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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Beyond the Ballot Box: Neighborhood Council 2012 Election Wrap-Up

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CityWatch , Dec 4, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 97 EMPOWERMENT REPORT - It was just over six months ago that LA’s City Council passed Ordinance ...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Neighborhood Council Elections: Beyond the Ballot Box

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CityWatch , Aug 10, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 64 RETHINKING LA-Voters in the Northeast Valley turned out for the first of 11 regional Neighborh...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

My First Nurse-In and the Right to Breastfeed in Public Places

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CityWatch , July 24, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 59 RETHINKING LA - My wife Enci and I have marched in the streets, we’ve turned out with signs a...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Rumors of the Brown Act’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated

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CityWatch , July 17, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 57 NEIGHBORHOODS LA - California’s financial woes resulted in a state budget that failed to fun...

LAPD Chalks Its Rubber Bullet Behavior Up to Vandalism

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CityWatch , July 17, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 57 HOW LA’S DOWNTOWN ARTWALK BECAME A CRIME SCENE - When Lance Armstrong came to Los Angeles for ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

What NCs Learn from City Council: Some Good, Some Bad, Some Illegal

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CityWatch , July 13, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 56 RETHINKING LA - Neighborhood Councils learn much from watching LA’s City Council in action, s...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Want Better Press? Be Better Press

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CityWatch , July 10, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 55 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS - Jim Newton’s recent editorial in the LA Times paid tribute to a decade...
Saturday, July 07, 2012

Tweeting, Texting, Liking and Other Weapons of Mass Distraction

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CityWatch , July 6, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 54 RETHINKING LA’S NC’S - If a group of Neighborhood Council leaders got together at the local li...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

LA Municipal Election Field Flooded with Neighborhood Council Veterans

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CityWatch , July 3, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 53 RETHINKING LA - Jim Newton, Editor at Large of the LA Times, contends that Neighborhood Council...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Neighborhood Councils: Death by Meeting!

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CityWatch , June 29, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 52 RETHINKING LA - Neighborhood Councils face many obstacles as they set out to “promote more cit...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Experts Split on Whether the Brown Act will Kill LA’s Neighborhood Councils

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CityWatch , June 26, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 51 RETHINIKING LA - The mere suggestion that it might be time to revisit California’s open-meeti...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Will the Brown Act Kill LA’s Neighborhood Councils?

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CityWatch , June 22, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 50 RETHINKING LA - When it comes to California’s Brown Act and Public Records Act commitment to ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Are Neighborhood Councils Ready for Facebook?

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CityWatch , June 19, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 49 RETHINKING LA - The great thing about participating in a Neighborhood Council is the fact that...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Can LA’s Neighborhood Councils Keep Up?

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CityWatch , June 15, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 48 RETHINKING LA - Neighborhood Councils face an uphill battle as they attempt to fulfill their ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Los Angeles: Are Neighborhood Council Elections Worth the Price?

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CityWatch , June 12, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 47 RETHINKING LA - It’s Neighborhood Council election season, a period of time that is marked by ...
Saturday, June 09, 2012

Neighborhood Councils: Do They Matter?

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CityWatch , June 8, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 46 RETHINKING LA - LA’s Neighborhood Councils are finally getting some respect, unfortunately it’s...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Los Angeles: The People Must Come First

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CityWatch , June 5, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 45 RETHINKING LA - Los Angeles will take its place as a Great City when it shifts from a compla...
Saturday, June 02, 2012

City Hall’s Welcome Mat Says It All

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CityWatch , June 1, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 44 RETHINKING LA - To live in Hollywood is to assume the role of tour guide. On a daily basis I a...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

LA’s City Council Needs a MaĆ®tre d’

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CityWatch , May 29, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 43 RETHINKING LA -One of City Hall’s best defenses against public participation is its charming t...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

City Hall: Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening

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CityWatch , May 25, 2012 Vol 10 Issue 42 RETHINKING LA - Brown Act be damned, it takes a skilled tracker to navigate the City of LA...
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Stephen Box
My name is Stephen Box. I ran for the City Council in March 2011 of Los Angeles, representing the 4th District.

Currently I work for the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment on Neighborhood Council Elections, communication and outreach endeavors, funding, advocacy, board retreats and campaign workshops.

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