I just finished a two day “retreat” with my 5th District council staff — at our conference room in our Neighborhood Office building and at the conference room at the Long Beach Airport administrative building.
We reviewed what we accomplished last year and then mapped out month by month for 2008, what we hope to accomplish. […]

It’s hot (90) and very humid in San Antonio, Texas. Every once in a while it rains and then the wind blows. But it is hot and very humid.
I am here as one of 450 participants of the National League of Cities 2007 National Summit on Your City’s Families Eight Biennal Conference.  I am the […]

Sun: Free. Worked on emails and blogs.
Mon: Breakfast with Skp Kessal to discuss activities in my council district and my blog.  Evening: Staff birthday party celebration.
Tues:  
10 am: meeting with David Sensanbach, constituent about district issues. 10:30 am: meeting with City Manager — update on agenda. 11 am: Teleconference with Mike Murchinson and Jeff Klein […]

Monday: no council related activities other than blogging at night and answering emails.
Tuesday:

Standing meeting with Mayor.
Meeting with Alexandra Torres of WINTER; Joel Barton of IBEW; Terry Martin of UA; and Richard Slawson of Building Trades Council regarding the need to expand partnerships with apprenticeships and the women’s training programs.
Meeting with City Manager Batts regarding the […]

Monday: no council related activities
Tuesday: Meeting with Jan Perkins of Management Partners who is conducting a study of the City’s recruitment and retention practices. As Chair of the Council’s Committee on Personnel and Civil Service, this issue has been before the committee several times and I requested an update on the progress.
Meeting with the Mayor […]

Monday: no council related appointments.
Tuesday:

Meeting with Chief Batts and representatives from DARE program concerning DARE’s request for assistance/funding. This program places police officers in the classroom who teach a specified curriculum to discourage drug and alcohol useage and to promote a positive interaction between students and the police. I had requested in a prior meeting […]

Monday: attended the Port of Long Beach Ocean Blvd/Terminal Island Freeway Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal. Representatives from the Port and the Governor’s Office were also in attendance — marking the completion of a road to icnrease movement across from San Pedro and the Port. Returned to my job for the rest […]

Tuesday was beyond a full day. The Council met until 1:20 am — and I finally got home at 2:20 am. During the day, I met with the following people:

Ray Bizall, National Fire Protection Association — the need for automatic fire sprinklers
Mark Sandoval, Parks, Recreation and Marine Department — update on the proposed boat mooring […]

Since last publishing my schedule of whom I met with during the prior week on council matters, one of the consistent greetings I get when I run into people at events: “Are you going to put on your blog you met with me?”
So, my schedule for the week of June  10- 16:

Monday: Joint Meeting of […]

I campaigned on a concept called: TINCUP — Time Is Now To Clean Up Politics — and one of the keystones of this proposal was to require city council members to place on the agenda information under each agenda item as to whether or they had received any campaign contributions from anyone supporting or opposing […]