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

MARIA

Last Name

FLORES

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Board Member

Phone Number

(323) 540-6908

Email Address

CANC.FLORES@GMAIL.COM

Mailing Address

LOS ANGELES, California 90003

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

8

Section

2 & 3

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

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.

I am the Secretary for this council. Our President, Vice President, Education Representative, Senior Representative, Business Representative and Youth Representative violated the following Bylaws:
"Article VIII - Section 2: Agenda Setting � The Executive Committee shall set the agenda for each Council meeting."
The July 2017 Central Alameda Neighborhood Council Agenda was not agreed upon by all Executive Committee members. Our Sergeant at Arms, Treasurer, and myself, all Executive Committee members, stated during the editing/updating agenda setting process that we did not approve of moving forward with the tentative agenda. It is my understanding that when this happens, we are to hold an Executive Meeting to resolve issues without having to compromise discussing sensitive information via email. Instead of allowing for this process to occur, our President and Education Representative took it upon themselves to set FINAL agenda, even after I, as Secretary am responsible for reviewing and sending out document accordingly. I am attaching a screenshot of the email conversation where we tried to communicate this.

Additionally, in the same email chain attached as a screenshot, our Education Representative states that she along with others, have posted their version of the Agenda at community spaces etc but they do not follow protocol in posting on website or sending out to ENS, from my understanding.

Article VIII - Section 3: Notifications/Postings � "The notification of all meetings shall include, at aminimum, posting on the Early Notification (ENS) System, and at seven (7) public locations
throughout the Central Alameda Neighborhood Council Area, and also in one (1) local publication tailored to reach the largest number of identifiable area Stakeholders. Notice of a regular meeting shall be a minimum of three (3) days (72 hours) in advance of the
meeting and at least one (1) day (24 hours) in advance of a special meeting. Notice shall also be posted on the Council website (if applicable) and emailed out to Stakeholders if the Council maintains such a database. Regular and Special meeting agendas shall also be emailed to the Department."

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.

1. Warning to the Board members, President and Education Representative who make unilateral decisions despite being clearly told that there are issues to be addressed before finalizing work/agendas.
4. A required mediation for the NC board between Board members who are very hostile over phone and in public meetings to the point where Board members were yelling at public/community members from their seats.
7. Placement of NC board under control and supervision of the Department - Many members have failed to fulfill their duties, this is specific towards our President who has become increasingly hostile and disrespectful of our Sergeant at Arms during public meetings. She is responsible for guiding our council in best practices and he will often times yell over her in front of the public.
8. Suspension of our President for his unprofessionalism in being directly disrespectful to our Sergeant at Arms, to ignoring multiple requests from 3 board members to hold an Executive Meeting, for not following proper Agenda Setting protocol and for making unilateral decisions on items placed on Agenda.

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

Blanca

Last Name

Cruz

Email Address

canc.cruz@gmail.com

Phone Number

(562) 373-5777

Witness Statement

Witness 2 Contact Information

First Name

Susana

Last Name

Tapia

Email Address

canc.treasurer@gmail.com

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

Board discussion on Agenda and Executive MTG.jpg

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.

MARIA FLORES

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NC Determination

Panel Determination

Grievance Panel Determination 94-98-99-102 Central Alameda.pdf

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