Antonio Villaraigosa: The Gridlock Kid

Have you been to London recently? How about Dubai? For that matter, how about Bogotá, Colombia? Each of these cities is thriving, and their collective success makes clear the battle Los Angeles faces during the next several decades to stay successful on a global scale.

It also raises a question: Is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who came into office nearly three years ago with brio and youthful promise, doing enough to keep L.A. from slipping from the top tier of world cities? In many ways, his political legacy may depend on it. And in an age of hyper-competition among world cities, so will the health of the metropolitan region–and maybe of California as a whole.

The idea that major cities of the world, rather than the nations they belong to, will be the rising powers of the 21st century is a fashionable one these days. Paul Saffo, a futurist based at Stanford University, calls the rise of the city-state and the fall of the nation-state one of the biggest stories to watch in 2008.”*

*From: www.latimes.com
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