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Attack ads in mayor's race seek Latino votes. LAT
Wendy Greuel slams TV ad linking her to Pete Wilson. DN
Three New Spots Slam Mayoral Candidates In English And En Español. LA Weekly
Garcetti sent a tweet at 7:31 this morning: "I trust @Wendy_Greuel when she says she was not for Prop 187. I hope everybody inside & outside the campaigns will act responsibly. #LAMayor." Twitter
Mayoral candidates cry foul over political ads. ABC 7
Actor George Lopez, a Greuel backer, told host Jacob Soboroff he might run for mayor of Los Angeles himself in eight years — against Magic Johnson. "I would be the guy who's going to fix the streets." Huffington Post Live
Garcetti will hold a media op at 4:15 with Obama advisor David Axelrod at the Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts and Education on Mission Road. New York Times LA bureau chief Adam Nagourney tweets: "Its not Obama, but @davidaxelrod makes foray into LA politics to endorse @ericgarcetti. (Hell, these days Ax endorse might be better than O)"
Greuel has joined the roster of political and media types who will roast Councilman Bill Rosendahl tonight at the Los Angeles Press Club.
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. LAT
Not since 2001, when billboard companies backed city attorney candidate Rocky Delgadillo, have advertising companies played such a significant role in a city election — or had so much at stake. LAT
Record-setting PAC spending funds person-to-person ground campaign. KPCC
Of the many ways in which independent expenditures distort modern political life, among the most destructive is the obliteration of candidate accountability. The campaign for mayor of Los Angeles offers, unfortunately, the latest reminder. LAT editorial board
Maria Elena Durazo writes that union donations aren't the real money problem in Los Angeles. LAT Op-ed
Almost half of the $10 million raised by this year's Los Angeles mayoral candidates comes from the Westside, an area that accounts for just 15 percent of the city’s population, according to a USC study. Neon Tommy
Galperin attacks Zine opponent for “misleading” Jewish mailer. Jewish Journal
Um, did everyone miss that federal judge Gary Feess yesterday signed the order that dismissed the consent decree under which the court oversaw the LAPD?
Some 40 parties have expressed interest in acquiring some or all of Tribune Co.’s newspapers, "according to sources close to the situation." Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles is historically horizontal, but it's becoming increasingly vertical with a host of new projects going up from downtown to Santa Monica. KCRW
Saving AM radio from itself. DN
NBA owners rejected the move of the Sacramento Kings to Seattle. Bee
