1. New Life for NC-DWP Agreement
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NC/DWP OVERSIGHT By Tony Wilkinson The Memorandum of Understanding between neighborhood councils and the Department of Water and Power is a unique conduit of information.  It's the only o

2. Revisit 2009 LA in 990 Seconds (Video)
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VIDEO-LA ‘09/’10 Produced by Michael Cohen (Grassroots LA enjoyed the thrill of a few victories and the angst of some close calls in 2009. Jump in Michael Cohen’s Time Machine

3. City Honors Popular Activist (Video)
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Soledad Garcia By Ken Draper I met Soledad Garcia a few years ago when I helped former Neighborhood Commissioner Pat Herrera Duran facilitate the historic agreement (MOU) between neighborhood c

4. DWP Shakes Up External Affairs: NCs are Affected
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Perspective By Tony Wilkinson Former State Assembly member Wally Knox has moved from a senior management position at the Port of Los Angeles to head a reorganized external affairs function at t

5. DWP NC Committees Tab New Leadership
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Video By Michael Cohen  On Saturday, the Neighborhood Council Coalition DWP Committee (DWPC) by acclimation elected Jack Humphreville, Greater Wilshire NC Board member and their Rate Payer

6. Controller Listens to NC Committee: Rate Payer Advocate, Rate Caps Discussed
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...r the L.A. City Controller’s office, now occupied by former City Councilmember Wendy Greuel, invited Soledad Garcia and Neighborhood Council DWP Committee members to her office on Friday afterno...

7. Prop 13 My Go but Not One Problem will be Solved
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My Turn By Harold Katz As financial conditions worsen, the flame under the pot called Prop 13 is going to be turned up higher and higher until it is brought to a boil and in my opinion Prop 13

8. OK, Let’s Talk Prop 13
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Commentary By Robert Cruickshank   (Posted first at Calitics.com)   Well over half the California electorate was ineligible to vote (or, like me, wasn't even alive) in the June 1

9. DWP Bypasses Public on CAP Rate Increases
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Just Another Way to Raise Rates By Soledad Garcia Measure B was defeated.  Neighborhood Councils worked hard to have transparency in budget, green power and good jobs.  We are waiting

10. The B that Stung City Hall
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View from Here By Soledad Garcia The loyal opposition to Measure B began with and was spearheaded by the DWP Committee (DWPC) of Neighborhood Councils and Community. The will to oppose the Meas

11. Last Word on the DWP MOU Debate?
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OutSpoken By Michael Cohen I was a member of the original Neighborhood Council Task Force that wrote the L.A. Neighborhood Council / L.A. Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Memorandum of Und

12. DWP MOU Panel: Time to do the Right Thing
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Perspective By Ken Draper It’s time for Chairwoman Soledad Garcia and her NC/DWP MOU Committee to turn the reins over to people willing to carry out the mandate the agreement requires. Be

13. Rosendahl on Solar: “I Might Not Support It”
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DWP Workshop Notebook By David Lowell and Stephen Box DWP General Manager, H. David Nahai, spent Saturday morning giving a three-hour "Renewable Energy" presentation to a crowd of app

14. LA Council Pulls NC Agenda Items at Last Minute
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LA Ahead Edited by David Lowell      LA City Council President Eric Garcetti, at the last minute and as yet without explanation, continued the neighborhood council agenda i

15. Need to be More Responsive, Diversified, Relevant
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The LANCC-2009 By Leonard Shaffer What is the LANCC?  From my prospective it is lots of questions with many different answers.  The first question of course is just what is the

16. City Hall Machine Tries to Intimidate Activists
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Lawsuit Seeks to Squelch Public Debate on Solar Energy Fraud Alert By Ron Kaye Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued

17. LA’s Grassroots Voices: Ratcheting Up the Volume
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CityWatch YearEnder-‘08 By Ken Draper Grassroots empowerment in LA took another turn this year. The City’s myriad activists … neighborhood councils, homeowner groups, indepen

18. Somebody has to Speak for the Ratepayers
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DWP (Watchdog) Committee-2008 By Soledad Garcia The advent of the LANCC DWP Committee was taking form in September 7, 2007, when the NC/LADWP Memorandum of Understanding Oversight Committee sub

19. Saving LA Activists Say No to Solar Ballot Measure
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SLAP Townhall By Ron Kaye  (Posted first at RonKayeLA.com) Note: The Saving LA Project is the inspiration of former Daily News editor-turned-community-activist Ron Kaye. The coalition of a

20. DWP Citizen Advocacy Committee Says No to Solar Ballot Measure--Here’s Why
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Watchdog Committee Notebook By Soledad Garcia The 110 Freeway was moving, the smoke was hovering, and DWP GM David Nahai’s voice on the radio said that DWP workers were working hard to ke

21. Alliances and Earthquakes Featured
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Week Ahead Edited by Sara Epstein Both the Citywide and Valley Alliances meet this week and the Great Southern California Shake Out rocks the middle of the week.

22. Why We Need City Hall Watchdogs
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GuestWords By Ron Kaye  (Posted first on ronkayela.com) My dog Bruno is 60 pounds of muscle and jaw with pit bull and shar-pei genes, and a temperament molded by an abusive former owner an

23. DWP Board Out of Touch with Rate Paying Public
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Analysis By Soledad Garcia Who benefits most from the proposed DWP Rate Payers’ Advocate (RPA)?   Must be the public considering how hard the DWP is working to scuttle the idea.

24. Score One for the LANCC DWP Committee
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Just In By Soledad Garcia (Soledad Garcia is the Chair of the newly formed LANCC DWP Committee. This is her just-in and unedited  report on Tuesday’s success at the DWP Board of Comm

25. Lies and Lobbyists Propel Grassroots Movement
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Saving LA Project By Doug Epperhart Former L.A. Daily News editor Ron Kaye’s brainchild—the Saving Los Angeles Project (SLAP)—made its debut July 14 at a rally at City Hall. N

26. Ron Kaye’s SLAP Agrees on Mission, Organizing
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FollowUp-Video (Ed Note: Close to a 100 activists came together in Glassell Park on Saturday and began putting the pieces of former Daily News editor Ron Kaye’s take back the city revolutio

27. NC Committee & DWP Meet: Peace Breaks Out
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Agreement By Ken Draper The signing of the NC/DWP Memorandum of Understanding three years ago was an historic event.

28. NC/DWP MOU in Jeopardy?
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Commentary By Soledad Garcia When the NC/DWP Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was agreed upon by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Neighborhood Councils’ MOU Taskforc

29. NCs in the News
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Media Edited by Greg Nelson Neighborhood councils are constantly in the news.  It demonstrates the  important role that they play in improving the quality of life throughout the 

30. NCs in the News
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Media Edited by Greg Nelson Neighborhood councils are constantly in the news.  It demonstrates the  important role that they play in improving the quality of life throughout the