While there was much coverage of Michelle Obama’s visit to the Los Angeles area for two Sunday fundraising events plus a Monday appearance on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, news reports were scant from a third fundraiser which yielded about half a million dollars at a Monday luncheon in a quiet residential area, notes Grumpy Editor.
Sunday’s show business-linked fundraisers were at rock star Gwen Stefani’s home in Beverly Hills, followed by another at the Brentwood residence of Barry Meyer, chairman and chief executive of Warner Bros., a Time Warner Co.
The Monday afternoon gathering at a home in little-known Ladera Heights, an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County about three miles northwest of Inglewood, was noteworthy because about 150 guests paid at least $3,500 each.
African-Americans represent about three fourths of the upscale community’s 6,500 residents.
Olu Alemoru, a reporter for the Southwest Wave, a community newspaper, mentioned the first lady’s 20-minute speech focused on “the vision and values she and her husband had for the nation and implored the audience to transmit that to at least just one person in their circle.”
The three fundraisers benefited the Obama Victory Fund.
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