VICA Plans Survey on Charter
Hoping to solicit a broad sampling of ideas and opinions on City Charter reform from the local business community, the Valley Industry and Commerce Assn. will survey more than 600 representatives from member businesses next month, VICA officials said Friday.
During a meeting attended by about two dozen VICA members, ideas were floated on issues such as what factors should be taken into account when redrawing Los Angeles City Council district boundaries and what items should be the purview of the soon-to-be-created area planning commissions.
The results of that discussion, and the larger member poll, will be compiled and sent to city officials, including members of the new Board of Neighborhood Empowerment, City Atty. James K. Hahn and West Valley City Councilwoman Laura Chick, who will head a council panel that will oversee implementation of the new City Charter.
“Whoever is making the rules are the people we want to get to,” said Joyce Prager, VICA’s liaison on charter reform. “We don’t want them to do this in a vacuum.”
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