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Reference
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REDEVELOPMENT
June 2007: West Redevelopment Project Area Committee Plans Fresh July Advisory Vote On Electronic Message Sign Proposal
Sept. 2005: "U.S. Conference of Mayors" Fighting Remedial Legislation Protecting Property Owners From Eminent Domain Consequences Following Supreme Court Ruling
Sept. 2005: Annual Financial Report Says Redev. Agency's Combined Financial Statements Don't Meet U.S. Accounting Principles Because CA Law Requires Including Low & Moderate Income Housing Fund Figures Not Maintained by Agency; Auditors Note No Matters Involving Agency's Internal Control Or Financial Reporting They Consider Material Weaknesses
Aug. 2005: Redevelopment Board Member John Gooding Blasts Council Redevelopment Take-Over Move And...
June 2005: Showdown On Running Redevelopment & Spending Millions In Public Money: Hearing Scheduled June 14 On Whether Council Will Take Over LB's Redevelopment Agency Board
June 2005: Backdown, Not Showdown: No Councilmember Moves To Take Over Redevelopment; Council Votes 9-0 To Ask City Mgr. For Report On Implementing "Independent Study" Recommendations
June 2005: Editorial: "Independent Study" Of LB Redevelopment Is Up...and Redevelopment's Time Is Up
Jan. 2005: Council Asked To Approve $200 Million In Redevelopment Bonds
Jan. 2005: Editorial: A $200 Million Blank Check That Risks Expanding Redevelopment
Dec. 2004: Redevelopment & Race: LB LULAC Leader Alleges Impacts
Dec. 2004: Council Delays Action On Redevelopment Until June '05, After Independent Study Completed
Dec. 2004: OC Supervisor & Statewide Redevelopment Critic Chris Norby: Redevelopment Itself Is The Problem, Not Just Who Runs It
Dec. 2004: Editorial: Redevelopment
Dec. 2004: If Councilmembers Govern Redevelopment Agency & Set Their Compensation Above Current Council Salary, This Could To Some Extent Increase Their Retirement Pensions, CalPERS Says
Dec. 2004: Councilman Colonna Proposes Creating Three-Councilmember Redevelopment Committee, Requiring RDA To Give Committee Systematic, Timely Reports On Current Projects; New Committee Would Give Council Quarterly Reports On RDA Projects
Council Would Also Explore More Authority & Accountability Over Independent RDA Board
Nov. 2004: Council Votes 6-3 To Delay Vote On Redevelopment Takeover Until Dec. 21, w/ Two Study Sessions First
Nov. 2004: LB Area Chamber of Commerce Opposes Having Council Become Redevelopment Agency Board Until Pending Study Is Completed & Informed, Public Debate Takes Place
Nov. 2004: Showdown Nov. 16 Vote Set On Whether Councilmembers, Or Current Non-Elected Body, Will Govern LB Redevelopment; Councilman Lerch Modifies His Proposed Limits
Nov. 2004: Council Defers Action On -- And Councilman Lerch Will Press Ahead With -- Proposed Limits On Possible Future Council Redevelopment Powers; Showdown Expected Nov. 16
Oct. 2004: With Council Poised To Become LB's Redevelopment Agency Board, Councilman Lerch Wants Ordinance Requiring Unanimous Approval To Merge Any Redevelopment Project Areas
Oct. 2004: Council Votes 6-3 To Hold Hearing To Replace Non-Elected Redevelopment Agency Board with City Council
Oct. 2004: Kell, Baker, Reyes Uranga Seek Hearing To Make City Council LB's Redevelopment Agency Governing Board
Aug. 2004: City Mgr. Proposes Councilmembers Consider Becoming LB's Redevelopment Agency Board
March 2004: No Audit, No Confidence: West Redevelopment Project Area Committee Votes "No Confidence" In RDA Study Without Audit
March 2004: LB Activists Lewis Lester, Traci Wilson-Kleekamp & Bry Myown Receive Awards At Statewide Conference On Redevelopment Reform
Feb. 2004: LB's Redevelopment Agency Has Special Web Page on Independent Study
Jan. 2004: LB Redevelopment Agency Wins Award From CA Redevelopment Ass'n For Downtown CityPlace
Oct. 2003: Showdown Deferred: Council On Motion By Richardson Votes 5-3 To Defer Action On Redevelopment Merger And Expansion Until After 6 Mo. Independent Study; Foes of Merger And Expansion Continue To Oppose Plan
Oct. 2003: Potentially Powerful Political Pairing:
LB ECO-Link Joins With Activists To Seek Redevelopment Moratorium From LB Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal
Aug. 2003: Mayor's Nominee for Appointment To Pivotal Redevelopment Agency Board Post Is Alan Burks (Central Project Area Committee chair); Mayor Chooses Metthew Jenkins For Planning Comm'n & C.J. Mike Walter For Water Comm'n; Council Will Have Final Say
Aug. 2003: Central Redevelopment Project Area Committee Says No To Redevelopment Area Merger, Yes To Independent Study...And No To Mayor's Request for Add'l RDA Board Nominees
July 2003: Mayor O'Neill -- Denied Retroactive Appointive Power By Council -- Again Seeks More Nominees For Redevelopment Agency Board From Central PAC; We Post Her Letter
July 2003: Council Majority Shifts, Blocks Mayor's Move To Gain Retroactive Power To Name Possible Pivotal Redevelopment Agency Boardmember
July 2003: Lewis Lester Announces Campaign Against Redevelopment Project Area Merger, Vows "We Will Stop The Merger"
July 2003: RDA IOU: Downtown Redevelopment Project Area Owes City Gen'l Fund Over $90 Million; Repayment To City Expected To Start in 2015
July 2003: Divisive, Acrimonious Council Battle Produces 5-3 Vote Giving Mayor Retroactive Power To Fill RDA Board Vacancy On Her Terms
Requires PACs To Send Mayor Double The Number Of Potential Appointees From Whom She Can Select New RDA Boardmembers
Mayor Says It's Motivated By Desire For Diversity, Not Merger
June 2003: Leaders of NLB Community Action Group Declare Opposition To Redevelopment Area Merger
June 2003: Mayor O'Neill Defends Seeking Change in City Law Re RDA Appointees: "This Community Being The Most Diverse Does Not Need Every PAC [Project Area Committee] To Present Names Of White Males"
June 2003: Redevelopment Merger & The Mayor: O'Neill Seeks Council OK For Retroactive Change In Rules Governing Appointment Of New Redevelopment Agency Board Members
June 2003: Redevelopment Agency Bd. Votes 4-3 To Proceed Toward Possible Merger of All Project Areas While City Hall Creates Redevelopment Strategy, Defeats Substitute Motion 3-4 For Independent Study First
Councilwoman Reyes-Uranga Tells City Mgr. She's Concerned Abt. Adequacy Of Community Outreach...And Wants Redev. Strategy With Ind. Study First
June 2003: City Mgt. Recommends Merging All Seven Existing Redevelopment Project Areas...And Adding New Territory To North & Central Project Areas
April 2003: So. Cal. Conference On Redevelopment Abuse Meets In LB, Hears OC Supervisor Chris Norby, State Sen. Joe Dunn, Legal Experts and LB Activist Colette McLaughlin, PhD.
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