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		<title>Fighting the Pull of LA&#8217;s Gangs by Strengthening Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chief Beck]]></category>
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When it comes to trying to keep kids out of gangs (or grabbing kids as they&#8217;re slipping perilously in the direction of the streets), Deputy Mayor Guillermo Cespedes says he&#8217;s switching the emphasis of the city&#8217;s Gang Reduction and Youth Development program&#8212;GRYD&#8212;from individuals to families.
Cespedes, who was named by the mayor to head GRYD in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Much Chatter Follows Resignation of Jeff Carr, Villaraigosa&#8217;s Chief of Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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When Antonio Villaraigosa&#8217;s Chief of Staff, Jeff Carr, resigned unexpectedly on Wednesday, &#8220;to return to the non-profit world&#8221;  there was much speculation about whether or not the resignation was entirely voluntary.  
Dennis Romero of LA Weekly wrote:
Interestingly, he said he didn&#8217;t have another job lined up, but that he wanted to return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Housing &amp; the War Over Redevelopment &#8212; by Shashi Hanuman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE:  The newest and bloodiest front in Sacramento&#8217;s ongoing budget battle  is around the issue of redevelopment agencies or RDAs&#8212;and whether to abolish them, at least for the time being.
In essence, RDA&#8217;s redirect local property taxes toward a variety of economic development programs. The state makes up the $$ difference for each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anne Factor:  Or Why Jerry Will Be Different This Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antonio Villaraigosa]]></category>
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The Daily Beast has a brand new profile of soon to be California First Lady, Anne Gust Brown, and her affect on the life and work of the governor elect.  But before we get to the DB story, a few personal recollections on the same topic:


MY FIRST VERY BIG STORY AS A YOUNG AND [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Sups: $400K Death Payout, City Council: Vote on Trutanich Grand Jury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Foster Care]]></category>
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TRUTANICH&#8217;S GRAND JURY
Tuesday the City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss  SB 1168, the bill that would allow City Attorney Carmen Trutanich to have his own grand jury.  The bill  has passed the state senate and with a trip to the state assembly still ahead.
The City Council will decide whether or not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Following the Gang Money:  Where are the City&#8217;s GRYD Evaluations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Government]]></category>
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Really, all we&#8217;re asking for is a little of the much promised transparency and accountability.  
It&#8217;s a season of ongoing budgetary nightmares. LA&#8217;s libraries are losing  one-third of their staff.  Even the city&#8217;s firefighters are taking budget hits.  However one of the few programs or agencies in all of Los Angeles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Budget Approved With Some Resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Budget]]></category>
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The Los Angeles City Council approved much of mayor Antonio Villaraigosa&#8217;s proposed budget on Monday afternoon.
Library hours were cut, day care eliminated, 761 city positions were slashed-&#8211;with a possible road back on some of the jobs if unions will approve a five percent pay cut to their employees.   For the moment, however, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Fresh Picks &#8211; Bail, Parole, Students, Hope &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Attorney]]></category>
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REVISITING THAT MILLION $ BAIL FOR THE SUPERGRAPHIC OUTLAW
If you&#8217;ll remember, last month,  I objected mightily to the one million in bail  that City Attorney Carmen Trutanich requested and got for supergraphic super-scofflaw, Kayvan Setareh, but then I began to wonder if the matter wasn&#8217;t a bit more complicated than I&#8217;d hastily portrayed.
Neon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA City Council Says Yes to Medical Marijuana</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/la-city-council-says-yes-to-medical-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Government]]></category>
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After a meeting that lasted seveTuesday, the LA City Council decided to act sensibly by voting to allow retail dispensaries  to continue selling medical marijuana.  According to John Hoeffel of the LA Times,  the Los Angeles City Council is also strongly considering a draft ordinance that may cap the number of shops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing Bratton: Round 2 Has Begun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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The process of selecting a new Los Angeles Chief of Police has just entered phase two.  The candidates for chief who will advance to the next stage of the selection process all were notified on Thursday.  
In phase one, 24 candidates&#8212;13 from within the department, elevenfrom outside&#8212;filled out an application that included a [...]]]></description>
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