Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, originally uploaded by noeltykay.

It's not every day you get the opportunity to get up close and personal photogrpahing the Mayor of Los Angeles. Last Saturday a good friend put together a symposium on the homeless epidemic in Los Angeles. The even featured ten organizations from around the city that cater to the homeless community. The Giving Spirit is one of the organizations featured and I am a board member. The folks that planned the event, called me on Friday and asked if I would be willing to take pictures. They said I would have access to the stage and would be able to take as many pictures as I wanted as the Mayor was speaking...heh...I took almost 400.