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	Joel Wachs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joel Wachs served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district.
		Wachs finished fourth in that race, with 11 percent of the vote.
		Joel Wachs ran against incumbent mayor Tom Bradley, not James Hahn, and was soundly defeated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joel_Wachs (261 words)

	Checking In on Joel Wachs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Joel Wachs looks peppy for a man of 63 as he stands on 7th Avenue across the street from the Manhattan hotel he called home for six months.
		Wachs is president and CEO of the foundation.
		Wachs reached for the grail one last time in 2001, running not as the populist Riordan had defeated.
	www.garella.com /rich/eric/wachs.htm (1385 words)

	AEGiS-LT: Wachs Pushes Inquiry After Tainted Blood's Disappearance
		Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs called for an investigation Wednesday into regulations on the handling of hazardous and contagious materials following the disappearance of blood contaminated with the virus that causes AIDS.
		Wachs said it is "unbelievable that vials of contaminated blood were knowingly left outside the building in an ordinary picnic cooler."
		Wachs also is chairman of the council's Arts, Health and Humanities Committee, which handles city health matters.
	www.aegis.com /news/Lt/1989/LT890906.html (594 words)

	The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
		Joel Wachs adjusts to life in New York and away from politics.
		Joel Wachs, former 2nd District city councilman, is now in New York serving as president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in Manhattan.
		Joel Wachs: I’m basically in charge of the business side as well as the program side.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/print.php?id=7953 (954 words)

	Articles Releases
		In a symbolic move, Joel Wachs said he is quitting as pro tem of the City Council to protest the efforts of his colleagues to thwart passage of the new City Charter.
		Councilman Joel Wachs announced that he was resigning his position as the President Pro Tem of theCity Council because he is disillusioned with the majority of theCity Councils rejection of charter reform and no longer respects those colleagues.
		Councilman Joel Wachs resigned his position as the President Pro Tem of the City Council after reading the campaign disclosure reports that showed several council members were contributing to the opposition campaign after negotiating changes and voting to place it on the ballot.
	www.lacityneighborhoods.com /page2.cfm?doc=articles_releases_99_01 (7270 words)

	News & Politics
		Wachs lost a bid for mayor eight years ago, when he was still in the closet and still a Republican.
		Wachs probably has greater appeal to middle-of-the-road and upscale voters, as well as those in the community who place a high priority on electing an openly gay candidate.
		Wachs, incidentally, is not the only gay candidate seeking a citywide office in Los Angeles this year.
	www.planetout.com /news/feature.html?sernum=245 (913 words)

	The Future is Us: Arts Advocates of Tomorrow - SAA Conference
		Joel Wachs, long-time member of the Los Angeles City Council, its past President, and recent candidate for Mayor, joined The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as its president in October 2001.
		During his tenure on the City Council, Joel Wachs was widely recognized as Los Angeles’ strongest advocate for the arts, and authored most of the city’s significant legislation designed to support artists and arts organizations, including the establishment of the landmark Los Angeles Endowment for the Arts.
		Wachs also served as acting chairman of the National League of Cities Task Force on the Arts, which drafted the nation’s first comprehensive municipal policy statement on the role of the arts in our cities.
	www.tc.columbia.edu /students/saa/conference_speakers.html (1351 words)

	New Director for Warhol Foundation - Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts selects Joel Wachs - Brief Article Art ...
		Wachs, who has served on the foundation's board for five years, will assume his new post on Oct. 1.
		Wachs has been a member of the L.A. city council for 30 years; last April he made a third unsuccessful bid for mayor of L.A. Though his city council term ends in 2003, he said he would retire from politics at the end of his term if not elected mayor.
		Wachs is known for supporting liberal political causes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_7_89/ai_76333045 (260 words)

	Historical Reports
		Greg Nelson, from Councilman Joel Wachs' office, wrote this private memo to a group of advisors presenting them with four questions that he had at a time when the elected charter reform commission was recognizing itself.
		Memo to elected charter reform commissioners from Councilman Joel Wachs' office pointing out flaws in a staff report that estimated costs for the new system based upon costs in other cities, stating that the plan they are developing wouldn't truly empower NC's, and pointing out the advantages of a participatory system over a formally-elected one.
		Summary: Councilman Joel Wachs urged the Joint Conference Committee, which was working on a unified charter proposal, to ensure that certain fundamental guarantees were included in the new Charter.
	www.lacityneighborhoods.com /page2.cfm?doc=historical_reports (4344 words)

	Carnegie Magazine
		Joel Wachs: A New President for the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
		While the role of president is a new challenge, Wachs has long been intimate with the Greenwich Village-based organization and its mission.
		Wachs has long been noted as an art collector and patron of artists and museums.
	www.carnegiemuseums.org /cmag/bk_issue/2002/marapr/awm2.htm (1198 words)

	la000905
		The two remaining candidates, Hahn and Wachs, have the most to lose in the debate because they have a real say in the outcome: Hahn is the city's lead negotiator and Wachs will be asked to vote up or down on the final deal.
		Wachs, meanwhile, protested the secrecy of the negotiations and said he is inclined to vote against the deal because it does not go far enough toward overhauling the LAPD.
		Wachs also has persistently argued that the negotiations should be held in public, though he has never formally moved to open the closed council sessions on the matter.
	www.hispanicvista.com /html/la000905.html (1815 words)

