MAYORAL HOPEFULS PICK UP SUPPORT.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Mayoral candidates Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California each picked up major backing Monday as the debate over police work schedules continued to dominate the June 5 mayoral election. Villaraigosa won the endorsement of Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. - who many had thought would be a leading candidate in this year's election - while City Attorney Hahn picked up the expected support of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Protective League membership. The former Assembly speaker received more good news Monday when he was shown ahead of Hahn for the first time in a survey conducted for KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) by SurveyUSA. The poll showed Villaraigosa ahead by a 49-45 percent margin, with a 3.2 percent margin of error. Past surveys had shown Hahn leading by a 49-46 percent edge. The Protective League's backing of Hahn came after a nearly two-week battle between the two candidates over the merits of a three-day, 12-hour work schedule for officers and whether the league's executive board supported the city attorney. ``What was surprising to us is that 86.9 percent of the officers agreed,'' League President Mitzi Grasso said. ``Hahn's pledge to improve working conditions and morale among police officers was the key.'' Grasso said ballots from 3,000 of its 8,300 members were received by the Saturday deadline. Villaraigosa continued to criticize crit·i·cize v. crit·i·cized, crit·i·ciz·ing, crit·i·ciz·es v.tr. 1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at critique. Hahn's commitment to seeking the 3-12 work schedule, and Yaroslavsky - who spent 19 years as a councilman - agreed with him. ``It's not something we should do,'' Yaroslavsky said. |
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