CHARTER PANEL CONCLUDES SERIES OF OPEN HOUSES.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles' appointed Charter Reform Commission has wrapped up a series of seven open houses on its draft charter, after hearing from residents that the document gives too much power to the mayor and expands the school board too much. The completion of the final open house, held Wednesday Wednesday: see week. in San Pedro Pedro. For Spanish and Portuguese rulers thus named, use Peter. Pedro in marrying former mistress of enemy. [Ger. Opera: d’Albert, Tief land, Westerman, 371–374] See : Innocence , signifies that the commission is now in the home stretch for putting a charter on the ballot next year, said George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). Kieffer, the panel's chairman. ``We're going to get a report from our staff next Wednesday on the responses from all of the open houses,'' Kieffer said, adding that the commission will then put its proposed charter in final form, possibly in the first week of December. More than 400 people attended the sessions held throughout the city - including sessions in Northridge and Studio City - to provide input on the draft charter. Kieffer said residents had strong feelings on several key recommendations, including a proposal in the draft ballot - since reversed - that would have given the mayor sole authority to fire general managers of city departments. ``That proposal received more negatives than positives,'' Kieffer said, noting that the commission voted last month to drop that proposal from the charter and maintain the requirement of council concurrence CONCURRENCE, French law. The equality of rights, or privilege which several persons-have over the same thing; as, for example, the right which two judgment creditors, Whose judgments were rendered at the same time, have to be paid out of the proceeds of real estate bound by them. Dict. de Jur. h.t. for firing managers. ``People want checks and balances,'' said Julie Benson, a spokeswoman for the commission. She said about two-thirds of those who commented on the draft charter opposed giving the mayor sole power to remove managers. Kieffer also said the open houses yielded a mixed response from residents on the draft charter to expand the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board from seven to nine members and to raise their pay from $24,000 to $36,000 a year. ``That was split evenly between people who liked the idea of expanding the school board and giving them a cost-of-living increase and those who didn't like it,'' Kieffer said. He hopes the response will persuade the commission to reconsider re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. its actions. ``I would have preferred that we not take a position on the school board because we can't really affect the school district,'' Kieffer said. The other hot-button issue Noun 1. hot-button issue - an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions gut issue issue - an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss for those attending the open houses was the proposal to create a system of advisory neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. , the chairman said. Kieffer said the even split of residents on the issue convinces him that the commission made the right decision to leave much of the structure and selection of the neighborhood councils up to the City Council to decide by ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been , not to be spelled out in the charter. ``That makes me even more comfortable with our recommendation because it allows flexibility,'' Kieffer said. He said the commission will meet in the next few weeks to consider whether to change its draft charter based on the public input before voting, possibly during early December, on the final document. |
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