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PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) and former California governer Gray Davis attend the final round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club on February 19, 2012 in Pacific Palisades, California. View Photo »
Vice President of China Xi Jinping is presented with a souvenir Los Angeles Laker jersey with his name imprinted on it during a vist to the Staples Center in Los Angeles February 17, 2012. Shown (L-R) are John Cappo, AEG China President & CEO, soccer... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) talks with California Governor Jerry Brown (C) as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Top R) attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (C) meet with former NBA basketball player Magic Johnson at the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi,... View Photo »
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) claps in celebration of the Lakers making a three-point shot with California Governor Jerry Brown and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) as they watch the Phoenix Suns and Lakers NBA basketball game in Los... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L), California Gov. Jerry Brown (L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) attend the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns NBA basketball game at Staples Center on February... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L), California Gov. Jerry Brown (2nd R), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Row, L) attend the Los Angeles Lakers and... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talk with California Governor Jerry Brown (L), as they attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping sits with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as they watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. Xi is set to lead China for the coming decade, succeeding President Hu... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, sits with Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, center, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as they watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. Xi is set to lead China for... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, meets basketball great Ervin "Magic" Johnson as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa looks on as they watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. Xi is set to lead... View Photo »
SOUTH GATE, CA - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C), Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) applaud at the conclusion of a dance performance during a visit to International Studies Learning... View Photo »
SOUTH GATE, CA -- FEBRUARY 17, 2012--U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C), Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (3rd L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (3rd R) watch a dance performance during a visit to International Studies Learning Center... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA -- FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during a luncheon hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the J.W. Marriot at L.A. Live February 16, 2012 in South Gate,... View Photo »
US Vice President Joe Biden (2nd R), his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping (2nd L), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) watch a performance at the International Studies Learning School in Southgate,... View Photo »
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), United States Vice President Joe Biden and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) watch a student dancer at the International Studies Learning Center in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President... View Photo »
US Vice President Joe Biden (C), his visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping (L) and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) applaud the performance by a student during a visit to the International Studies Learning School in Southgate, outside of... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) is greeted by California Governor Jerry Brown (L) as Commerce Secretary John Bryson looks on backstage before speaking at the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, hosted by... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks at the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Xi said that China would... View Photo »
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping attends the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with California Governor Jerry Brown February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles,... View Photo »
Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles in a run-off election on May 17, 2005, in which he defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his service as mayor,... Full Article
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) talks with California Governor Jerry Brown (C) as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Top R) attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California...
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (C) meet with former NBA basketball player Magic Johnson at the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to...
View Photo »Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) claps in celebration of the Lakers making a three-point shot with California Governor Jerry Brown and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) as they watch the Phoenix Suns and Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17,...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L), California Gov. Jerry Brown (L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) attend the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns NBA basketball game at Staples Center on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L), California Gov. Jerry Brown (2nd R), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Row, L) attend the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns NBA basketball game at...
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talk with California Governor Jerry Brown (L), as they attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to...
View Photo »SOUTH GATE, CA - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C), Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) applaud at the conclusion of a dance performance during a visit to International Studies Learning Center February 16, 2012 in South...
View Photo »SOUTH GATE, CA -- FEBRUARY 17, 2012--U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C), Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (3rd L) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (3rd R) watch a dance performance during a visit to International Studies Learning Center February 16, 2012 in South Gate,...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA -- FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during a luncheon hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the J.W. Marriot at L.A. Live February 16, 2012 in South Gate, California. Xi, who is expected to become...
View Photo »US Vice President Joe Biden (2nd R), his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping (2nd L), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) watch a performance at the International Studies Learning School in Southgate, outside of Los Angeles, on February...
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), United States Vice President Joe Biden and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) watch a student dancer at the International Studies Learning Center in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to...
View Photo »US Vice President Joe Biden (C), his visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping (L) and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) applaud the performance by a student during a visit to the International Studies Learning School in Southgate, outside of Los Angeles, on February 17, 2012. ...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) is greeted by California Governor Jerry Brown (L) as Commerce Secretary John Bryson looks on backstage before speaking at the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping attends the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with California Governor Jerry Brown February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Xi said that China would...
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is greeted by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa(L) backstage at the JW Marriott hotel before speaking at the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) arrives to speak at the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum with Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (C) and California Governor Jerry Brown in Los Angeles on February 17, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi arrived in Los Angeles on...
