Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Friday

Will Poverty Pimps shake down the "AEG LA LIVE City-State" for Affordable Housing? 

AEG LA LIVE City-State in Downtown LA.

Shakedown time for the AEG LA LIVE City-State Farmers Field proposal.

It took ten hours for AEG LA LIVE City-State Strongman Tim LIEweke to get the rubber stamp needed from the Planning Commission to move his Farmers Field and city-subsidize convention center to the City Council for a final rubber stamp. But all of the AEG's gran plans may face a court room challenge from a rabble coalition of poverty pimps.

At a separate City Hall hearing on the stadium, Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney David Pettit urged city officials to help restart talks between AEG and a coalition of anti-poverty activists challenging special state legislation intended to speed up approval.The Play Fair at Farmers Field Coalition filed a lawsuit last month seeking to invalidate a state law written for AEG that limits lawsuits against the stadium to a 175-day period. The group, which includes the renters' rights group Community Action Network, said it wants AEG to provide $60 million for affordable housing, or $2 million a year over 30 years.

Look for the poverty pimps to get some AEG/taxpayers tribute to keep this boondoggle moving onwards.

** The Daily News has given its endorsement to Congressman Howard Berman in the contentious 30th Congressional District jihad .

This week, Berman made some headline-grabbing additions to his list of endorsements when Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina announced their support, praising Berman's willingness to talk policy with Republicans such as them.That confirms what our editorial board already saw as Berman's most important quality: At a time when voters say they want their representatives in Washington to show more cooperation and less partisanship, Berman does this better than Sherman.

Got to wonder how Assemblyman Mike Gatto will take this editorial slight of his former boss?

**CD 13 City Councilman and 2013 Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti has shown his repeated ability to speak in generalities, but in his first major policy address as a mayoral candidate, these specifics regarding current Mayor Villar staffers is sure to garner attention.

Garcetti spoke in broad themes, and offered relatively little in the way of concrete proposals. He did, however, signal that he will distance himself from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, saying that he will force all of the mayor's department heads to reapply for their jobs.
"If they want to stick around, they'll have to prove they have what it takes to meet our city's urgent economic imperatives," Garcetti said.
That would be a break from past practice. Mayors have tended to keep some of their predecessor's top staffers.

Can you see LAPD Chief Charlie Beck updating his resume?

Lastly, we have a "Princeton Graduate, Dear Charro" sighting from East LA

Wondering if the CLARTS Fund paid for the Dear Charro's wardrobe and horse?

Your thoughts ................

Scott Johnson in CD 14