Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Wednesday
Our favorite "hanging judge" Dzintra Janavs has handed a strategic victory to City Council candidate Richard Alarcon. Judge Janavs ruled that his primary election opponent, Monica Rodriguez can not use the title "educator" on the upcoming ballot. Rodriguez's campaign manager John Shallman says they may appeal the ruling because her current position with the California Association of Realtors deals with educating individuals on housing issues. It may all be for naught if Judge J. rules in favor of David Hernandez and Ted Hayes' challenge to Measure R, the term limits extension scheme, prohibiting Alarcon from running for the seat.Sometimes there is justice when it comes to the City Clowncil's ridiculous decisions. The local business community has rallied to gather the signatures necessary to force a referendum on the anti-business LAX hotel "living wage" law that was passed. Now the Clowncil must either overturn the law or place it on the May general election ballot. However, according to the Daily News, the Clowncil was told that should the petition signatures be verified as valid, their best of course of action would be to repeal the law to avoid a costly election. Good advice.
Jorge Garcia - a reported illegal alien drug dealer who allegedly killed Sheriff's Deputy David March - has finally been extradited by Mexico to the US to stand trial. The family of Deputy March joined with a number of community leaders and elected officials to challenge the Mexican government's extradition policy and bring Garcia to justice.
We mentioned yesterday that some of the NIMBYs in Sunland Tujunga want to tell homeowners what kind of house they can build and live in. It's all detailed here. But they're not alone. Folks in Beverly Hills are subject to significant design restrictions that are designed to fight "mansionization" (sounds like a disease). In fact, the city has published a "design catalog" to tell you how your house can and can not look. That's good - architecture by government committee. However, Greg Goldin writes in the LA Times that the McMansions or "Persian Palaces" are not a bad thing. We agree.
The Transportation Security Administration is planning to begin a pilot project at Los Angeles International Airport selling advertising space on the trays used by travelers at security screenings to hold small personal items such as cell phones, keys, coins, etc.
A couple of bloggers need your assistance. The folks at Franklin Avenue want to know if it's Silverlake or Silver Lake. Boi From Troy is trying to make his printer work with a wireless USB hub and print from both his Macintosh and PC. The Mac was plug and play. The PC remains a challenge.
Be sure to catch Zuma Dogg's story that a potential anti-emminent domain ballot measure contains a provision that could bring an end to rent control in California.
And finally after years without grocery stores, BlogDownton says that Downtown Los Angeles is going to get a Ralphs "Fresh Fare" Market. A ceremony to mark the store - which is slated to open in June - will be held Thursday with - of course - Mayor Villaraigosa in attendance.
Labels: proposition r
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 1/10/2007 12:05:00 AM
38 Comments:
It's Silver Lake. But doesn't anyone care about the coming homeless count? Millions in award money depends on it, and the methods deserve scrutiny.
alvin parra-nada fails to get even 1% of vote tonight at Los Angeles Democratic Party endorsement. I thought the Democartic Party was suppose to be his base? If you take away the (33)votes for no-endorsement (which also beatout parra-nada with his 14 votes), Councilman Jose Huizar had over 90% of the vote (144). Damn.... if parra-nada got whooped this bad in his home turf i wonder how bad he is going to get whooped on in the field with no $$$, no staff, no mail, no endorsements, NO CLASS..........
Proud to agree with the homeowners against mansionization in Sunland-Tujunga. Sorry Mayor Sam, we must part ways here.
People who have owned the same home for 50 years do NOT have to be overshadowed by some palace looking, overdone monstrosity that does not belong in the neighborhood.
Be proud to be a NIMBY.
Monica Rodriguez will lose like no one has ever lost a City Council race.
This NIMBYs pissed, I'm pretty sure that your just another hypocrite. Its OK in some one else's back yard, but when it comes to your back yard I'll bet it's a different story. I love it when short sighted people, sit at home and think they know what people on the other side of town should do. You want to live like too many rodents in the same cage, you go ahead. I'll bet if they dropped a Home Depot right next door to you, you wouldn't like it. I know "If we don't like it we can move" well I for one am tired of seeing people who have lived here for 40-50 years, pushed out by A$$ Holes who worship money, and don't care one bit about the people they screw over. And anyone who wants to live in a mansion, move to Beverly Hills, Oh I forgot they have money over there and wouldn't but up with the wana-be's.
