ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Wednesday, January 19, 2022, I had a lot to say, and  I knew that since the Council President had nixed one of the three council meetings this week.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - In the reported agreement, the former prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu will admit to two counts of breach of trust, resulting in a suspended prison sentence and a few months of prison time that will be converted to community service. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Ezra Klein had the opinion in the New York Times, that to protect democracy, Democrats have to win more elections. And to do that, they need to make sure the country’s local electoral machinery isn’t corrupted.

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - January is busy this year as the impacts of a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, worrisome drought conditions, and the endless festering homelessness crisis take center stage.

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - A shameful effort to blunt public scrutiny by the council president continues. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Carte blanche is the permission to do something however one chooses to do it. Carte blanche is much like a blank check.

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Paul Koretz, who is running for Controller, and Nithya Raman who has a brand new district, but still retains Griffith park... are testing the public's appetite for situational irony with a motion to study Pony conditions in Griffith Park. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOOK - A hilarious Christmas story How Murray Saved Christmas from an Emmy award-winning writer of The Simpsons, Mike Reiss, follows the pattern of Night before Christmas. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Loneliness is a public health concern – one thing I absolutely agree with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors about --  that has compounded problems of substance use, homelessness, violence, and mental health. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Flanked by a cadre of the nation's leading progressive prosecutors, advocates and community leaders, District Attorney George Gascón marked his first year in office by outlining the office’s efforts to keep communities safe, improve victim services and implement criminal justice reforms. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - At the People's Choice Awards Simu Liu told people that "I went to school, college for finance and accounting... and it was because I didn't have the courage inside me to give myself the permission to pursue what I truly wanted.

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Nury Martinez the President of the City Council faced sharp criticism implying that her kibosh of the City's Redistricting commission's recommendations was evidence of how insecure, but I thought also vulnerable, she really is.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The 10 most expensive cities are: Tel Aviv, Singapore/Paris (tie), Zurich, Hong Kong, New York, Geneva Copenhagen, Denmark, Los Angeles, Osaka, Japan. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The smash and grab gang had a good week, and the porch pirates are ramping up for December. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Though we are fourth in the nation among large cities in the category of veteran victimization, we have a lot to learn from San Diego when it comes to military contracting fraud. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Nearly 15 years ago Peter Guber wrote for Harvard Business Review “Make the ‘I’ in your story become ‘we,’ so the whole tribe or community can come together and unite behind your experience and the idea it embodies.” 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The purpose of the seasonal 4-day conference among legislators and lobbyists held each year in Maui, Hawaii is to provide a setting, away from the Capitol, for elected officials and a diverse group of industry experts to consider policy matters in a nonpartisan manner with mai tais and tickle attacks from landside Editorial boards. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Street furniture is Bob Blumenfield's jam.  He loves the "Outfront Media" component and everybody pulling together at the corporate level.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - We were discussing the benefits of a chiropractor -- a cousin told a story of a friend who went in for an adjustment and had her neck broken.  I told her straight up, in that case, "I'd hire a lawyer." 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The City Council heard from Fred Ali (Chair) and Frank Cardenas (Exec Director), the virtual masterminds behind the new redistricting recommendations that arrived Tuesday after months of mounting testimony and a contentious 2020 census.  

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - At Thursday's pre-Halloween Metro meeting there was a slight chill in the air following the indictment of treasured colleague and co-conspirator, Mark Ridley-Thomas.