The Next Mayor Of Los Angeles Is......Eric Garcetti

 

 

 

Los Angeles elected a new mayor yesterday and the winner was LGBT friendly Eric Garcetti. He defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel by 54% to 46%. The comfortable margin will strengthen his hand as mayor since the race was a tough and at times bitter one.

Garcetti becomes the first Jewish mayor in the history of the City of the Angels. His bio is impressive:

Eric was raised in the San Fernando Valley and earned his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University. He studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and the London School of Economics and taught at Occidental College and U.S.C. A fourth generation Angeleno, Eric lives in Silver Lake with his wife and one-year-old daughter. He is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve and is an avid jazz pianist and photographer.

In other great news out of Los Angeles, openly gay LGBT candidate Ron Galperin defeated Dennis Zine by a landslide winning 56% to 44% of the vote. Galperin becomes the first LGBT person to win citywide in Los Angeles.

Mitch O'Farrell, also openly gay was elected to the Los Angeles City Council. He is a member of the Wyandotte Native American Tribe and has been in a relationship with George Brauckman for twenty-one years. He is a huge supporter of saving wildlife

Los Angeles Times: Five Best Mexican Restaurants In Los Angeles

 

 

 

John Gold, restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times, has picked the fourteen best places to have Mexican food in the City of the Angeles. Here are his choices for the top five.

1. Babita:

One of the most serious Mexican restaurants on the Eastside, a casual corner joint whose service is burnished to a white-tablecloth sheen. Chef-owner Roberto Berrelleza is especially gifted at the cuisine of his hometown of Los Mochis on the Sinaloa coast. 1823 S. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel, (626) 288-7265; Babita-MexiCuisine.com.

2. Border Grill:

More than 25 years later, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger are still producing polished versions of great Mexican dishes. 1445 4th St., Santa Monica, (310) 451-1655; and 445 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, (213) 486-5171; BorderGrill.com.

3. Cemitas Poblanas Elvirita:

Where to go for unbeatable cemitas, Puebla-style hoagies of thinly pounded fried beef, avocado, chipotle chiles, and hand-shredded string cheese on sesame-seed rolls. 3010 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, (323) 881-0428.

4. Chichen Itza:

The most serious Yucatecan restaurant in town is in a bustling cooperative marketplace near USC. 3655 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, (213) 741-1075; ChichenItzaRestaurant.com.

5. Coni’Seafood:

The elusive Mexican seafood king Sergio Peñuelas, the master of Sinaloa-style pescado zarandeado, seems to have found a home. The aguachile is also the best in town. 3544 W. Imperial Highway, Inglewood, (310) 672-2339.

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