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.

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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

Ron

Last Name

Gochez

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Stakeholder

Phone Number

(323) 450-6113

Email Address

rongzknc@gmail.com

Mailing Address

1016 East 24th Street, Los Angeles, California 90011

Neighborhood Council

Central Alameda

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

2

Section

c: 5

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

07-01-17

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

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

Article II, Section 2, Point 5 clearstates. "To prohibit discrimination against individuals or groups in our operations on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, homeowner/renter status, income or political affiliation."

The President of this Neighborhood Council has made numerous public attacks on his personal Facebook page against the organization which I represent; Union del Barrio. After making inflamatory attacks against our organization in public, he again referenced us by our organizational name at the July 1st Central Alameda Neighborhood Council meeting right before voting against a motion to re-allocate funds for the Escuelita Aztlan which is a project of Union del Barrio.

On May 16, 2017, the Central Alameda NC voted and approved funds for the Escuelita Aztlan. We have strong reason to believe that the Neighborhood Council President intentionally submitted funding documents late (June 2, 2017) in order to sabotage the funds that had been voted on and approved for Escuelita Aztlan by his Neighborhood Council. In a glaring conflict of interest, he was able to successfully submit the paperwork needed to approve funds for "Read Lead", the organization that he is employed by.

The board President has clearly discriminated against our organization because of our political affiliation. His public Facebook posts are blatant evidence that he has used his position as President of the Central Alameda Neighborhood Council to attack and negatively impact our community work. The President has not been able to act in an unbiased manner and has clearly violeted this point in the bylaws. Because of his attacks against our organization, he should not vote in matters related to our organization or at the very least he should abstain because of his numerous discriminatory actions which are are continuing to document. I have included three screen shots that were taken of the Central Alameda Neighborhood Council President's personal Facebook page where he clearly is attacking our organization and this took place within days of when he purposely did not submit the paperwork before the June 1st deadline for funding documents.

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 President of the Central Alameda Neighborhood Council has shown blatant disrespect towards our organization (Union del Barrio) and the community at large. He has used his position to to attack our organization and we believe that he also used his position to sabotage the funds that his council voted to allocate to our project, Escuelita Aztlan. As the current Vice President of the Zapata King Neighborhood Council, I am disgusted by his behavior and I am embarrassed for our community. I know that we would not permit anyone on our NC to act that way towards any members and/or organizations in our community.

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

Erick

Last Name

Carbajal

Email Address

erickcarbajal1925@yahoo.com

Phone Number

(619) 701-1925

Witness Statement

Witness 2 Contact Information

First Name

Michelle

Last Name

Thomas

Email Address

michellet707@gmail.com

Phone Number

(323) 867-5593

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

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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.

Ron Gochez

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