“Downtown L.A. is officially a contender for Eli Broad's art museum - Los Angeles Times Blogs” plus 4 more

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• Downtown L.A. is officially a contender for Eli Broad's art museum - Los Angeles Times Blogs
• Three more train stations coming to St. Paul - Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Sempra Energy Making a Series of Executive Changes - San Diego Business Journal
• Sri Lanka war victors vie in presidential poll - Post-Star
• E-Mail Saves Time, but Being There Says More - New York Times

Downtown L.A. is officially a contender for Eli Broad's art museum - Los Angeles Times Blogs Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:16 PM PST Here's the latest installment in the courtship of Eli Broad -- and the art museum he aims to plunk somewhere in the Los Angeles Basin, complete with big-name architecture, a spiffy $200 million endowment and the 2,000 works of contemporary art held by his Broad Art Foundation. Downtown L.A. is officially making a play, courtesy of the Grand Avenue Authority, which today authorized negotiations with Broad toward a possible deal that would wrest the museum from Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, which are also in the running. After a closed session today of the Grand Avenue Authority, L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, a member of the joint city-county authority that's overseeing development of vacant land and parking lots in the heart of downtown's arts district, said it will deploy a negotiating team "to proceed with discussions with the Broad Foundation to consider his proposal and reach a mutual agreement." The Grand Avenue project, of which Broad himself has been a leading advocate, is considered the centerpiece of downtown's revitalization. Designed by Frank Gehry, it includes two towers, condos, hotel rooms and a shopping center. The project, which involves public land and a private developer, stalled last year after the developer was unable to secure a multibillion-dollar construction loan amid the global credit crunch. A Broad Museum launch there would be a coup that could help rebuild momentum for the plan. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Three more train stations coming to St. Paul - Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:06 PM PST Sounds of joy drowned out the squabbling over the Central Corridor light-rail line on Monday when St. Paul learned that it will be getting all three of the additional light-rail stations it has long sought. "The energy in this room reminds me of a tent revival," said U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, who joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and a host of elected officials just steps from where the Victoria Street station will now be built, thanks to an infusion of federal, local and foundation money. "The voices of our community have been heard loud and clear," said Mayor Chris Coleman. The stations at Victoria, Hamline Avenue and Western Avenue bring the total to 23 and mean there will no longer be any mile-long gaps between stops, a major point of contention for neighborhoods along the 11-mile, nearly billion-dollar line. "This is a huge victory," said Melvin Carter III, a City Council member who lives a few blocks from Western and University Avenue, "but our work to ensure that this project will serve those of us who chose this community long before light rail is far from done." A coalition of businesses, nonprofits and residents sued Central Corridor planners last week in federal court, citing concerns about business interruption during construction, increased rents and taxes, and displacement of existing residents and businesses. Two federal civil rights complaints have been filed by other coalitions in the past year. Veronica Burt, a public policy advocate and cultural organizer with the group that filed the suit, said the three stations were a welcome addition, but they may also exacerbate displacement and won't fix such problems as a lack of parking for businesses. She noted that the University of Minnesota has been in lengthy negotiations with the Metropolitan Council and has filed suit over the line's impact on research facilities, and she said neighborhoods also want protections for their interests. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Sempra Energy Making a Series of Executive Changes - San Diego Business Journal Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:35 PM PST If the head honchos at Sempra Energy were seeking a new face to better communicate what the Sunrise Powerlink project is all about, they probably couldn’t have found a better person than Jessie J. Knight Jr. On Jan. 20, Sempra, the parent of both San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Gas Co., announced a series of executive changes that included elevating Knight to CEO of SDG&E. Knight, 59, now working as executive vice president of external affairs for Sempra, replaces Debra Reed, who will become an executive vice president at Sempra. All the changes take effect March 29. Donald Felsinger, Sempra’s chairman and CEO, said a critical part of the company’s success has been its ability to develop a dynamic leadership team with broad experience. “We and our subsidiaries are making these organizational changes to create a stronger engine for business growth and leadership development,” he said. Among other key local changes announced by Sempra is that Michael Niggli, chief operating officer for SDG&E and SoCalGas, will become president and COO of SDG&E, reporting to Knight. Reed, 53, held the top SDG&E job since 2006 after working as president and chief operating officer for both of Sempra’s utilities. She joined SoCalGas in 1978 as a systems engineer, and a decade later became the company’s first female executive officer. Not A New Strategy Sempra spokesman Doug Kline said the company has conducted other top management rotations in the past several years, most recently in 2006. That one involved 12 executives, including Reed, and the hiring of Knight. Michael Shames, executive director for Utility Consumers’ Action Network, said while a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission, Knight was a proponent of deregulation, and had a distrust of monopoly utilities. “As an outsider, Jessie has the opportunity to effect some serious reform within SDG&E and promote a corporate culture of innovation and efficiency that I’ve found lacking in the company,” Shames said. Perhaps the biggest project on Sempra’s plate that has engendered major criticism is its plan to build a massive power transmission line from the Imperial Valley to San Diego. Called the Sunrise Powerlink, the project initially was to traverse the middle of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the state’s largest. But last year, the company changed the route, moving it south but still crossing through parts of the vast parkland. The estimated cost of the project is $1.88 billion, according to SDG&E. SDG&E has also taken lots of criticism for allegedly having a role in the start of some of the 2007 wildfires in the county. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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E-Mail Saves Time, but Being There Says More - New York Times Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:23 PM PST Sorry, readability was unable to parse this page for content. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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