Comments from the President

President's Message

by Alan Dymond

Presidents Report

The News Letter will continue to be issued in print form. After mailing directly to our members the Newsletter will be posted electronically on the SCRA website.

The SCRA has an e mail list which is jealously guarded: it used solely for alerts etc, to those members who have signed up for it. (News and Notes)

An important event on the horizon is a proposed parcel tax for Los Angeles County that will be used to clean the water that flows into the Los Angeles River from the water sheds of Los Angeles County. Public hearings will be held (see recent News and Notes) and thereafter the County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to place the parcel tax on the ballot.

The question right now working its way through the process on the Universal Development is why there isn’t a tunnel under Lankershim from the Redline station and why there wasn’t input on the bridge design from the locals as was promised. (Other issues and concerns presented by this development still remain that many other organizations are working on).

The races for office: Mayor, City Attorney and Controller etc will be here soon with probable run-offs. Just a reminder that SCRA officers and Board members may not use their official position to support any candidate for public office. They may speak for themselves as they have every right to do so but when you read “John Doe, Board member of etc. etc. for “identification purposes only” in support of a candidate this “identification” tag line should not be taken as a hint that the SCRA is in support of the candidate. SCRA does not endorse by any means any candidate for office.

Here is the contact information for local council members.

Council member Paul Koretz - 818 971 3088 - E mail: paul.koretz@lacity.org  

Council member Paul Krekorian - 818 755 7676 - E mail: councilmember.Krekorian@lacity.org

Council member Tom La Bonge - 818 755 7630 - E mail: councilmember.Labonge@lacity.org