Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit" and the "Pimping" of Public Facilities, Part 5

"Community Service Credit for Attending Legacy LA Meeting ??"

One of the hallmarks of the "Villar Administration" are staged community presentations which are choreograph to achieve an pre-determine outcome.

It always help to have logistics in place to present the topic matter in the best possible light to local media.

Whether it was ACORN members being paid to fill public meetings locations during the AB 1381 battles, the coming out party for the Southwest Society with gated security, Latham and Watkins busing, feeding and giving t-shirts to chair sitters during the "No Home Depot" saga in Sunland-Tujunga and Community Service Credits for Ramona Gardens Residents who attended the Legacy LA Community Meeting ??

According to community sources who provided this flyer, the hand-written words "HACLA Hours Credit" was added to the Legacy LA flyer in an attempt to increase the audience numbers for Legacy LA Community Meeting.

This would have required the support of someone within HACLA management in the Ramona Gardens Projects Office.

Residents of Ramona Gardens are require to give a certain amount of hours of "Community Service Time" as part of their lease agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.

Most would not argue if community service time was given for painting over graffiti, mentoring youth, cleaning the neighborhood. But to sit in on a meeting with an outside agency with ties to the Mayor and the local Councilman, might be pushing the boundaries on the meaning of "community service", and could cause problems for tenants if this was done in an fraudulent matter. **Someone told us that when community members signed in for the meeting, they also were putting their "John Hancocks" on a "petition of support", this gets more interesting.

Then there was the issue of timing and location of this meeting.

First this meeting was held just before the Recreation and Parks Commission Meeting where the vote would be taken to approve the "Partnership between Legacy LA and Recreation and Parks.

Second, why was this meeting held at the Ramona Gardens Recreation Center and not at Hazard Park ??

Maybe with Community Service Credit and an pre-determine script, the outcome was assured ??

Your thoughts.....

Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit", Part 1

Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit", Part 2

Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit", Part 3

Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit", Part 4

Next in Creation of a "Connected Non-Profit", Part 6 "Contracts".

****This was posted yesterday on the Eastern Group Publications Website.

Sandra Torres on June 3rd, 2009 9:01 am

I’m a 39 year old mother of two, who grew up in the Ramona Gardens Housing Projects. Lou Calanche NEVER lived in the projects and needs to stop claiming that she lived & gre up there! It’s really upsetting that she continues to say this in order to get ahead. Pathetic! She & he family lived on Murchison which is several blocks away from the Ramona Gardens Housing Projects.