Saturday, April 28, 2012
What would you like Patch to ask the candidates running for the 33rd Congressional District seat, which includes Santa Monica, Venice, the Beach Cities, Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, Brentwood, Westwood and the Pacific Palisades.
Patch will be querying the candidates vying for the 33rd Congressional District as the June 5 primary election campaigns shift into high gear. Rep. Henry Waxman, a staunchly Democratic candidate who has served in Congress since 1975, is the front-runner and earlier this month reported having more than six times as much cash to spend then his next opponent ahead of the primary. We'll be gathering biographical information and presenting the candidates with a questionnaire to help voters understand where they stand on the issues. The 33rd Congressional District was redrawn to reflect population changes reported in the 2010 U.S. Census and now includes Beverly Hills, cuts east to Malibu and then stretches south down the coast and includes …
Monday, April 16, 2012
Rep. Henry Waxman reported having more than six times as much cash on hand as his next opponent in the election for the 33rd Congressional District.
Rep. Henry Waxman, a staunchly Democratic candidate who has served in Congress since 1975, has more than six times as much cash to spend then his next opponent ahead of the June 5 primary election for the 33rd Congressional District, according to figures released Monday by the Federal Election Commission. Waxman reported having $985,577 cash on hand at the end of the April 15 quarterly filing period, which dwarfed that of the second-leading fundraiser Steve Collett, a Libertarian, who reported cash on hand of $147,229. The reporting period covered contributions made from Jan. 1 through March 31. A total of eight candidates were certified to compete in the June primary election, but only four candidates filed their April quarterly report. …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The eight candidates include veteran congressman Henry Waxman, attorneys and businessmen. The top two vote-getters in the June primary will advance to the general election in November.
Henry Waxman, a long-serving Democratic representative, will go up against seven other candidates in the race to represent much of the Westside, South Bay and Malibu area in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013. The California Secretary of State released the certified candidates list for the June 5 primary Thursday evening. The field includes candidates from across the newly carved out 33rd district for the U.S. House, the boundaries for which changed dramatically this summer based on 2010 Census data. Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes and the northern part of the district that included slivers of Marina del Rey and Venice has been drawn into a largely coastal district that will now also include Calabasas, …
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Republican challenger seeks to bring jobs to the region and improve public safety.
California Senator Fran Pavley has picked up competition for the California 27th District seat. Deputy District Attorney Todd Zink, a former marine, has announced his candidacy. He's running on a platform of bringing jobs to the region and improving public safety. Pavley is a Democrat, Zink a Republican. Democrats have a 5.8 percent registration advantage in the district. “Because of the State’s fiscal mismanagement, thousands of felons some of whom have committed serious crimes including illegal possession of assault weapons, illicit drugs, and not to mention unconscionable identity theft will be released back into our communities before they complete their sentences,” Zink said in a news release. “This puts our families at more risk of …
Friday, February 24, 2012
State Sen. Fran Pavley discusses her bid for re-election and more with the 'Topanga Messanger.'
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Friday, February 24
California State Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), who's running for her second and final term in November in the reconfigured 27th State Senate district, recently discussed future plans with the Topanga Messenger prior to a fundraiser being held in Topanga on Sunday. According to the report, Pavley feels that "this will probably be the most competitive senate race in 2012" because of the newly revised district. "When redistricting maps were created, this was a toss-up district, only a six percent registration district. It will be between myself against a yet-to-be named Republican opponent in the June open primary. You have to win in the top two spots irrespective of the party and the top two go on to November and it doesn’t matter which…
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The council will select an appointee from a pool of applicants at a Jan. 18 meeting.
The Calabasas City Council decided Wednesday to use an application process instead of holding a special election to find an appointee to replace outgoing Councilman Jonathan Wolfson. Wolfson is expected to resign Thursday because he is moving to Bell Canyon -- making him ineligble to continue holding office -- and his term expires in March 2013. His replacement would have the option of running for re-election at the end of the term. City Clerk Gwen Peirce said an application to be selected to the council would be available by the end of the week and must be filled and submitted to her office by no later than 5 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2012. The council will select a replacement during a Jan. 18 public meeting, when they are scheduled to interview …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Measure K, the proposed $95-a-year parcel tax to benefit local schools, can't muster the two-thirds majority vote needed to pass.
Measure K, the proposed $95-a-year parcel tax on homeowners within the Las Virgenes Unified School District aimed at raising revenue for the schools, fell short of winning a required two-thirds majority vote for approval in Tuesday's election. The ballot measure earned 3,747 votes in its favor, or 56.27 percent, but needed more than 67 percent to pass, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar. Just under 3,000 people voted in opposition, according to the registrar. If it had been approved, the parcel tax would have generated $2.2 million annually for eight years for the school district, which has seen its budget cut by $10 million in the past four years, said Chief Business Official Karen Kimmel. Measure K supporters said funds …
Friday, October 28, 2011
A local resident tells how a parcel tax could curb future budget cuts to the Las Virgenes Unified School District.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
After reading the Acorn letters to the editor on Measure K and having the opportunity to speak with the community during the phone banks I feel it’s time to clarify some of the misinformation. First, bond money from Measure G cannot be used for anything other than construction and acquisition of capital equipment. Use of bond funds for operating expenses or payment of ongoing salaries of teachers would be a violation of the law. I have also compared actual numbers from the 2006/07 school budget to the 2011/12 school budget: As noted, LVUSD is down over $10 million in state revenues from the 2006/07 school year and yes a portion is due to declining enrollment. But $8 million dollars ($709 per student) is due to state budget cuts. In an …
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Measure K proposes an annual $95-a-year tax on local homeowners to support Las Virgenes Unified schools.
Phone banking recently began for Measure K, a proposed $95-a-year parcel tax that would generate more than $17 million over eight years for Las Virgenes Unified schools. The ballot measure is going before voters in the Nov. 8 general election and requires a two-thirds majority to pass. If approved, the new tax would generate about $2.2 million a year for the school district, beginning in 2012, said Chief Business Official Karen Kimmel. So far, a majority of voters who are Las Virgenes Unified parents and nonparents contacted by phone say they are in favor of the new parcel tax, according to Pat Schulz, head of the Citizens for Excellent Las Virgenes Schools, Yes on Measure K committee. "We're getting great support," said Schulz, a former …
Friday, September 16, 2011
She will seek a seat as representative of the newly formed 27th Senate District.
Agoura Hills' representative in the state Senate, Fran Pavley, will seek a second term in 2012. Her campaign issued a statement Thursday morning about Pavley's intention to run as a candidate for the newly formed 27th District. "I would be honored to represent the people of the newly drawn Senate District 27," Pavley said in the announcement. "I have life-long ties to this district. I was raised in the San Fernando Valley and spent nearly 25 years as a middle school teacher in Moorpark. My husband and I raised our two children in Agoura Hills and I was the first mayor of the city." The new district also includes Malibu, Calabasas, Westlake Village and Hidden Hills. "I'm confident that the issues I am focusing on in the Legislature will …
Jed Pauker
5:43 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012
On a local note: Do you agree with Henry Waxman that "some post offices must be closed," or do you believe, as our country's Founders did, that equal information access should be guaranteed for all Americans in order for our democratic experiment to succeed? Do you believe that historic post offices - designed by American architects and adorned by American artists to serve democracy, and built by… more ›