A mayoral listening tour

If you live in Los Angeles and want to gripe about the
government, there's a mayor who wants to hear from you -- Gavin Newsom of San Francisco. Associated Press.
Newsom is sending invitations to a public forum next month that will be held on the doorstep
of his potential rival in the next governor's race, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa.
The event in Santa Monica on March 19 is being billed as a "Los Angeles Area Conversation
about California's Future."
The two Democrats are on a long list of possible candidates for the 2010 contest. (Newsom has formed an exploratory committee, Villaraigosa has not committed one way or the other as he faces re-election on Tuesday)
It will be the San Francisco mayor's second trip to the Los Angeles area in less than a
month after he attended a weekend forum of 2010 hopefuls in Northridge.
Villaraigosa aides refused to comment.