	More Funds Sought for Graffiti Removal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Los Angeles City Council members Joel Wachs and Laura Chick stepped up pressure on their colleagues Tuesday to increase the budget for graffiti removal and reconvene a Multi-Agency Graffiti Intervention Committee, citing an explosion of vandalism in the city.
		A week after Chick's Government Efficiency Committee recommended the budget be increased by $3.1 million to $5.1 million, Wachs, who heads the Public Works Committee overseeing graffiti cleanup, joined her at a City Hall news conference to say the allocation is justified.
		Wachs, who is running for mayor, and Chick, who is running for city controller, jointly introduced a formal motion Tuesday to expand the budget and reconvene the committee.
	www.nograffiti.com /files/files3/more_funds_sought.htm (128 words)

	The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
		After half a life crusading, his batteries retain their charge even as his office space threatens to succumb to the ever-encroaching mudslide of municipal files.
		I am told that City Councilman Joel Wachs prefers holding forth from his offices in Studio City.
		Joel Wachs: It’s something that’s been grossly overemphasized.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/preview.php?id=6559 (2052 words)

	Rampart Scandal Dominates 1st Mayoral Debate
		Wachs' determination to make an issue of Soboroff, specifically Soboroff's support for taxpayers' subsidies of Staples Center, provided by far the evening's most contentious moments.
		Those two and Wachs all have called for the creation of an independent commission to analyze the allegations that Los Angeles police officers shot unarmed suspects, stole drugs, framed suspects and administered jailhouse beatings, among other things.
		On Thursday, however, he spoke after Hahn, Villaraigosa and Wachs each had enthusiastically endorsed the notion, and opened his comments by saying: "I generally agree with everything everyone has said.
	www.streetgangs.com /topics/rampart/033100ramdom.html (1063 words)

	The Beachwood Voice
		Councilman Joel Wachs is one of the few members of city council who happens to be alarmed at this project.
		Galanter was absent from this hearing yet she (with her questionable environmental history) has been an out spoken advocate of this project since the late 1980's.
		Wachs requested the project be placed on hold until the Chromium 6 issue was resolved.
	www.beachwoodvoice.com /water4life.htm (2021 words)

	"Toilet-to-Tap" Program Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Councilman Joel Wachs invites you to attend an important public hearing on the future of your drinking water.
		In the meanwhile, we should all insist that all plans to implement the East Valley Water Recycling Project for drinking water purposes be suspended until the meetings are held and the public 's questions satisfactorily answered.
		Joel Wachs represents the Northeast Valley on the Los Angeles Council.
	www.mtwashington.org /sections/announcements/toilet-to-tap.htm (841 words)

	Downtown Project Would Pay Big Dividends. \| Business (Regional)
		But that may not be enough to satisfy critics like City Councilman Joel Wachs when the developers come seeking city subsidies for the project.
		The possibility of city subsidies for the project already came under fire from Councilman Joel Wachs, a candidate for mayor, when it was first announced earlier this month.
		Wachs and Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg did not respond to requests for comment last week, but staff members and other City Hall insiders expressed many reservations about providing subsidies for the latest project -- even if it were to generate the estimated $12 million to $16 million a year.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/551924-1.html (610 words)

	In a major statement of its commitment to America’s artists, the Andy Warhol Foundation today announced a ten-year, ...
		Joel Wachs, president of the Warhol Foundation, said that in the few short years since its inception, Creative Capital has become one of the nation’s pre-eminent funders in its field.
		Wachs said, “Creative Capital has shown tremendous creativity in the design of its program, and is also sharing its innovative funding model with other foundations and organizations nationwide.
		Wachs and board chair, Werner Kramarsky, said “It is critically important for our nation to recognize its artists, to value the contributions they make to our society, and to give them the support they need to create their work.
	www.warholfoundation.org /press_releases/pr_1_26_04.htm (401 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Riordan rode in an open car with Los Angeles Councilman Joel Wachs, who is openly homosexual and was one of the mayor-elect's key supporters in the June 8 election.
		Wachs finished third, with 11 percent of the votes cast, in the April 20 primary behind Councilman Michael Woo and Riordan.
		But Wachs threw his support to Riordan in the runoff and provided him with the margin of victory.
	www.qrd.org /qrd/usa/california/1993/los.angeles.pride.report-6.28.93 (427 words)

