Slowly, but surely others in the media are calling attention to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ penchant for secrecy. You can find an excellent column on this very subject written by Ron Kaye in the February 26th (Sunday) edition of the Pasadena Sun. You can read his entire column “L.A. County is too […]
Read the rest of this entry »Blog ArchivesBlog Archives
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approve millions of dollars for an undetermined number of Letters of Agreements
In case you missed it the Board, as is their custom, gave blanket approval to authorize one of their agents (in this case the Director of Health Services Mitch Katz M.D.) to “offer and execute Letters of Agreements (LOA) in an annual estimated amount of $1,000,000 …” This item (designated as A-4 1115 Waiver LOA) […]
Read the rest of this entry »LA County Board of Supervisors sued for Brown Act Violation
The LA County Board of Supervisors violated the Brown Act in September 2011 so says the LA County District Attorney. The LA County DA cited the Board for failing to allow the public to attend a meeting with Gov. Brown that had been called to discuss the county’s new responsibility to deal with felons. Realignment […]
Read the rest of this entry »L.A.’s closed-door supervisors
Though I’m pleased that our DA’s office found that the Board of Supervisors had indeed violated the Brown Act in September 2011, however I’m disappointed that they only received a “slap-on” the wrist. Let’s not forget that the Board was also found to have violated the Brown Act in 2004 when in closed session they […]
Read the rest of this entry »A post from Supervisor Yaroslavsky
On January 24th, Supervisor Yaroslavsky chose to post his response to the various news articles and public comments made regarding to both his now notorious motion and the many news articles published in response to the Board of Supervisor’s attempt to pass Supervisor Yaroslavsky’s motion. His opening paragraph “For the past several weeks, a lot […]
Read the rest of this entry »