Los Angeles Government in the 21st Century - panel discussion and book launch October 25, 2006

School district governance. Local-state fiscal reform. City Council size and term limits. Decentralization of city government.

These and other timely topics left unanswered in a new publication, Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government, by Raphael J. Sonenshein, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, CSU-Fullerton, will be addressed by him in conversation with:

Connie Rice, Co-Director, The Advancement Project
William F. Deverell, Ph.D., Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California & the West
Moderated by: Warren Olney, Host, Which Way L.A.?, KCRW 89.9 FM
Introduced by: Dr. Jane G. Pisano, President, The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes, Foundation and President, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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FREE. Limited seating. Reservations advised by Tuesday, Oct. 24 at rsvp@causeconnect.net or (213) 972-0884. $5 parking in nearby public lots. For driving directions, visit www.ncdemocracy.org. Buses for DASH (route A) and Metro (routes 30, 31, and 330) stop at First St. and Central Ave.
The event is presented by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles through the generosity of the The Gas Company, a Sempra Energy utility, and Aviva & Dean Weiner of O'Melveny & Myers.
Attendees will receive a copy of the book, Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government, which was commissioned by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, funded by The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, and written by Dr. Sonenshein. This comprehensive and largely new overview of Los Angeles city government today replaces one published by the League in 1964, which was updated several times over the years, most recently in 1986.