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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First Name

Clayton

Last Name

Przekop

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Stakeholder

Phone Number

(310) 729-1424

Email Address

Clayton@GCI-LA.com

Mailing Address

3530 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90010

Neighborhood Council

Greater Wilshire

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

B

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

GWNC By Law
Article II, section B
Article VIII, section 4
Article XI, section A
Article XIV, section 1

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

The Land Use Committee showed obvious and deliberate bias in the handling of the review of our appeal on a decision for a Zone Variance. After attending hearings and being very transparent and cooperative the committee voted, the vast majority of members abstained from voting on the motion to oppose our application. They issued a letter of opposition, I conferred with John Darnell he advised the motion did not carry, I advised them they did not respond until after our hearing, when they did revise that letter of opposition it contained a majority of language that the committee did not approve and did not accurately represent the official opinion of the committee. Again they did not listen, I was forced to request John Darnell to intervene which he did. More recently, we attended a full board meeting, the LUC stated that they would like to see any new project information at their next meeting, we agreed that we would appreciate their input but could not prepare that information in time for the meeting. It was our understanding we were to return in February, in January we got a courtesy notice that we were on the agenda, then we were told that was an error. Then we received a letter of opposition. Apparently the project had been before the LUC in December with out our presence or notification, and no new information. This was also the first time our project was heard and we received no courtesy notification, I understand that this is not a requirement of the Brown Act, but it is a matter of moral and ethical decency and transparency and in that sense falls well within the guidelines and regulations of the Bylaws. This letter of opposition is also incredibly biased, it cherry picks decisions that favor the president of the LUC's personal disposition while neglects votes that conflict with her view. This behavior is the latest in what has been a patter on this project alone. This is not fair and objective behavior, this is bias manipulation of an elected position to further a political agenda, the rules and regulations in this sense are very clear in that this is not what should be done.

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.

This is not the first instance of offensive behavior, they have already been warned and required to modify their official actions. These mistakes create very real material damages to our case and these are not minor issues, to issue an action it is critical that the decision maker be sure and understand what they are doing is in keeping with their rules and regulations. To have this happen not once but twice, infers that very serious action should be taken to correct this, I would venture to say the most serious action available given the sophisticated nature of the offence. I would like to see this remedied not only for the sake of my project but for the sake of all the projects in the community, to ensure they receive fair and objective decisions in keeping with the by laws of the neighborhood council.

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

Alex

Last Name

Woo

Email Address

Alex@GCI-LA.com

Phone Number

310 (213) 228-3288

Witness Statement

Witness 2 Contact Information

First Name

Deborah

Last Name

Kim

Email Address

dekimcpa2350@yahoo.com

Phone Number

(213) 381-1414

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

545 S. Gramercy Pl. (4) -- ZA-2016-4911-ZV; ENV-2016-4912-EAF; ZA-2016-4911-ZV-1A .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.

Clayton Przekop

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