Election 2013
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Full Audio from Streetsblog’s Interviews with the Mayoral Candidates
For those of you that can't get enough of our Mayoral Candidate Interview Series, we bring you the nearly unedited audio from our interview with each of the five candidates. Each interview went on for roughly ten minutes, but Shireen Alihaji and Kris Fortin edited them down so that just the answers to the questions made it into the final cut. However, for anyone that wants to listen to the entire interview, all five can be found below.
February 26, 2013
The Mayoral Candidate Video Series: Eric Garcetti
Filmed, directed, and edited by Shireen Alihaji and Kris Fortin
Produced by Damien Newton for Streetsblog Los Angeles
Questions from: Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, Los Angeles Walks, Occidental College UEPI, Southern California Transit Advocates and Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Previous Video: Emanuel Pleitez , Kevin James, Jan Perry
February 21, 2013
The Mayoral Candidate Interview Series: Kevin James
Filmed, directed, and edited by Shireen Alihaji and Kris Fortin
Produced by Damien Newton for Streetsblog Los Angeles
Questions from: Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, Los Angeles Walks, Occidental College UEPI, Southern California Transit Advocates and Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Previous Video: Emanuel Pleitez
February 19, 2013
Coming Next Week: Streetsblog Videos with the 5 Candidates for Mayor
Each day next week, including President's Day, Streetsblog Los Angeles will debut a short-film/interview with each of the five major candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles. The interviews were shot in late January and early February, excepting the one with Wendy Greuel which will be shot tomorrow. The interviews will air in the order that they were shot:
February 15, 2013
Why Did Gil Cedillo Not Vote for Greenhouse Gas Law in 2006? Campaigns Focus After Sunday’s CD 1 Debate.
The Senator begins his response to a question on his AB 32 vote at the 1:37 mark.
In 2006, California passed landmark environmental legislation, AB 32, which set the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal into law. Then Senator Gil Cedillo did not vote one way or another on the legislation, which needed a vote of the majority of the present Senators to pass. While his opponents in next month's primary election for Los Angeles City Council have contended that the lack of a "yes" vote is a sign of Cedillo's ties to Chevron Gasoline, which opposed the law, Cedillo tells a different story.
February 12, 2013