PERB and Public Entities
"Sometimes, people who do not have the best interest of the community at heart are in control of
public entities."*
public entities."*
| *Quote at the top of the page: This is a paraphrase of San Diego City Councilmember Jim Madaffer's 2005 words about the San Diego City Airports Division, but I'm working on a list of others who have also made this observation. It's a comment that's been made again and again. |
The California Public Employee
Relations Board is officially
known as "PERB." It is
supposed to make sure public
agencies follow the law with
regard to their employees.
Sometimes PERB enforces the
law. Sometimes it doesn't.
PERB appears to be completely
under the thumb of California
Teachers Association. This
might not be surprising given
that Bob Thompson is its
general counsel, but even
Republicans like John Duncan
hide their heads in the sand
when CTA breaks the law. Of
course, his motive for doing
this in the Maura Larkins case
was to protect the Republicans
who acted in concert with CTA.
Relations Board is officially
known as "PERB." It is
supposed to make sure public
agencies follow the law with
regard to their employees.
Sometimes PERB enforces the
law. Sometimes it doesn't.
PERB appears to be completely
under the thumb of California
Teachers Association. This
might not be surprising given
that Bob Thompson is its
general counsel, but even
Republicans like John Duncan
hide their heads in the sand
when CTA breaks the law. Of
course, his motive for doing
this in the Maura Larkins case
was to protect the Republicans
who acted in concert with CTA.
| The San Diego City Attorney's Office Under Mike Aguirre Many, perhaps most, public entities have over time surrendered to the tendency to become rigid bureaucracies, hence the familiar acronym "PERB." (PUBLIC ENTITY= RIGID BUREAUCRACY) These institutions tend to lose track of their original purpose, and they end up devoting most of their energy to simply maintaining the institution for its own sake. |
| The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board used to be "more concerned about avoiding confrontation with polluters than enforcing clean-water laws," says Laura Hunter. Link to SDUT article: S.D. water-quality board goes from "worst to best." |
| Why Does PERB Refuse to Comply with the California Public Records Act? Maura Larkins made an appointment to see PERB files, and drove to Sacramento to see them. PERB General Counsel Bob Thompson falsely stated that documents Maura Larkins wanted to see were at the state archives. Maura Larkins has learned that the state archives do NOT store PERB files. PERB does! |
| "The anger in Sacramento is as much about administrative arrogance and the surreptitious way perks were handed out...as it is about the sums involved...The university is promising to be more transparent." San Diego Union Tribune Feb 9, 2006 Peter Shrag article (from The Sacramento Bee) |
Secrets in Government Agencies
| Protecting Lawyers Who Blow the Whistle March 2006 Fran Pavley has introduced a bill (AB 1612) to protect lawyers who blow the whistle to law enforcement officials when governments commit serious criminal breaches of the public trust. |
| CVESD Violations of Public Records Act |
| These Agencies Cleaned Themselves Up (1) |
| March 2006 Terry Francke* suggests a per-day fine for "whatever period a public agency denies access to a clearly public record." Perhaps if this policy were law, Susan Fahle of CVESD would have provided Maura Larkins with the documents she requested a year ago about how much Daniel Shinoff has recently been paid for representing the district. |
| *Terry Francke, general counsel for Californians Aware www.calaware.org |
PERB: Who
Controls San
Diego Public
Entities?
Controls San
Diego Public
Entities?
PERB Does!
| San Diego City Airports Division http://www.signonsandiego.c om/news/metro/20051116-9 999-2m16means.html |
The current City Attorney, Michael Aguirre, is shaking things up substantially, enforcing the law rather than maintaining bureaucratic connections with those who have given away incredible amounts of taxpayer money, and taken taxpayer money, in furtherance of a plan to conceal huge budget problems. |
| These Agencies Cleaned Themselves Up (2) |
However, it is not fair to apply this stereotype automatically to every public agency. Surely no one would accuse the City Attorney's office of San Diego of being a rigid bureaucracy. |
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| The Law Says the Public has the right to investigate and discuss public entities, but this judge thinks otherwise |
| Judge Judith Hayes ordered in August 2009 that this writer, Maura Larkins, not write about the actions of public entity lawyers Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz if those actions were unethical, illegal, intimidating or incompetent. Yes, you read it right. It's an odd ruling, isn't it? Since Judge Hayes has found certain actions of Stutz to be unethical and/or illegal, it would appear that she has the obligation to report Stutz to the bar association or district attorney. The judge has apparently committed the court to hiding any unethical or illegal behavior on the part of these public entity lawyers. Earlier in the Stutz v. Larkins defamation case, the judge refused to allow defendant Maura Larkins to depose plaintiff Daniel Shinoff. The judge also nixed the idea that Plaintiff should produce documents. There is no explanation for Chula Vista Elementary School's actions in the Maura Larkins case other than their reliance on Kathleen Elton. |
| Home Why This Website SDCOE CVESD Castle Park Elem Law Enforcement CTA CVE Stutz Artiano Shinoff Silence is Golden Schools and Violence Office Admin Hearings Larkins OAH Hearing |
Housing Commission
CEO: No Evidence of
Illegal Dumping
Rob Davis
Voice of San Diego
June 16, 2010
The San Diego Housing
Commission
acknowledges that it
may have improperly
dumped lead waste at
the Miramar Landfill for
the last decade.
Rick Gentry, the San
Diego Housing
Commission CEO, told a
City Council committee
today that his agency
has no evidence the
agency illegally dumped
hazardous lead waste
during the last decade.
"Regardless of what the
allegations may have
been, whether there was
truth to them or not, we
haven't seen evidence
that there was," Gentry
told the council, during a
presentation that lasted
barely five minutes.
But the commission
doesn't have evidence
that its contractors doing
lead paint remediation
projects legally dumped
waste. It doesn't know
either way, and it should.
And that's why this is an
issue to begin with...
CEO: No Evidence of
Illegal Dumping
Rob Davis
Voice of San Diego
June 16, 2010
The San Diego Housing
Commission
acknowledges that it
may have improperly
dumped lead waste at
the Miramar Landfill for
the last decade.
Rick Gentry, the San
Diego Housing
Commission CEO, told a
City Council committee
today that his agency
has no evidence the
agency illegally dumped
hazardous lead waste
during the last decade.
"Regardless of what the
allegations may have
been, whether there was
truth to them or not, we
haven't seen evidence
that there was," Gentry
told the council, during a
presentation that lasted
barely five minutes.
But the commission
doesn't have evidence
that its contractors doing
lead paint remediation
projects legally dumped
waste. It doesn't know
either way, and it should.
And that's why this is an
issue to begin with...
| San Diego Education Report |