Here is a list of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fundraisers in the past two weeks. The invitations were filed with the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.
We've also included links and small snippet of write-ups by the Los Angeles Times' David Zahniser about the connections between particular fundraiser hosts and business they have before City Hall.
June 21, Saturday
Hosts: Benny and Juliette Klepach, Bill Rubin
Location: Indian Creek Island, Miami
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
June 23, Monday
Hosts: Scarlette Eum, president, Korean American Federation of Los Angeles; Chang Y. Lee, president, Korean American Chamber of Commerce; Alexander Hugh, CEO, CIC Group
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Zahniser's take: Perhaps the most noteworthy co-host is Alexander Hugh, chief executive of the real estate development company CIC Group -- a firm that received permission from City Hall last year to build a condominium hotel with 16- and 21-story towers at 7th Street and Hobart Boulevard.
June 25, Wednesday
Hosts: David Chang, Kerman Maddox
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 12 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Hosts: Former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Darius Anderson
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Price: Co-chairs promise to raise $10,000. Hosts promise to raise $5,000. Guests - $1,000 per person.
Zahniser's take: The fourth and final co-chair on the invitation is Darius Anderson, president of the lobbying and government relations firm Platinum Advisers. Although Platinum is not a registered lobbyist in the city of Los Angeles, it has 61 clients in Sacramento, according to the secretary of state's website. Those clients include AT&T, Lennar Homes, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the city of Upland...
Those clients might not need any help from Mayor Villaraigosa in 2009. But Gov. Villaraigosa in 2010? You never know.
June 27, Friday
Host: Larry Gonzalez
Co-Hosts: Monica Gil, David Lizarraga, Ozzie Lopez, Adriana Martinez
Location: Pasadena
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Price: $1,000, VIP; $500, guest
Zahniser's take: The host will be Larry Gonzalez, president of All Access Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based company devoted to celebrating "Latino holidays and the Hispanic culture of Southern California," according to its website.
All Access runs such city-sponsored events as Fiesta Broadway, a cultural festival thrown each year in downtown Los Angeles, and El Grito, a Spanish-language concert held annually outside Los Angeles City Hall to commemorate the Mexican War of Independence. Both have received financial help from the city for years.
June 28, Saturday
Hosts: Jeremy Bernard, David Bohnett, Bruce Cohen, Hon. John Duran, Shelley Freeman, Rufus Gifford, John Gile, Michael Keegan, Torie Osborn, Dana Perlman, Tim Robinson, Doug Spearman, Curt Shepard, Wes Walraven
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 11 a.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Zahniser's take: On Saturday morning, Villaraigosa looked for money from prominent gay and lesbian leaders -- including Bruce Cohen, the Hollywood producer whose marriage to art consultant Gabriel Catone was officiated by the mayor last week.
Hosts: James Aguirre, Tom Calderon, Andres Irlando, Esperanza Montezuma, Alex Nogales, Frank Quevedo, Jesus Quinones, Joseph Quinonez, Chirag Shah, Luis Valenzuela
Sponsors: Dan Falcon, James Garrison, John Guerra, Christine Robert, Sandra Figueroa-Villa
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Price: $1,000, host; $500, sponsor
Zahniser's take: Christine Robert, whose consulting firm the Robert Group has worked for such agencies as Los Angeles World Airports, the Board of Public Works and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where Villaraigosa will become board chairman this week. The Robert Group received a $650,000 contract from the MTA last year to work on the Westside subway extension, a top priority of Villaraigosa's.
June 29, Sunday
Hosts: Carol and Frank Biondi
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Hosts: Simon and Daniel Mani
Location: Beverly Hills
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person; $2,000 per couple
Zahniser's take: Simon and Daniel Mani, whose real estate company has sued Los Angeles over its approval of a development project in downtown Los Angeles. The city's handling of that lawsuit was discussed much of last year by Villaraigosa's appointees at the Community Redevelopment Agency.
Hosts: Sim and Debra Farar
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 4 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Hosts: The Persian American Community and Friends of the Mayor
Location: Beverly Hills
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person; $2,000 per couple
July 1, Tuesday
Hosts: Andy and Ernie Camacho
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Price: $1,000 per person
Zahniser reports: Camacho's has concessions at Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario/LA International Airport - facilities overseen by Villaraigosa's appointees on the Board of Airport Commissioners. Concessions for the Camacho's two LAX restaurants are set to expire in 2010, according to the airport agency.
Andy Camacho already co-hosted a VIllaraigosa fundraiser on June 24, according to another invitation. On that same day, the Los Angeles City Council voted to award a five-year lease to Camacho's. Inc. to operate a 3,460 square foot cafe and store in a building at the El Pueblo monument that surrounds Olvera Street.
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