It seems that in 2001 the City Clerk decided to revise the standard contract governing the operation of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles. This unleashed a fiery holocaust of whining from Downtown Center BID boss-lady Carol Schatz, hitherto-unknown-to-this-blog Toy District boss-lady Anne Wade, and, of course, our heroine, raison d’être incarnate of this very blog, and raison d’écrire of this very blog post, Kerry Morrison, then as now Hollywood Entertainment District boss-lady. This history was brought to light by a fascinating document obtained by our our faithful correspondent on his recent expedition to the City Archives. The document contains a proposed draft of the contract along with detailed comments from the above-mentioned terrible triumvirate of BID-boss-ladies. There are many, many bits worth reading,1 but today we’re commenting on just one:
Continue reading Kerry Morrison in 2001: Investigating Complaints Against BIDs will Destroy the City of Los Angeles! Complainers Should be Forced to Settle Matters with Neighbors Through Discussion! Also HPOA May Take Official Action Against Complainers!!
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How BIDs and Eric Garcetti Torpedoed A Major Revision of the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance Proposed by the Ethics Commission in 2010 and Didn’t Even Help Themselves That Much
In 2008, the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission began discussing proposed changes to the Municipal Lobbying Ordinance (MLO).2 In July of that year the Commission began hearing public comments on what should be included in this proposal3 and in September 2009 they sent a 162 page report to the Rules and Elections committee of the Los Angeles City Council, thus initiating Council file 07-3005-S2. This committee was chaired by then Councilmember Eric Garcetti, who essentially killed the whole thing after less than an hour of discussion, perhaps influenced by the trumped-up and only marginally relevant concerns of his personal friend (and, since 2013, Windsor Square neighbor) Hollywood Property Owners Alliance Executive Director Kerry Morrison.
Continue reading How BIDs and Eric Garcetti Torpedoed A Major Revision of the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance Proposed by the Ethics Commission in 2010 and Didn’t Even Help Themselves That Much
Continue reading How BIDs and Eric Garcetti Torpedoed A Major Revision of the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance Proposed by the Ethics Commission in 2010 and Didn’t Even Help Themselves That Much