Los Angeles Times Poll Alert

STUDY #519

LOS ANGELES TIMES POLL ALERT

Stat Sheet Results from the Times Poll LA City Poll April 5-11, 2005

Guide to Column Headings

Among all likely voters:

LV All Likely voters DEM Democrats REP Republicans WHT Whites BLK Blacks LAT Latinos WES Westside SFV San Fernando Valley CEN Central Los Angeles (City of LA, including east of Beverly Hills and North of 10 FWY) SOU Southern Los Angeles (City of LA, including south of the 10 FWY and San Pedro)

Note -All results are among likely voters in the city of Los Angeles. -(Vol.) indicates a voluntarily response - (NM) indicates: Not Mentioned - ‘–‘ indicates less than 0.5%

Q1. Do you think things in the city of Los Angeles are generally going in the right direction or are they seriously off on the wrong track?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Right direction 30 32 28 31 22 36 27 25 41 30 On the wrong track 55 55 54 54 65 52 59 60 42 57 Don’t know 15 13 18 15 13 12 14 15 17 13

-Q1 Continued on the next page.

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Study/Question No. 516/Q1 515/Q1 459/Q1 456/Q1 454/Q1 Date 03/05 02/05 05/01 04/01 03/01

LV LV LV LV LV Right direction 36 36 46 40 49 Wrong track 49 51 39 44 36 Don’t know 15 13 15 16 15

Study/Question No. 393/Q9* 315/C6* Date 03/97 05/93

LV LV Well 49 20 Badly 48 78 Don’t know 3 2

* The wording of this question is different in earlier poll/s. Wording in earlier poll/s: How do you feel thing are going in Los Angeles these days--very well, or pretty well, or pretty badly, or very badly?

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 2 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q4. What one issue or problem do you think should be the next mayor's top priority? Is there another issue or problem that you think should be at the top of the next mayor's priority list? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Education 31 33 24 29 29 40 29 32 32 27 Crime 27 27 25 22 38 29 22 21 32 38 Traffic congestion 24 25 22 35 13 11 40 27 17 8 More police 9 7 15 11 9 8 10 9 8 11 Immigrants/Illegal aliens 9 7 14 11 7 5 3 13 7 4 Road/street/freeway improvement 7 7 7 7 3 11 7 10 6 3 Affordable housing 6 8 4 6 6 10 7 4 9 8 Public transportation 6 8 2 7 2 3 9 5 7 2 Healthcare 5 6 4 3 4 10 4 3 7 8 Economy 5 4 6 5 5 5 7 5 5 1 School violence 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 5 San Fernando Valley issues 3 2 5 4 – 2 2 5 – – City budget 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 4 1 4 Growth/too much growth 3 4 2 3 – 1 5 4 1 1 Taxes 2 1 3 2 1 3 – 4 1 3 Business/helping business 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 – 3 Corruption in city government 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 Drugs 2 1 3 – 2 5 – – 5 3 Environment/pollution 2 2 – 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 Graffiti 2 1 2 1 – 5 2 1 3 2 Police brutality 2 3 1 1 6 2 – 2 1 7 Homelessness/poverty 2 2 2 1 5 3 1 2 4 1 Job creation 2 3 2 2 7 2 3 1 3 4 LAX expansion 1 1 3 2 – – 7 1 – 1 Break up of Los Angeles Unified School District 1 1 2 1 2 2 – 1 1 5 City government 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Quality of life 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 – 1 Race relations 1 1 1 1 3 2 – 1 1 4 More teachers 1 1 – – 1 – 1 – 2 1 Unemployment 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 1 – 1 Energy/power usage – – 1 1 1 – – 1 – – Lack of community – – – – – – – – 1 1 Senior citizen problems 1 1 1 – 2 1 – – 1 3 Campaign contributions for jobs – – 1 – – – – – – – Nothing 3 2 7 3 1 1 2 2 6 2 Other 8 8 8 8 10 7 3 10 7 7 Not sure 2 3 2 2 3 4 5 1 2 5 Refused – – – – 2 – – – 1 –

-Q4 Continued on the next page.

