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ValleyVote Board Agendas and Minutes

5-17-99 Agenda
4-19-99 Minutes
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ValleyVote Press Releases

11-9-01 Valley VOTE calls on City to Negotiate in good faith. 

8-8-01 Simultaneous elections for a New City and is Councilpersons.
8-3-01 Response to personal attack on Jeff Brain by the LA Times
5-22-01 Valley Vote To Address Cardinal Mahoney Group On Morality Of Secession
1-25-01 Vote On Cityhood Question Set For 2002 Election

8-21-00 News from ValleyVote's Board meeting ValleyVote has formed a committee to investigate to proposed $532,648,000 LA bond issue on the November Ballot. Contrary to what the media has reported ValleyVote has taken no position on the bonds. Many individuals including people who support ValleyVote have taken positions concerning the bond. This is their right under the first amendment to the constitution.
The report will be heard on the effects of the bond at the next ValleyVote board meeting and then ValleyVote will either take a position or decide to take no position.

7-17-00 ValleyVote has decided not take a position on recycled water. The issue requires more input from the residents before a position can be taken on the water reuse issue. A research paper showing the pros and cons of the program will be posted on this site in the next few days.

6-19-00 ValleyVote voted at is public meeting to opposes the creation of the CRA in the Northeast Valley specifically and any new CRAs until the LAFCO study is complete and the vote on creating a new Valley city held. The board also opposed issuance of any CRA bonds without voter approval.

12-9-99 Valley VOTE comments on Sunshine Canyon Vote

7-15-99 ValleyVote's response to the written request by the LA Times for us to answer their questions on how Cityhood would affect public safety of Los Angeles. This is to be their first in a series of such articles with the first article on public safety will be published on Sunday 7-18-99

6-30-99 State Funds Secession Study
12-4-98 Valley VOTE Announces signature Count – 205,000 signatures
7-25-98 on the ban on petition circulation at the Van Nuys Airshow.
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State Documents

9-24-00 California Bills concerning the creation of a separate valley city

AB 185 signed by the governor. It provides for at least 12 city council members elected by district and an elected mayor for the San Fernando Valley if the region breaks away from Los Angeles to become a city of its own.

SIGNED 9-23-00SB 1375 was signed by the governor This new law allows a new city keep control of any CRAs within its borders.

The Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century report on FINANCING THE FISCAL STUDY FOR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SECESSION

AB 62 (10-12-97) that removed the LA City council veto over the voters and establishes the procedure to create new independent cities from Los Angeles by voter approval.

1998 Van Nuys Airshow incident

8-17-99 The ACLU suit against LA City for Violating the civil rights of the petitioners.
On August 26, 1998 Governor Wilson signed the bill granting Valley VOTE three extra months to petition for a study on splitting the Valley from Los Angeles.
7-25-98 Press release calling for independent investigation violation of constitutional rights for the ban on petition circulation at the Van Nuys Airshow by the Airport Police and others.
7-25-98 Complaint to District Attorney.
7-25-98 Complaint to US Attorney.
7-23-98 Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon's letter
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9-22-00 Here is a draft of the DOJ-LAPD consent decree. (In HTML)

4- 5-99 A Commentary published in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal by Richard Close.
ValleyVote's "State of the Valley" Report
Petition Signature breakdown by community
3-8-99 Comments by ValleyVote made to he California Commission on Local governance
A partial list of groups supporting ValleyVote quest for the study of a Valley city
12-5-98 Letter to Xavier Flores at Pueblo Y Salud, Inc. from Jeff Brain
7-12-98 More Reasons why San Fernando Valley Residents want to explore City hood.
7-5-98 Do you want to help?
4-98 Are Residents Well-Served by Large City Governments?
Bert Boeckman & David Fleming urge Valley residents and business leaders to support the petition drive.
3-26-98: The Valley VOTE FAQ, questions & Answers Concerning Valley City hood.
The Harvard Kennedy School of Government report on the preferable size of cities. Conclusion: "smaller, not bigger, is better."
Map of the proposed city detailed 96K map of the proposed city
How Big is LA compared to other cities?
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Los Angeles is so large that you can fit St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Boston, Pittsburgh and Manhattan all within its city boundaries.

These places covering the same geographic area are represented by a combined total of 123 council members compared to Los Angeles where the people are represented by only 15 council members.

Los Angeles with 3.6 million residents has three times the population of the second largest city in California (San Diego with only 1.1 million residents). And the third largest city, San Jose, has only 820,000 residents.

Los Angeles as a state would rank 25th in population.