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, leaves the stage accompanied by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center, and California Governor Jerry Brown during the US-China Economy and Trade Cooperation Forum, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Los Angeles. Xi Jinping was the featured...
View Photo »Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks as he welcomes the International Olympic Committee during the opening ceremony of the 5th Edition of the IOC World Conference on Women and Sport in Los Angeles, California February 16, 2012.
View Photo »SAN PEDRO, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Truck traffic from the Port of Los Angeles backs up as motorcade for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping leaves the port on February 16, 2012 in San Pedro, California. Xi Jinping is touring the China shipping terminal at the Port of Los Angeles with...
View Photo »SAN PEDRO, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, (C) talks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, (L) at China Shipping on February 16, 2012 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. Xi Jinping is touring the China shipping terminal at the Port of Los...
View Photo »SAN PEDRO, CA - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Los Angeles Mayor Antionio Villaraigosa (L), points out a port officer to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping as California Governor Jerry Brown looks on at China Shipping on February 16, 2012 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. Xi...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Security guards watch as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is greeted by Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (2ed R) and California governor Jerry Brown (R) upon his arrival to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on February 16, 2012 in Los...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Pro-Tibet demonstrators protest Chinese occupation and policies in Tibet as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping leaves Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after his arrival on February 16, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Xi Jinping will tour the China...
View Photo »Pro-Tibetan supporters line a street near the airport with flags, banners and slogans protesting the visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Los Angeles where he was met on arrival by California Governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C) waves after being met on arrival at the airport in Los Angeles by California Governor Jerry Brown (R) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) talks with California Governor Jerry Brown (C) as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Top R) attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California...
View Photo »And we expect he’ll be a no-show ... I’d love to invite him once again. We’d love to have him.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa raised public safety and health concerns in announcing plans for the eviction last week, while Philadelphia officials said protesters must clear their site to make room for a $50 million renovation project.
They can’t cut to the point where they set the economy back again ... We’ve got to cut, there’s no question about it. Our mayors have stood up for the proposition that we’ve got to cut entitlements, we’ve got to make them more sustainable, particularly Medicare. But we’ve also got to close tax loopholes...
By order of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, this notice terminates your tenancy and requires you to attend the Occupy L.A. Eviction Block Party
At approximately 12:30 a.m., the LAPD began enforcing the closure of City Hall Park after giving those in the park a final opportunity to leave without facing arrest ... We have taken a measured approach to enforcing the park closure because we have wanted to give people every opportunity to leave peace...
I couldn't be prouder of what I believe is maybe the finest moment in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department
I saw children there ... and it sent chills up my spine when I thought of what could be there.
These are costs every city is facing ... I expect it will be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe even more. But the First Amendment is not cheap. It is messy, but we need to defend it.
Anybody who went through that park, it was and is a public-health hazard
We took a measured approach, we did not dismiss the protesters out of hand
We have taken a measured approach because we wanted to give people the chance to leave peacefully.
I said here in Los Angeles we'd chart a different path and we did
I said that here in L.A. we'd chart a different path, and we did
We have taken a measured approach to enforcing the park closure because we have wanted to give people every opportunity to leave peacefully
The images you’ve seen across the country, people battling the police, you haven’t seen in this city
are in violation of the law but we won't make any arrests until such time as we believe we can do so with a minimum amount of force
Occupy LA has brought needed attention to the growing disparities in our country and I look forward to its ongoing efforts to build an economy that works for everyone ... As we continue to respect the exercise of everyone's First Amendment rights in our Civic Center and throughout Los Angeles, City Hall...
While Occupy LA has brought needed attention to the economic disparities in our country, an encampment on City Hall grounds is simply not sustainable indefinitely
move from holding a particular patch of park to spreading the message of economic Although most protesters showed no signs of moving Monday, a few did seem to support the mayor's I'm going
Though the park will officially close tonight at 12:01 a.m., the department will allow campers ample time to remove their belongings peacefully and without disruption
After this initial success the movement is at a crossroads
In seven short weeks, you have awakened the country’s conscience… You have given voice to those who have not been heard.
The movement is at a crossroads ... It is time for Occupy LA to move from holding a particular patch of park land to spreading the message of economic justice and signing more people up for the push to restore the balance to American society.
We're asking the participants in the Occupy LA encampment to pack their belongings and leave in an orderly manner
The movement has awakened the country's conscience. It has given voice to those who have not been heard
