The Daily News reports on an effort by Los Angeles County officials to cut their runaway office supply budget. Thanks to a system that allows employees to choose their own supplies, the county spends $195,000 a year on pens alone. Kris Vosburgh, Executive Director of the HJTA, applauds the effort by County CEO Bill Fujioka to stop this waste of taxpayer money.

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While the weather in L.A. is usually sunny, Reuters News has a stormy forecast for Mayor Villaraigosa. With a $212 million budget shortfall, falling property taxes and 15% unemployment, the mayor is poised to become a lightning rod for city employee unions, who staunchly oppose layoffs and pay cuts for their members.

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As this article in the Los Angeles Daily News shows, the new retirement plan for Metropolitan Water District employees will affect significant parts of Los Angeles County in addition to Orange County and San Diego. This plan, which will raise record high pensions even higher, would have already gone into affect had several counties not begun to protest, delaying the vote until the 13th. There's still time to make your voice heard!  Read more >>

LOS ANGELES -- Some good news in the midst of the recession greeted Los Angeles water customers when, on March 25th, the Los Angeles Superior Court issued a tentative ruling in L.A. v. All Persons finding the City's practice of padding water bills to pay for unrelated City expenses to be unconstitutional.  Read more >>

A major collision between the interests of the public in knowing how well they are being served by elected officials, and those of politicians who believe their stature should give them immunity from scrutiny is now taking place in Los Angeles. The side of full disclosure is being represented by the city controller while the side of secrecy is being defended by the city attorney.  Read more >>