By the way NIMBY is just another anachronism that big business uses to discredit or marginalize the people who don't want to eat their crap.
Bon-appetite
I wonder how many of those Democratic Party bozos will regret voting for Huizar once the bomb hits.
This shows what a faillure of a Mayor Antonio really is. He has no clue how to run this city and this proves it.
T
...he $186 million plan places a priority on homelessness programs, but it cuts funding in half for the L.A. Bridges II program and trims more than $1 million from a much-touted after-school program.
The mayor said he allocated only $700,000 for L.A. Bridges II - which will fund it for six months - to give it a chance to prove itself....The plan, which allocates Community Development Block Grant funds, also reduces funding for the LA's Best after-school program from $4 million to $2.8 million
NOW I AGREE CUTTING LA BRIDGES PROGRAM BUT TO CUT LA'S BEST AFTER SCHOOL IS THE DUMBEST MOVE. ISN'T THIS THE PROGRAM THAT HE HAD CAMPAIGN DONORS FOR HIS BIG PARTY GIVE TO?? OF COURSE IT IS. HE USED THE PROGRAM TO GET MONEY NOW HE'S TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE SMALL KIDS.
With the blacks shooting eachother in South LA last night and the gang problem all over LA guess where Antonio decides he should be???????? Huntington Park ISNOT EVEN IN THE CITY OF LA.
Villaraigosa today will endorse Yolie Flores Aguilar in the 5th district school board race. Media op is in front of Huntington Park High School at 10 am.
Sunland Tujunga clown - - -
If I take my hard earned money and buy property I have every damn right to build the house my family and I are comfortable with. And you can't say crap asshole.
If I come onto your property that's another story then you have a beef. But what I do on my property is my business.
Doesn't matter. Everyone with money and means is leaving LA. Soon it will be left to the Mexicans and small handful of white trash.
mayor got crushed like a bug on AB1381. Prop R is headed to the same judge. well, now our Venice 42.15 lawsuit has been picked up by the judge who squashed 42.15 down last year as unconstitutional. he set the date for next TUESDAY, Jan 16.
the signals are great. I hope the city council is watching. yet another huge waste of city money, trying to protect wealthy landlords' income, and force expression into a shop, and off the beach.
NO no body cares about HOMELESS VAGRANTS
HERE's AN IDEA
Instead of HOME DEPOT in SUNLAND TUJNGA - BUILD
A homeless camp
GOOD PLACE FOR THEM
Gee, I don't see any reporters who blasted city council for that 30 days public comment ban. No stories I can see yet on it.
Venice 42.15 lawsuit
Zuma,Matt and Mike will reap if this lawsuit is settled then they won't have to get "real" jobs. Who respects a man who doesn't work? No one. If they would put as much energy into getting jobs as they do posting on here and wasting everyone's time at council then they would be more productive. Our tax dollars will be going to these losers.
First off, 12:40 am - It's misleading to say that Jose got 90% of the vote by taking the 33 who voted no endorsement. Regardless of their vote, they are still part of the mathematical equation used to see whether or not a candidate reaches the 60%+ needed to get the endorsement. The no endorsement votes don't mean that they don't want to be counted in the equation, they mean that they felt nobody in the race was overwhelmingly qualified to be in the race. It's important to avoid presenting information in that manner, because it's critical that all voices expressed in the vote are shown. That puts both Parra's and Huizar's numbers into a realistic perspective:
Parra: 7%
No Endorsement: 17%
Huizar: 76%
Either way, it's still an ass whoopin' that Parra suffered and yet another sign that he more than likely committed political suicide by running in this race.
Secondly, does anybody on here have a complete breakdown of the votes? What elections were addressed? What candidates got endorsed? What races failed to reach the % needed and concluded with no endorsement? Please post the info if you have it.
