At 6 p.m. tonight, there will be a special meeting of the Woodland Hills Neighborhood Council at Taft High School to address budget issues, including discussing Mayor Villaraigosa's proposed budget.

Part of the discussion will examine the changes in neighborhood council funding and policies regarding the retention and spending of council rollover funds from one fiscal year to the next.

Taft High is located at 5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills.

At 7 p.m., the council will hold a town hall meeting to address the LAUSD’s proposal to house CHAMPS Charter School on the Taft High School campus.

LAUSD board member Marlene Canter, LAUSD Senior Deputy Superintendent Ramon Cortines and teachers' union president A.J.Duffy are slated to participate in the meeting.

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He brought in several signs to the meeting, signs he personally had taken down, according to the council's Web site, www.whcouncil.org.

"How do we expect kids to respect the law and our community when they are surrounded by illegal and ugly signs that clutter our streets?" he asked. "It sends a message that our public space is also a bulletin board! It's no wonder then that we end up with graffiti."

Residents spoke in support of McCarthy's battle to clean up what is basically manufactured graffiti and cited other examples such as the "New Homes" signs that litter the landscape.

Residents said they are frustrated trying to stop this underground advertising and are having difficulty getting support from officials who are responsible for dealing with muncipal code violations.

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