Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Wednesday
Big local political stories hit on Tuesday. The Autry National Center museum in Griffith Park has (for now) put the brakes on a controversial expansion plan. Los Angeles County Democrats gave their nod to CD2 candidate Paul Krekorian in a landslide over fellow Dems Chris Essel and Tamar Galatzan. In shocking news Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety General Manager Andrew Adelman is the main suspect in the alleged rape of a woman July 10. (You can read the whole gory story from the search warrant over at The Enterprise Report)
Ken Draper writing at LA Citybeat warns that the results of the CD2 race will have a significant impact on the City's Neighborhood Councils. The winner of the race will go on to take Wendy Greuel's role as chairperson of the City Council's Education and Neighborhoods Committee. Given Chris Essel and Tamar Galatzan's support for financial disclosure for members of the volunteer panels, its no doubt the election of either of them would be a disaster for the boards. That's likely why a significant number of Neighborhood Council leaders have endorsed Paul Krekorian who has opposed financial disclosure and whose staff is well know to many of them.
Mayor Villaraigosa is supporting efforts to turn over 50 new LAUSD schools to charter school operators. The Mayor recently wrote in an LA Times op-ed piece "For too long, leaders at every level of government have defended a status quo that serves the interests of adults more than children; that gives bureaucrats a near monopoly over public education." Still, the Mayor faces fierce opposition to the plan from the teachers' union, UTLA President A.J. Duffy told NBC News the Mayor's plan will “cause chaos in our public education.”
And finally Zuma Dogg noted the presence of members of the Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury at today's Los Angeles City Council meeting. The Civl Grand Jury investigates local government agencies and can act on individual citizen complaints. Zuma says that the members, identified by their Grand Jury namebadges, sat through public comment on non-agenda items at the beginning of the meeting and then left at the conclusion of public comment without saying a word. Zuma wonders if the Grand Jury is investigating complaints that he submitted to the ACLU accusing the City Council of violating the free speech rights of citizens who come before it to speak. Stay tuned.
Ken Draper writing at LA Citybeat warns that the results of the CD2 race will have a significant impact on the City's Neighborhood Councils. The winner of the race will go on to take Wendy Greuel's role as chairperson of the City Council's Education and Neighborhoods Committee. Given Chris Essel and Tamar Galatzan's support for financial disclosure for members of the volunteer panels, its no doubt the election of either of them would be a disaster for the boards. That's likely why a significant number of Neighborhood Council leaders have endorsed Paul Krekorian who has opposed financial disclosure and whose staff is well know to many of them.
Mayor Villaraigosa is supporting efforts to turn over 50 new LAUSD schools to charter school operators. The Mayor recently wrote in an LA Times op-ed piece "For too long, leaders at every level of government have defended a status quo that serves the interests of adults more than children; that gives bureaucrats a near monopoly over public education." Still, the Mayor faces fierce opposition to the plan from the teachers' union, UTLA President A.J. Duffy told NBC News the Mayor's plan will “cause chaos in our public education.”
And finally Zuma Dogg noted the presence of members of the Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury at today's Los Angeles City Council meeting. The Civl Grand Jury investigates local government agencies and can act on individual citizen complaints. Zuma says that the members, identified by their Grand Jury namebadges, sat through public comment on non-agenda items at the beginning of the meeting and then left at the conclusion of public comment without saying a word. Zuma wonders if the Grand Jury is investigating complaints that he submitted to the ACLU accusing the City Council of violating the free speech rights of citizens who come before it to speak. Stay tuned.
Labels: Andrew Adelman, Autry Museum, cd2 special election, charter schools, grand jury, mayor antonio villaraigosa, neighborhood councils, utla, zuma dogg
Posted by Michael Higby @ 8/12/2009 07:00:00 AM
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