Making his first citywide endorsement of this municipal elections season, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday backed former Assemblyman Mike Feuer in the hotly contested race for city attorney.

Villaraigosa, appearing with Feuer outside the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Boyle Heights, praised the former lawmaker "as a tireless advocate, as a ferocious fighter for public safety and for kids."

The endorsement came the same day that campaign finance reports filed with the city showed Feuer to be in the best financial shape of the four candidates on the ballot as the March 5 primary nears.

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