I just received a Press Release from Jay Handal the Chair of the WLANC and West Area Budget Representative saying:
Budget and Finance Committee Agree
This just in! We did it! Now we need 8 votes on Friday.$45,000, no sweeps, clerk does elections. Dollars are coming from clerks election budget. No mail-in voting. NCs will help with elections.
This coming after well over 100 NC Leaders, Stakeholders and Constituents came out and braved a meeting that was delayed 2 hours and lasted another 3 hours where our City leaders were told what the communities they represent wanted and despite some grumpy negativity from Councilman Parks and Smith, today the Committee decided to uphold the 10% cut across the board cutting funding from $50,000 to $45,000 rather than $11,200.
Now we need a total of 8 votes at the full City Council meeting on Friday to pass this. I’m sure they will see it from our side but I will still put in a phone call to my Councilman just to make sure.
More info to come as it arrives.
Tags: Bernard Parks, Grieg Smith, LA City Council, LA Meltdown, Neighborhood Councils —
May 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Where’s the Great American Clean Up? It may not be in LA City but does LA County count?
June 13th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting