Holiday hours today so no Morning Buzz, but stuff has still been piling up on my desk.

• City Council members are lining up to object to Controller Laura Chick's move to put anti-gang programs under the mayor's office. Rick Orlov. Plus: The Times Q-and-A's Jeff Carr, who would be the mayor's gang czar.
• Los Angeles County has been using the double-bubble ballot since 2002 even though officials knew votes were not being counted. LAT
• Federal auditors called for the ouster of Los Angeles County Housing Authority director Carlos Jackson, citing poor management of $200 million in housing funds. LAT
• Nikki Finke speculates online that John Montorio, one of the Times' managing editor, will be fired. He is meeting with section editors this morning.
• Today's New York Times does a short piece on Sam Zell's salty language and mentions the LA Observed coverage. NYT
• Former Times publisher Jeffrey Johnson gets top billing in the United Way house ad on pg. B9 of the paper, showing up in more pictures than current publisher David Hiller.
• Pseudonymous LAPD cop "Jack Dunphy" argues against placing video cameras in patrol cars, saying they could inhibit officers from making arrests if the brass uses video to nitpick. Sunday Opinion
• In a major break between the two ports, Long Beach will not require that short-haul truckers be employees of motor carriers. LB previous had a deal with Los Angeles to apply the same rules as an environmental move. LABJ, P-T
• Professional skeptic Michael Schermer reacts to the "Anonymous" campaign against Scientology, writing "I'm a scientist who studies belief systems for a living, so take it from me: Scientology is unlike any other religion in history....no other religion I know of considers theological doctrines and core religious tenets to be intellectual property accessible only for a fee." LAT Op-Ed
• Sneak peek inside the Grammy Museum under construction at L.A. Live. DT News
• Melville C. Branch, an urban planning pioneer who taught at USC and headed the city planning commission in the 1960s, died at age 94. "He was a giant in the field," said Tridib Banerjee, USC professor of urban and regional planning. LAT