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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Los Angeles City News Update for Tuesday, October 19, 2010

L.A. CITY NEWS

NOW STREAMING - New half hour LA CITY NEWS RADIO for Tuesday, October 19, 2010:

* City Hall will ask voters to cut pensions of new police & fire hires on March ballot.

* LAHD (Los Angeles Housing Deptartment) CORRUPTION ALLEGATION UPDATE (while FBI investigates LA Housing Developer for bribes & illegal campaign contributions of elected officials. Villaraigosa took money in election that won him mayoral victory.

* LAUSD set to vote, "yes" on $320 million in construction money, on heels of audit report saying lack of accountability and excessively wasteful spending. (No shocker, there.) And although board is already aware that State will not be delivering on expected funds, school board still wants to continue as though BOOMTOWN economy. Money for salaries, supplies and programs to be used for "solar panels." (How many more kids are "solar panels" gonna help graduate?)

* 1st AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS @ L.A. City Hall during City Council Meetings: Just as Zuma Dogg & Matt Dowd return to Council chambers to expose more corruption, than ever, Friday's meeting was the WORST DISPLAY of FEDERAL PROTECTED SPEECH VIOLATIONS IN HISTORY OF ZUMA DOGG @ CITY HALL. (All while awaiting a ruling by Federal Judge that WILL NOT be going the City's way. They really need to be more careful. Dowd/Dogg (who filed the Federal lawsuit over City Council speech violations) only need so much money. Beyond that, we're just punishing you. (You're constituents WILL NOT be happy with the payout at critical budget times!)

2VEul (Wendy & Eric wanna run for mayor? Insert "spit take.")

* LA TIMES: 26 child deaths from neglect & abuse under LA County Care. Zev Yaroslobsky. says, "Something has gone terribly haywire." ZEV, you SCHMUCK...YOU are THE SUPERVISOR! Full Story: http://ow.ly/2VEDa

* LA CITY NEWS - TWEETS:

JANICE HAHN...I can now assure you, based on the email I just read...YOU WANNA KEEP A QUIET, LOW PROFILE off ZD's radar. TRUST ME & ZIP IT! 8 minutes ago
JANICE HAHN not gonna like the email I just read about some SERIOUS SH*T you'd like to forget/ZD wishes he didn't hear. Wants to have lunch. 9 minutes ago
HOLY SCHNIKIES: Google stats show a FRENZY of searches for "Roberto Aldape," "Zuma Dogg Blog" & "lacitynews." Hoh bhoy, did it hit the fan! 16 minutes ago
SHOES TO FALL: Ticketgate scandal. Heard D.A.'s "Public Integrity Unit" is going over the evidence. Look for indictments to fall on L.A. mayor. 21 minutes ago
BREAKING: LA TIMES owner Tribune Ready To Throw Randy Michaels Out. (How could you let FM Shock Programmer run Tribune?) http://ow.ly/2VAyS about 2 hours ago
SCRIPT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: Los Angeles Housing Department Corruption Allegations. This post details it all. http://ow.ly/2Vz8d about 4 hours ago
Pension Plan Proposal Seeks Cut Backs: Faced with soaring pension costs, city officials on Monday proposed asking ... http://bit.ly/9DxztU about 5 hours ago
LACityNews.com isn't the ONLY blog that thinks L.A.City Hall is a sham and a scam of a municipal wrecking machine. RKLA - http://ow.ly/2Vy0W about 5 hours ago
How come people that give you inside info to blast, only tell you someone is "connected guy" AFTER you blast it all over TV & internet. LOL! about 5 hours ago
Sure have been a lot of Googling of "Roberto Aldape" this week. Still seeing referrals to http://LACityNews.com from a search of his name. about 6 hours ago
I don't think I should blog or be going to city hall for TV 35 comments til I can maintain a balance of $20 a day, EVERYDAY. about 8 hours ago
ROBERTO ALDAPE POSTS: http://ow.ly/2UXOP, http://ow.ly/2UXLg, http://ow.ly/2UXNo, http://ow.ly/2UXNY, http://ow.ly/2UXLU, http://ow.ly/2UXMZ 1 day ago
Thanks to everyone for checking into http://LACityNews.com, this week and this weekend. Elevated # of views, recently. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON! 1 day ago
A CRIMINAL'S WORST NIGHTMARE: You spent MEGA-MILLIONS to take over City Hall & LAUSD, only to have targeted money stall in bust economy. LOL 1 day ago
DAILY NEWS ARTICLE detailing how F*CKED UP LAUSD Is When It Comes To Continuing To SPEND, SPEND, SPEND -- AND OVERPA... http://ow.ly/19uYud 1 day ago
YOU MAY WONDER why Greig Smith's name is listed among a 6-way tie for "Dumbest CM." ARE YOU KIDDING? HE WAS VOCALLY WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING! 1 day ago
POLL RESULTS - DUMBEST LA CITY COUNCILMEMBER: A toss up between Hahn, Huizar, Reyes, LaBong, Smith or Zine. (DUMBEST, not shadiest!) 1 day ago
LA CITY NEWS: A lot of content posted for one hungry dude. http://LACityNews.com. 1 day ago
DAILY NEWS account on HOW SCREWED LAUSD IS: http://ow.ly/2UTIf (Spent money on an audit, but were about to move ahead w out reading it.) 1 day ago
Los Angeles City News Update for Sunday, October 17, 2010 (Pt 2 - 3 PM Update) http://ow.ly/19uPos 1 day ago
LAUSD Boardmember Steve Zimmer caused EMS paramedics to burst into board meeting, this week. EMS saw him on TV and thought he was in a coma. 1 day ago
LAUSD's ZIMMER: I know job is stressful, but you gotta remove the Diprovan drip 1 hr before meeting. I don't think you took it out, at all. 1 day ago
LAUSD COMA-MEMBER STEVE ZIMMER: I hope you were on a lot of medicated edibles at meeting. Did you SEE yourself on TV? You can barely speak. 1 day ago
BIGGEST HEROES IN CITY GET TREATED WORST: Remember when LA budget cuts were FIRST DISCUSSED? FIRST thing City Hall brought up was FIRE DEPT! 1 day ago
LA currently in negotiations w Fire Union. (City Hall HATES the Fire Dept because they have been outspoken on safety impacts of city cuts.) 1 day ago
The fact that LA City couldn't even put together a "good" fake budget w/out NUTTY-UNREALISTIC projections, TELLS YOU HOW BAD IT REALLY IS! 1 day ago