Alvin committed political suicide way back when he chose to align himself with Victor Griego in 1999 - this after he promised Nick that he would support him. Then he committed double suicide when he sent that memo - via fax from Molina's office - to Skelton's office regarding his wife's school board race (DOH!) - then he committed triple suicide when he attacked the Mother's of East L.A. on proven Skelton lies in he last election. The only hope that Parra has is that he is running against the most impotent politician out there - Jose Huizar. Who said there isn't life after death in politics, especially eastside politics, just ask Nick.
9:28
The walking dead (political zombies) are incapable of committing suicide.
9:54
You left off the HORRIBLY embarrassing advisory board-icide debacle at LA32 neighborhood when NC VP Alvin ("no, I won't give hand over the microphone") tried to stage a phallus coup by means of filabluster to take over the council from the elected president without something so mundane as scheduling a recall election. The then-GM of DONE had to tell him he was operating against bylaws and risked making LA32 the first (then) NC to be decertified.
A 7 percent vote at the L.A. Dems is a gift - he much have PACKED the hall with everyone he knows who hates Huizar/Villaraigosa more than him (14 people).
Did anyone happen to see a signature gatherer out gathering signatures in December for the repeal of the Century Blvd. Living Wage law? I did. What do you suppose the guy said to voters as they approached him? Did he say, "Hey, sign this petition so that we can repeal the Living Wage on Century Blvd."?
No.
He said, "Hey, sign this petition to bring a Living Wage to Los Angeles."
I saw him reel in, like, 4 signatures that way before I finally approached him. I asked him who he worked for. He said the name of the signature-gathering subcontractor. I said, yes, but who's funding this signature-gathering drive? He got uncomfortable and said he didn't know. I asked, really, you have no idea? Is it being funded by people who support a living wage? Or is it being funded by people who are attempting to repeal the living wage on Century Blvd.? He got uncomfortable again and mumbled, "Um, yeah, it might be them."
I told him I'd hang out near him and watch him gather signatures and inform all his potential signers that the petition they were signing was intended to repeal the living wage law that had already been passed by the city council, and was already scheduled to go into effect in January.
He said I could go ahead. I did so to the next two folks he approached, both of whom refused to sign the guy's petition after learning who was funding it, and for what purpose.
The guy gave up, packed up his petition, and trudged away.
In short, these signatures were gathered only by lying to the people who were signing. That's fine, I guess. The election's gonna happen. But people ARE gonna vote YES on this living wage law in May, and the business community will have wasted a lot of money in the process... their own, and the city's.
Patrick Meighan
Los Angeles Greens
Where is the great David Z when we need him? Someone out there in tvland must know why isn't Parks talking?
DEAR FRIENDS,
DURING THE CURRENT COUNCIL REELECTION CAMPAIGN THE COUNCILMEMBER CAN NOT COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH YOU AS HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST. THE CITY'S ETHIC LAWS IMPOSES A " BLACK OUT" DURING THIS CAMPAIGN PERIOD. I WILL TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES & CONTINUE THE E-NEWS PUBLICATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES & JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING SENT FOR YOUR USAGE AND DISPERSAL TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BENEFIT. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH AND LET ME KNOW IF THESE E-NEWS TRANSMISSIONS ARE HELPFUL..HAVE A WONDERFUL 2007!!!!!!
THANK YOU,
BERNARD C. PARKS Jr
CHIEF OF STAFF to the
COUNCILMEMBER EIGHTH DISTRICT
200 N. SPRING ST #460
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
213-473-7008
213-485-7683
BERNARD.C.PARKSJr@LACITY.ORG
www.LACITY.ORG/COUNCIL/CD8
Lets see when the Northeast Dems are up for voting on who they'll be supporting. That's the Dem group that can actually have a difference on the Eastside.
A living wage ballot initiative would win.
