August 2011 Archives
Commentary:
Not the mayoralty that Villaraigosa imagined: The mayor has a new chief of staff - Gaye Williams, once a deputy mayor for Intergovernmental Relations in the long-ago Riordan administration. Like the several chiefs of staff before her, Williams has...
Public Health:
The second largest district in the country is eliminating canned and frozen food items from their menus.
Planning:
AEG is asking state lawmakers to pass special legislation that would protect the developer from lawsuits that could delay or stop progress on the downtown stadium
LA Vitamin Report:
A bike sharing is on the table in Los Angeles. Let's not stick with the conventional wisdom.
Communities:
Using Storify, a social media storytelling tool, we look at what was said after the Board of Public Work's voted to deny the event its permit.
![Board of Public Works Denies Sunset Junction a Permit for This Weekend's Event [Updated]](http://www.kcet.org/news/1st_and_spring/assets_c/2011/08/sunset-junction-permit-3-thumb-100x100-16842.jpg)
Communities:
A permit for this weekend's Sunset Junction Music Festival was denied for the second time this week, effectively canceling the event for the first time since it began 31 years ago.
Commentary:
Vernon has been so corrupt for so long that, were it not for the gross malfeasance of Bell city officials, Vernon would be the dictionary definition of a city without legitimacy.
![Sunset Junction Working to Raise Money for City Permits, But Will Face Two More Board Votes [Updated]](http://www.kcet.org/news/1st_and_spring/assets_c/2011/08/sunset-junction-festival-permits-thumb-100x100-16798.jpg)
Communities:
After being denied a permit over unpaid fees for this weekend's event, organizers from the Sunset Junction Music Festival say they are optimistic they will be able to pay the city's bill.
Communities:
A city panel today voted to deny a permit for the Sunset Junction Music Festival scheduled for this weekend, but the move could be reversed this Wednesday.
Commentary:
The last time mayoral candidates ran for an open seat was 2001. In that race six candidates spent slightly over $20 million. Even in a bad economy, we could easily see similar, if not higher, spending for the 2013 election.
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