Afternoon Briefs on the LA-32 NC Scene for Wednesday
Labels: Anthony Manzano, done, Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Marleen Fonseca, Miguel Vargas, Tom Soong
This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.
Labels: Anthony Manzano, done, Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Marleen Fonseca, Miguel Vargas, Tom Soong
Labels: Council 4 Councils, done, Grayce Liu, Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Marleen Fonseca
On a significantly more pragmatic note that should be of great concern to each of you, I assumed this position of President with a single, very clear stipulation, that there would be a competent, honest, professional treasurer. Although the Treasurer at times is very good at the position, there have been professional and ethical improprieties that I simply can not abide by. When we took office, I was operating under the impression that the grievance that we just defended in relation to the prior board was a one time misunderstanding. There have now been several instances during our term where the treasurer has acted unilaterally and without the approval of myself or the board. Two weeks ago, she contacted the Division Chief of the City Clerk's Office to deliver a harsh, unfair, and untrue criticism of our Funding Supervisor without contacting me, the Vice President, the Executive Committee or any of you. This was grossly unprofessional and a significant leap past the chain of command. After addressing those issues, I was then contacted this week by our Funding Supervisor who forwarded e-mails to me from the Treasurer. She deliberately submitted improperly filled out funding forms and flat out lied about my availability to sign these forms. There have been other instances where you all have raised questions to me about her "shopping" for events. She will not return my calls to discuss these issues, so I have no other recourse than to notify you of these actions. I simply will not take ultimate financial responsibility for an organization when a treasurer behaves in this fashion. How we handle our finances can have actual legitimate legal consequences and I simply can not tolerate this unpredictability. I am very sorry to have to share this information with you in this fashion.
Labels: Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, mayor eric garcetti, Michelle Corzantes, President-Elect Donald Trump, sanctuary cities
Labels: done, Grayce Liu, Jennifer Markewych, Keith Survillas, LA-32 Neighborhood Council
* Each teleconference location must be identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting. · * Agendas must be posted at each teleconference location. * Each location must be accessible to the public.
Teleconferencing may be used for all purposes in connection with any meeting within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body. All votes taken during the teleconference meeting shall be by roll call. If the legislative body elects to use teleconferencing, it shall post agendas at all teleconference locations and conduct teleconference meetings in a manner that protects the statutory and constitutional rights of the parties or the public appearing before the legislative body. Each teleconference location shall be identified in the agenda and shall be accessible to the public. During the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body shall participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. The agenda shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the legislative body directly at each location. (Section 54953.)
Labels: Brown Act, done, Jennifer Markewych, Keith Survillas, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Teleconferencing
Dear LA32 Executive Committee,It was brought to our attention that the August board meeting agenda was not posted on your website with the Brown Act 72 hours requirement. Just to be clear, not posting on the website is not a violation of the Brown Act but is a violation of the Neighborhood Council Agenda Posting Policy. The agenda was posted properly at the physical posting location and therefore, Brown Act compliant. Per the Agenda Posting Policy, Neighborhood Councils are also asked to send the agendas to us at NC Support to be put on the Early Notification System. This was done within the Brown Act time frame. The issue at hand is that the agenda did not get posted on the website in time. This same situation also happened with your June 28th Public Safety meeting in which the chair did send the agenda to the webmaster and it was not posted on time. Because there is proof that the webmaster did receive the request to post before 72 hours, you can go forward with the meeting tomorrow night. But we do ask that you make every effort for all future board, special, and committee meetings to be posted per the Brown Act requirements or else future meetings not posted on your website in the needed time frame will be deemed a violation of the Neighborhood Council Agenda Posting Policy. In order for this not to happen again, the board may want to re-visit who gets to post agendas on the website. Also, your webmaster Aaron DeVandry is no longer a City Vendor and should not be used for website services. Our Department can work with you to identify another City approved website vendor. Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to share with the board.Thanks! Thomas Soong Project Coordinator - Leadership Development Strategist
Labels: Agenda Posting Violation, done, Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Thomas Soong
Labels: Caroline Aguirre, Jennifer Markewych, Keith Survillas, LA-32 Neighborhood Council
On Wed, 6/8/16, Jennifer Markewych <jmarkewychla32@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: DEPARTMENT OF NO EXPERIENCE.....
To: "Anthony Manzano" <rosehillsreview@yahoo.com>
Cc: "michelle corzantes" <michellecorzantes@gmail.com>, "Cynthia Sandoval" <Cynthia.sandoval90032@yahoo.com>, "Dolores Duenas" <loly724@yahoo.com>, "Jackie Carillo" <jlc1843@sbcglobal.net>, "Jen Markewych" <jmarkewychla32@gmail.com>, "Karina Cruz" <cruzkarina62@yahoo.com>, "Kathy Leal" <kleal3@calstatela.edu>, "Keith Survillas" <ksurvillas@gmail.com>, "Marcia Guzman" <marcia.guzman.esq@gmail.com>, "Maribel Munoz-RE/MAX" <maribelsellshomes@gmail.com>, "Miguel Vargas" <miguel@artsdistrictla.org>, "Perla Flores" <bzzagentp@gmail.com>, "Rolando Lopez" <rlopez@dashausreg.com>, "Winny Verdugo" <julieth07@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 12:05 AM
Dear Director Manzano,
Labels: done, Jennifer Markewych, LA-32 Neighborhood Council, Marleen Fonseca