In reviewing just obtain documentation regarding General Council Purposes Fund Allocations between 2010 to Present for both Eagle Rock and El Sereno, we must ask whether it is actual need, or access to distinct voter blocks, that is the determining factor in allocating funding?
The namesake landmark of the Eagle Rock Community.
The $9 Million Dollars-plus Elephant Hill Open Space looks over the El Sereno Community.
** Blogger's Note: For the sake of disclosure, this writer recently served two terms on the LA-32 Neighborhood Council, in the position of Recording Secretary (with the exception of six months during the latter part of the First Term). During most of those four years, the number one allocation of board and committee meeting time was spent on fiscal issues. Year after year, informal or established Community-based Organizations (CBOs) would come before the NC, requesting funding for various projects ......., not knowing that another alternative existed. In a community such as representative by LA-32, especially in lieu of recent, recession-related budget cuts, most service providers, both private and public were in need of supplemental funding. Thus, the NC became the first stop in seeking what meager resources that we could allocated, but as Mayor Sam disclosed, CD 14 City Councilman Jose Huizar had assess to funding that most were not privy to asking for. Rather, in comparing data from both Eagle Rock and El Sereno Communities, its apparent that an exclusive group of CBOs, with large voting blocks, were rewarded repeatedly with funding, with spikes in allocations during election years, in both communities. One can also extrapolate from the data, that Councilman Huizar was more generous in funding school-based entities within voter rich Eagle Rock in comparison to the El Sereno Community, (** maybe this past poll is the reason?). Thus, reinforcing the perception, that his allocation of resources is not based upon apolitical need ........, but benefit to the self-noting Princeton Graduate's Political Standing---Scott Johnson.
2010-2011 Fiscal Year General Council Purposes Fund Allocations:
Eagle Rock:
Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful ($3,500)
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock ($4,999)
Dahlia Heights PTA ($5,000)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($4,999)
Eagle Rock Cultural Association ($10,000)
Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society ($500)
Total: $29,998
El Sereno:
Barrio Action ($5,000)
** Barrio Action ($30,000) ** Parade Funding?
Bicentennial Committee ($3,000)
El Sereno Stallions & Cheer ($1,000)
Wilson High School ($1,500)
2011-2012 FY GCP Fund Allocations:
Eagle Rock:
The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) ($4,900)
Eagle Rock Cultural Association ($7,500)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($4,999)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($4,999)
Total: $22,398
El Sereno:
Barrio Action Youth and Family Center ($5,000)
Total: $5,000
2012-2013 FY GCP Fund Allocations:
Eagle Rock:
Dahlia Heights PTA ($1,000)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($4,999)
Eagle Rock Cultural Center ($20,000)
The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) ($4,999)
Total: $30,998
El Sereno:
** Barrio Action Youth and Family Center ($32,000) ** Parade Funding?
El Sereno Stallion and Cheer ($4,999)
Total: $36,999
2013-2014 FY GCP Fund Allocations:
Eagle Rock:
Delevan Elementary School PTA ($2,000)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($12,000)
Eagle Rock Cultural Association ($25,000)
Eagle Rock Elementary School PTA ($2,000)
Eagle Rock Elementary School Education Foundation ($2,000)
Eagle Rock High School Football Team ($2,000)
Rockdale Elementary PTA ($2,000)
The Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock ($10,000)
Total: $57,000
El Sereno:
** El Sereno Bicentennial Committee ($20,000) ** Parade Funding?
Barrio Action Youth and Family Center ($1,000)
El Sereno Stallions & Cheer ($2,500)
El Sereno Stallions & Cheer ($5,000)
El Sereno Stallions & Cheer ($3,500)
Wilson High School ($1,000)
Wilson High School ($1,000)
Total: $34,000
2015 FY GCP Fund Allocations:
Eagle Rock:
Dahlia Heights PTA ($4,999)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($5,000)
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce ($5,000)
The Eagle Rock Association ($5,620)
Total: $20,619
El Sereno:
Academia Semillas del Pueblo ($1,500
Barrio Action Youth and Family Center ($4,999)
Barrio Action Youth and Family Center ($5,000)
El Sereno Chamber of Commerce ($5,000)
El Sereno Stallion & Cheer ($20,000)
El Sereno Seniors ($4,999)
Huntington Drive Elementary ($5,000)
Total: $46,498
Your thoughts ..............
Scott Johnson in CD 14
Your thoughts ..............
Scott Johnson in CD 14
Thank you Mr. Johnson for your in depth reporting. It is always refreshing to read a piece where investigation is the main focus of the piece. Although your bias is evident, the facts presented cannot be ignored.
ReplyDeleteAs a Huizar supporter, I have very little free time and do not possess the skills you have to investigate other candidates in the running. As an avid reader of your blog, I would greatly appreciate it if you could dedicate at least one piece to the other candidates' shortcomings. I ask not because I want to read "dirt", but to genuinely see the negatives or potential negatives that these candidates may bring to the table as the next CD14 representative. I love my community as much as you, and would love to see an "honest", at least the most "honest", representative at city hall possible. Your service to the community is duly noted. I have many friends that read your blog and we use the information as material for our discussions. Although we do not have tons of cash, we are leaders in our community and have some influence with voters who actually vote. Once again, any piece you put out in the future with regards to other candidates would be greatly appreciated. I can assure you that you are the only "media source" that covers CD14 and the its issues. I hope you agree with me that in a true democracy all sides' good and bad should be aired as to give its citizenry the information needed to make the best decisions possible. I hope you have a great day.
Was Huevon to lazy or cheep to get the plaque of every branch of service for the veterans memorial And put them on the backside of wall.
ReplyDeleteI bet he ordered the plaque with his name on it.
He knows that you can't put campaign on public property,so why do they have yard sigh all over the median and the old flag pole Huntington Drive @Eastern Ave.