Grievance

Department of Neighborhood Empowerment Grievance Form

Thank you for contacting the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment regarding your Grievance. Your concerns are important to us. Please fill out this form as completely as possible to help expedite our determination. Please be aware that the information you are submitting is subject to the California Public Records Act.

We will NOT be able to respond to your Grievance unless you provide a valid email or mailing address.
Please note that once you click Save at the upper right corner, your Grievance will be submitted.

All witness statements must be attached on this form.

The Department will not process more than three Grievance Forms filed by the same person in any calendar year and no more than five Grievance Forms filed by the same individual in any three year period. All Grievances submitted through this portal are considered processed.

First Name

George

Last Name

Abrahams

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Committee Member

Phone Number

(323) 463-9209

Email Address

ggg@copper.net

Mailing Address

3150 Durand Drive, Los Angeles, California 90068

Neighborhood Council

Central Hollywood

Neighborhood Council Bylaws

Specific Violation Alleged

Failure to indicate the nature of your alleged Grievance will result in the dismissal of your Grievance.

Neighborhood Council Bylaw

Article Number

Section

Los Angeles Administrative Code

Section

Plan for the Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils

Section

Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Policy

Please state Policy below

Department Policy

Please state Policy below

* - Any other City code, executive directive, rule or regulation applicable to Neighborhood Councils.

Date of Alleged Violation

06-21-17

A Grievance must be filed within 30 days from the date of the event giving rise to the Grievance. Any Grievance alleging a violation relating to Neighborhood Council funding must be filed within 90 calendar days of the date the expenditure is made.

Please state below

The supporting documents for this grievance are a series of emails which will be forwarded to Lorenzo. They are too numerous to be attached as documents.

Please specify the exact rule and explain the facts of the alleged violation.

Brown Act - serial meeting.
Over the course of several days beginning on 6-12-17 Debbie Wehbe conducted a serial meeting via email to cause the PLUM Committee to adopt an agenda for a special meeting of the PLUM committee scheduled for 6-22-17 that was different than the agenda that was agreed to by the PLUM committee at its last regular meeting on 6-12-17.

The controversy was the inclusion of the Los Angeles Tenants as a presenter for 30 minutes at the special meeting. Debbie Whebe tried several times over the course of the serial meeting to remove that item from the agenda and finally substituted the agenda prepared by the Committee secretary with a version of the agenda that no one on the committee had seen until the last day before the required posting of a special meeting agenda. Several members of the PLUM committee objected to any change in the agenda. The interference in the operation of the PLUM Committee and its authority to select its own meeting agendas by Debbie Wehbe is improper for a member of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners.

Remedy

There are various remedies available. Please select from the list below the remedy OR remedies you are seeking.
Please be advised that the Department has sole discretion in determining whether your remedy conforms with your Grievance.

From the list below, which remedy or remedies are you seeking?

1) Warning to the Neighborhood Council board, individual board member, or, members.

2) Required corrective action of the Neighborhood Council.

3) Mandated training for the Neighborhood Council, individual board member, or, members.

4) Required mediation for the Neighborhood Council board, individual board member, or, members.

5) Suspension of Neighborhood Council board until mandated trainings are taken by board, board member, or, members.

6) Temporary suspension of Neighborhood Council Funding.

7) Placement of the Neighborhood Council board under control and supervision of the Department.

8) Suspension of individual board member or members.

9) Initiation of de-certification process or process to declare board seats vacant.

Please state why you are seeking the above mentioned remedy or remedies.

The removal of Debbie Wehbe as a member of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners.

Witness Information

ALL of your Witness information and Witness Statement needs to be included at this time. The Department will ONLY accept and review Witness information included at time of submission.
You can find the Witness Statement form here.

Witness 1 Contact Information

First Name

george

Last Name

abrahams

Email Address

ggg@copper.net

Phone Number

(323) 463-9209

Witness Statement

Witness 2 Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Witness Statement

Witness 3 Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Witness Statement

If no witness, please check this box

Supporting Documents

Before submitting, please include ALL supporting documentation HERE. The Department will ONLY process and review materials included at time of submission. NOTE: The Department will only review up to 10 pages submitted. Any information submitted past 5 pages will not be taken into account.

Supporting Document

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

By checking this box and typing my name below, I am electronically signing this form.

George Abrahams

To SUBMIT, please click "Save" on top right corner.

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