The LA County Dems endorsement is nice, but it means squat to those who live in CD14. You can fool some of the people some of the time and those are the "county" people. But the people who actually live in CD14 see it differently. Besides, everybody knows that NE Dems are nothing but a group of people who kiss ass and do what Fabian and Antonio tell them to do.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen (removes hat and bows low):
I have heard from two of our number who were left behind in CD14 nigh on a week ago. Today they lunched at the California Club where the Governor-Who-Was-Once-Upon-A-Time also lunched. Sots, what do you make of that? How is it that two pirates and a former California Governor lunch while their Captain is away? What would the pirates want with the likes of 'im? Discussing politics were they? Or chatting about small issues such as the current course offerings at the Red Spot Institute as put forth 'pon this very blog by Professor Spot or the whereabouts of the tempest, the teacup and the holder of the teapot?
Or perhaps giving aid and comfort to pirates, savvy? As you Yanks like to say, "politics and pirating make for a strange cup of tea."
(Looks at compass) Oh bugger, must run. Looks like rain, savvy?
Can somebody bring a translator to the blog for Cap'n Crunch?
Councilmember Parks says, "PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH AND LET ME KNOW IF THESE E-NEWS TRANSMISSIONS ARE HELPFUL.."
Don't tell him if they are helpful...He just wants to know, so if they are helpful, he can kill it.
(Just kidding Councilmember...you know I love you!)
Zuma Dogg just showed his ignorance and immaturity. Go post on your own damn web site. Instead of posting on here why don't you go out and get a JOB? Maybe then you'll get respect as a man instead of begging people for money for being lazy.
Illegals become repeat criminals
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Criminal aliens set free on the streets of America -- instead of being deported after serving their time -- are being rearrested as many as six more times by U.S. authorities, according to a government audit released yesterday.
Now THIS ought to be interesting, and Valley NC's might want to show up and see what Ms. Sarno, if you will, has to say. Check out the agenda for the next Valley Vote meeting!
Meeting Notice
Our featured speakers are
Lisa Sarno
Interim General Manager of the
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
David Hernandez
Community Activist
and
Bill Boyarsky
L.A. City Ethics Department Commissioner
Date: Monday, January 15,2007
Time: 6:45 PM - 8:30PM
Place:Galpin Ford - 2nd Floor meeting
Room,15555 Roscoe Blvd. [at the 405]
Parking: Free parking in the Galpin Lot on the West side of Orion
Please do not park in the customer service areas.
Agenda
6:45PM- 7: 30PM
Valley VOTE
Introductions
Reports by Valley VOTE Committees
7:30PM - 8:00PM
Lisa Sarno
Lisa Sarno has been the Interim General Manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) since the retirement of Greg Nelson last year. She directs the activities of 51 employees. The mission statement of DONE is; " To promote public participation in government and make government more responsive to local needs by creating, nurturing, and supporting a citywide system of grassroots, independent, and participatory neighborhood councils."
Lisa will discuss the challenges she and her department has faced in their effort to satisfy DONE's mission.
8:00PM to 8:30PM
David Hernandez
Bill Boyarsky
David Hernandez has been a community advocate for more than 20 years. He has been active in many local political issues including the Independence campaign for cityhood for the San Fernando Valley. He is currently on the Foundation Board of Mission College, the Human Services Youth Network, and Justice -Ville USA (Dome Village). He is also a Board member of the North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council. He (along with Ted Hayes) is the lead petitioner in the current legal action challenging the constitutionality of Proposition R passed by the voters in the past November election.
Commissioner Boyarsky, an outstanding writer and journalist, including 31 years with the Los Angeles Times, was appointed to the Ethics commission by Laura Chick and is serving a five year term ending June 2008. The Ethics Commission, which has the responsibility to oversee Ethics regulations was never consulted on Proposition R. Ethics Commissioner Bill Boyarsky said that Prop. R is an "outrageous proposal" and "showed absolute contempt for the Ethics Commission"
David and Bill will bring us up to date as to what is happening with this matter.
Questions from the audience will follow each speaker's remarks. The public and press are invited to the meeting.
Monica Rodriguez doesn't even have the nerve to call herself an educator on her website, but John Shallman tries to get the term by her name on the ballot. Another cheap stunt at his candidate's expense so he can see his name in the newspaper. You can see him telling her, hey, any press is good press. Yeah, for him it is. So he can sign up another small-time candidate to fleece.
