Which Way, L.A.?
Charter Reform
Charter Reform was supposed to keep LA together. Could the city survive with elected neighborhood councils? Local empowerment is the goal. Would the cost be deconstruction of a world class metropolis?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readKEVIN STARR: California State Librarian and California Historian, author of a recent LA Times editorial entitled "The Dangers of Thinking Small." BENNETT KAYSER: Commissioner for the 13th District and Chairperson for the Committee on a more Responsive City Government with an Involved Citizenry, a subcommittee of the elected charter commission. RAPHE SONNENSHEIN: Executive Director, Commission on Charter Reform JULIE BUTCHER: President of the Service Employees International Union 347 CAROL SCHATZ: President and chief executive officer of the Central City Association, a 73 year old business advocacy organization representing the downtown business community and others across the city. ROMEROL MALVEAUX: Resident and Member of the 8th Council District Empowerment Congress, a neighborhood advisory council to councilman Mark Ridley Thomas. GORDON MURLEY: President of two umbrella homeowners groups, the federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations and the San Fernando Valley Federation. ROBIN KRAMER: Outgoing Deputy Mayor. MICHAEL SHUMAN: An attorney and co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies. Author of "Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Golden Age."
topic: DEPUTY MAYOR RESIGNS