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Study/Question No. 515/Q8 459/Q6 456/Q4 454/Q18 Date 02/05 05/01 03/01 02/01 LV LV LV LV Education 24 44 42 33 Crime 21 22 25 20 Need more police 16 5 4 1 Traffic congestion 14 10 10 7 Homelessness/poverty 7 3 2 4 Road improvement 7 NM NM NM Public transportation 6 8 6 6 Immigrants 5 3 2 3 Job creation 5 3 2 NM City budget 4 1 – 1 Affordable housing 4 2 1 4 Taxes 4 2 2 2 Corruption in city government 3 2 NM NM Economy 3 9 3 10 Environment 3 3 2 2 Healthcare 3 1 2 3 LAX expansion 3 – 1 NM Senior citizen problems 3 1 1 – City government 2 2 2 3 Drugs 2 1 1 3 Too much growth 2 2 2 1 Break up of LA Unified School District 1 1 1 3 Helping business 1 – 1 1 Campaign contributions for jobs 1 NM NM NM Energy 1 15 18 7 Police brutality 1 13 20 21 Prisons/more prisons needed 1 NM NM 2 Improve quality of life for all LA residents 1 NM NM NM Race relations 1 2 1 5 School violence 1 2 3 NM More teachers 1 1 1 2 Unemployment 1 1 – 1 Graffiti – – 2 1 Lack of community – 1 1 2 Lack of leadership – 1 – Fallout of Rampart scandal NM 1 2 2 Rebuilding city infrastructure NM 3 3 5 Resolution of inner city problem NM 1 3 1 San Fernando Valley/San Pedro and Hollywood secessions NM 4 4 3 Nothing in particular 5 3 2 2 Other 9 6 5 4 Not sure 3 2 4 9 Refused 1 – –

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 4 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ORDER OF CANDIDATES IS ROTATED) Q5. If the May 17th runoff for mayor of the city of Los Angeles were being held today and the candidates were: Los Angeles Mayor James Kenneth Hahn and Los Angeles City Council member Antonio R. Villaraigosa, for whom would you vote: Hahn or Villaraigosa? (INCLUDES LEANERS)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 35 27 54 35 32 33 33 34 40 27 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 53 63 34 52 52 61 52 54 50 61 Other (Vol.) – – – – – – 1 – – – Don’t know 12 10 12 13 16 6 14 12 10 12

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459/C8* 05/01 James Hahn 47 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 40 Other (Vol.) 1 Don’t know 12

*For comparison: When asked in May 5th, 2001, the wording of the question was as follows: If the June 5th runoff for mayor of the city of Los Angeles were being held today and the candidates were: Los Angeles Mayor James Kenneth Hahn and Antonio R. Villaraigosa, for whom would you vote: Hahn or Villaraigosa?

(ASKED OF VOTERS WHO MENTIONED A CANDIDATE) Q6. Are you certain you're going to vote for that candidate, or is it possible that you might end up voting for the other candidate?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Certain 83 87 80 81 82 85 83 80 86 88 Might vote for other candidate 14 12 17 16 15 12 13 17 12 11 Don’t know 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 1

Among Hahn/Villaraigosa voters:

Hahn Villaraigosa Certain 80 85 Might vote for other candidate 18 12 Don’t know 2 3

-Q6 Continued on the next page.

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459/Q9 05/01 Certain 84 Might vote for other candidate 15 Don’t know 1

Among Hahn/Villaraigosa voters:

Hahn Villaraigosa Certain 86 84 Might vote for other candidate 13 16 Don’t know 1 –

(ASKED OF REGISTERED VOTERS) Q7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way James Hahn is handling his job as mayor of Los Angeles? (IF APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE) Do you (approve/disapprove) strongly or (approve/disapprove) somewhat?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Approve (Net) 44 43 52 40 36 59 34 37 60 43 Approve strongly 14 14 17 11 12 21 8 9 23 17 Approve somewhat 30 29 35 29 24 38 26 28 38 25 Disapprove (Net) 49 49 45 54 52 36 52 57 35 49 Disapprove somewhat 26 27 20 30 25 20 31 29 20 23 Disapprove strongly 23 22 25 24 27 16 21 28 14 26 Don’t know 7 8 3 6 12 5 14 6 5 8

Trend for Q7

Study/Question No. 516/Q28 515/Q32 475/C2 Date 03/05 02/05 10/02

LV LV LV Approve (Net) 43 44 57 Approve strongly 11 8 11 Approve somewhat 32 36 47 Disapprove (Net) 51 48 29 Disapprove somewhat 30 27 18 Disapprove strongly 21 21 11 Don’t know 6 8 14

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 6 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ORDER OF NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS AND CANDIDATES IS ROTATED) Q8. Which candidate for mayor do you think would do the better job holding down crime: James Hahn or Antonio Villaraigosa?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 40 31 60 43 30 36 36 37 49 31 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 33 40 23 25 42 47 29 34 30 42 Neither (Vol.) 8 8 9 10 8 5 10 11 3 9 Both(Vol.) 10 12 2 11 5 8 16 9 10 7 Don’t know 9 9 6 11 15 4 9 9 8 11

