Author: Los Angeles (Calif.). Auditor's Office
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles California of the Financial Affairs of the Corporation in Its Capacity as a City for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 ...
Author: Los Angeles (Calif.). Auditor's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 ...
Author: Los Angeles (Calif.). Auditor's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Annual Report of the City Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 ...
Author: Los Angeles (Calif.). Auditor's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Annual Report of the City Auditor of the City of Los Angeles, California for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 ...
Author: Los Angeles (Calif.). Auditor's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Composite Finances in Selected City Areas
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
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Category : Local taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Publisher:
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Category : Local taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
City Documents
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
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Category : Local government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Publisher:
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Category : Local government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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The Failure of Governance in Bell, California
Author: Thom Reilly
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498512135
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
“How could this have happened?” The question still lingers among officials and residents of the small southern California town of Bell. Corruption is hardly an isolated challenge to the governance of America’s cities. But following decades of benign obscurity, Bell witnessed the emergence of a truly astonishing level of public wrongdoing—a level succinctly described by Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley as “corruption on steroids.” Even discounting the enormous sums involved—the top administrator paid himself nearly $800,000 a year in a town with a $35,000 average income—this was no ordinary failure of governance. The picture that emerges from years of federal, state, and local investigations, trials, depositions, and media accounts is of an elaborate culture of corruption and deceit created and sustained by top city administrators, councilmembers, police officers, numerous municipal employees, and consultants. The Failure of Governance in Bell California: Big-Time Corruption in a Small Town details how Bell was rendered vulnerable to such massive malfeasance by a disengaged public, lack of established ethical norms, absence of effective checks and balances, and minimal coverage by an overextended area news media. It is a grim and nearly unbelievable story. Yet even these factors fail to fully explain how such large-scale corruption could have arisen. More specifically, how did it occur within a structure—the council-manager form of government—that had been deliberately designed to promote good governance? Why were so many officials and employees prepared to participate in or overlook the ongoing corruption? To what degree can theories of governance, such as contagion theory or the “rover bandit” theme, explain the success of such blatant wrongdoing? The Failure of Governance, by Arizona State University Professor Thom Reilly—himself former county manager of Clark County, Nevada—pursues answers to these and related questions through an analysis of municipal operations that will afford the reader deeper insight into the inner workings of city governments—corrupt and otherwise. By considering factors arising from both theory and practice, Reilly makes clear, in other words, why the sad saga of Bell, California represents both a case study and a warning.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498512135
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
“How could this have happened?” The question still lingers among officials and residents of the small southern California town of Bell. Corruption is hardly an isolated challenge to the governance of America’s cities. But following decades of benign obscurity, Bell witnessed the emergence of a truly astonishing level of public wrongdoing—a level succinctly described by Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley as “corruption on steroids.” Even discounting the enormous sums involved—the top administrator paid himself nearly $800,000 a year in a town with a $35,000 average income—this was no ordinary failure of governance. The picture that emerges from years of federal, state, and local investigations, trials, depositions, and media accounts is of an elaborate culture of corruption and deceit created and sustained by top city administrators, councilmembers, police officers, numerous municipal employees, and consultants. The Failure of Governance in Bell California: Big-Time Corruption in a Small Town details how Bell was rendered vulnerable to such massive malfeasance by a disengaged public, lack of established ethical norms, absence of effective checks and balances, and minimal coverage by an overextended area news media. It is a grim and nearly unbelievable story. Yet even these factors fail to fully explain how such large-scale corruption could have arisen. More specifically, how did it occur within a structure—the council-manager form of government—that had been deliberately designed to promote good governance? Why were so many officials and employees prepared to participate in or overlook the ongoing corruption? To what degree can theories of governance, such as contagion theory or the “rover bandit” theme, explain the success of such blatant wrongdoing? The Failure of Governance, by Arizona State University Professor Thom Reilly—himself former county manager of Clark County, Nevada—pursues answers to these and related questions through an analysis of municipal operations that will afford the reader deeper insight into the inner workings of city governments—corrupt and otherwise. By considering factors arising from both theory and practice, Reilly makes clear, in other words, why the sad saga of Bell, California represents both a case study and a warning.
Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress
Author:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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News Notes of California Libraries
Author: California State Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1878
Book Description
Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1878
Book Description
Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
The American City
Author: Arthur Hastings Grant
Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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