NEWS WIRE for Friday 3/21/08: All The News That's Fit To Link

Here is an overview of some of this week's original blog posts by Zuma Dogg on LA Daily Blog.com -- plus stories from NYT, LAT, Drudge, Marketwatch, Reuters, Daily News, Local TV and other news sources. (Things Zuma Dogg wants you to be aware of. This thread is good to email to your contacts, cause it re-caps the big issues that need community support.)

DWP Rate Hike Decision on LA City Council Agenda, but BIG BUCKS are missing. (Gonna be more $$$ than you think.)

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

Something fishy at DWP and it's not Lake Castaic. The amount of rate increases on the City Council agenda for March 25 is hidden in plain sight! PUBLIC NOTICE: A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I SPEAK WITH AND...

PUBLIC NOTICE: Your Attendance Requested at City Council Meeting on 3/25 Regarding DWP Rate Increase

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)
COME TO LA CITY HALL CHAMBERS ROOM, 3RD FLOOR AT 10:00 AM ON MARCH 25, 2008 ..

Here's a BIG Reason LA City Faces $700 Miillion Budget Crisis: Thousands file for property tax cuts (Reassements at new lower values)

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

May 4, 2007 will be a day I will always remember, because it is the day Zuma's Batcomputer sent an alert that risky subprime lending practices were about to cause a housing bubble burst, that would...

Look for Nunez-Backed Candidate Ricardo Lara To Drop Out of ASSembly Race as Villaraigosa Guaranteed Him A Planning Commisoner Job Until 2011

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

FAMILY RESEMBLANCE? Hopefully not in the areas of fraud, waste and abuse. (left: Perez, right: his cousin) Last week, Zuma Dogg broke the news on LA Daily Blog.com that Villaraigosa was going to...

L.A. leadership searching for ways to increase revenue, reduce debt

from News by editor@dailynews.com (Rick Orlov, Staff Writer)

It's an idea that grips at the heart of every Los Angeles politician: Get rid of the city-paid calligraphers who write those exquisite proclamations that are handed out like candy at City Hall and instead computerize the work.

Las Lomas News Wire: Massive Media Coverage as City Council Sides With Zuma Dogg and Shuts Down Proposal (Not A Project)

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

Wow, you've been reading a lot about Alarcon's Las Lomas project that was heavily lobbied by unregistered lobbyists and was shut down by Los Angeles City Council yesterday (3/19/08). Here's how the...

Zuma Dogg on "Special Event Fee Waivers" In The Face of LA City Budget EMERGENCY!

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

Here's a comment I posted in the comment section of Mayor Sam's blog post about "Special Event Fee Waivers" in the face of the City's "belt-tightening" measure. (LOL...they actually call it...

EAST L.A. GENTRIFICATION ALERT: Oops...The tenants at Wyvernwood (East L.A.) just found out they are getting kicked out of the neighborhood

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)

Pictured: Yesteday's photo op/today's gentrification target surrounded by two shady L.A. politicians Oh no...Zuma Dogg has been blogging about the mucho-controversial Wyvernwood housing project in...

L.A.'s sinking and its workers refuse to bail

from News by editor@dailynews.com (Jon Coupal , president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. Contact him through the organization's Web site, www.hjta.org.)

LOS Angeles city government is in trouble. Projections are that it will face a budget deficit of at least $400 million in the coming fiscal year.

L.A. County property-tax base under review

from News by editor@dailynews.com (Troy Anderson, Staff Writer)

Due to significant drops in Los Angeles County home values, Assessor Rick Auerbach said Thursday that he's in the process of reassessing the values of 310,000 homes.

As Southland counties reassess home values, tax bills fall

from Los Angeles Times - Top News

Owners benefit, but already cash-strapped governments will see less-than-expected revenue.

The tumbling housing market has prompted county tax officials around Southern California to begin reducing the assessed value of many houses, resulting in lower tax bills for homeowners but less-than-expected revenue for already cash-strapped governments.

LA City Council Votes 10-5 To SHUT DOWN Las Lomas Project Against City Attorney's Reccomendation

from LA Daily Blog.com by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg) UPDATE: See audio player below for Smith vs AlarCON over Las Lomas from today's Council Meeting. Las Lomas...Is it a project, or not? Looks like the "Rule of 15" is out the window today. Getting...

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