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Study/Question No. 459/Q19 Date 5/01

LV James Hahn 53 Antonio Villaraigosa 19 Neither (Vol.) 7 Both (Vol.) 13 Don’t know 8

Q9. Who do you think better understands the needs of the city of Los Angeles: James Hahn or Antonio Villaraigosa?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 27 22 40 31 27 19 28 28 26 25 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 47 55 28 44 44 54 43 46 48 51 Neither (Vol.) 6 5 8 6 8 4 4 10 2 5 Both(Vol.) 14 13 14 11 12 19 17 11 18 12 Don’t know 6 5 10 8 9 4 8 5 6 7

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Study/Question No. 459/Q22 Date 5/01

LV James Hahn 47 Antonio Villaraigosa 29 Neither (Vol.) 5 Both (Vol.) 15 Don’t know 4

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 7 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q10. Which candidate for mayor do you think would do the better job improving traffic and transportation issues: James Hahn or Antonio Villaraigosa?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 25 20 35 22 32 29 24 22 29 29 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 39 48 24 38 36 46 41 38 42 37 Neither (Vol.) 14 12 19 17 17 6 12 15 16 11 Both(Vol.) 5 5 3 4 2 8 3 5 3 9 Don’t know 17 15 19 19 13 11 20 20 10 14

Q11. Which candidate for mayor do you think would do the better job improving the city's public schools: James Hahn or Antonio Villaraigosa?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 23 20 37 19 24 25 21 19 31 23 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 52 60 35 50 53 59 50 52 52 56 Neither (Vol.) 13 9 18 17 8 9 17 19 6 7 Both(Vol.) 4 4 2 4 5 4 3 4 3 6 Don’t know 8 7 8 10 10 3 9 6 8 8

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Study/Question No. 459/Q21 Date 05/01

LV James Hahn 33 Antonio Villaraigosa 38 Neither (Vol.) 9 Both (Vol.) 13 Don’t know 7

Q12. Which candidate for mayor do you think is more closely tied to special interest groups: James Hahn or Antonio Villaraigosa?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU James Hahn 37 41 26 44 46 20 49 36 32 34 Antonio R. Villaraigosa 30 26 40 21 26 54 17 25 42 37 Neither (Vol.) 3 4 1 2 2 4 3 4 3 1 Both(Vol.) 18 17 22 21 14 11 20 24 12 13 Don’t know 12 12 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 15

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Yes 44 44 48 37 39 60 38 38 53 53 No 49 47 46 56 47 33 57 56 37 38 Don’t know 7 9 6 7 14 7 5 6 10 9

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Study/Question No. 459/Q16 Date 5/01

LV Yes 59 No 24 Don’t know 17

Q14. Do you think Antonio Villaraigosa is a strong leader, or not?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Yes 59 69 39 56 54 66 61 54 65 64 No 23 15 37 25 16 24 23 25 22 16 Don’t know 18 16 24 19 30 10 16 21 13 20

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Study/Question No. 459/Q17 Date 5/01 LV Yes 53 No 25 Don’t know 22

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 9 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ORDER OF NEXT TWO QUESTIONS IS ROTATED) Q15. Do you think James Hahn has the honesty and integrity to serve as mayor of Los Angeles, or not?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Yes 57 58 64 56 45 68 52 51 72 53 No 31 29 28 32 42 23 32 37 21 33 Don’t know 12 13 8 12 13 9 16 12 7 14

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Study/Question No. 516/Q13 515/Q16 459/Q14 Date 03/05 02/05 05/01 LV LV LV Yes 50 48 72 No 35 34 16 Don’t know 15 18 12

Q16. Do you think Antonio Villaraigosa has the honesty and integrity to serve as mayor of Los Angeles, or not?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Yes 64 71 47 64 66 64 65 61 67 64 No 20 14 35 20 16 23 18 23 17 18 Don’t know 16 15 18 16 18 13 17 16 16 18

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Study/Question No. 515/Q19 459/Q15 Date 02/05 05/01 LV LV Yes 50 55 No 21 25 Don’t know 29 20

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 10 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q17. Generally speaking, do you think the city of Los Angeles is better off because of James Hahn's policies and should continue in the direction he has set, or do you think Los Angeles is not better off and needs to move in a new direction?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Continue policies of Hahn 24 20 37 23 21 28 22 19 35 21 Needs a new direction 65 69 54 70 71 61 66 73 50 71 Don’t know 11 11 9 7 8 11 12 8 15 8

