Politics

Mayor's Oscars party comes under fire

Tonight at Getty House, Mayor Villaraigosa is hosting a pre-Oscars reception for Academy Awards nominees. The mayor's office says it's being paid for by Microsoft Bing and L’Oreal Paris, but the Coalition of L.A. City Unions says it plans to protest with a "mock red carpet" as close as the LAPD lets them get. Here's the SEIU Local 727 website with some of the signs members will carry.


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