A special meeting of the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Board of Directors will be held on Monday, July 19, 2010 – 7:00 PM at The Eco-LogicalART Gallery, 4829 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019 (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE). Click on the Agenda to the left to view or download here: July 19 Agenda
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A meeting of the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Board of Directors will be held on Monday, July 12, 2010 – 7:00 PM at The Eco-LogicalART Gallery, 4829 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019 (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE). Click on the Agenda to the left to view or download here: July12 Agenda
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A meeting of the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Budget Funding & Finance Committee (BFFC) will be held on Friday, July 2, 2010 – 7:00 PM at The Eco-LogicalART Gallery, 4829 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or download here: BFFC Agenda-dnlQuestions? Send us an email.
A Special meeting of the Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors will be held on Monday, June 14, 2010 – 7:00 PM at The Eco-LogicalART Gallery, 4829 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Committee appointments and upcoming Queen Anne Rec Center outreach event will be discussed. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or download here: OPNC 061410
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To provide greater transparency and openness in its budget review, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will hold workshops for customers to review the proposed fiscal year 2010-11 budget, ask questions and provide comments on Tuesday, June 8, in the San Fernando Valley and Saturday, June 12, in Downtown Los Angeles. The workshops will provide opportunities for the public to learn about LADWP’s strategic priorities and proposed spending plan for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Customers can also view a summary of the budget and submit questions and comments online.
WHEN & WHERE
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The proposed fiscal year 2010-11 budget focuses on LADWP’s core business of providing reliable, safe water and power to the City’s 4 million-plus population, ensuring regulatory compliance, improved customer service and reduced spending in non-critical areas. It includes $263 million in cost reductions and deferrals. A simple, easy to understand presentation of the proposed budget is viewable by visiting the LADWP’s online newsroom at ladwpnews.com and looking under the “Hot Topics” section. Comments and questions can be submitted from the online newsroom by choosing “Submit Inquiry” under the “Contact Us” tab.
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or visit the LADWP Home Page
The monthly Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, June 7, 2010 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90019. The newly elected board will be sworn in by Councilman Herb Wesson Jr. and the board will elect new officers. Click on the Agenda (updated to include item on approval of minutes) to the left to view or download here: AGENDA060710
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Los Angeles: Detective Support and Vice Division (DSVD), Operation ABC, with the assistance of Area Vice Unit personnel will initiate the 12th annual Safe & Sober Graduation Operation during the month of June 2010. This project is designed to curtail the accessibility of alcoholic beverages and promote “safe and sober” graduations throughout the 89 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) high schools.
Between June 16 and July 1, 2010, an estimated 28,000 students will graduate from LAUSD high schools. Based on past events, it is anticipated that many of these students will be celebrating this significant event in their young lives. However, a number of them will be attempting to use alcoholic beverages as a means of enhancing their celebrations. In an attempt to reduce the availability of alcoholic beverages to underage individuals and thereby save lives, vice units will be conducting a series of minor decoy and decoy shoulder tap operations coinciding with high school graduations in their respective areas.
Beginning June 1, 2010, Area Vice Units will conduct minor decoy and decoy shoulder tap operations at licensed Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) locations in the proximity of LAUSD high schools.
On the weekend of June 19-20, 2010, Area Vice Units will be on maximum deployment and focus specifically on alcohol-related crime issues involving underage minors attempting to purchase alcoholic beverages via the minor decoy and decoy shoulder tap operations. These operations are designed to inhibit the flow of alcoholic beverages at the two primary sources: licensed locations and the parking lots of these locations. Surveys conducted by major universities indicate that approximately 75 percent of high school seniors have consumed an alcoholic beverage in the past six months. Studies also indicate that 46 percent of these students will obtain the alcoholic beverage by soliciting adults outside of markets and liquor stores.
Shoulder tap operations are specifically designed to curtail this type of activity.
Operation ABC personnel are releasing this media advisory to alert those individuals likely to furnish alcoholic beverages to under-aged individuals, that the LAPD will be conducting undercover operations and will aggressively prosecute those individuals who knowingly put alcohol in the hands of a minor.
Shoulder tap operations, similar to minor decoy operations, involve the soliciting of individuals outside of licensed ABC retail establishments to purchase an alcoholic beverage for a minor. Last year’s 2009 Safe & Sober Graduation Operation resulted in the solicitation of 737 adults, with 76 violations. Statistically, 90 percent of all adults approached refused the minor decoys’ request for alcohol. Additionally, 441 licensed ABC locations within close proximity of and colleges were inspected via the minor decoy program, which resulted in 82 clerks being cited for selling alcoholic beverages to underage individuals (representing an 81 percent compliance rate).
Individuals convicted of furnishing a minor with an alcoholic beverage face a mandatory $1000 fine and 24 hours of community service.
Subsequent Decoy Shoulder Tap Operations will be scheduled throughout the summer on a Citywide basis in order to curtail the accessibility of alcoholic beverages to minors and reduce alcohol-related crimes.
For additional information please contact Sergeants Lifernando Garcia or Steve Moore, Operation ABC, DSVD, at (213) 486-0910.
For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/2368811/.