Don't worry about Monica calling herself an educator. The fact that Alarcon would take her case to court speaks volumes of his anxiety. Monica will "educate" the people of CD 7 on who Alarcon really is - FBI investigations, Grapevine, Northeast Development, oil companies, campaign irregularities, the list goes on and on. Richard is about to get schooled - then maybe he would agree that Monica is an educator afterall.
Ahoy thar, Cap'n Sparrow! Hast thou indeed met the fairest Samantha Allen-Newman near to a fortnight ago? Methinks we should meet and have a palaver soon, mayhap... not to meet with blades but with brains!
Art thou willing to palaver Friday next? Ye may bringest thy crew; I shall bring only meself.
(Lest the proprieter of this blog thinketh me a few masts shy of a well-rigged ship on me previous post this thread; I sent it without alluding to 3:57's comment.)
Methinks madame Sarno thinketh herself a living legend; in truth she be no more than a bossacks. The Spanish Californios would ha' spoken truly when they labeled me a buccaneer and clapped me in irons; if ever she set foot on me vessel, I would toss her off and she would likely poison all the sharks in the Bay of Smokes.
Can it be ye know aught of a bossacks? It be a fat, lazy woman!
Who's the cocksucker quoting from fascist rag The Washington Times?
I want answers!
108AM is right - Monica probably will lose big. But she should still run. We can't give that slime Alar-con a totally free pass.
Too bad the people who vote in that district are such dumbshits to vote for the first name they know.
Good evening Lord Chapman (removes hat and bows low):
No, I have not yet had the pleasure of socializing with that gracious lady, and am wondering if it would be wise to do so upon the open sea. Not to cast doubt upon her reputation, but our due diligence tells us that she holds letters of marque from IMPERIUM NEPTUNUS REGIS and has earned the right to be called a shellback. We, if you will, are mere pollywogs having never made obeisance to Neptunus Rex. It is said that those who fail to appear before Neptunus Rex are forever damned as pirates, and no shellback shall ever tread upon the deck of a pollywog without incurring the wrath of said monarch. I have already met with the emissary of Neptunus Rex as you well know.
We shall have to figure out an alternate plan and rather quickly, savvy? I would not insult that gracious lady with a withdrawal of an invitation, nor would I place her or any of her crew in peril.
Have you, Lord Chapman, made your bow before the King? Do you too have letters of marque? For if you have, then our meeting may not occur. Let us wait to see what transpires between now and then, shall we? And sots, if you are reading this, please do not attempt to pester the King about my lack of obeisance, for it is Rex Himself that controls the tempest. Even His Nibbs cannot control Neptunus Rex, savvy?
Not a NIMBY here, but when you allow Mansionization to occur, which means building out to your property line, you run the risk of happening what occured in Malibu the other night: house after house catching fire because of their close proximity to each other.
It's a safety hazard; just food for thought
8:52 PM
Have some more respect for the constituents of CD7! Alarcon is going to win and hopefully Prop R is found unconstitutional. In that case, Alarcon is out of the Assembly and out of the Council a lot faster. Him running for CD 7 again could be the best thing that ever happened to the people of the northeast valley.
Two things...
Good point about the fire danger of McMansions. Not a good enough point for a government ban but every reason for insurance companies to jack up their homeowner premiums (and maybe they already do).
WRT to Alarcon I believe that if he is elected BEFORE a potential court overturning of Measure R, he stays in office for the term anyway. So the key is Judge J. tossing it out now before March.
I have supported Richard Alarcon before but I can not support him doing what he is doing. I am torn in between supporting Monica and Oscar. I've known Monica for years, she was a very thoughtful deputy for Caprice Young and is a great person. But probably too liberal for my tastes. From what I know of Oscar, I am getting that he is a conservative of which we need one on the Clowncil but I don't know anything about him.
Oh and before some of you dums dums try to tell me Smith and Zine are consevatives, please. They call those guys a name that rhymes with I KNOW.
Now go play on the freeway!
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