Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
For those of you in Council District 2 out in the San Fernando Valley, you might have already received this mailer informing you that the popular former Council Member from Council District 2 - Wendy Greuel - is supporting Christine Essel in the special election to replace her on the City... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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,...
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... an Essel supporter. The Judge in the case is the son of the Judge who performed Essel supporter Wendy Greuel's wedding. urging him to recuse himself from the case given his conflict of interest. Krekorian has joined the City as a defendant in the case.If Essel actually had any real supporters she wouldn't have this lawsuit. Also given everything we know about the DWP unions one has...
Streetsblog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... projects to be funded by Measure R and later in the month when then Transportation Committee Chair Wendy Greuel outline for the city's Measure R share. Over the next six months, different reports from the Chief Legislative Office have arrived spelling out a dire economic climate and different proposals for the city's Measure R funds. Tomorrow, the city departments working on the proposed...
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... to deal with it. And in no surprises to anyone, now the current officeholders--City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich--are fighting about it, although in a different manner. "Trutanich said the best way to establish the scope of the city controller's powers is through a Charter amendment. The City Council, meanwhile, refused to drop the lawsuit to avoid...
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
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...
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...
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...
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Yikes, that's it, I'm voting for Krekorian. She's not even elected yet and she's going to be part of the "system". Hello Billboards, Hello Son of Measure B, Hello Special Interest Contracts, Hello SB1818 and Hello Wendy Greuel"s staff if Essel wins! Oh, and she had all those years at Paramount to bring the Entertainment business back to L.A., and it's apparent she wasn't successful. Why...
aids-write.org (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... He followed that opening act with a public squabble … still on-going … with the City Controller, Wendy Greuel, over who should represent her in a difference her office has with … the City Attorney’s office. Greuel questioned the objectivity of the CA’s opinion since her issue was with his office. That followed by a letter to the Planning Commission threatening them for not...
Streetsblog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... committee, enforcing the cash-out requirement was a favorite issue of now-Comptroller Wendy Greuel . Armed with new enforcement powers as of January 1 of this year, it will be interesting to see if Chairman Rosendahl is as interested in making this a priority for the City as his predecessor. Unfortunately, the Governor vetoed AB 1186 , introduced by Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (D-SFV)...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... and half criticizes him for playing by "North Korea rules" and says his fight with Controller Wendy Greuel "borders on an abuse of power."
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... Skip Paul (pictured with Curt Shepard), as well as actress Mary McCormack, LA City Controller Wendy Greuel, and a slew of political policy "wonks," as Cohen described them, including Liberty Hill's Vincent Jones, fundraiser John Gile. Many of those in attendance have already been working on behalf of the Maine effort: Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors and...
