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Senate confirms former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India

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Former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti finally got the ambassadorship he wanted. Here's how he did it

WASHINGTON — It took nearly two years, but former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti finally got the job.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans throw lifeline to help confirm embattled Biden nominee Eric Garcetti

President Biden nominated Garcetti to be ambassador to India in July 2021.

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Senate clears way for final vote on Garcetti's nomination as ambassador to India

WASHINGTON — Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India cleared an important procedural hurdle on the Senate floor Wednesday, a strong indication that he will be confirmed to the post later in the day.

Los Angeles Times

Biden nomination of Garcetti for ambassador to India advances in US Senate

President Joe Biden's long-delayed nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India advanced in the U.S. Senate, clearing the way for a final vote on confirmation later on Wednesday.

Reuters

Garcetti's long-stalled India-envoy nomination faces Senate

The Senate is holding a make-or-break vote on the long-stalled nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to become ambassador to India

The Independent UK

Senate committee votes in favour of Eric Garcetti's nomination as US ambassador to India

WASHINGTON: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday voted 13-8 to advance the nomination of Eric Garcetti as US ambassador to India.

The Times of India

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Garcetti India nomination clouded by uncertainty after vote

A politically divided U.S. Senate panel has advanced former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to become ambassador to India

The Independent UK

Senate panel advances Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India

WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to advance former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India.

Los Angeles Times

'Gripped by grace': Thousands gather for Bishop O'Connell's funeral Mass

LOS ANGELES — It was standing-room only in the cavernous Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where the funeral Mass for Bishop David G. O'Connell was held Friday morning. And it seemed every one of the 3,000 mourners in attendance had a personal relationship with the cleric most knew…

Los Angeles Times

LA County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in the devastating earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria, causing many of the 50,000 deaths tallied so far.

Los Angeles Times

Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress

WASHINGTON — Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

The city will host the Games in 2028 and the costs – as they always do – are already mounting. The city’s mayor needs to grab back some control

The Guardian - US

Detectives are treating Los Angeles-area bishop’s death as a homicide

Bishop David O’Connell, 69, was found shot to death near a church in a Los Angeles suburb. O’Connell, a native of Ireland, worked for many years in gang intervention.

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Seeking reappointment, LAPD Chief Moore says he may stay only two or three more years

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Monday that, if appointed for a second term as the city's top cop, he would serve for two or three years before turning the department over to a new chief ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.

Al Jazeera

Republican Mitch McConnell breaks US Senate leadership record

McConnell has become the longest serving Senate leader in the chamber’s history as the 118th US Congress convenes.

The Independent UK

Biden to renominate Garcetti, others as new Senate begins

President Joe Biden will start the new Senate session on Tuesday by resubmitting 85 nominations that fell short last year

Los Angeles Times

Garcetti's last order as mayor: Light up the Hollywood sign. Bass rescinded it

LOS ANGELES — It may have been the shortest-lived executive directive in Los Angeles City Hall history.

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The Independent UK

Democrat Bass takes charge as LA mayor amid homeless crisis

Karen Ruth Bass took a ceremonial oath of office as mayor of Los Angeles and will become the first woman and second Black person to hold the job

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office

LOS ANGELES — After 241 years, the nation’s second-largest city has its first female mayor.

Los Angeles Times

Should LA's train and bus rides be free? Karen Bass may soon decide

LOS ANGELES — Should it be free to use the public rail and bus systems in Los Angeles County? That's a question incoming Mayor Karen Bass may soon have to answer.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass to be sworn in as LA mayor by Vice President Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass' inauguration ceremony to be held Dec. 11 outside City Hall

LOS ANGELES — Mayor-elect Karen Bass will hold a public inauguration on Dec. 11 outside Los Angeles City Hall, one day before she officially takes office as the first woman elected to serve in the city's top job, her campaign said Thursday.

Salon

Should L.A. mayor get ambassador post?

Biden has nominated Garcetti as next U.S. ambassador to India. His record in L.A. suggests he's unfit to serve

Los Angeles Times

Faced with tight transition, Mayor-elect Bass invites Garcetti staff to stay on through April

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass has invited all staffers in Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office to remain in their jobs through April, according to a letter sent last week — an atypical move intended to steady the ship amid an unusually short transition period.

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