Gloria Molina! In case you missed it Cal State LA was the place to be to hear the four contenders for the Los Angeles City Council District 14 seat. The contenders in alphabetical order were Mario Chávez, Nadine Diaz, José Huízar (the incumbent), and Gloria Molina. Yours truly attended primarily to show my support for […]
Read the rest of this entry »State of California orders LA Care to “cease and desist”. . .
On July 13, 2012 the State of California Health and Human Services Agency Department of Managed Health Care issues LA Care, a quasi-governmental agency of Los Angeles County, a cease and desist order. California Watch first reported this in their August 6. 2012 Daily Report, they reported that 12 “cease and desist” orders had been […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Los Angeles Times speaks about “Term Limits” for Board of Supervisors
Jim Newton writes about the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors attempt to extend term limits from 3 consecutive four year terms to 5 consecutive four year terms. Read it here
Read the rest of this entry »What is the Board thinking?
In 2002, the voters of Los Angeles County passed Measure B which set term limits on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, by a whopping 63% — a mandate if there ever was one and yet on Tuesday, July 24th the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are contemplating an ordinance that flies in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Did the LA County Board of Supervisors violated the Brown Act (con’t)
On June 19th the Board of Supervisors met to “nominate” a temporary replacement for the beleaguered LA County Assessor John Noguez who is currently under investigation by the LA County District Attorney. Supposedly this discussion and action was taken under item 71 of the posted June 19th agenda, so imagine the surprise of many of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Did the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors violate the Brown Act?
As I picked up my copy of the Pasadena Star News this past Wednesday and read the paper my eye quickly focused on the article reporting that the LA County Board of Supervisors (in closed session) decided to appoint Santos Kreimann (a veteran county employee) as the temporary LA County Assessor while John Noguez went […]
Read the rest of this entry »Update – The Los Angeles media wakes up and reports on the LA County Board’s Attempt to Quash Public Input
Well, finally the assorted Los Angeles area newspapers have decided to weigh in on the LA County Board of Supervisors’ attempt to “limit” (I call it quash) public input at the weekly Board of Supervisors’ meetings. The Los Angeles Daily News reported on Supervisor Yaroslavsky’s motion to “limit” public speech under the pretext of needing […]
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