LA Officials Vow to Protect City’s Interest in NFL Deal | LA Times Los Angeles officials promised Monday to take new steps to protect the city’s interests in pending agreements for a new downtown NFL stadium now that the company looking to develop the project has been put up for sale. Schwarzenegger: “Meaningful Changes Takes Balls” | Neon Tommy The former California governor kicked off the first symposium for USC’s new think tank with a panel discussion featuring power players from Washington. About 750 people attended the Tutor Campus Center Ballroom event, while a couple hundred had to be turned away due to limited seating. A seperate panel featuring Hollywood household names like director James Cameron was conducted during the afternoon. NFL Refs Lockout: A $10 Billion League vs. $16 Million in Labor Demands | KPCC Had enough yet? NFL players, coaches, and fans seem pretty fed up, after a controversial conclusion to Monday night’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packer. Touchdown? Interception? “Simultaneous catch?”  Campaign for DTLA Streetcar Ramps Up, Needs Residents’ Votes | Blog Downtown A campaign in support of the DTLA streetcar project is ramping up this fall with outreach and community events in an effort to garner votes for a crucial November vote, which will ask Downtown property owners to fund a portion of the the project’s $125-billion budget.
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LA Officials Vow to Protect City’s Interest in NFL Deal | LA Times

Los Angeles officials promised Monday to take new steps to protect the city’s interests in pending agreements for a new downtown NFL stadium now that the company looking to develop the project has been put up for sale.

Schwarzenegger: “Meaningful Changes Takes Balls” | Neon Tommy

The former California governor kicked off the first symposium for USC’s new think tank with a panel discussion featuring power players from Washington. About 750 people attended the Tutor Campus Center Ballroom event, while a couple hundred had to be turned away due to limited seating. A seperate panel featuring Hollywood household names like director James Cameron was conducted during the afternoon.

NFL Refs Lockout: A $10 Billion League vs. $16 Million in Labor Demands | KPCC

Had enough yet? NFL players, coaches, and fans seem pretty fed up, after a controversial conclusion to Monday night’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packer. Touchdown? Interception? “Simultaneous catch?” 

Campaign for DTLA Streetcar Ramps Up, Needs Residents’ Votes | Blog Downtown

A campaign in support of the DTLA streetcar project is ramping up this fall with outreach and community events in an effort to garner votes for a crucial November vote, which will ask Downtown property owners to fund a portion of the the project’s $125-billion budget.

Undocumented Youth Rally for TRUST Act | KPCC Dozens of undocumented immigrants gathered outside of the Mens’ Jail in downtown Los Angeles to rally for a state bill that would curb police enforcement of immigration law. LA Councilwoman Wants to Speed Up Approval Process for Proposed Downtown NFL Stadium | Daily News City Councilwoman Jan Perry is seeking to speed the City Hall approval process for Anschutz Entertainment Group’s proposed downtown football stadium. On Tuesday, Perry submitted a resolution to reduce the public hearing notice period for the stadium’s development agreement to just 10 days. Her resolution is expected to be voted on next week by the City Council. Touring LAX’s New Bradley West, Getting Its First Arrival Today | CurbedLA The new Bradley West international concourse at LAX starts a very gradual opening today, with the planned arrival of its first jumbo A380 (a Qantas flight) at Gate 134. Here’s a Photo Gallery.  If Dogs Were People, Some Would Leave in the 7th Inning | LA Times Dogs and their owners have a field day at the Bark in the Park event at Dodger Stadium. Well, most do. Some dogs, like some Angelenos, don’t have a clue about blue.
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Undocumented Youth Rally for TRUST Act | KPCC

Dozens of undocumented immigrants gathered outside of the Mens’ Jail in downtown Los Angeles to rally for a state bill that would curb police enforcement of immigration law.

LA Councilwoman Wants to Speed Up Approval Process for Proposed Downtown NFL Stadium | Daily News

City Councilwoman Jan Perry is seeking to speed the City Hall approval process for Anschutz Entertainment Group’s proposed downtown football stadium. On Tuesday, Perry submitted a resolution to reduce the public hearing notice period for the stadium’s development agreement to just 10 days. Her resolution is expected to be voted on next week by the City Council.

Touring LAX’s New Bradley West, Getting Its First Arrival Today | CurbedLA

The new Bradley West international concourse at LAX starts a very gradual opening today, with the planned arrival of its first jumbo A380 (a Qantas flight) at Gate 134. Here’s a Photo Gallery. 

If Dogs Were People, Some Would Leave in the 7th Inning | LA Times

Dogs and their owners have a field day at the Bark in the Park event at Dodger Stadium. Well, most do. Some dogs, like some Angelenos, don’t have a clue about blue.

Farmers Field Proposal to Add Exhibit Space at the LA Convention Center | KPCC If plans move forward for the Farmers Field football stadium in downtown Los Angeles, the city’s Convention Center is likely to see its overall space increase by more than 200,000 square feet, a city council committee was told today. Here Comes the Big Money | Downtown News Before the economic downturn hit Downtown in 2008, local developers were rushing to entitle dozens of new projects to get in on the building craze. Most of those plans were shelved when the market tanked. Now, after collecting dust for years, those old proposals are driving the next wave of Downtown development. E3 Commits to LA Through 2015 | LA Times The organizer of the E3 video game convention is expected to announce Monday that it has signed a contract to keep its annual event in Los Angeles through 2015. The deal ends a yearlong standoff that threatened to end the city’s 16-year run as the event’s host. Warner Bros. is a Big Spending in LA County: $4 Billion a Year | LA Times The studio offers a rare glimpse into the business operations of a Hollywood studio, hoping to show the importance of film and TV production to the area’s residents and businesses. Deadlocked Congress Running Out of Time to Take Big Steps | Reuters Campaigning, not legislating, appears to weigh most heavily on the minds of congressional Republicans and Democrats in the run-up to the November 6 elections to pick the next president, 435 members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the 100-member Senate.
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Farmers Field Proposal to Add Exhibit Space at the LA Convention Center | KPCC

If plans move forward for the Farmers Field football stadium in downtown Los Angeles, the city’s Convention Center is likely to see its overall space increase by more than 200,000 square feet, a city council committee was told today.

Here Comes the Big Money | Downtown News

Before the economic downturn hit Downtown in 2008, local developers were rushing to entitle dozens of new projects to get in on the building craze. Most of those plans were shelved when the market tanked. Now, after collecting dust for years, those old proposals are driving the next wave of Downtown development.

E3 Commits to LA Through 2015 | LA Times

The organizer of the E3 video game convention is expected to announce Monday that it has signed a contract to keep its annual event in Los Angeles through 2015. The deal ends a yearlong standoff that threatened to end the city’s 16-year run as the event’s host.

Warner Bros. is a Big Spending in LA County: $4 Billion a Year | LA Times

The studio offers a rare glimpse into the business operations of a Hollywood studio, hoping to show the importance of film and TV production to the area’s residents and businesses.

Deadlocked Congress Running Out of Time to Take Big Steps | Reuters

Campaigning, not legislating, appears to weigh most heavily on the minds of congressional Republicans and Democrats in the run-up to the November 6 elections to pick the next president, 435 members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the 100-member Senate.