Zuma Dogg was the first one to start talking about this at City Hall for public comment, because someone from City Hall pulled me to the side, when I first started speaking about issues other than Venice Beach. The person told me, "Hey Zuma, you're missing the real (money bamboozle) on the agenda, each day: Special Event Fee Waivers. And they emailed me the now famous Jack Weiss memo. And it seemed like something worth mentioning...and then we all found out the truth about this stuff, as people sent me MORE info about it.
Also, Matt Dowd, Miram Fogler, Sharon Brewer and Donna Pearman (and everyone else) who kept the heat on. Activism works. It ain't easy, but I think the pueblos made a difference on this one.
Early ZUMA DOGG's post about Special Event Fee Waivers
More Zuma Dogg coverage of Special Event Fee Waivers.
Fee waivers for events a costly gift
City officials all agree reform's needed, but will it happen now?
05/13/2008
In the history of Los Angeles city bureaucracy, the special-event fee waiver might be the most talked about budget reform that has never been acted on.
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