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Los Angeles City Councilwoman Ruth Galanter on Wednesday bucked council tradition by reaffirming her support for Laura Lake over fellow Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky in the 5th District race.
"I owe Laura personally and politically a great debt," Galanter said. Lake not only played a key role in Galanter's successful campaign against Councilwoman Pat Russell two years ago but took Galanter's mother into her home after Galanter was stabbed by an intruder at her home during the 1987 campaign.
Yaroslavsky,...