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An Open Letter to County Supervisors: Don’t Squelch the Public’s Right to Speak

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

UPDATED EDITOR’S NOTE: Faced with widespread protests from “reasonable” and “thoughtful” people like the League of Women Voters, Chairman Zev Yaroslavsky backed down at least temporarily on limiting the public to just three minutes total to comment of the dozens … Continue reading →

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One Final Outrage: The CRA Is Dead — Long Live the CRA

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Sometime Wednesday, the CRA’s Vice Chair Madeline Janis signed an announcement that yet another “Special Meeting” of the Board of Commissioners will be held today at “10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as practicable following the adjournment or recess of … Continue reading →

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CRA’s Third Swing at Ripping Off Taxpayers for $930 Million

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

Six weeks ago, the mayor and other top city officials, panicked at the idea Gov. Jerry Brown might immediately close the piggy-bank of taxpayer money that provided provided welfare to the rich in the name of redeveloping blighted areas. So … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s Legal Action Halts LA City Council’s $1 Billion CRA Steal

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

REPRINTED FROM PRESS RELEASEContact Miki Jackson 323-855-0764  mikijackson@sbcglobal.comBrown Act legal action by local Hollywood businessmen causes Council to forgo voting on motion to move nearly $1 billion in public funds away from Governor Brown’s attempts to recoup the money for … Continue reading →

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Silence and Secrecy at CRA — An Agency That Does Not Listen, Does Not Care, Does Not Explain

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

Hollywood activist Bob Blue has played the key role in raising questions about the Community Redevelopment Agency giveaway of millions of dollars in public money to fund an office building at 1601 N. Vine for a developer bedeviled by lawsuits … Continue reading →

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