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Political Accountability Takes a Holiday in Beverly Hills

December 20, 2014September 20, 2019 Mark Elliot election 2015, governance, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse

The usual mechanism for holding officials accountable in a representative democracy is the ballot: if we don’t like how we’re

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Beverly Hills Civics 101

August 18, 2013August 20, 2013 Mark Elliot City Manager, governance, Jeff Kolin, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, organization chart

Last we checked, power flows from the people. We the people stand astride the machinery of government. We sit atop

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Time to Review the Department Head Hiring Process

July 19, 2013August 3, 2013 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Public Works, good government, governance, Jeff Kolin, John Mirisch, Mahdi Aluzri, Nancy Krasne

Have you wondered why Beverly Hills has taken none of the steps toward safer for cyclists that other cities have?

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City Manager Performance: Worthy of a Bonus Necessary?

April 11, 2013 Mark Elliot governance, Jeff Kolin

Our recent election made an issue of City Hall performance. Mayor Mirisch said at installation, “If local government doesn’t listen,

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New Mayor Talks Multimodal Mobility at City Council Installation

April 1, 2013January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot Council installation, governance, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, Nancy Krasne, transparency, Willie Brien

Beverly Hills pulled out all of the stops to celebrate the installation of the new City Council this past Wednesday

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Beverly Hills City Hall on Cable TV

March 11, 2013February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot governance, Jeff Kolin, Julian Gold, Linda Briskman, Rudy Cole

Did you know that Beverly Hills broadcasts a cable TV television station with its own talk show called Inside Beverly

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BH Small Business Task Force: Not Asking the Obvious Questions

March 6, 2012April 8, 2013 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Small Business Task Force, bicycle parking, business triangle, commercial districts, Crescent Drive, economic development, governance, South Beverly Drive

It’s one of the regular Beverly Hills approaches to a problem: appoint a ‘task force’ that meets behind closed doors

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City of Beverly Hills Transparency? #FAIL!

August 10, 2011November 3, 2011 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills, governance, transparency

Did you know that City of Beverly Hills blocks all search engines from indexing the city’s public website? We noticed

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Why COGs Matter

June 13, 2011April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot governance, public participation, Westside Cities COG

Since last Fall, Better Bike been pressing the Westside Cites Council of Governments (COG) to take a more active role

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Westside COG Appointments

June 10, 2011July 13, 2011 Mark Elliot governance, Westside Cities COG

At the May 19th Westside Cities Council of Governments meeting, the current fiscal year was closed out with some business

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Plebis Power!

April 6, 2011January 23, 2012 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills, governance, public participation

Richard Risemberg talks truth in Power to the People over on Flying Pigeon LA when he says: “One thing everyone

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COG Puts Bikes on Agenda

March 7, 2011April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot governance, Westside Cities COG

The Westside Council of Governments (COG) is a voluntary cooperative effort to exchange information and coordinate policy across the cities

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Westside COG Wades into the Bike Issue

February 9, 2011April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot governance, Westside Cities COG

The Westside Council of Governments sustainability committee surprised the only community member in attendance this past week by discussing bike

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About the Westside Cities COG

October 15, 2010January 22, 2019 Mark Elliot governance, Westside Cities COG

Better Bike Beverly Hills attended the Westside Cities Council of Governments sustainability subcommittee meeting last week to check on the

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