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Study/Question No. 516/Q15 Date 03/05 LV Continue 26 New direction 65 Don’t know 9

(ORDER OF NEXT TWO QUESTIONS IS ROTATED) Q18. Do you think James Hahn is more liberal or more conservative than you are on most political matters, or does Hahn think the same way you do on most political matters? (IF LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE) Is he much more (liberal/conservative) than you or only somewhat more (liberal/conservative)?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU More liberal (Net) 30 21 56 30 21 40 25 32 33 30 Much more liberal 11 6 22 12 10 8 4 16 6 12 Somewhat more liberal 20 15 34 19 11 32 21 16 27 18 More conservative (Net) 37 44 19 39 44 30 41 34 40 34 Somewhat more conservative 29 32 17 31 29 22 34 28 30 22 Much more conservative 8 11 2 7 15 8 8 5 10 13 Thinks the same way as me 16 19 13 17 16 14 19 14 15 18 Don’t know 17 16 12 14 19 16 15 20 12 18

Trend for Q18

Study/Question No. 459/Q23 Date 05/01 LV More liberal (Net) 23 Much more 10 Somewhat more 13 More conservative (Net) 38 Somewhat more 27 Much more 11 Thinks like me 26 Don’t know 13

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 11 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q19. Do you think Antonio Villaraigosa is more liberal or more conservative than you are on most political matters, or does Villaraigosa think the same way you do on most political matters? (IF LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE) Is he much more (liberal/conservative) than you or only somewhat more (liberal/ conservative)?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU More liberal (Net) 43 33 67 46 24 52 33 45 50 36 Much more liberal 24 16 46 24 13 33 15 27 27 20 Somewhat more liberal 19 17 21 22 10 19 19 18 23 15 More conservative (Net) 11 13 6 9 15 14 13 13 8 12 Somewhat more conservative 8 9 5 7 11 10 9 10 5 9 Much more conservative 3 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 Thinks same was as me 29 35 13 30 32 23 36 26 29 26 Don’t know 17 19 14 15 29 11 18 16 13 26

Trend for Q19

Study/question no. 459/Q24 date 05/01 LV More liberal (Net) 48 Much more 21 Somewhat more 27 More conservative (Net) 11 Somewhat more 9 Much more 2 Thinks like me 25 Don’t know 16

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 12 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q20. Thinking back now over the past four years, what would you say is James Hahn's most important accomplishment as mayor of Los Angeles? Is there another accomplishment that is almost as important? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Hiring William Bratton as police chief 20 19 28 27 7 10 28 23 17 8 Crime reduction 10 8 12 10 10 9 6 13 8 13 Firing police chief Bernard Parks 8 7 11 8 5 6 6 7 10 6 Stopping secession of Hollywood and San Fernando Valley 6 6 4 6 2 9 3 6 10 – LAX modernization 5 6 9 3 4 12 3 3 10 7 Infrastructure improvements 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 6 6 Affordable housing 2 1 1 – 3 1 1 – 3 2 After-school programs 2 2 2 1 5 3 – 1 1 8 Bringing business to the city 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 Improved/supports LAPD 2 – 5 1 3 4 2 1 3 4 Good response after 9/11 2 3 – 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 Public transportation improvements 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 4 1 1 Strong leadership 1 2 – 1 4 1 1 1 2 5 Better race relations 1 1 2 1 1 4 – 1 3 3 Economy 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 Getting elected 1 – 2 1 1 – – 1 1 1 Supporting organized labor – 1 – – – 1 – – 1 1 Nothing in particular 34 37 28 36 35 33 40 34 29 33 Other 8 6 10 6 11 7 10 7 7 8 Don’t know 14 14 10 10 19 19 12 10 16 17

Trend for Q20

Study/Question No. 515/Q20 Date 02/05 LV Crime reduction 5 Bettering race relations 4 Hiring William Bratton as police chief 4 LAX modernization 4 Stopping secession of Hollywood/SFV 4 Bringing business to city 3 After school programs 2 Firing police chief Bernard Parks 2 Strong leadership 2 Improved public transportation 2 Getting elected 2 Good response after 9/11 attacks 1 Economy 1 Affordable housing – Reducing crime Supporting organized labor – Improved infrastructure – Nothing in particular 47 Other 9 Don’t know 18

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 13 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 Q21. Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "It is time Los Angeles had a Latino mayor"? (IF AGREE/DISAGREE) Do you strongly (agree/disagree) with this statement or somewhat (agree/disagree)?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Agree (Net) 42 49 24 37 36 58 44 35 50 44 Strongly agree 23 29 12 16 16 46 19 20 30 28 Somewhat agree 18 21 12 21 19 11 25 15 20 16 Disagree (Net) 43 37 60 46 44 34 40 48 41 39 Somewhat disagree 19 16 24 21 16 18 24 20 14 18 Strongly disagree 25 20 36 25 29 16 16 28 27 21 Don’t know 15 14 16 17 20 8 16 17 9 17

