TODAY’S CITYWATCH—Proctor and Gamble once noted that it takes 52 ‘impressions’ to get a consumer into the market to buy soap. But then, P&G was talking about normal folks, not LA’s electeds.
Here we are, 24 years since LA Mayoral Candidate Joel Wachs proposed creating neighborhood councils because ‘no one at City Hall is listening’ to the people … and little has changed. Except, that is, for the way ‘the people’ have chosen to deliver their message: in the court room and at the ballot.
In Today’s CityWatch...
A piece by Laura Lake talks about the latest lawsuit against the city. Save the City … a non-profit activist group … is taking LA to court over a 47 floor tower project in K-Town … in a 5 floor neighborhood. Lake says the proposed development is a ‘poster child’ for what’s wrong with LA planning. Says the suit is meant to teach a lesson. Says no one at City Hall is listening to the people … the ones who live there.
And, just as the Laura Lake column was posting, word came down … as you can see in Today’s CityWatch … that Councilman Ryu has put the brakes on the basketball court with the business logo’s at Runyon Canyon Park. Tim Deegan has the details in his lead story … in Today’s CityWatch.
The good news here is, apparently there is at least one LA City Councilman who doesn’t need 52 ‘impressions’ to get his attention.
Check Laura and Tim out. Let me know what you think.
Ken Draper-Editor, CityWatch