Monday, October 18, 2010

NEW: LA City News RADIO - Half Hour Report for Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Now streaming...NEW, LA City News RADIO for Tuesday, October 19, 2010. http://LACityNews.com (30 minute show)

Full accompanying post: Los Angeles City News Update for Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Los Angeles City News for Thursday, October 14, 2010

IF YOU ARE READING THIS, it is most likely the 9AM hour. Thanks for making this blog the FIRST THING you start wasting time at work with!

JUST EMAIL YOUR MONEY: Casinos Push For Online Gambling in CA: Traveling to Vegas may be thing of past. (NO FREE DRINKS!) 14 minutes ago

NOW STREAMING: Zuma Dogg Public Comment Audio Loop from Wednesday's Council Meeting: Janice Hahn & Jose Huizar take hits (Gonna be a LOOOOOONG, BUMPY campaign season for Huizar if ZD keeps showing up.)

THE COMMITTEE MEETING SMELLED LIKE BAD PINE AIR FRESHENER: LA council panel urges 5-year renewal of taxi franchise system http://ow.ly/2TjAH 23 minutes ago
NOT A RECOVERY SIGN: Record Foreclosures - More U.S. homes seized this summer than any 3 months since '06 housing bust. http://bit.ly/bua52t 28 minutes ago
RT @myfoxla: Who's in Charge of Education in CA?: No one seems to be happy with the state of education in California... http://bit.ly/dqVGVZ 33 minutes ago
DWP tries to suspend full pension for new hires due to city worker transfer pressure on pension plan, but Council VETOES! http://ow.ly/2Tjgt 34 minutes ago
WOULD YOU APPROVE A BILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE AEG to build a football stadium downtown? That's what they WANT you to do for them. 42 minutes ago
L.A. will always have problems being competitive for convention business because long trip from airport & expensive hotels price city out. about an hour ago
Jose Huizar will have MUCH TOUGHER election in '11. Not only does challenger have $200,000, already, Villar's team ain't what it used to be. about 2 hours ago
ZUMA DOGG calls for L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel to have L.A. Housing Dept Asst GM account for SEVERAL MILLION unaccounted for dollars. about 13 hours ago
L.A. Activist Zuma Dogg exposes allegations of SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS MISSING from L.A. Housing Dept on LIVE TV @ City Council meeting. about 13 hours ago
RT @latimes: Dow up 76, or 0.7%, to 11,096. S&P 500 up 8, or 0.7%, at 1,178. Nasdaq up 23, or 1%, at 2,441. http://lat.ms/a9XVuH about 13 hours ago
JOSE HUIZAR MUST GO! - RT @LANow: Businessman donates $150,000 to his campaign to unseat L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar http://lat.ms/cmZlcm about 17 hours ago
F.B.I LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO L.A. DEVELOPER Who Made :"IMPROPER GIFTS" To Public Officials & Thousands In Campa... http://ow.ly/19qhxc 1 day ago
RE: FBI INVESTIGATION into LA developer who contributed gifts & campaign money to public officials. Here is the lobbyist. http://ow.ly/2SFrW 1 day ago
PT 2: Resident trapped in "black hole" of sidewalk cracks in Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti's district. (UNSAFE!) http://twitpic.com/2x6vhv 1 day ago
PT 1: LA resident trapped beneath monster sidewalk crack in Councilman Eric Garcetti's district. (Mayor Garcetti?) http://twitpic.com/2x6uvr 1 day ago
People in OTHER 14 districts: When JANICE HAHN hijacks meeting w her mouth (talking about HERSELF) keeps YOUR CM/staff from getting to work. 11 minutes ago