Q22. Lots of people don't pay much attention to political campaigns. How about you? So far this year, would you say you have been very interested in following the political campaign for mayor of the city of Los Angeles, or somewhat interested, or somewhat uninterested, or very uninterested in following the political campaign for mayor this year?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Interested (Net) 94 94 95 93 95 98 94 93 95 95 Very interested 41 42 42 37 48 47 39 39 40 49 Somewhat interested 53 52 53 56 47 51 55 54 55 46 Uninterested (Net) 6 6 5 7 4 2 6 7 5 4 Somewhat uninterested 4 4 4 5 3 2 4 5 3 3 Very uninterested 2 2 1 2 1 _ 2 2 2 1 Don’t know – – – – 1 – – – – 1

Trend for Q22

Study/Question No. 516/Q16 515/Q21 459/Q25 456/Q13 454/Q20 Date 03/05 02/05 05/01 04/01 03/01 LV LV LV LV LV Interested (Net) 91 87 95 94 88 Very interested 45 25 47 47 39 Somewhat interested 47 62 48 47 49 Uninterested (Net) 912 5 5 11 Somewhat uninterested 4 9 4 4 9 Very uninterested 4 3 1 1 2 Don’t know _ 1 _ 1 1

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 14 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (IMPRESSION QUESTIONS ARE ROTATED AS A SET) Q29. What is your impression of James Hahn? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him to say?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Favorable (Net) 50 49 56 43 50 65 42 42 62 56 Very favorable 16 17 17 10 15 29 13 10 25 21 Somewhat favorable 34 32 39 33 35 36 29 33 37 35 Unfavorable (Net) 44 44 43 54 42 27 52 54 32 33 Somewhat unfavorable 31 31 29 40 24 17 38 36 26 18 Very unfavorable 13 13 14 14 18 10 14 17 6 15 Haven’t heard enough 3 4 – 1 4 5 3 2 2 7 Don’t know 3 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 4 4

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Study/Question No. 516/Q24 515/Q28 Date 03/05 02/05 LV LV Favorable (Net) 53 51 Very favorable 19 15 Somewhat favorable 33 36 Unfavorable (Net) 42 41 Somewhat unfavorable 27 23 Very unfavorable 16 18 Haven’t heard enough 2 5 Don’t know 3 3

Study/Question No. 459/C33* 456/C22 * 454/C34* Date 05/01 04/01 03/01

LV LV LV Favorable (Net) 67 67 60 Very favorable 28 27 24 Somewhat favorable 39 40 36 Unfavorable (Net) 23 18 16 Somewhat unfavorable 16 13 11 Very unfavorable 6 5 5 Haven’t heard enough 8 12 20 Don’t know 2 3 4

*The wording of this question is different in earlier poll/s. Wording in earlier poll/s: What is your impression of James Kenneth Hahn? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him to say?

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 15 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF VOTERS WHO HAVE A VERY/SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE IMPRESSION OF HAHN) Q30. Why do you have a favorable impression of James Hahn? Is there another reason? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Has done a good job overall 12 12 12 14 8 16 7 11 17 9 Honest 10 10 8 17 3 4 15 11 8 5 Cares about all L.A. communities 9 11 10 8 8 13 7 12 9 6 Best candidate 8 7 10 12 1 5 9 11 4 7 Calm, stable personality 8 7 10 5 9 16 15 6 10 3 Liked his father 8 9 7 6 22 7 4 4 8 20 Experience in government 7 6 11 6 5 4 11 7 6 5 Crime reduced overall 6 6 5 5 7 10 2 5 8 10 Strong leader 6 8 2 8 9 1 16 3 4 7 Agrees with me on issues 5 4 7 5 11 2 – 6 5 5 Maintained status quo in Los Angeles 5 6 4 8 1 3 5 6 6 3 Hired William Bratton as police chief 4 5 3 4 6 3 7 3 3 6 Has general public support 3 3 4 – – 9 – 1 6 – Non partisan 3 3 3 1 – 9 – 3 5 3 Understands L.A. 3 2 4 5 3 1 6 3 2 1 Background as a prosecutor 2 2 2 2 3 5 – 3 2 4 Charismatic 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 – 1 Democratic 2 3 1 1 2 2 – 2 3 2 Education proposals 2 2 2 1 4 4 7 – 1 7 Kept city together/fought secession of San Fernando Valley and Hollywood 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 LAPD improved overall 2 2 1 2 – 2 – – 4 – Intelligent 1 1 – 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Liberal 1 2 – – 3 2 – 2 – – Stand on gangs 1 1 – – 5 – – 1 – 2 Attracts business to Los Angeles 1 – 1 – 1 1 – – 1 2 Endorsements – – – – – 1 – – 1 – Gun control position – – – – – 1 – – – 1 Pro-labor – 1 – – – 1 – 1 – – No particular reason 14 8 25 12 8 10 9 13 18 12 Other 10 10 8 10 9 10 7 11 11 9 Not sure 2 3 – 1 5 2 – 3 1 4 Refused 2 4 – 1 5 2 3 4 – 4

