SEPTEMBER ARCHIVES

SEPTEMBER ARCHIVES
1998

New Location for Van Nuys District Office, Grand Opening of San Fernando Valley
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s District Office

Supervisor Yaroslavsky has moved his Van Nuys District Office into new and expanded quarters, which will also house a new San Fernando Valley District Office for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The new site is located at 14340 Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, near the intersection of Victory and Van Nuys Boulevards. Yaroslavsky noted that this will be the first time that birth certificates, marriage licenses and other Registrar-Recorder counter services will be located close to the San Fernando Valley since 1991, when budget cuts forced the department to consolidate its operations in Norwalk, a 70-mile round trip away. Click here for full details about Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk operations.

Yaroslavsky Mourns Former Mayor Tom Bradley as a "Towering Figure" in the History of Los Angeles - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky joined Angelenos in mourning former Mayor Tom Bradley, who succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 80, as "a towering figure in the history of Los Angeles." Yaroslavsky served on the City Council during 18 years of Bradley’s two-decade, five-term tenure as the City’s Chief Executive. Yaroslavsky praised Bradley warmly as "Often my ally, sometimes my adversary, always my friend." Click here for the complete text of Yaroslavsky’s statement of tribute.

Yaroslavsky Hails Ford Motor Company Donation of 10 Natural Gas Powered Ford Expedition Vehicles to Beaches and Harbors, Fire Departments - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, joined by Supervisor Don Knabe and County beaches and fire department officials, hailed the donation of 10 natural gas powered Ford Expedition vehicles to Los Angeles County as part of a three-year pilot program to assess the alternative-fuel trucks’ performance in the rugged salt air environment. Five vans will be assigned to the Department of Beaches and Harbors for maintenance use, and five will be assigned to the Fire Department’s Ocean Lifeguard Division, patrolling beaches from Will Rogers south to Torrance. Click on release for further details.

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky (center) is joined by Supervisor Don Knabe (second from right) and other County officials to acknowledge a donation of 10 natural-gas powered trucks by the Ford Motor Company to Los Angeles County for use by lifeguards and beach maintenance personnel. The donation is part of a three-year pilot project to test the trucks’ performance in the challenging salt-air coastal environment, and promote the use of clean-burning alternative fuels. Joining Yaroslavsky and Knabe, from the left, are Randy Degregori, Chief Lifeguard; Jay Corbett, Deputy Fire Chief; and on the right, Stan Wisniewski, Director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors. (9/19/98)

Board Adopts Yaroslavsky Proposal to Ease Child-Care Woes for Participants in County’s Welfare-to-Work Program - On September 15, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Yaroslavsky’s motion to establish a child-care hotline in the Department of Public Social Services to assist participants in the CALWORKS welfare-to-work program in finding child-care referrals and resources. Yaroslavsky’s motion addressed growing concerns that welfare recipients with children, eligible for government child-care subsidies and eager for training and job opportunities, have been unable to obtain adequate child care to permit their full participation in the job-training program.

Yaroslavsky Announces Community Delinquency Prevention Grants for Northeast Valley, Westside - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced that a package of Community Delinquency Prevention Grants was recently awarded to various nonprofit agencies serving youth and families in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, Hollywood, and the Westside. Under the terms of the grants, the new funding is intended for youth not served under existing programs, and must be used to augment, not supplant, current programs serving participants residing in the Third District. Click here for further details.

Yaroslavsky Plan to Boost Road Safety Moves Ahead - Also on September 15, the Board adopted Yaroslavsky’s plan to initiate a Countywide program aimed at reducing the number of incidents of motorists running red lights by improving technology and electronic monitoring of problem intersections. Yaroslavsky’s motion directs County Public Works officials to develop an appropriate bid proposal in which bidders, not taxpayers, would bear the cost for installation and maintenance of a pilot red-light camera surveillance program, in return for a share of the resulting ticket revenues.

Proposition A Santa Monica Bay Grant Applications Window Now Open - The time-window is now open for 1998 Santa Monica Bay Competitive Grant applications under two ballot measures each known as Proposition A, which generated a total of $859 million for park, open-space and recreational improvement projects. Some $8 million was earmarked on a competitive basis to public agencies to restore and improve the Santa Monica Bay, with $2,738,065 remaining to be allocated. The deadline to submit proposals is December 15, 1998 at 5 p.m., with final approval of Selection Committee recommendations by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board anticipated by the end of February, 1999. Grant applications can be any amount, but those larger than $50,000 are strongly encouraged to assure a significant positive impact on Bay clean-up efforts. For further information on the program, contact Tim Piasky in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Environmental Programs Division at (626) 458-5969, or by e-mail to tpiasky@co.la.ca.us.

Yaroslavsky Announces Commission Appointments in September (+ designates reappointment)

09/08/98 James N. Adler, + Commission for Public Social Services

09/08/98 Arnie Berghoff, Private Industry Council

09/08/98 Fred Flores, Veterans Advisory Commission

09/08/98 Helen Levin, Consumer Affairs Advisory Commission

09/08/98 Betty Nordwind, + Family Support Advisory Board

09/15/09 Linda Lucks, + Beach Commission

09/15/09 Elliott Zachary Seff, + Assessment Appeals Board

09/29/98 Teresa A. De Crescenzo, + Los Angeles County Children's Planning Council

09/29/98 John C. Law, + Los Angeles County Capital Asset Leasing Corporation