Villaraigosa avoids talk of layoffs in State of the City address

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chooses instead to push a proposed ballot measure that he said would allow the region to rapidly expand its transit system.

Even as city workers protested planned cuts outside, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa avoided talk of layoffs during his annual State of the City address Wednesday. He chose instead to cheerlead a proposed ballot measure that he said would allow the region to rapidly expand its transit system.

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