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

Heather

Last Name

Carson

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Board Member

Phone Number

1 (917) 743-5113

Email Address

lightaction@gmail.com

Mailing Address

639 N La Fayette Park Pl, Los Angeles, California 90026

Neighborhood Council

Silver Lake

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

01-03-19

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

SR 46 Advisory Committees Required to Submit Committee minutes with Motions

Advisory committees are required to submit either draft or approved minutes or a link to committee meeting minutes on the SLNC website when submitting a motion for consideration to be placed on the SLNC Governing Board agenda.

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

At the Jan 3rd Governing Board Special Meeting the following item was on the agenda:

6b.(Executive Committee) Reserve the Ivanhoe Elementary School Auditorium for the LMU/SLNC Open Space Study Community meeting for the last week in January. Budget not to exceed $250.00

The motion did not include draft or approved minutes or a link to committee meeting minutes on the SLNC website. As the SR states, committees are REQUIRED to submit minutes to even be CONSIDERED for placement on the agenda.

I brought this up before the vote and the Co-Chair disagreed and called for a vote to challenge the Chair. The Board voted to stand with the Chair and the motion passed. Therefore, we are in violation of the SR.

Later I discovered that the reason there were no minutes attached was because the motion was never agendized or voted on at committee.

Attachments:
GB Agenda 1-3-19
Draft Minutes GB 1-3-19
SLNC Standing Rules
Draft Minutes Exec Mtg 12-6-18 (Item 4A shows item was discussed and no action was taken)

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.

Board Members need to understand that we are governed by the Bylaws and Standing Rules. If they are in disagreement with any of the rules then they can submit a motion to change them, but until then they need to be followed. Many Board Members either do not understand this or do not respect it. It's particularly disturbing to find out that an item was falsely agendized as having coming from committee.

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

Last Name

Email Address

Phone Number

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

SLNC Jan Special agenda.pdf

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.

Heather Carson

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