Zuma Dogg LA City Agenda ALERT: City Is Out To LIEN On Property Owners

But a lot of real CITIZEN'S ALERTS slip through the cracks unless ZD turns in a public comment card. Items like "Special Event Fee Waivers", "Tract Maps", et al.

I noticed "Tract Maps" were suddenly popping up like mushrooms on the agenda -- and a few months after you started reading about the "Smart Growth" (density) plans in LA Weekly and LA Times, and now everyone is aware of the density LA City Council, SCAG and Villaraigosa have imposed on the community.

HERE'S WHAT I AM SEEING NOW: "Liens!" Here's the deal...the City of Los Angeles is sinking faster than a bowling ball in quicksand, so they are out to "make that money, y'all" and shakedown every property owner and resident in the City in a way that would make Tony Soprano envious.

For the past month, or so...I've noticed an increase of "liens" of all shapes and sizes. Here's how it works: Graffiti removal, asbestos removal, maintenance, improvements...whatever they can think of to slap on yo azz...they gonna tag you wit it.

THEN, after you are not able to pay for these improvements because business districts are caving in like a house of cards, and your small business owner can't afford to pay for daily graffiti removal that they have no control over...they tag you with a lien. Then of course, they eventually claim eminent domain on yo azz, and take the property.

This is of special concern in the East Adelante area, where the Eminent Domain rules are the shadiest and lossest. They tag people with EVERYTHING. If you fix one thing, they come back for something else until you can no longer comply and they take the property, y'all. (Shady as hell.)

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