Tony signs tenant-relocation ordinance

From CityWatch, an insider look at City Hall

Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa has signed into law the increased tenant-relocation assistance ordinance, which includes other tenant protections and instructs staff to develop an ordinance to restrict demolition and strengthen existing laws

Neighborhoods commission is advisory; mayor's appointee really runs the show

From CityWatch, an insider look at City Hall

Editor's note: The entire neighborhood council system is being examined by an appointed Neighborhood Council Review Commission.

After consulting with the Office of the City Attorney, the Review Commission’s Executive Director [Raphael Sonenshein] explained to the commissioners that it was very clear that the policy-making role of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners was limited to those areas over which it had jurisdiction, and BONC certainly could not adopt policies in areas that had already been carved out by the City Council. Possible example: the Neighborhood Council Funding Program.  

The City Charter, it was explained, created BONC and DONE [the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment] as it did