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

Robert

Last Name

Cherno

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Stakeholder

Phone Number

(619) 630-1163

Email Address

cdila1@gmail.com

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 480812, Los Angeles, California 90048

Neighborhood Council

Mid City West

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

VII

Section

Section 2 Agenda Setting

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

04-19-16

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.

C. Any Stakeholder may make a proposal for action by MCWCC. The Stakeholder
shall make the proposal to a member of the Board or to the MCWCC Office, which
shall promptly refer the proposal to the Chairperson in the form of a Main Motion.
The Chairperson shall, by the next Board meeting, refer it to a Standing
Committee for consideration, or in the event that no Standing Committee has
jurisdiction over the matter, refer the matter to the Executive Council, which may
refer the matter to a Standing Committee or appoint an Ad Hoc Committee at the
next meeting of the Board to consider the matter.
D. Any Board member may submit a main motion by submitting it in writing to a Standing Committee to the MCWCC Office, which shall promptly refer the proposal to the Chairperson, who, by the next meeting of the Board, shall promptly refer it to
a Standing Committee for consideration by the next committee meeting, or in the event that no Standing Committee has jurisdiction over the matter, refer the matter to the Executive Council, which may refer the matter to a Standing Committee or
appoint an Ad Hoc Committee at the next meeting of the Board to consider the
matter.

Numerous attempts were made by stakeholders who own and operate restaurants across where a farmer's market has been operating without permits, which is having a devastating effect on their businesses, to have the matter placed on the MCWCC Land Use Committee agenda for discussion and possible motion. Said matter was also scheduled three times for public hearing by the Department of Planning, so MCWCC was also notified by Planning of the upcoming hearing, yet they failed to put the case on the agenda. The most recent attempt to have the matter placed on the agenda resulted in a response from the current land use committee chair stating that even though the restaurant owners continued to request that the matter be placed on the agenda, he felt that all the concerns of the restaurants had been resolved,which clearly was not the case, and refused to place the matter on the agenda. After complaining to DONE, the matter was finally placed on the agenda, only to be told by the committee that there wasn't enought time to have a motion considered and the committee chair refused to take any action. They not only had nine months to hear this matter, but the Department of Planning regularly leaves the record open for neighborhood councils all the time, to give them more time to consider a case. Therefore, there was plenty of time to still hear the case and have a motion considered by the Board. Clearly, based on a bias by MCWCC,, in violation of their Bylaws, they ignored the request for nine months, and denied stakeholders the right to have this matter fairly heard.

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 action of MCWCC was intentional and the stakeholders rights in this matter were denied. Many current and previous members of MCWCC use their postions for personal gain for themselves or friends, family, etc. This is not the first time that MCWCC has violated this sectiono of their bylaws. It is unfortunate that the neighborhood council members are not bound by the ethic laws, which were never amended to include them.

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

Dennis

Last Name

Rohde

Email Address

drohde@thecounterburger.com

Phone Number

(818) 421-2612

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

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Supporting Document

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

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