Join us at LANI’s 8th Annual Community Forum! May 13, 2010 at USC Davidson Conference Center Register Now http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX6ZXDH Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) 900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1128 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 627-1822 www.lani.org
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ben Golombek April 7th, 2010 (213) 595-2650 CONTROLLER GREUEL TO RELEASE AUDIT SHOWING $10.3 MILLION CITY HOUSING LOAN WAS MISHANDLED Department Proceeded With Project, Knowing That a Development Partner Was Under Federal Investigation (Los Angeles) – City Controller Wendy Greuel will release her Waste, Fraud and Abuse team’s audit of how the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) managed a $10.3 million City loan to a developer, which had a major financial partner under federal investigation for misusing public funds, on Thursday, April…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2nd, 2010 CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNINGDEPARTMENTMajority of Recommendations From 2005 Audit Found to be Unimplemented (Los Angeles) –City Controller Wendy Greuel released a follow-up audit today of how the City’s Planning Department handles case processing. The audit was a follow-up from a 2005 audit which looked at time and efficiency that the Planning Department handles land-use applications from Angelenos. “Out of all of the audits I have done so far, this is among the most disappointing,…
Greetings All, **Please note that this is a courtesy notification of the upcoming Public Hearings. Feel free to forward this email or attached file to anyone you feel might be interested.** The City of Los Angeles will conduct an Open House and Public Hearing regarding proposed Code Amendments affecting single-family residential hillside neighborhoods. Monday, April 5, 2010Marvin Braude Building6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Room 1A and 1BVan Nuys, CA 91401Open House: 5:00 – 6:00 PMPublic Hearing: 6:30 – 8:00 PM Thursday, April 8,…
From: Chris Spitz ppfriends3@hotmail.com Pacific Palisades Residents AssociationP.O. Box 617 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 To Downtown LA NC Dear Mr. Brown, Mr. Doizaki and Ms. Berman: I am vice president of Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA) and a member of Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC). We have been investigating issues involving cell tower proliferation and regulation in Los Angeles for over a year. I am writing to give you an update on the significant and growing city-wide movement to effect comprehensive reform of…
Greetings Everyone: The Hillside Area Ordinance (the definition and map, NOT the Baseline Hillside Ordinance) has been signed by the Mayor’s Office and will become effective on Monday, May 3, 2010; it is Ordinance No. 181,128. Just to clarify for all, any property zoned R1, RS, RE, or RA which is having the Hillside Area designation removed will be subject to the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance beginning on May 3, 2010. Any property zoned R1, RS, RE, or RA maintaining its…
TThe Truck Gardening ordinance [CPC-2010-0445-CA; CEQA: ENV-2010-0446-CE] will be presented at the Regular Meeting of the City Planning Commission on THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010, 8:30 A.M. at VAN NUYS CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER, 2ND FLOOR, 14410 SYLVAN STREET, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91401 The proposed ordinance amending Sections 12.03, 12.04.09, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.07.01, 12.07.1, 12.08, 12.09.3 and 12.17.5 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to clarify permitted truck gardening and farming uses in each zone, and create consistency between…
Greetings Everyone. We have finally confirmed the date and location for the requested sixth additional meeting, more accessible for the Southeast Valley and Hollywood areas; please note the new date and earlier start time: Monday, February 22 – Hollywood Meeting (4 to 7 PM) Hollywood United Methodist Church6817 Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Google Maps) There is limited parking on-site, and additional pay parking is available at the Hollywood & Highland complex. The revised workshop invitation has been attached the this email. …
CalRecycle Local Jurisdiction Interested PartiesOn January 12th, 2010, the State Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously adopted updates to the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) which will go into effect on January 1, 2011. CALGreen is a comprehensive and uniform regulatory code for all residential, commercial and K-14 school buildings.The California Green Building Standards Code will require: – A minimum 50 percent diversion of construction and demolition waste from landfills, increasing voluntarily to 65-75 percent for new homes and 80 percent…
The Department of Transportation is conducting a transit service analysis toexamine all its transit services (DASH, Commuter Express, Cityride, CharterBus) and to determine what measures can be taken to meet the approximate$350 million budget shortfall over the next decade, $23 million in thefiscal year beginning July 1, 2010. Part of the analysis process includespublic comment and suggestions. Details about the analysis and the public hearing process are attached.Please share these brochures with your colleagues, neighbors, and othertransit users.