Morning Buzz

Morning Buzz: Friday short stack 9.9.11

  • AEG's stadium bill inspired a separate bill to let the governor exempt big projects from some legal challenges, introduced with one day left in the legislative session.
  • Many city agencies continue to ignore audit recommendations that could save millions of taxpayer dollars, according to a scorecard released Thursday by City Controller Wendy Greuel.
  • Ten Building and Safety workers were fired recently for wrongdoing, more than in the past decade.
  • Political consultant Rick Taylor says of Zev Yaroslavsky running for mayor: "I think he's absolutely, unequivocally getting in."
  • Democrat and former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg attended a Rick Perry event in Orange County but said he's still for Obama.
  • Hollywood Center Studios filed plans to revamp its Hollywood lot, tearing down buildings and adding 60,000-plus square-feet of studio and office space along with two parking structures. Land Use LA
  • Jonathan Weber resigned as editor of the Bay Citizen news start-up in San Francisco, possibly for a job at Reuters.
  • Journalist Rip Rense remembers his friend Scott Wannberg.

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