NOT JUST TRYING TO POKE FUN: But Janice Hahn's RUNAWAY MOUTH actually is an issue of waste & inefficiency grinding city business to a halt. 23 minutes ago
RT @cnni: Rapper talks man down from hotel roof http://bit.ly/aSdQnN (Do you mean he "rapped" him off roof top?) 26 minutes ago
Still a combative podium relationship: But City Attorney Dion DID go (a little) out of his way to ask how LACityNews.com reporter was doing. 27 minutes ago
LACityNews.com: Because market research showed people wanted a DRUDGE REPORT style site for NEWS about LA CITY; and the URL was available. 34 minutes ago
Christine O'Donnell Faced Off in Senate Debate: She was "enchanting." Crowd was "spellbound." Reminded crowd to "cast" spell, I mean vote. 49 minutes ago
CNN: 'Underwear bomber' to represent self http://bit.ly/d5KPWw (Remember to wear "briefs," not boxers. (As in "legal" briefs...RIM SHOT!) 54 minutes ago
NYTIMES Politics. Linda McMahon lags among women voters; many put off by wrestling biz. (Voters SHOULD be MORE "put off" by political biz.) 56 minutes ago
DOES HE EVER SHOW UP?: Confused & frustrated Councilman Greig Smith (not even seeking re-election) seen on side of milk carton as "missing." about an hour ago
MESSAGE TO MERCEDES MARQUEZ: Fix the mess you created with your Asst GM hire at LA Housing Dept and find somewhere else for him, ASAP! about an hour ago
NO SURPRISE posts on otherwise UNCOVERED issue of LA Housing Department CORRUPTION @ http://LACityNews.com are MOST VIEWED posts, per stats. about an hour ago

NEW POST - 10/14/10: L.A. City Council BALKS at Change for DWP Pension Reform of NEW HIRES by VETOING DWP's Plan. (Council Creates The Mess, Wants To Pile on MORE, then says, "NO" to Attempt To SAVE LOS ANGELES...IT'S OVER!!! THEY WILL NEVER AGREE ON A SOLUTION. GET OUT OF L.A., NOW!!! WARNING...MUY PELIGROSA!

L.A. City Council BALKS at Change for DWP Pension Reform of NEW HIRES by VETOING DWP's Plan. (Council Creates The Mess, Wants To Pile on MORE, then says, "NO" to Attempt To SAVE LOS ANGELES...IT'S OVER!!! THEY WILL NEVER AGREE ON A SOLUTION. GET OUT OF L.A., NOW!!! WARNING...MUY PELIGROSA!

Facing new pressures on its pension system, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) says it can no longer cover much of the retirement cost for the employees it has hired away from other city agencies.

About 1,600 workers have transferred to the DWP from other city departments over the last six years, finding higher pay while avoiding furloughs and layoffs elsewhere. (A dumping ground for L.A. City dead weight it can not longer afford, not that it ever really could.)

Those new arrivals have created a $183-million pension burden for the utility, according to DWP officials. To deal with those costs, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointees on the DWP board voted last month to suspend, at least temporarily, full pension coverage for any new employee hired by the utility from another city department. (After the mayor handed out raises and increased benefits that he KNEW the city could NO WAY afford -- when he was running for re-election. [Only to quickly announce we couldn't afford it after he was RE-elected.])

That decision infuriated some members of the City Council, which voted unanimously Wednesday to veto it. (CITY COUNCIL...this was YOUR chance to show the voters some "good faith" that you want to clean up the mayor's mess and put the city on track...BUT WE SEE YOU ARE STILL NOT READY TO GIVE UP OLD TRICKS AND BAD HABITS!)

