LAist (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Thousands of rape kits still remain untested, finds a follow-up to a year-old audit that revealed some 7,500 rape kits sat untested on the shelves of LAPD labs. City Controller Wendy Greuel plans to release the the full findings tomorrow morning. Her office said today that the backlog has been reduced to 65%. However, Greuel says the Department’s record keeping is inconsistent,...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Ben Golombek, the communications deputy to Controller Wendy Greuel, is marrying Meghan Loper, Public Policy Director at Majestic Realty, on Saturday out in La Quinta. Thus, he will be out...
LAist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Not the most humorous interview, but Stephen Colbert last night got Bratton to explain his "Broken Windows Theory," which was applied here in L.A., and how he's going to apply it to his new private security gig. More on Broken Windows : Wendy Greuel speaks about it in a 2007 interview with LAist
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
L.A. controller's audit finds that untested evidence kits from rapes and sexual assaults have been cut by two-thirds since last fall. The Los Angeles Police Department has reduced the backlog of untested DNA evidence kits from rapes and sexual assaults by two-thirds since last fall, but city Controller Wendy Greuel cautioned Thursday that "we still have a long way to go to resolve...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
L.A. controller's audit finds that untested evidence kits from rapes and sexual assaults have been cut by two-thirds since last fall. The Los Angeles Police Department has reduced the backlog of untested DNA evidence kits from rapes and sexual assaults by two-thirds since last fall, but city Controller Wendy Greuel cautioned Thursday that "we still have a long way to go to resolve...
LAist (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... Pictures, the Walt Disney Company and AEG. Notable public officials include City Controller Wendy Greuel, former Councilmember Jackie Goldberg, Councilmember Jan Perry and Mary Nichols of the California Air Resources Board. As for Assemblyman Paul Krekorian, much of his money during this round came from fellow politicians. That list includes Congressman Adam Schiff, Assembly Speaker...
