The New LA Charter: Are You Ready?

Among the changes: 15 neighborhood councils, five regional planning commissions. Is this "placebo government?"

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June 26, 2000, 5:30 AM PDT

Marc Haefele, columnist and staff writer for the LA Weekly, writes in an LA Times Op-Ed that the people who implement the new charter will decide whether or not it is successful. The four-year process of the City of Los Angeles' charter reform will go into effect on July 1, 2000. One official calls the changes a "new dialgue of authority."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: The Great Charter Awakening Sneaks Up on City Hall

Sunday, June 25, 2000 in The Los Angeles Times

Government / Politics California

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