PANEL DROPS PLAN TO GIVE MAYOR FIRE POWER.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer In a setback for Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , Los Angeles' appointed Charter Reform Commission voted Wednesday to reverse its earlier recommendation to allow the mayor to fire department heads without City 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. . Facing a backlash to the earlier proposal from employee unions, city managers and many residents, the commission voted 8-6 to maintain the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. in the charter, which requires any mayoral decision to fire a general manager to be approved by a majority of the council. Responding to Riordan's argument, commissioners had agreed to give the mayor sole power to fire managers to improve accountability, but a majority said Wednesday that the proposal went too far in removing checks and balances. ``This system has worked,'' said Commissioner Jose DeSosa. Added Commissioner Joseph Mandel, ``The more accountability you place in the mayor, the less checks and balances you have.'' Mandel and Commission Chairman George Kieffer argued unsuccessfully for a compromise that would have allowed the council to veto any firing by a two-thirds vote. The commission also voted to recommend that salaries of 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 members should rise from $24,000 to $37,000 to reflect the importance of their full-time job running the nation's second-largest school district. ``It's a stipend sti·pend n. A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance. [Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin st for an elected official who oversees a $6 billion, 700,000-student entity,'' said Commissioner Jerry Gaines. ``It seems an equitable gratuity Money, also known as a tip, given to one who provides services and added to the cost of the service provided, generally as a reward for the service provided and as a supplement to the service provider's income. for a dedicated person who is willing to step up to the plate.'' The panel tabled a proposal for the City Council to create a 25-member commission on school governance to study structural reforms of the system, including possible changes in how the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. is governed and the role of board members. The commission's reversal of its position on mayoral firings was seen by some as a blow to Riordan's reform efforts. ``The ability of the mayor to hold general managers accountable is a core goal for meaningful charter reform and it's unfortunate that the appointed commission has embraced the status quo,'' said Noelia Rodriguez, a mayoral spokeswoman. She noted that the elected Charter Reform Commission has twice voted to give the mayor firing authority. The split could complicate efforts by the two commissions to reach agreement on a single charter proposal to submit to the voters next year. Kieffer said the issue will be revisited in a conference committee between the two commissions. City Administrative Officer Keith Comrie and city union leader Robert Duncan Robert Duncan may refer to:
``You cannot replace that (current rule) with a spoils system spoils system, in U.S. history, the practice of giving appointive offices to loyal members of the party in power. The name supposedly derived from a speech by Senator William Learned Marcy in which he stated, "to the victor belong the spoils. ,'' Duncan said. ``You will invite corruption.'' |
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