Tag Archives: christine essel

Instant Budget Fix: Abolish the CRA

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously (Huizar absent) to join the mayor in fighting the governor’s plan to abolish CRAs and Enterprise Zones, effectively opposing his solutions to the state’s budget crisis and setting the stage for … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development/CRA, Hot Topics, LAUSD, Los Angeles | Tagged , , , , , | 18 Comments

Essel and the CRA: No Way to Run a City

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

Apart from the DWP, LA has no other government institution as reviled as the Community Redevelopment Agency. The CRA sucks tax dollars by the hundreds of millions and gives them away in subsidies, often to build luxury hotels, apartments and … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Hot Topics, Los Angeles | Tagged , , , , , | 19 Comments