Los Angeles City Council District 10

I'm very excited for the first-ever forum of candidates for Los Angeles City Council District 10's election. The candidates are running to replace incumbent Councilmember Herb Wesson.

What changes do they plan for our neck of the woods and how do they plan to win your vote? Come out on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2-5pm to find out.

VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD SPORTS BAR AND GRILL. 4000 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. just east of Crenshaw on the corner of the Washington Square mall. 


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Enterprise Zones

Enterprise Zones are economically depressed regions in California that receive special tax credits from the state.

Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal includes the elimination of any of these tax benefits.

The business community is ANgry because they say this is one of the very few incentives available for the courageous businesses willing to stay and expand in California. Brown and other opponents say these benefits do not reach the disadvantaged job seekers and small businesses that they are intended to reach.

Tax consultants say this is probably Brown's tough guy proposal that he'll probably loosen upon negotiations. But the oldest governor in CA history is standing his ground so far.

I'll post my story in my "Work Samples" page.

Alhambra Adventure

Hook me up with some of the San Gabriel Valley's finest!

My favorite Chino panda bear let me tag along on an explosive taste bud excursion tonight in honor of our Russian bear guest.

Here's the lineup:

• Fight for parking before slurping a big bowl of comfort pho at Golden Deli Vietnamese Restaurant
• Walk across the street and pick up a nice dessert assortment from Phoenix (Phoenix Food Boutique)
• Drive about a mile west to complement your desserts with dainty Hot Rose Milk Tea at Tea Station

DUI Checkpoints, Racist?

Photo:
USimmigrationsupport.org

Olympic Park Neighborhood Council's first meeting of the year tonight became heavily charged with emotional and politically driven comments when the South Central Neighborhood Council requested support for its sobriety checkpoint resolution, which would put an end to car confiscations at sobriety checkpoints.

OPNC rejected the resolution based on its disagreement with the phrasing and structure of the initiative.

SCNC's resolution - which is seeking support from 3 neighborhood councils for introduction to the City Council - is intended to end the seizure of vehicles from unlicensed drivers at sobriety checkpoints.

The initiative targets city laws that require law enforcement officers to impound cars from low-income, undocumented individuals who need the vehicle for work. These people pay fees for the minimum period of 30 days that the car is in the impound lot, an action supporters called legal theft and a revenue-generating ploy, rather than a safety measure.

Checkpoints are set up in low-income neighborhoods at odd times and hours when sobriety is not typically a problem, the group said.

OPNC members argued they are in support of the cause but not of the resolution's wording. The group was particularly concerned with a section that reads: "In addition, the South Central Neighborhood Council also opposes the confiscation of cars of unlicensed drivers at traffic stops." This statement bleeds into other areas of state and federal laws that the group believed should be tackled separately, if at all.

The final 7-3 (awaiting verification) vote against support of the measure left no room for amendment of the proposal's wording. President Peter Schulberg, however, assured the group they are welcome to reintroduce it to the board at a later meeting.

Read the resolution at:
http://www.immigrationcoalition.org/component/content/article/167-south-central-neighborhood-council-resolution.html