Showing posts with label Budget issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Budget issues. Show all posts
September 6, 2020

Why the budget and the budget process is broken in Long Beach California

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As there is yet another budget hearing coming up in Long Beach on September 8 2020 we thought we would use our blog post as our comments. Ge...
June 6, 2014

water and trash service rate increase hearing at Lakewood City Council Chambers on June 24, 2014 at 7:30 pm

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Just so that everyone is aware there is a water and trash service rate increase hearing at Lakewood City Council Chambers on June 24, 2014 ...
April 21, 2011

Here we go again?

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This is starting to become a problem. Now that city budgets are getting tight in the downturn the ugly truth is coming out: mismanagement or...
April 20, 2011

Wonder where your law enforcement tax dollars are going?

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Well when it comes to the LA County Sheriff's department it's not going to enforcement and keeping you safe, but to lawsuit payoffs....
September 14, 2010

Getting out while the getting is good... Howard Chambers finally calls it quits

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You have to hand it to Howard for great timing. 34 years as city manager must be a state or national record. He has stress? Well no doubt th...
September 3, 2010

State Controller's revised Local Government Compensation Report (LGCR) due Oct. 2010

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On the heels of LAAG's PRA (public information request) to the city of Lakewood regarding salaries of all top Lakewood city employees in...
August 20, 2010

City of Lakewood responds to LAAG's public records request on city employee salaries

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We find it sad and disheartening that Lakewood did not step forward right after the City of Bell scandal broke like so many other cities did...
August 6, 2010

LA City Salary posting and Public Records Act request to Lakewood for same

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The City of LA in response to the Bell scandal has posted a 547 page pdf document that is supposed to represent all the salaries of curren...
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City manger compensation in LA County 2009

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Well this is a bit of an eye popping chart but again hats off to the LA Times for compiling this info so quickly in light of the Bell scand...
August 3, 2010

State Controller Takes Quick Action to Prevent Another City of Bell Debacle

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We applaud State Controller John Chiang's move as reported in the LA Times below (as well as the Controllers own press release below) as...
August 2, 2010

Property Tax Rate Comparisons in LA County Cities 2010

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This was a very interesting chart from the LA Times this week. (you can sort using column headers at the top) What was most interesting was...