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Domestic Partner Registry Set for May 6 Opening - Los Angeles County’s Domestic Partner Registry, initiated by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, will open for business on May 6. Click here to reach the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder home page, and click on the following for a copy of the motion, the ordinance, and the press release. Yaroslavsky Announces Pilot Project to Improve Santa Monica Bay and Beach Water Quality - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recently announced approval of a new pilot project aimed at upgrading water quality along area beaches and in Santa Monica Bay by diverting untreated storm drain flows into a sewage treatment plant - instead of the current practice of dumping them directly into the ocean. Click here for further details. Yaroslavsky Announces Anti-Gang Injunction Against "Culver City Boys" - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, flanked by law enforcement and other elected officials, announced on April 26 a new crackdown on violent street gangs in the Mar Vista area of West Los Angeles, led by a court injunction to curtail activity by the notorious Culver City Boys. The injunction will establish a "Mar Vista Safety Zone" bordered by Venice Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard on the north and south, and Sepulveda Boulevard and Centinela Avenue on the east and west. It will enjoin 75 named individuals from a range of specified activities associated with potential criminal behavior, including cruising the nearby Oakwood area of Venice to confront other area gangs. Click here for a copy of the release. Yaroslavsky Announces End of Mandatory Flood Insurance in La Cienega Area - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced that properties in the La Cienega area will no longer be required to carry mandatory flood insurance, thanks to the recent completion of the first five units of the Hollyhills Drain Project in Los Angeles and West Hollywood. Yaroslavsky said that elimination of the FEMA requirement would save the affected residents about $1.7 million a year. Click here for the release of the affected area. Yaroslavsky Wins Approval for MTA Repair of Lankershim Boulevard - On April 29, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky won approval from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for his request that the MTA fund the $1.275 million repair and resurfacing of a stretch of Lankershim Boulevard between Bluffside Drive adjacent to Universal City and Chandler Boulevard in North Hollywood, which had been damaged by subway construction. Click here for further background information. Yaroslavsky Announces Project to Resurface Portion of Mulholland Highway - Supervisor Yaroslavsky has announced that a project will soon be underway to resurface Mulholland Highway in the Malibu area, from Pacific Coast Highway to Decker Road. Construction is expected to begin in July and conclude in August. Yaroslavsky Announces Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Roundup - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced an upcoming Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collection by the County’s Hazmobile, a mobile hazardous household waste collection vehicle. It takes place over the weekend of May 22-23 at Venice High School, 13000 Venice Boulevard (at Walgrove Avenue), back parking lot, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Click here for further details. Yaroslavsky Unveils Rapid Busway Plan For Valley, Westside - Addressing a transit summit of San Fernando Valley elected officials, civic leaders and transit advocates, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky unveiled a proposal to establish several dedicated busways in the San Fernando Valley, the Westside and the Eastside to accommodate extra-long express buses that function much like trains. The busways, costing a fraction of underground subway lines, are similar to those Yaroslavsky studied during a fact-finding trip with other officials to Curitiba, Brazil earlier in the year. Enthusiastic proponents tout them as "subways above the ground" because they carry up to 270 passengers each, have limited stops, and collect fares before boarding to speed up rider loading and unloading.