Over the last two years, the council has demanded that the DWP, which is separate from the city budget, hire workers from agencies facing major cuts. (They mean, let them sweep CITY HALL's MESS under DWP's rug.)

Councilman Richard Alarcon called the DWP's move...(WHO CARES WHAT THAT INDICTED JOKER HAS TO SAY. IF I WANNA KNOW WHAT ALARCON HAS TO SAY...I'LL GO VISIT HIM IN PRISON AND ASK HIM!)

READ MORE of the befuddled mess by a group of emotionally weak, greedy and scared incompetents in David Z's LA Times report.

MORE L.A. City News for Thursday, October 14, 2010:

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Monday, October 11, 2010

L.A. City News Update for Monday, October 11, 2010 - Sally Choi (L.A. Pension Manager) QUITS LACERS, Just As Massive Work To Be Done (NOT A GOOD SIGN SINCE SALLY IS "TOPS") Probably Too Much Integrity AND Unions Better Get Ready to GIVE BACK, OR ELSE!!!

Main story being covered by L.A. City News is the "conflict of interest" (legalese for "corruption") at L.A. Housing Dept over Rent Escrow and Outreach Contractors hired by the City of Los Angeles. Council addressed the issue during the July 21, 2010 council meeting (Item 37) and was followed up by Zuma Dogg on Friday (October 8, 2010) based on a memo provided by L.A. Housing Dept personnel. See this blog for streaming audio, video & blog posts that will explain in detail and better inform you to the matter.

Here is the rest of L.A. City News, Politics & Commentary for Monday, October 11, 2010. Most notable: The great Sally Choi, manager of LACERS (L.A. employee pension fund) is quitting on short notice after a wave of demands were called for on the announcement that one-third of all city dollars are headed to pay for pensions of retired workers. Leaving the city with only two-thirds to operate, when they are already having trouble doing that.

Choi's resignation is not a good sign, cause Sally is amazing, and if she is "walkin'" -- that means there must be a cog in the system...UNLESS, SALLY WAS THE COG that wouldn't go along with the shady pension machine. Secondly, for Monday: Is market research showing the general public is fed up with unions who refuse to make pension concessions with EXISTING EMPLOYEES? L.A. Mayor Villaraiogsa has announced plans to throw a pension reform measure on the next ballot -- allowing all the common folk in L.A. to CUT AWAY AT THE UNION PENSIONS, MUCH MORE SEVERELY THAN WHAT THEY COULD HAVE PUT BACK IN THE COOKIE JAR, AS A "THROW 'EM A BONE' CONCESSION. Doubt they'll budge. However, one way or the other...IT'S GETTIN' CUT!

