by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

There will be a memorial for legendary consultant Jim Rivaldo Thursday, November 15 at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Rotunda. Rivaldo worked with some of the most famous politicians, most notably Harvey Milk, to push an effective progressive agenda. I'll repromote this as  the date approaches.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I'm sitting here in SF's City Hall for the Police Commission hearing. So far, I think their plan consists of a website and a bunch of cops in the 'Stro.

Oh wait, they'll have a bunch of tow trucks too. They said there's some plan on how to locate police, but, the plan sounded pretty scant. I'm thinking maybe we can bring in Blackwater. More liveblogging over the flip.

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

The LAT is on it. Well, sort of...

The Los Angeles City Council returned from its three-week recess last week and wasted little time diving into difficult issues.

Even before lunch, four members -- Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Tom LaBonge and Jan Perry -- stepped outside the heavily air-conditioned City Hall to hold a news conference and take a provocative stand against power outages.

They decided to spend the remainder of the article on talks of weddings and foreign trips rather than the substance of the councilmembers' comments about the DWP.

Notice, they are trying to be snarky about the decision to talk outside in the heat. So informative.