Domestic Partner Registry Wins Final Approval - On April 6, the Board of Supervisors gave final approval to Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s ordinance to create a Domestic Partnership Registry within the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, aimed at easing the administrative burdens associated with establishing employee eligibility for such benefit programs where available. The ordinance takes effect 30 days after the final reading. Click here for a copy of the motion, the ordinance, and the press release. Yaroslavsky Announces Ford Amphitheater Improvements - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced approval of a $1.5 million renovation package to improve the venerable John Anson Ford Amphitheater. The repairs involve stabilizing the hillside slope behind the theater's stage, eroded from rain and inadequate drainage, and include renovations to the main entrance, expanded picnic and intermission areas, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Funding for the project comes from Prop. A, the "Safe Neighborhood Parks Act of 1996," a Countywide measure sponsored by Yaroslavsky for park and open-space acquisition and improvements, as well as Third District capital project allocations. Construction will begin on November 29, following the Ford’s 1999 "Summer Nights" season, and be completed by April 30, 2000 in time for next year’s summer schedule. Yaroslavsky Announces San Fernando Health Center, Library Projects - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced two new civic projects in the City of San Fernando. The San Fernando Health Center, replacing a facility red-tagged and demolished following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, will be rebuilt at a total cost of $4.2 million, to be financed through a combination of Community Development Block Grant and FEMA/OES (Federal Emergency Management Agency and state Office of Emergency Services) funding. It will be located at 1212 Pico St. in the City of San Fernando. The San Fernando Library Plaza Project involves the construction of a 8,500 square foot, free-standing public library building, with adjacent plaza, retail, and parking facilities. The project site is located at 233 North Maclay Avenue in the City of San Fernando. The Community Development Commission will serve as lead agency, utilizing a total of $1.5 million in Countywide Section 108 Loan Guarantee Funds for construction. Click here for further information. Yaroslavsky "Healthy Student Partnership" Advances - On April 1, California Gov. Gray Davis formally transmitted LA County’s application to the federal government to expand its existing Medicaid waiver to include funding for Supervisor Yaroslavsky’s "Healthy Student Partnership" program. If approved, the program could yield nearly $90 million in new federal money to pay for 750,000 additional health-care visits annually for schoolchildren in the Los Angeles Unified School District and other County school districts. Under terms of the waiver, the federal government would match 50% of each local dollar spent on health care for these students. Yaroslavsky Kicks Off Valley-Based Child Health Enrollment Campaign - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recently dropped by Pacoima Elementary School to kick off a new campaign to enroll low-income children in various health-coverage programs. The project, called "We've Got You Covered - San Fernando," is intended to reach 25,000 kids in the San Fernando School cluster and ensure that they have health coverage through Med-Cal, Healthy Families or other low-income health programs. The pilot project is a collaboration between public and private agencies in the San Fernando Valley, which If successful will be implemented in other parts of the county. The San Fernando cluster was chosen because it’s a high-need area, there’s an organized and committed community organization - the LAUSD San Fernando Cluster Resource Coordinating Council - and because the County earlier mounted a successful Medi-Cal outreach program with its Public Social Service and Health Departments and LAUSD. Yaroslavsky Announces Wilshire/San Vicente, Mulholland Highway Resurfacing Projects - Yaroslavsky has announced that two street improvements will soon be underway in the Third District. In Brentwood, San Vicente and Wilshire Boulevards will be resurfaced, along with reconstruction of curbs and sidewalks, tree planting, and other amenities. On San Vicente Boulevard, the work will extend from Bringham Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard; on Wilshire Boulevard, the work will extend from Federal Avenue to Veteran Avenue. In Malibu, Mulholland Highway from Pacific Coast Highway to Decker Road will be resurfaced. To learn more, click on either the Brentwood or Malibu project. Yaroslavsky Hails PCH Safety Grant - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hailed the news that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will receive $58,602, or nearly half, of a $136,333 grant from the State Office of Traffic Safety as part of a combined law enforcement effort to improve traffic safety along the stretch of Pacific Coast Highway between McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica and the Los Angeles/Ventura County line. He said that the project aims to reduce reportable traffic collisions in the corridor by 15% from the 1997 total (from 247 down to 210) by March 31, 2000. The joint effort will involve all four law enforcement agencies - California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles City Police Department, and Santa Monica Police Department - that perform traffic law enforcement along this 28-mile stretch of PCH. Click here for release. Parkway Calabasas Improvements Completed - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recently announced completion of a $3.7 million project to widen the ramps and bridge on the Ventura Freeway at the northbound Parkway Calabasas exit. The improvements were part of a package of seven roadway and bridge improvement projects in the area, funded by the Lost Hills Road-Las Virgenes Road Bridge and Major Thoroughfare Construction Fee District, a local fee on new commercial and residential development. Click here for release.
04/13/99 Nathan L. Chroman, Access Services Incorporated 04/13/99 Michael B. Bennett, + Commission on Obscenity and Pornography 04/13/99 Barbara A. Fine, + Water Appeals Board 04/13/99 Morris Kight, + Commission on Human Relations 04/13/99 Hal Ross, + Beach Commission 04/06/99 William S. Duff, Jr., + Small Harbors Design Control Board 04/06/99 Alma Martinez, Library Commission 04/06/99 Andrew Robert Stern, + Beach Commission 04/01/99 Sheila D. Wright, + Commission on Disabilities. 04/01/99 Helen A. Kleinberg, + Commission for Children and Families.
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