Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® presents an exclusive video report on how the L. A. City Council is prepared to seize control of the public access cable channels. Having conducted almost invisible public input and debate on 2007 state legislation that revised the City's franchising powers regarding public access requirements, this video reveals the City is going to take over control of the public channel operations and content.
Under the City plan, Time Warner will apparently go unchallenged regarding the closing of all fourteen public access cable studios and channels previously required under cable franchise agreements. Instead, the city is opting for only four government controlled channels. Local public cable television producers who oppose the city's seizure of the channels are looking into to legal action to restore the 14 public channels.
Appearing in this 12 minute Video News Blog are:
- Councilman Tony Cardenas, Chairman Council Committee on ITA
- David R. Hernandez, Civic Activist & Producer (www.savepublicaccess.wordpress.com)
- Morris Griffen, Community Activist & Producer
- Devon Shane, Independent Producer
- Leslie Dutton, Full Disclosure Network Producer & Host
- ITA Staff members and Representative from the City Attorney’s office
The City plan makes no requirement for a dedicated channel for public use. The recommendation was approved the Council Committee on Information Technology Agency & General Services (ITAGS) on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. With the apparent backing of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and after the proposal sat "in committee" for almost two years, an ITA staff member finally and publicly presented a report to Council Committee members Bernard Parks and Chairman Tony Cardenas, who appeared , in the video, to be surprised about the impending death of the public access cable channels.
The Council Committee’s action is expected to be ratified at a meeting of the full Council on Tuesday, November 25 (agenda item 16).
At the end of the video viewers are asked to click on the link below where they can send an automated letter to each and every one of the City Council members, City Attorney, City Controller and the Mayor.
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Posted: 07:37 am [PST] on April 18 2009
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Joan Radcliff Sylmar
Posted: 07:09 pm [PST] on March 13 2009
This must be stopped..we need these stations! Most of the programs on TV are TRASH!
Al Pa
Posted: 03:35 pm [PST] on March 13 2009
What a surprise, or is it? This has been a long time coming. Revolt now or die a slave!
Carlton E. Munroe Brooklyn, NY / USA
Posted: 09:50 am [PST] on January 25 2009
This is a dam shame. How could this happen right under people
nose's? I am being told that the
same thing is about to happen here
in New York. Not if I can help it.
John W Los Angeles
Posted: 04:32 pm [PST] on January 14 2009
Leslie Dutton: Clearly, as a taxpayer I want my money back. We both agree on that as I think most would. I disagree future funds (any taxes from my cable bill as I clearly said in my post) should go to Public Access. It's simply obsolete. It serves little purpose and costs me money. Hardly anyone watches and I don’t want to pay for it. Again, please tell me if you have hard data that says otherwise! And as a web savvy computer elite yourself, with every post you're proving my point. We're having this spirited debate on the web-- not on television. I can speak directly to you without the filter of a tv screen or scripted show. People who are interested in this topic will find us through Google and add more to the discussion. It's a far better way to communicate to an audience and a better use of tax dollars to me, don't you think?
Leslie Dutton Los Angeles
Posted: 04:19 pm [PST] on January 14 2009
The City is spending $24 million on a gang program to hire gang members as "intervention" and "prevention" workers. The elephant exhibit at the Zoo is going to cost $42 million and we could go on and on how the city has been using the cable franchise fees for projects that have yet to prove their worth. Elephants and gang members and innocent drive-by shooting victims are all dying and the cable franchise fees are disappearing. I guess that makes some people happy and some sick and tired.