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City Hall’s $30,000-a-year Gift to Demoted Executive

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

Little things can mean a lot, as we all know. So when we hear about the city running deficits of hundreds of millions of dollars and facing billions of dollars in liabilities, we know things have gone badly wrong but … Continue reading →

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Department of No Comment: LA Wins National Award for its 2009-10 Budget Presentation

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

CITY OF LOS ANGELESINTER-DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCEDate: December 22, 2009To: The CouncilFrom:~Miguel A. Santana, City Administrative Officer Subject: DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR 2009-10 The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award … Continue reading →

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1,000 Layoffs — Who Gets Axed? The List

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

The City Council takes up CAO Miguel Santana’s three-year plan to restructure city government Tuesday to reorganize departments, possibly eliminating Human Services, Neighborhood Empowerment and other agencies. He sent his list of the 1,000 positions to be eliminated with some … Continue reading →

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Amazing (Dis)Grace: Only a Miracle Can Save LA

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

We came as beggars and peasants pleading with the lords of the manor for mercy and they dispensed meager favors according to their whims.Hundreds of people with disabilities, the deaf and wheelchair-bound, Neighborhood Council volunteers, environmentalists, lovers of art and … Continue reading →

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