...

Counting begins in pivotal vote for L.A.'s future

2013-05-21 20:00:00

Polls closed and the ballot counting began Tuesday as Los Angeles voters ushered in a new era of leadership at a City Hall battered in recent years by budget cuts.� Despite the high stakes of the elections, experts predicted low voter turnout. Only 21%...

Greuel holds thin lead against Garcetti in early balloting

2013-05-21 21:20:00

In the first ballots counted in the race for the next mayor of Los Angeles, City Controller Wendy Greuel held a slight lead over City Councilman Eric Garcetti. With 7.5% reporting, Greuel led Garcetti 51% to 49%. But with the vast majority of the...

L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows

2013-05-20 23:21:00

Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a...

Garcetti, Greuel fight for African American votes in final hours

2013-05-19 17:48:00

A two-year-long campaign that has drawn record spending will put either the first woman or the first elected Jewish leader in the Los Angeles mayor’s office. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the...

A long, expensive (and distinctive) race nears the finish line

2013-05-19 20:09:00

A two-year campaign that has drawn record spending will see either the first woman or the first Jew elected as Los Angeles mayor. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the city Sunday trying to avoid another...

Jan Perry

2013-02-26 10:26:00

Mayoral candidates, from left, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greul, Kevin James, Jan Perry and Emanuel Pleitez debate at Loyola Marymount University.

2013-02-21 17:39:18

Mayoral candidates, clockwise from left: Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Jan Perry and Kevin James.

2013-01-31 16:10:17