Council considers sales tax measure for November election During the April 8 council meeting, the council discussed adding a potential sales tax ballot measure of .375% for the November 2024 general election. The council also held public hearings on outdoor dining and required fire sprinklers. According to City Manager Isaac Whippy, the general fund forecast […]
Impassioned debate around the justifiability of Half Moon Bay’s Wavecrest trail project — a connecting Coastal Trail segment, increased beach access and two parking lots near Redondo Beach Road —
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Squeeze Play on Community Groups in Los Angeles Details
PLANNING WATCH-Los Angeles is a city of neighborhoods, and the Los Angeles Times has mapped 114 separate communities.
Historically, they have self-organized into block clubs, neighborhood organizations, homeowner associations, and tenant unions. For City Hall these grassroots groups have been a nuisance, and officials have resorted to four tactics to weaken them:
Tactic 1 -
Cooptation: Mayor Tom Bradley (1973-1993) appointed community group representatives to official City bodies, such as the City Planning Commission. By the 1990s the benign co-optation of the Tom Bradley era gave way to escalating tactics to reduce the influence of more assertive community groups.