-Q30 Continued on the next page.

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Study/question no. 459/Q34 date 05/01

LV Experience in government 30 Liked his father 23 Has done a good job 16 Honest 14 Strong leader 9 Background as prosecutor 8 Understands L.A. 7 Agrees with me on issues 6 Better of the candidates 3 Intelligent 3 Cares about all L.A. communities 2 Charismatic 2 Democrat/Liberal 2 Moderate/Conservative 2 Education proposals 2 Has general public support 1 Supports gun control 1 Stand on gangs 1 Pro-labor 1 Other 6 No particular reason 11 Don’t know 1

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 17 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF VOTERS WHO HAVE A VERY/SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE IMPRESSION OF HAHN) Q31. Why do you have an unfavorable impression of James Hahn? Is there another reason? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Dishonest 18 16 23 19 26 13 17 19 20 14 Hasn’t done very much 18 19 21 19 23 13 18 18 18 14 Not a strong leader 9 10 6 10 4 7 9 7 13 7 Beholden to special interest 8 7 7 10 11 – 9 7 8 8 Contracts for contributions 8 8 9 10 6 3 8 8 11 2 Boring 7 7 6 7 4 2 9 7 6 3 Cares only about certain L.A. areas 7 7 7 6 10 12 4 6 12 6 Disagree with him on issues 5 7 5 4 2 4 5 7 1 3 Poor advocate for city of Los Angeles 5 6 2 6 6 4 7 5 3 6 Lacks vision of what L.A. should be 5 2 8 5 2 6 6 4 3 5 Stance on San Fernando Valley secession 4 3 9 6 2 3 – 7 2 2 Traffic problems 3 3 3 2 – 6 3 3 3 3 Fired Bernard Parks 3 3 2 – 13 4 – 2 4 12 Career politician 3 4 3 3 – 6 – 5 2 2 Leans on his father’s name 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 – Education proposal 2 2 5 3 1 4 3 3 – 4 Elitist/inaccessible 2 3 – 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 Infrastructure deteriorating 2 1 5 2 – 2 4 2 – – LAPD hasn’t improved 2 1 4 1 – 7 – 3 – 2 Modernize/expand LAX 2 3 2 4 – – 6 3 – – Negative campaigner 2 2 2 1 3 3 6 1 – 2 Neglects social issues 2 3 – 2 1 1 2 3 – 2 Endorsements 1 1 – – 3 1 – – 1 4 Abrasive/stubborn personality 1 1 1 – 7 – – – 2 6 Conservative 1 1 1 1 – – 3 – – – Direct/personal knowledge – – – – 2 – – – 1 – Liberal – – 1 – 1 – – – – 1 Unintelligent – 1 – 1 – – 1 1 – – Disliked his father – – 2 – – – 2 – – – Driver licenses for illegal immigrants – – – – – 1 – – – 2 Economic mismanagement – 1 – 1 1 – – 1 – 1 No particular reason 10 9 4 6 7 21 9 11 10 9 Other 7 8 2 6 9 6 8 5 8 10 Not sure 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 1 1 1 Refused 1 1 1 1 1 1 – 1 1 3

-Q31 Continued on the next page.

