Morning Buzz: Tuesday 6.16.09

The City Council cancelled its Wednesday session to allow members to attend the Lakers parade. City Clerk
L.A., area designers took some big honors at last night's Council of Fashion Designers of America fashion awards last night in New York. Chic Leak, CFDA
Rounding up local Iranian Jewish reaction to the Tehran situation. Jewish Journal
Plus: Borzou Daragahi, the LA Times reporter in Tehran, talks with Larry Mantle at 10:06 a.m. on KPCC's "Airtalk."

Mayor Villaraigosa, Chief Bratton and Derek Fisher will give details of the Lakers' parade and economic impact to the city at a 1:30 p.m. press conference at the Lakers' training facility in El Segundo.
Plus: Some money for the parade already raised from donors. LAT
Villaraigosa's and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's "very charismatic presence [at the L.A. Price Parade] helped underscore the importance of marriage as a civil rights issue." Bilerico Project
The partisan divide in Sacramento is, amazingly, widening not closing. Bee, LAT
The Obama Administration rejected pleas for emergency aid to California. Wash Post
U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess delayed for two weeks a decision on whether to continue or drop federal oversight of the LAPD. LAT, DN
Los Angeles County chief executive officer Bill Fujioka proposed "a radical overhaul of the welfare-to-work system that would drop requirements that low-income parents of young children have jobs." DN
A Long Beach skateboard park is being held out as an example of wasteful federal stimulus spending. LB Report
There are two competing proposals for a high speed train to Las Vegas, only one of them using maglev and neither of them perfect. LV Sun
The Huffington Post is not profitable, still in "investment mode." Paid Content
Former L.A. Times writers and editors are talking about launching an online news operation. Gary Scott
Karen Young, former editor of the Sun Community Newspapers in the Valley, plans to launch next Monday an online community news magazine for the 818 area and a free daily newsletter with a designated "find" of the day at mydailyffind.com.
Michael Fleming, executive director of the David Bohnett Foundation, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the KCRW Foundation. Philanthropy Journal
The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation said it has stepped up its tatcics aimed at preventing the spread of HIV in porn. LAT
Martin Cox and Gordon Ghareeb, the authors of "Hollywood to Honolulu: The Los Angeles Steamship Company," will speak and show slides at the L.A. Maritime Museum on Saturday at 1 p.m. Maritime Matters
Dethroned Miss California Carrie Prejean also lost a spokesmodeling gig with Sledge USA, a line of graphic T-shirts based in L.A., for not showing up. Chic Leak