Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Wednesday

It has been said that whenever County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky is considering running for a new office he loses weight and gets in shape. The LA Times follows Zev's new regimen and shows him looking quite fit. Check out the differences in the photos from a year ago and now. Well, there's lot more homeowner groups to barnstorm!

Red County reports that the LA City Council plans to "go to war" with State Senator George Runner. Wednesday, the Council will consider a resolution to oppose Runner's Safe Neighborhoods Act on the November ballot that will eliminate bail for criminal illegal aliens and stiffens penalties for gang involved crimes. If you favor this measure, call your City Council member and tell them you expect them to be tough on crime. Tell your friends to do the same. Doesn't the City Council have more pressing issues than to be passing resolutions against ballot measures?

LA County Supervisor Mike Antonovich has gone on record as opposing the County's needle exchange program. These programs - in which intravenous drug addicts receive "clean needles" for old - are intended to slow the spread of diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis. However, studies have shown in city after city these programs do not achieve their stated purpose and actually increase drug use.

This might be an opportunity for the Westside White Guy. As a cost cutting move, The Former Fishwrap of Record is no longer going to produce it's own Sunday supplement magazine and turn production over to it's Los Angeles Times Media Group. However if they really want to cut corners how about making it the analog fishwrap version of OBSERVING (WEST) LA AND HIS LIFE AND (LA ANTONIA) TIMES? Maybe there's a Pulitzer in there somewhere?

He's filled many times more potholes but Mayor Villaraigosa joined with potential opponent Magic Johnson to announce the filling of the 10,000th job by a city program the Mayor has championed. According to reports, the 10,000th job was filled at a Vons Market.