On February 25, 2014, the Glendale Coalition for Better Government (GCBG) filed a petition against the City of Glendale, Case No. BX147376. It brought this lawsuit in keeping with its mission of advocating for...
This week, the City of Los Angeles officials reached a tentative one-year salary agreement with the police officers’ union that avoids raises for most workers. Under the terms of the deal, the vast majority...
Glendale Water & Power’s (GWP) requested the City Council to issue a Proposition 218 notice to propose water rate increases of 5%, 4%, 4%, 4% for the next four years based on outside consultant;...
Harry Zavos received his JD from Loyola Law School. He was an associate professor at Cal State University at Los Angeles. He became a partner with Acret & Perrochet, and was a general counsel...
The City Council this week adopted a roughly $833-million budget for fiscal year 2014-15. The General Fund budget, which pays for parks, police and other general services, was set at $182 million, up by...
Tax revenues have dropped in numerous states for the first time since the end of the great recession. Corporate tax revenues declined in 20 states in the first quarter of 2014, while personal income...
While government pension systems across the nation have strained to cope with escalating pension obligations, California is in worse shape than most because of a large increase in pension benefits made over a decade...
Between 2006 and 2014, city officials added about 2,500 new dwelling units, roughly 250 or 10% of which were affordable to very low- and low-income households, adopted changes to reduce parking requirements for housing...
On November 13, 2013, the Glendale City Council approved Resolution authorizing the General Manager of Glendale Water & Power Department (GWP), or his designee, to obtain proposals for the Design and Build of Central...
On 2/26/2014, the Glendale Coalition for Better Government (GCBG) filed a lawsuit against the City of Glendale, asking a Los Angeles County judge to force Glendale to stop transferring tens of millions of dollars...
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