Politics & Government

One Final Obamajam for LA: Tuesday's Motorcade Closures

President Barack Obama will attend a final fundraiser on LA's westside before heading back to Washington D.C. Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, CA -- President Barack Obama will attend one more Los Angeles, fundraiser Tuesday before heading back to Washington D.C.

With his term in office coming to a close, this could be LA's final Obamajam.

Obama is scheduled to attend a fundraising roundtable discussion Tuesday on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee before flying back to Washington, D.C., according to the White House.

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The visit is Obama's 26th to Los Angeles and Orange counties as president and the fundraisers will be his 42nd and 43rd in the region. He conducted fundraisers during 22 of his past visits.

The visit is his first since April 8 when he spoke at two fundraisers during a roughly 17-hour visit.

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Los Angeles police recommended the following areas be avoided:

-- the area around Sunset Boulevard between Woodburn and North Palm drives from 3 to 8 p.m.;

-- the area around Sunset between Woodburn and Palm drives from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.;

-- the 405 and Santa Monica (10) freeways from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.;

-- the area around South Centinela Avenue between Ocean Park and West Pico boulevards between noon and 1 p.m.

Also on Tuesday, the east and westbound lanes of Sunset Boulevard between North Whittier and North Bedford drives will be closed to vehicular traffic between 10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

City News Service contributed to this report; Photo by David via flickr.com

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