Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sandra Cisneros Learning Academy at Mohawk Bend will host the event May 23. The event is open to the public, but Patch will also have a special question or two. Suggest what we should ask here.
The June 5 primary is upon us. And Echo Park and Silver Lake residents will get a chance to see the candidates for the 51st Assembly District in action. Arturo Chavez, Democrat; Jimmy Gomez, Democrat; Luis Lopez, Democrat; Oscar Gutierrez, Democrat; and Richard Friedberg, Independent will all participate in a candidates' forum at the Sandra Cisneros Learning Academy. It will take place on MaY 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Issues of interest to residents of the 51st District--which includes Echo Park, Angeleno Heights, Historic Filipinotown and Silver Lake--will be discussed, including children and education. The public is invited. Come with your own question or suggest one below, and we may ask it that night. This forum is co-sponsored by the …
The redesigned ladwp.com offers a new layout, self-service capabilities
and 24/7 service and information.
[The following news release was provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.] The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Monday announced the launch of its new and improved official website, www.LADWP.com. The English/Spanish bilingual site is more user-friendly and features a modern, updated design with streamlined navigation and improved self-service capabilities. Residential and commercial water and power customers can now access improved bill view and payment options, online applications for rebates and low income discounts, view electric and water consumption charts and graphs to understand their usage trends, view past bills and track service requests. The website also features real-time neighborhood power …
See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.
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Wednesday, May 16
(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Mexican author and diplomat, who died Tuesday at 83, worried about who would do America's jobs if the border closed.
Carlos Fuentes died Tuesday at 83. The author of books such as The Death Of Artemio Cruz, also served as Mexico's ambassador to England and France. KPCC's Leslie Berestein Rojas reviews Fuentes' views on immigration and Mexican policy in her blog Multi-American. Click through here to read Rojas's full post. Dissecting a conversation he did with the Academy of Achievement in 2006, Rojas reports that Fuentes seemed to feel that Mexican workers were filling a needed gap in the American workforce. He speculates in the interview: Let us imagine that Mexico had full employment one day. The workers would still be needed. Who would pick the fruit? Who would cook? Who would serve at tables? Who would take care of the children? Who would drive the …
An outside expert says the data should now be recalculated for a third time.
Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighters have been taking some heat for response times slower than national averages. Now, an outside expert brought in to monitor the data says it is not to be trusted. Jeffrey Godown, a statistics expert who used to run LAPD’s COMPSTAT, recommends the LAFD stop using its current software and overhaul the unit that analyzes the resulting data. The Los Angeles Times obtained a copy of Godown’s six-page report to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday. Godown is expected to provide an oral report to the Fire Commission Tuesday. Godown has been auditing LAFD’s data-gathering and analysis after numbers showing fast response times by firefighters were questioned. New statistics were generated that showed they were…
The city councilwoman will be the second mayoral candidate interviewed in the Talking About Los Angeles series. Questions from Patch readers will be presented to Perry.
A series of conversations with Los Angeles mayoral candidates continues Tuesday evening with an interview of Councilwoman Jan Perry that will be shown via a live video stream you can watch on this Patch site. The interview, the second in the "Talking About Los Angeles" series, begins at 5:30 p.m. before an audience in The Grand Salon of California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. (See attached PDF map.) If you would like to attend the event, you can register on the Talking About Los Angeles website. The moderator for the event will be Christine Essel, the CEO for Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment Agency. She’s a former senior vice president of government and community affairs for Paramount Pictures and had been an …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
In Studio City, a letter dropped out to create an unexpected message over the weekend. Imagine the same thing on Hyperion Avenue or Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake.
All weekend (and into Monday morning), the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation warning sign at Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Hortense Street in the San Fernando Valley flashed: "HEAVY FLAGGING AHEAD" Except the L was dropped because the lightbulbs in that section of the sign were flickering out. It was just at the entrance to Studio City. A reader, who asked to remain unidentified, wrote in: "This offensive city sign has been flashing all weekend and it of course is an unfortunate mistake, but people I know are giggling about it, and it should be taken down immediately! It makes Studio City look silly once again." A city DOT spokesperson said they are looking into the issue and will turn off the sign or fix it ASAP. (See photos …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
BongHwan Kim, who heads the city agency that oversees neighborhood councils, entered a crowded field on Friday.
A Korean-American could become the first Asian-American on the Los Angeles City Council in 20 years. BongHwan Kim, the general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE), filed papers Friday to run for the Thirteenth District seat that will open next year when Eric Garcetti terms out. DONE oversees the city's neighborhood councils, including budgeting and elections. Read Kim's bio here. "Government needs to do a better job of making sure that neighborhoods are more empowered," Kim said. "Working with neighborhoods is going to be one of the few ways that government is going to be able to survive these tough economic times, and I'm uniquely qualified to do that." A number of candidates have already entered the race, …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Tim Andreas' blog calling for a new way of thinking about--and planning for--development at Sunset Junction has lots of you commenting. Chime in.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
An updated business plan puts the project's price tag near $69 billion.
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Thursday, May 10
The Los Angeles City Council called Wednesday for state lawmakers to release bond money approved by voters in 2008 to help fund the first phase of a high-speed rail system through the Central Valley. The council unanimously approved a motion by Councilman Tom LaBonge urging state legislators to authorize construction of the first phase of the rail system and issue the bonds to pay for the construction. An updated business plan puts the project's price tag at close to $68.4 billion. It calls for upgrading existing rail lines in Southern California to allow for faster trains, and allowing the first phase of the rail system to reach the San Fernando Valley. Supporters say a high-speed rail system would create badly needed construction jobs …
Susan R
8:11 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
All 4 Democrats have the same beliefs. Richard Friedberg being the only one that is not a Democrat, what do you believe differently than the others? What would you do differently than the others? more ›