L.A. CITY NEWS

RT@villaraigosa: CicLAvia was a big success. Hope it helps shift LA away from a car culture to a brighter, more sustainable future. (LMFAO!) 11 minutes ago
RT@villaraigosa: What a beautiful day! Looking at amazing CicLAvia pics.(Well that makes the rest of us feel just GREAT! Glad you're happy!) 12 minutes ago
WHEN U LISTEN to council meeting on Housing Dept conflicts and Housing Staffer boasts of new changes, admittance problem has been occurring. 59 minutes ago
L.A. COUNCIL was warned on effects of increased density in dead economy: Zine's Woodland Hills sees spike in crime. http://ow.ly/2RsbI about 2 hours ago
L.A. CITY ATTORNEY CARMEN TRUTANICH campaigned on busting city corruption. The L.A. Housing Dept REAP scandal is practically a "gimme" putt. about 4 hours ago
READER COMMENT: Duffies007, "Best local news source in LA. Thank you ZumaDogg." (Response to "ZD Exposes Housing Dept Corruption" video.) about 6 hours ago
IS THE CORRUPTION at L.A. HOUSING DEPARTMENT and REAP (RENT ESCROW ACCOUNT) the NIGHTMARE Council & Mayor have been scared of being exposed? about 7 hours ago
IS IT TRUE that once the city agrees a property owner has made REAP improvements and money is to be returned, only way to get it is to sue? about 7 hours ago
LA CITY NEWS hears that $2 MILLION DOLLARS is missing and un-accounted for in L.A. REAP (Rent Escrow) Account. Maybe DA office can find it. about 7 hours ago
For 1st time in his four yrs as activist, Zuma Dogg will be making his 1st trip to D.A.'s Public Integrity Office over L.A. Housing Asst GM. about 7 hours ago
Did Mayor Anotonio Villaraigosa appoint Roberto A to L.A. Housing Dept as Asst. GM? Did Council approve it? They better fix THEIR mess! about 7 hours ago
OBAMA HATES HIM!: Villaraigosa-Obama meeting scheduled Monday: Villaraigosa among several officials scheduled. http://ow.ly/2RnKe about 7 hours ago
About the most slam dunk vote EVER would NOW be a vote of public to CUT THE HELL out of labor pensions. BETTER NOT PUSH IT! PUBLIC FED UP! 1 day ago
If labor unions stay greedy and short sighted, voters will crack down much worse than anything they should have smartly agreed to. WATCH IT! 1 day ago
Council demands city pension reform - Faced with spiraling costs for city pensions, City Council President Eric Garcetti http://ow.ly/2RapG 1 day ago
Stern looks of concern. (What ZD saw as he looked at L.A. Council horseshoe while delivering Housing Dept conflict info. Looks of terror!) 1 day ago
CAN 3 LEGGED TABLE STAND ON 2 LEGS?: L.A. announces 33% (1/3) of every city dollar will be going to pension bailout. Can't operate as it is! 1 day ago
HERE IS LINK TO the memo detailing L.A. Housing Dept CORRUPTION allegations as discussed by ZD before Council on Friday. http://ow.ly/2R8Gu 1 day ago
WHY L.A. ACTIVISTS ALWAYS LOSE: L.A. announces 1/3 of every city $ will be going to the pension bailout, but you talk about everything else. 1 day ago
I don't think LACERS' SALLY CHOI quitting to "pursue other interests" was a free-spirit decision like when ZD quit NY radio for CA beaches. 1 day ago
LACERS' SALLY CHOI told council staff must work round-the-clock to barely get work done on reduced staff. Now SALLY quit. GRANDE PROBLEMOS! 1 day ago
Do you have ANY idea what a state of disarray LACERS will be in now that manager SALLY CHOI is suddenly "quitting?" Not a good sign, mayor. 1 day ago
LACERS Pension Manager Sally Choi RESIGNING! She didn't just wake up and suddenly decide to purse new career path! http://lat.ms/dtObeK 1 day ago
L.A. schools chief Cortinez threatens to quit, then rescinds threat made over proposal he thinks is too costly http://lat.ms/aTpXsY 2 days ago
L.A. City News NEW VIDEO from City Hall for Friday, October 8, 2010 (Kamala Harris & Villaraiogsa @ Press Event and ... http://ow.ly/19mvR1 2 days ago
L.A. City Council approves a $3.5 MILLION lawsuit settlement. CM Jose Huizar recuses himself from vote. Wonder what HE had to do with it? 2 days ago
VIDEO Pt 2 (En Espanol): L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa being interviewed for TV news @ Kamala Harris event on school truancy. http://ow.ly/2QWML 2 days ago
VIDEO: L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa en Espanol @ Kamala Harris prensa del evento en L.A. City Hall para TV noticias. http://ow.ly/2QWLV 2 days ago
VIDEO: Kamala Harris & Antonio Villaraiogsa speak on school truancy at L.A. City Hall Campaign Press Event http://ow.ly/2QWK4 2 days ago
NOW STREAMING: Zuma Dogg @ today's L.A. City Council meeting exposing MASSIVE Housing Dept conflict of interest. City will lose BIG lawsuit! 2 days ago
RT @abc7: It's official: Gov. Schwarzenegger has signed state budget, ending longest-ever state budget delay http://bit.ly/bVfxeI 2 days ago
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: CA Attorney General Kamala Harris Press Event @ L.A. City Hall (Hosted by L.A.'s Official Mascot... http://ow.ly/19mo5W 2 days ago
Steve Dopez: The real outrage behind the Whitman 'whore' remark. (OH, STEVE has the REAL angle YOU didn't think of. NO ONE CARES, STEVE!) 2 days ago
Municipal Wrecker A Villar w AG Candidate Kamala Harris 2: http://twitpic.com/2vspr4, http://twitpic.com/2vspga, http://twitpic.com/2vsp0z 2 days ago
L.A. Mascot Villaraiogsa w Kamala Harris @ Press Event 1: http://twitpic.com/2vsog1, http://twitpic.com/2vsqt0, http://twitpic.com/2vsq5w, 2 days ago
Dow closes above 11,000 for first time since May - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the firs... http://ow.ly/2QRtO 2 days ago
RT @LATimescitydesk: LA's KCET decides to break away from PBS and go independent. It's because of a money fight: http://lat.ms/aMAaRs 2 days ago
RT @LANow: Manager of L.A. city employee pension fund to resign http://lat.ms/dtObeK 2 days ago