Former Officials Pitch Proposals to Stop City Hall Corruption in LA
Former Officials Pitch Proposals to Stop City Hall Corruption in LA Dick Platkin, CityWatchLA , October 15, 2020 PLANNING WATCH -Three former city officials have offered a proposal to stop rampant City Hall corruption in Los Angeles. In The Planning Report and then in the Los Angeles Times , Gail Goldberg (former Los Angeles City Planning Director), Bud Ovrum (former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor and LADBS General Manager), Rick Cole (former Pasadena Mayor and Santa Monica City Manager), presented their suggestions. The two articles were welcome, but, in my view, muddled. They called for updating LA’s aging Community Plans, but not the equally outdated citywide General Plan elements (e.g. Public Safety), or preparing a desperately needed Climate Change element . These General Plan elements are essential to the thorough updating of Community Plans. The two articles also overlooked systematic General Plan monitoring an