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  • EDITOR’S MEMO—Happy New Year … or Not

    this is a new year. Fiscal year. And not an unreasonable time to measure the hits and misses and recalculate goals. Jack Humphreville takes stock of Mayor Garcetti’s budget management progress. Random Length’s Publisher and CityWatch contributor James...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Draper
    • Category: WORLD WATCH
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  • LA’s Mayor Flunks the Budget Test

    Mayor Garcetti has failed us and as a result, he has flunked Budget and Finance and deserves the failing grade of D. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • The Fig Plaza Stick Up: Ripping Off DWP Ratepayers for $40 Million

    Council, and the politically appointed Board of Commissioners that are not in the best interest of the Ratepayers. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
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  • Editor’s Memo: An Editor’s Delight!

    … provides a bunch of perspectives on all of it. But, a couple of today’s pieces deserve special mention. A week ago, Jack Humphreville, in CityWatch uncovered an attempt by the City to overcharge the Water and Power people some $20 million for rent on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Draper
    • Category: WORLD WATCH
    • Language: *
  • Editor’s Memo: The Meaning of Trust

    word means. We have to ask: do they know the meaning of the word TRUST? I’m posing the question because LA Watchdog Jack Humphreville pulls back the curtain on a rent deal our City Hall electeds have concocted that once again sticks it to the DWP...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Draper
    • Category: WORLD WATCH
    • Language: *
  • Exposed! City Overcharging DWP Millions on Downtown Fig Plaza Rent

    on this transaction by capitalizing the cost of the ten year lease and amortizing the expense over thirty years. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater Wilshire...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Eric’s DWP: $93 Million of Ratepayer Money Down the Drain

    test” showed that it had sufficient water supplies to meet the demands of its customers for the next three years.] (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • City Hall’s Reputation Dooms Massive Tax Increases

    for its unwillingness to really balance the budget will doom these ballot measures to failure. Who are the fools now? (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • DWP Charter Reform: Still Not Ready for Prime Time

    some four pages of “Non-Charter Recommendations”, whatever that means. Or, as CityWatch columnists Julie Butcher and Jack Humphreville put it, some 2300 words of you-know-what. Later in this article I’ll go into some detail about all of this stuff...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Tony Butka
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • DWP Reform: Rules Committee Recommendations Need Work

    and refine the Rules Committee’s recommendations, during which time we need continued transparency and flexibility. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • It’s NOT a Business! It’s Our Water and Power!

    beginning of last week’s Rules Committee meeting has none of these. It only just made its way into the council file. Jack Humphreville responded to my Facebook post that all 2300 words of the “recommendations” were ‘written by Council President Herb...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Julie Butcher
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • DWP Reform: Here’s what Management Must Have to Run the DWP the Way It Should Be Run

    faith, can hold the General Manager and the rest of her management team responsible for their management decisions. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Are LA Politicians Selling Off Our Neighborhoods for Campaign Contributions?

    true reform. “Six million dollars is just the tip of the iceberg,” says City Hall watchdog and CityWatch columnist Jack Humphreville. “When you bundle all the lobbying fees by the real estate developers, lobbyists, lawyers, consultants and all their...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Patrick Range McDonald
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • DWP Reform: Ratepayers Beware

    establish a fully funded Office of Transparency and Accountability to oversee the City’s finances and operations. +++ (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Editor’s Memo: Reaching the Point Where No One Cares

    relationship is. And, how sensitive we are when they fiddle with OUR Times without inviting us into the conversation. Jack Humphreville speaks for us. He’s LA’s Watchdog. Watching out for us is his job. And, he thinks the Times needs a new owner … who...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Draper
    • Category: WORLD WATCH
    • Language: *
  • We Need a New Owner of OUR LA Times … Here’s Why

    will save us billions if the Mayor, City Hall, and the newly constituted Board of Supervisors were to have its way. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Will Greening Gentrify the LA River?

    campaign funding real estate speculators have successfully manipulated the Mayor and the members of the City Council. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • County’s Park Parcel Tax: A Tough Sell

    but for Metro’s proposed half cent increase in our sales tax that will cost us $120 billion over the next 40 years. (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Another Attack on Our Wallets: the County’s Parks Parcel Tax

    for 35 years; exempting low‐ income seniors; requiring citizen oversight, independent audits, and local control? ●● (Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and a member of the Greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jack Humphreville
    • Category: LA WATCHDOG
    • Language: *
  • Editor’s Memo: You Can Handle the Truth

    … can’t handle the truth? Today’s CityWatch offers a couple of transparency pieces that we think are worth your time. Jack Humphreville wonders about the difference between the Mayor’s and the Council’s budgets … and whether committee chair Paul...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Draper
    • Category: WORLD WATCH
    • Language: *
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