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Study/question no. 459/Q35 date 05/01

LV Leans on father’s name 16 Not a strong leader 11 Too conservative 9 Beholden to special interests 8 Career politician 8 Negative campaigner 8 Like Villaraigosa better 7 Boring/Uninspiring 7 Too liberal 6 Dishonest/Insincere 6 Ineffective ad campaign 6 Doesn’t understand needs of all L.A. 6 Lacks vision for L.A. 4 Position on gun control 3 Abrasive personality 3 From personal knowledge 3 Shares responsibility for Rampart scandal 3 Not intelligent 1 Disagree with him on issues 1 Dislike his father 1 Poor relationship with LAPD 1 Education proposal 1 Other 6 No particular reason 9 Don’t know 1

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 19 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF REGISTERED VOTERS) Q32. What is your impression of Antonio Villaraigosa? As of today, is it very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him to say?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Favorable (Net) 64 74 42 63 67 70 64 59 67 72 Very favorable 26 35 8 23 27 40 27 23 26 36 Somewhat favorable 38 39 34 40 40 30 38 36 42 36 Unfavorable (Net) 24 16 43 27 13 22 22 28 27 11 Somewhat unfavorable 14 9 22 17 8 9 11 17 13 7 Very unfavorable 10 7 21 10 5 13 11 11 13 4 Haven’t heard enough 8 7 12 7 15 5 8 10 4 11 Don’t know 4 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 2 6

Trend for Q32

Study/Question No. 516/Q27 515/Q31 459/C36 456/C24 454/C36 Date 03/05 02/05 05/01 04/01 03/01 LV LV LV LV LV Favorable (Net) 66 55 58 53 36 Very favorable 27 22 24 27 16 Somewhat favorable 39 33 34 27 20 Unfavorable (Net) 22 21 28 19 14 Somewhat unfavorable 10 12 17 11 8 Very unfavorable 12 10 12 8 6 Haven’t heard enough 10 20 10 24 47 Don’t know 2 4 4 4 3

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 20 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF VOTERS WHO HAVE A VERY/SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE IMPRESSION) Q33. Why do you have a favorable impression of Antonio Villaraigosa? Is there another reason? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Honest 15 15 11 17 11 9 20 16 14 8 Cares about people like me 14 14 8 12 14 19 13 13 17 15 Represents change 14 13 18 11 11 22 11 20 9 12 Dynamic 12 11 12 17 5 9 13 12 15 6 Clear vision for the future of Los Angeles 11 11 9 12 9 10 11 12 10 9 Stand on the issues 9 8 9 7 9 7 12 9 6 8 No particular reason 8 8 13 8 13 5 3 6 14 8 Strong leadership qualities 8 10 5 10 8 6 15 8 2 12 He is Latino 8 9 6 2 5 19 5 6 10 10 Assembly/state government experience 7 7 5 7 4 6 14 3 7 6 Education proposals 7 7 6 5 9 11 3 5 6 14 Will work for all of Los Angeles 6 4 3 3 12 4 2 5 8 7 Intelligent 6 8 3 4 7 8 9 5 7 6 Better than Hahn 3 3 9 5 1 – 4 6 – 1 Los Angeles native 3 3 2 2 – 7 4 – 2 8 Coalition builder 3 4 1 4 2 2 5 2 5 2 Pro labor 3 4 2 2 7 5 1 4 5 3 Endorsements 1 1 – 1 2 – – 1 1 1 Environmental position 1 1 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 5 Liberal 1 2 – 1 2 1 – 1 1 3 Giving him a chance 1 1 2 1 1 – 1 1 – 1 Met candidate in person 1 1 – 1 – 1 – – 1 – Favorable public relations and media coverage 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 Other 9 10 5 8 12 8 7 9 11 9 Not sure 1 2 – 2 – – 3 1 – 1 Refused – – – – 1 – – – – –

-Q33 Continued on the next page.

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Study/question no. 459/Q37 date 05/01 LV Experience in government 14 Coalition builder 13 Strong leader 12 Dynamic/Charismatic 11 Stand on the issues 11 First Latino mayor 10 Education proposals 10 Honest 8 Clear vision for L.A. 7 Cares about common people 6 Riordan endorsement 3 Intelligent 3 His youth 2 From media and friends 2 Position on environment 2 Represents change 2 Pro-labor 1 From personal knowledge 1 Overcame poor background 1 L.A. native 1 Liberal 1 Other 8 No particular reason 13 Don’t know 2

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 22 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF VOTERS WHO HAVE A VERY/SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE IMPRESSION) Q34. Why do you have an unfavorable impression of Antonio Villaraigosa? Is there another reason? (UP TO TWO REPLIES ACCEPTED)

