LAist (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
In her inaugural speech as the City Controller, Wendy Greuel vowed to continue former Controller Laura Chick's quest to legally audit--financially or performance-wise--the offices of the Mayor, City Attorney and City Councilmembmers. Chick had tried to audit former City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office, but he balked and the matter went to court where Chick lost. “If...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Laura Chick , the former Los Angeles City Controller and current state inspector general, is featured in the July issue of Governing magazine . Seems she's been busy: It took Laura Chick barely a month in Sacramento to start making waves. As California’s new inspector general charged with overseeing how the state spends its federal stimulus money, she exceeded her...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
One day before she would have left elective office, Governing magazine features former Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick on its July cover. She stepped down early, of course, to...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
• June 23 2009 6:45 PMA judge has ruled that the Los Angeles city controller does not have the powers to conduct performance audits of the other elected city officials, siding with City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. He had sued then-Controller Laura Chick to block an audit, saying the city charter did not empower her to swoop in. Superior Court Judge Mark V. Mooney apparently agreed, eliciting...
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
Anonymous said:Laura Chick is no longer the controller...starting next Weds, it will be Wendy.... Anonymous said:This from Boyle Heights aka CD Huizar.Felony charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued for a well-known Orange County political activist suspected of committing election and voter registration fraud, the California secretary of State's office announced Wednesday.Investigators...
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
... newly-vacant job in the 2nd. One of the immediate assumptions was that well-respected politician Laura Chick would step in and take the job, but, aware of the fact that she had already served two terms in City Council from another district, Chick felt it was not the right place for her, and surprisingly declined a run at the spot. Some of the candidates can clearly be accused...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
... be to develop a report card on how well city agencies have implemented the audits by predecessor Laura Chick, says Rick Orlov...Former LAT writer blogs that the Cadiz water project is cronyism...At least ten Los Angeles County say they have been fired, demoted or retaliated against for attempting to expose corruption and wrongdoing...., the politics site by ex-Sacramento reporters...
IOL (Free subscription) | 25/05/2009
Newspaper headlines are often good for laughs. Years ago I recall being sent a headline from the Cedar Rapids Gazette - a headline that must have afforded enormous relief to its readers:Clinton pledges restraint in use of nuclear weapons And when Los Angeles councillor Laura Chick lashed out at city hall sexism, a sub-editor on the Los Angeles Times came up with this headline:Chick...