The Following is a press release issued by the Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation:
Hundreds of people from the business, residential and non-profit communities of Los Angeles will gather at the LAPD Olympic Station to conduct a Peaceful March Against Crime and Drugs. The march will leave the Olympic Station (1130 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90006) at 10:00 AM led by City and State politicians and community leaders. The march will head northbound on Vermont Ave. to Olympic Blvd., then westbound on Olympic Blvd to Normandie Ave., then
northbound on Normandie Ave. to northbound on Irolo St., until hitting San
Marino St. at which time the march will proceed westbound until coming to a
stop at the Seoul International Park auditorium (3250 San Marino St., Los
Angeles, CA 90006).
This event is being organized by the Unification of Disabled Latin Americans (UDLA), the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) and the Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation (WCBIC). The purpose of this march is to bring together all ethnic groups of Los Angeles to unite in one force in the fight against crime, drugs, gangs, and graffiti. Assisted by the LAPD, participants will carry signs, flags, banners and chant out against crime and criminal activity in English, Spanish, Korean and Bengali. This march will bring out the best in Angelinos and represent what happens when people unite for a cause for the common good.
Once participants arrive at Seoul International Park there will be sense of fun and camaraderie as everyone will mix and mingle in the auditorium while they enjoy listing to a few words from our elected officials, community leaders and police officers. Refreshments will be served and everyone who participates will receive a goodie bag. Participants will then have the option of boarding a shuttle van to return to their car or walking back. Parking at the Olympic Station will be limited to street parking so participants are encouraged to carpool to event starting point.
Print out/view flyer: March Against Crime Flyer
Click to view a full map of the march route.
If you have any questions or would like more information regarding this
activity, please feel free to contact UDLA (213) 388-8352, CRA/LA (213)
977-1877 or WCBIC (213) 487-7003.
OPNC will attempt to post community news of interest using the NIXLE.COM notification system. The following is a MISSING CHILD ALERT.
Missing Child: **(Ashley, Abigial Hannah, 17, female, black, 5′10″, 145lbs)**. Last seen: **(Residence, 2230, 5/19)*
**(Wilshire Detectives)** seeks your help in locating a missing child:
**(Ashley, Abigial Hannah: 17yrs, F/B, Bro/Bro, 5′10″, 145lbs, NFD)**
Last seen: **(at residence, 2230hrs 5/19/10)**
**(Missing juvenile ran away from home after having a verbal dispute with parent (mother))**
If you have information that can assist in helping safely locate **(Ashley, Abigial Hannah)**, please call 911 or contact Wilshire Detectives at 213)922-8205. After hours contact the Watch Commander at 213)473-0476.
LAPD - Wilshire
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 213-473-0200
Election Date: May 13, 2010 CANDIDATE VOTES CAST
SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL RESULTS
Ninety stakeholders came out to vote in the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council elections. Below are the OFFICIAL RESULTS of the election. Sixty days after the election date, open board seats may be filled by application to the President and Secretary of the new board. Contact OPNC for more information.
West Area Representatives (Vote For 6)
JOHN JAKE - 24
LAURA RUDISON - 34
JULI VIZZA - 15
(3 OPEN SEATS)
East Area Representatives (Vote For 6)
SHERRI L. WOODS - 42
RODOLFO A. RIVERA - 50
ISAURA RIVERA-ANAGNOS - 58
PETER SCHULBERG - 39
AMADO PERAZA - 54
E NERO SMERALDO - 21
Youth Representative (Vote For 1)
(OPEN SEAT)
Senior Citizen (Vote For 1)
PAMELA WHITTENBURY - 42
Community-Based Organization Representatives (Vote For 2)
JOSEPH F. HANCOCK - 57
KELLY U. MCCONNELL - 55
At-Large Representative (Vote For 1)
HELENE MAIDAN - 52
School Community Representatives (Vote For 2)
(2 OPEN SEATS)
clipped from www.dailynews.com
From the Daily News: Los Angeles Unified officials released a list Monday of 17 new and chronically underperforming campuses that will be up for grabs under a district reform plan that allows teachers, charter operators and nonprofits to apply to operate campuses.
Eight chronically underperforming schools were selected: Woodcrest Elementary; Audubon, Henry Clay, Bret Harte, Horace Mann, and John Muir Middle schools; and Los Angeles and Huntington Park High schools.
“We are working to create the conditions for success for all of our schools,” said LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines, in a written statement.
LAUSD’s “School Choice” process opens all new and select low-performing public schools up to a competitive process.
Applications are then reviewed by district officials and voted on by parents, educators and community members. Cortines then makes a recommendation to the school board, which makes the final decision.
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A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors will be held on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 7:00 PM at the QUEEN ANNE RECREATION CENTER Community Room – 1240 WEST BOULEVARD, Los Angeles CA 90019. OUTREACH EXPENDITURES AND A NEW LOGO FOR THE NC WILL BE THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION ACTION.
Click on the Agenda to the left to view or download here: OPNC AGENDA 052410dnl
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A friendly reminder that today, May 13, 2010 is Election Day for Olympic Park Neighborhood Council. Please come out and vote!2pm - 8pmQueen Anne Recreation Center1240 West Blvd.In the Community Room
The OPNC Outreach Committee will meet this Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 6pm at Starbucks, 4700 W Pico Boulevard, LA CA 90019. Contact outreach@theopnc.org for more info. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC OUTREACH AGENDA0512