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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, and here is what’s happening in Los Angeles:

Headlines

• The Los Angeles Times and Daily News look at the future of the Community Redevelopment Agency.
• A document intended to help recruit the Department of Water and Power‘s ratepayer advocate was obtained by KPCC 89.3 FM. The brochure was put together by Ralph Andersen & Associates, which is assisting the city with the search.
• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talked to CBS 2 about the guilt and shame of growing up in a home with domestic violence. “Being with my little sister, hiding under the bed, hearing the screaming – we had to witness the terror that comes with watching your mom getting beat … Those scenes that get repeated in your mind are images you never forget,” Villaraigosa told the television station.
• The city of Los Angeles is moving forward with an ordinance that would prevent a contractor from receiving a new permit if he is in violation of codes and regulations, reports Curbed LA. The “Clean Hands” ordinance is modeled after a similar law enforced by Los Angeles County.

Pressers

8:30 a.m. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will attend the Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast at Holman United Methodist Church.

11 a.m. Mayor Villaraigosa will speak at Marymount College’s Waterfront Campus grand opening.

Meetings