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Don’t trust him 27 28 25 25 35 23 22 24 35 26 Beholden to special interests 17 22 15 12 4 42 17 17 22 5 Flip flops on the issues 11 8 11 9 3 8 9 8 15 15 Disagree on the issues 8 8 8 9 12 10 7 11 4 12 Vignali pardon (sent letter to Clinton to clear drug dealer) 8 3 13 4 – 23 2 5 15 3 Career politician 7 10 6 9 9 – 9 7 7 4 Will only work for certain groups 7 9 5 6 3 7 10 9 2 10 Liberal 5 3 10 7 – – 5 9 2 – Driver licenses for illegal immigrants 5 4 7 5 – 8 – 3 9 5 Pro union/labor 5 9 2 4 – 10 2 4 7 – Don’t want Latino as mayor 4 – 9 5 – 6 7 3 6 – Affiliation with Latino organizations 4 3 3 6 3 – – 7 – 3 Negative campaigner 4 1 7 4 6 4 3 6 1 – No leadership qualities 4 4 5 2 – 1 4 7 – 2 Rushes for Latino power 3 4 3 3 12 – – 2 3 12 Arrogant 3 – 5 2 – – 4 2 4 – Radical 3 1 7 2 – 9 2 2 6 – Voting record in the assembly 3 3 1 5 – – 3 4 – 5 Endorsements 2 – 2 4 – – 8 1 2 – Lacks vision for the future of L.A. 2 1 1 1 7 2 – 2 – 15 Soft on crime 2 5 – – – 8 12 – – – Education proposal 1 2 1 – 13 2 – – 2 9 Opportunist 1 1 – 1 – – – – 4 – No particular reason 8 16 4 9 25 4 5 7 8 27 Other 5 7 6 7 12 3 10 4 6 3 Not sure 1 – 2 1 – – – 1 – – Refused 1 – 3 1 – 4 9 – – –

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Trend for Q34

Study/question no. 459/Q38 date 05/01

LV Don’t trust him 18 Vignali pardon 12 No experience in city government 11 Beholden to special interests 11 Liberal/Democrat 11 His voting record in the Assembly 7 Like Hahn better 5 Pushes for Latino power 4 He’s Latino 4 Arrogant/Lacks charisma 3 Self-serving 3 Not a leader 3 Those endorsing him 2 Disagree on issues 2 Involvement with ACLU 2 Bad word of mouth 2 Not intelligent/Failed bar exam 2 Not for all L.A. groups 2 Soft on crime 2 No vision for L.A. 2 Pro-union 1 Career politician 1 Position on education 1 Other 12 No particular reason 14

© Los Angeles Times 2005. All rights reserved. page 24 Los Angeles Times LA City Poll/April 2005 (ASKED OF REGISTERED VOTERS) (ORDER OF NEXT TWO QUESTIONS IS ROTATED) Q35. In your opinion, if James Hahn is reelected, will he pay more attention to whites, or blacks, or Latinos or Asians, or will he give equal attention to all groups?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Whites 12 12 9 11 14 15 11 9 14 19 Blacks 4 3 6 4 2 6 5 4 3 4 Latinos 1 – 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 Asians – – – – 1 – – – – – All equally 66 64 70 66 54 72 64 68 68 55 Don’t know 17 21 11 18 27 6 19 17 14 21

Q36. In your opinion, if Antonio Villaraigosa is elected as the next mayor, will he pay more attention to whites, or blacks, or Latinos or Asians, or will he give equal attention to all groups?

LV DEM REP WHT BLK LAT WES SFV CEN SOU Whites 1 1 – – – 2 – – 2 1 Blacks – 1 – 1 – – – – – – Latinos 30 24 48 29 28 33 31 27 33 29 Asians – – – – – – – – – – All equally 58 64 42 61 52 60 56 59 61 56 Don’t know 11 10 10 9 20 5 13 14 4 14

This Los Angeles Times poll is the 519th in a series of opinion studies designed to measure public attitudes on a number of critical issues. This particular survey focuses on the upcoming May mayoral general election in the city of Los Angeles.

The sampling frame for this survey is all telephone residences in the city of Los Angeles. Two thousand nine hundred and seventy-five men and women 18 years of age or older were contacted by telephone April 5-11, 2005. This includes 2,061 registered voters of which 781 were deemed likely to vote in the May election. A screening process that included questions on intention to vote, certainty of vote, interest in the campaign and past voting history determined likely voters. Additional African-American and Latino voters were contacted in separate random samples to allow more accurate analysis of their subgroups. Although Asian voters were interviewed and are included as part of the overall results in this poll, they are too small a subgroup of the sample to be separately reported.

Results are adjusted to conform to census figures on characteristics such as sex, race/ethnicity, age, education, city region and party registration. Telephone numbers were generated from a computer list that includes all telephone exchanges in the city. Random-digit dialing techniques were used to ensure that both listed and unlisted residences had an opportunity to be contacted. Multiple attempts were made to contact each number. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. Interviewing Service of America, Van Nuys, conducted interviews in the black and Latino supplemental samples.

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