RIVALS READY WITH $$$ MAYOR'S RACE COST TO TOP $15 MILLION.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer RESEDA - Even as independent groups and individuals pour money into the campaign, mayoral candidates 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 and 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. reported Thursday that they are prepared to spend more than $3 million on their own over the final 11 days before the May 17 runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. election. Campaign reports filed Thursday showed Villaraigosa has raised more than $2.2 million from around the country and has $1.7 million left to spend while Hahn's campaign estimated he will have raised a total of $l.8 million for the campaign but has $1.1 million left for the final stretch. The spending does not reach the record levels of the 1993 campaign when Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. put millions of dollars of his own money into the race but it is expected to exceed $15 million - including the primary election. Of that, $13 million has been raised by the different candidates and $2.8 million is being spent by independent groups on behalf of the two. The latest reports added fuel to the controversy over City Hall's ``pay- to-play'' investigations even as the candidates put the trust issue aside and vowed to shake up the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. and provide fresh leadership. Speaking at the new West Valley police station, Villaraigosa pledged to hire 1,000 extra officers - a promise he said Hahn made but never kept. In addition, the councilman said he will double the number of senior lead and gang officers and expand foot and bike patrols. ``Four years ago, this mayor and I pledged to add 1,000 police officers. Four years and four budgets and $500 million later and we still do not have those 1,000 police officers. ``As mayor, I will not accept the status quo for law enforcement,'' Villaraigosa said. ``We have heard the excuses about why we can't afford more police officers. As mayor, I will provide the leadership to do so.'' Appearing at an Eagle Rock charter school, Hahn said he will fight to reform public education in 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. . ``In the past four years, I refused to accept the status quo at the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. and made some changes that, quite frankly, cost me politically,'' Hahn said. ``But it was worth it because we have a safer city. ``If I'm re-elected I will bring that same energy to change the status quo at the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. district.'' Hahn has endorsed the Small Schools Initiative and has said he would like to change the City Charter to give the mayor more authority over school board decisions. He also deflected accusations that he became interested in schools only to garner voter support. He said he has provided the funding to expand the L.A.'s BEST after-school program and develop the Free Cash for College project and has worked with the school district to find sites for new schools. ``I am not new to dealing with educational issues,'' Hahn said. ``I have two children in public schools. It is something I am vitally interested in.'' Hahn also rejected a call from the Villaraigosa campaign to return what's left in a fundraising account from real estate developer Charles Fitzgerald Captain Charles Fitzgerald (1791–1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855. The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him. , who contributed $70,000 to send anti-Villaraigosa mailings in in the candidates' 2001 runoff. Fitzgerald is being sought by federal officials on fraud charges and is believed to have fled the country. Villaraigosa also picked up the endorsement of City Councilman Dennis Zine, who previously had supported Hahn. Zine said he switched allegiance because of pressure from Hahn and others when he refused to back a sales-tax increase to hire more cops. ``I felt I was being bombarded and I felt betrayed,' ' said Zine, a retired LAPD sergeant. ``We were told the only way we could hire more police officers was with the sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. . Well, I'm against more taxes. My district is against more taxes.'' While acknowledging he had stood with Hahn as recently as less than a month ago, Zine said he now believes Villaraigosa can offer something for the city that Hahn cannot. ``What we need is a cheerleader for the city of Los Angeles
Hahn said he didn't know what to make of Zine's switch. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ,'' Hahn shrugged. ``He sits pretty close to him in council. Maybe he was persuaded by (Villaraigosa's) charm.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) City Councilman Dennis Zine, right, endorses fellow Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa's mayoral bid during an appearance Thursday at the new West Valley police station. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer (2) Mayor James Hahn signs an autograph for Katie Rodriguez during a campaign visit to Glassell Park on Thursday. Michael Owen
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