LA City Insources Golf Cart Concessions
Los Angeles' municipal golf courses are a green getaway for golfers. Now they may be a source of a different green --...
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Santa Clarita Council's Library Privatization Scheme Passes
On August 24, the Santa Clarita City Council voted to approve a hackneyed, poorly presented proposal to wrest control of the city's...
Full Story »Lesson from Maywood: Caveat Emptor!
Like all officials contemplating outsourcing, Maywood's leaders should have done their homework....
Full Story »Can You Put a Price on Literacy?
Santa Clarita City Council thinks it can. The five-member city council wants to sell library services to a for profit corporation...
Legislators Expose Outsourcing Outrages at the Courts
$175 to empty an ashtray. $2,166 to fix five smoke detectors. $8,000 to scrape gum off four feet of sidewalk. Those are...
Slipshod Contracting Strikes Again: LADOT Wastes $855K
According to an audit by Controller Wendy Greuel, the City Department of Transportation (LADOT) "wasted at least $855,000 of taxpayer dollars" on...