	Planet Ark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		City councilman Joel Wachs said the Department of Water and Power had "surreptitiously" begun the so-called "toilet-to-tap" project without public approval and asked that the programme be placed on hold pending extensive hearings.
		In a motion presented before the City Council titled "Another Royal Flush by the DWP?" Wachs also said he did not like the smell of a project that exempted residents of posh Bel Air, Pacific Palisades and Brentwood from having to drink treated sewage water like the rest of the city.
		But Wachs said the DWP had never properly explained to the public that they would be drinking treated sewage, calling it "foolish" to begin such a programme without full disclosure.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=6438 (450 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Joel Wachs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Wachs is the City Councilman representing the 2nd District, City of Los Angeles.
		Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (New York City): Joel Wachs, former Los Angeles City Council member, was named president.
		WACHS TO WARHOL After decades as a left-coast politico art patron,62-year-old lawyer and Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs was namedpresident of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York,effective Oct. 1, 2001.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Joel_Wachs.htm (126 words)

	News & Politics
		Wachs has been on the Los Angeles City Council for more than 20 years.
		Once a Republican, Wachs left and become an independent, a good word for this aggressive, populist moderate.
		On the fundraising front, at the end of 1999 Wachs had $466,000 in his campaign kitty to $1,097,000 for Soboroff, $517,000 for Hahn, and $309,000 for Villaraigosa.
	www.planetout.com /news/feature.html?sernum=58 (840 words)

	Salon.com Politics \| Which way L.A.?
		Though Wachs is unlikely to make the June runoff, he is, as of now, Soboroff's main competitor.
		Wachs, who has represented the valley for 30 years on the City Council, is difficult to pin down politically.
		With Connell, Soboroff and Wachs all vying for essentially the same vote, the three fiscal conservatives may well end up keeping each other out of the June runoff.
	archive.salon.com /politics/feature/2001/04/02/los_angeles/print.html (3687 words)

	What would Andy Warhol think of a museum celebrating his art and birthday?
		For those intimate with his work, speculating about how Warhol at age 75 might have reacted to his place in art history -- and how he might have liked life in the 21st century -- is a bit tempting.
		"I wonder if he could have imagined becoming the most prominent artist of the last half-century," said Joel Wachs, president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City.
		Wachs imagined Warhol would have been thrilled to be alive now "because he often talked about life being fleeting and about the importance of doing what you can, while you can, because you can be gone quickly."
	www.post-gazette.com /ae/20030805warhol0805p3.asp (575 words)

	Molecular Biologist Paul McClain exposes the History of the Medfly Program its abuses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		And one of the first hearings that Joel Wachs, City Council, convened, Sacramento didn't take it serious.
		And when Joel Wachs said to him "Sir, you've told us there are thousands of studies that you looked at which said that malathion is safe.
		He said to him verbatim "It is not the responsibility of the State to prove that malathion is safe.
	www.members.tripod.com /C_E_A_S_E/mcclain.htm (3775 words)

	Council to finally take up arena plan-but behind close doors. \| Business (Regional) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The L.A. City Council has scheduled a closed-door hearing this week to iron out the final sticking points in a deal to build a sports arena near the Convention Center, prompting a vow from Councilman Joel Wachs to force a public airing of the issues.
		Wachs, a critic of using taxpayer money to subsidize a new sports arena, said he will ask the council to hold the Dec. 4 public hearing.
		If they don't open up the debate, Wachs added, "there may be people in the audience who will challenge it as a violation of the Brown Act."
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/591957-1.html (695 words)

	Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The museum's exhibits are usually made up of pieces created after World War II.
		In 1979, at a political fundraising event at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Councilman Joel Wachs, and local philanthropist Marcia Simon Weisman happened to be sitting at the same table.
		Throughout the evening, Weisman passionately discussed the city’s need for a contemporary art museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles (1360 words)

	LA Downtown News Online
		Nelson has spent more than 30 years in city government, much of it with former Second District City Councilman Joel Wachs.
		While working for Wachs, Nelson drafted a proposal to create a grassroots network of neighborhood councils that would advise the city on community issues.
		The idea caught on, the councils became part of the City Charter and in 2001, Mayor Jim Hahn appointed Nelson to head DONE.
	www.ladowntownnews.com /articles/2006/03/27/news/news_briefs/at02.txt (262 words)

	DAILY BRUIN ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A Los Angeles mayoral debate in Royce Hall was cancelled last night due to protests staged by proponents of affirmative action.
		The third candidate, Joel Wachs, also said he is a strong believer in affirmative action, but added that the debate should still have been held.
		"This was a missed opportunity to have students involved in the debate," Wachs said.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/printable.asp?id=3423&date=3/15/2001 (763 words)

	AEGiS-LT: Gay Groups, Officials Object to ID Verifying Results of AIDS Test
		Hymes said he contacted Wachs' office in search of support several months ago.
		A spokesman for Wachs said no one in the office knew Hymes had actually gone into business.
		The business has been in operation since Hymes had the idea for the testing program in January, but has only recently started promoting itself, "actually advertising and advertising the card," Hymes said.
	www.aegis.com /news/lt/1986/LT860701.html (1663 words)

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