An open letter to Mr. Jack Griffin and the Tribune Company Board of Directors:
We are sending this letter because we have devoted our careers to public service and to the creation and strengthening
of a greater Los Angeles. Our constituents reflect the full demographic, ideological and cultural diversity of our region.
They are the hard-working men and women who have made Los Angeles the most vibrant and most exciting city on the
planet, and the people for whom the LA Times has always served by providing a window to the broader community in
which they are the most necessary part. As their elected representatives, we work to bring together this wide range of
backgrounds, beliefs and aspirations to form a society that can work together to take on our greatest challenges.
While there are many matters of public policy on which we might disagree, we are absolutely
united in our recognition of the valuable and necessary role that the Los Angeles Times has
played throughout its existence as a leader in our community. The Times provides a common
ground on which the people of Los Angeles can come together and helps us bridge gaps between
sectors, ideologies and interests. Its journalists provide us with the information we need to make
the necessary and sometimes difficult decisions about our future. When the Times is run by men
and women who truly and deeply understand the complexities of our region and its people, both
the newspaper and the communities it serves can flourish.
Local leadership and control of our newspaper is of critical importance to the people of Los Angeles. No
city can accomplish great things without a great newspaper -- one that is fully steeped in the history,
the complexities and the future of the community it serves. We hope you understand how much the
Times means to our city, our region and our state, and we urge you to consider the important role that
Angelenos must play in its management and ownership as you consider the possibilities for the Times’
future.

This decision is more important than any one individual. We hope you will move forward in a manner
that recognizes that the Times and its readers will be best served if you now make the wise choice to
put the paper in the hands of men and women who truly love both our city and our newspaper.

Sincerely,

Ron Galperin,
Los Angeles City Controller

Mike Feuer,
Los Angeles City Attorney

Zev Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles County Supervisor
(Ret.)

John Pérez
Speaker Emeritus, CA State
Assembly

Paul Krekorian,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
2nd District

Bob Blumenfield,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
3rd District

Herb Wesson
President, Los Angeles City
Council
Mitchell Englander
Los Angeles City Council,
President Pro Tempore

David Ryu,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
4th District

 Nury Martinez,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
6th District

Mike Bonin,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
11th District

Joe Buscaino,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
15th District

Marqueece Harris-Dawson,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
8th District

Mitch O’Ferrell,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
13th District

Curren Price,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
9th District
José Huizar,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,
14th District