NCRC in the News
ALARCON TO NCS: WE WILL NOT DRAG OUR FEET By Councilman Richard Alarcon, September 28, 2007
"The Commission report includes 73 specific recommendations that cover areas as diverse as further defining “stakeholder,” increasing community involvement in Neighborhood Councils and the advisory role of Neighborhood Councils for Council District matters. As Chair of the Education and Neighborhoods Committee (ENC), I think it is extremely important for the Committee to hear the report in-depth and have strong community participation in the review process ... "
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NEIGHBORHOOD NOISE A conversation with the LA Times editorial board, September 27, 2007
"The Neighborhood Council Review Commission has released its recommendations for reforming L.A.'s seven-year-old system of neighborhood councils, and members of the commission visited the editorial board Thursday to discuss their recommendations ... "
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CITY COUNCIL SCRUTINIZES NEIGHBORHOOD PANELS by Rick Orlov, Daily News, September 26, 2007
"Amid growing concerns about the effectiveness of Los Angeles' network of neighborhood councils, the City Council on Tuesday began reviewing broad changes that could reinvigorate the panels and strengthen the system of grass-roots democracy."
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LA BEGINS DEBATE ON HOW TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SYSTEM By Steve Hymon, September 26, 2007
"The City Council, with 73 recommendations before it, is expected to consider the issue for months."
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TUNEUP EYED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS by Kerry Cavanaugh, Daily News, September 24, 2007
"After more than a year of study, the panel charged with reviewing Los Angeles' network of neighborhood councils is recommending a myriad of changes to make life a little easier for those who volunteer in the name of grass-roots democracy."
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912 READY TO ETCH REPORT IN STONE by Ken Draper, Citywatch, September 14, 2007
"The 912 Panel (NC Review Commission) is ready to etch its final report in stone. They will meet next Tuesday to dot the ‘I’s” and give a final OK to the result of their year and three month effort. This NCRC Final Report will be submitted to the City Council on the 25th.
The question is: where will it go from there?"
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NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS OUT OF THE CLOSET! by Greg Nelson, Citywatch, August 24, 2007
"Who’d have thunk it? At this early stage in the development of our neighborhood council system, what percentage of the city’s population would you guess have heard about neighborhood councils? Survey says: 47.5%."
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SOME GREAT OLD IDEAS -- and ONE REAL STINKER: Or, Who Took the Power Out of Empowerment? by Greg Nelson, Citywatch, August 21, 2007
"The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners told the Neighborhood Council Review Commission that it would like to explore the possibility of eliminating bylaws entirely and adopting standard operational procedures for all neighborhood councils. Huh?"
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A DEVELOPING POWER: SUNLAND-TUJUNGA'S HOME DEPOT VICTORY SHOWS THE COUNCILS ARE BEGINNING TO RESHAPE THE WAY CITY HALL OPERATES, by D.J. Waldie, Los Angeles Times Opinion, August 19, 2007
"...Neighborhood councils are the new players, with unknown strengths and weaknesses. Their behavior is not like the usual waltz around neighborhood concerns performed by some City Council members and developers with deep pockets and even deeper knowledge of campaign financing. And if the development game is to continue in Los Angeles as it has for decades, the effect of these new players has to be calculated -- and neutralized, if possible. That is what Home Depot sought to do and -- astonishingly -- failed to achieve."
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SURVEY SURPRISES: WHO'S BONC? LAPD LEADS THE CITY DEPARTMENT RACE by David Lowell, Citywatch, August 17, 2007
"The NC Review Commission’s survey of former and current neighborhood council board members is now final. Some of the results will surprise. Some will confirm what we already know (e.g. NC board members are white, older and richer). And there is plenty there to allow the folks with agendas and biases to spin the results to support about any contention."
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GUEST ANALYSIS -- USC TO 912 PANEL: "THIS TIME WITH FEELING" by Christopher Weare, Terry Cooper, and Juliet Musso for Citywatch, August 16, 2007
"The NCRC report primarily focuses on council operations – how they run elections, run meetings, resolve disputes, and reach out to neighborhood stakeholders. These recommendations strive to make neighborhood councils into more effective organizations, and they include a number of well thought out proposals. But strengthening the councils alone will not suffice."
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WITH TIME RUNNING OUT, STAKEHOLDER MEANING REMAINS BIGGEST CHALLE
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