I’ve written about these 5 before… They are the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and they are solely responsible for supporting (or replacing) current LA County killing dungeon shelter director, Marcia Mayeda.
I write this article because 2012 is an election year, and because 3 of them are currently up for re-election. Unfortunately, 2 of them (Ridley-Thomas, Knabe) are running UNOPPOSED. Michael Antonovich is being challenged by only 1 person, Raj Pal Kahlon of Palmdale. Fact: No sitting LA County Supervisor has been denied re-election since 1980. The election process is nonpartisan but the candidates are required to get a majority (51%) of the vote in order to win outright and avoid a runoff in November. Since the passing in 2002 of “Measure B,” no supervisor can serve more than 3 consecutive 4 year terms. This forces Gloria Molina & Zev Yaroslavsky out in 2014.
If Marcia Mayeda is to ever be replaced, these are the individuals that will need to ultimately do it. If they refuse, which they have up until this point, then they’d need replaced themselves. Get familiar…
This is Gloria Medina. She represents the 1st district, which includes Azusa, Baldwin Park, East Los Angeles, Pomona, West Covina. She has been a member of the Board of Supervisors since 1991 and is now due to be termed out in 2014. You can currently email her at molina@bos.lacounty.gov
This is Mark Ridley-Thomas. He represents the 2nd district, which includes Carson, Compton, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, South Los Angeles. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors since 2008 and is running UNOPPOSED this election year. You can currently email him at markridley-thomas@bos.lacounty.gov
This is Zev Yaroslavsky. He represents the 3rd district, which includes Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, San Fernando, Santa Monica, West Hollywood. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors since 1994 and is now due to be termed out in 2014. You can currently email him at zev@bos.lacounty.gov
This is Don Knabe. He represents the 4th district, which includes Diamond Bar, Downey, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Torrance, Whittier. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors since 1997 and is running UNOPPOSED this election year. You can currently email him at don@bos.lacounty.gov
This is Michael Antonovich. He represents the 5th district, which includes Arcadia, Burbank, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pasadena, Santa Clarita, West Covina. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors since 1980 and is currently running against Palmdale business owner Raj Pal Kahlon. If he is victorious he will be due to be termed out in 2016. You can currently email him at fifthdistrict@lacbos.org
Very nice article! I wish more people would get involved with the politics of Los Angeles. Most people don’t do any research over the people they vote for— if they even vote at all!
@Chem-Dry Carpet Tech That is why i am voting for new challengers like Raj Pal Kahlon because we need some new ideas and a candidate that will not support special interest. .
Jeremy, I totally agree. Its always a good idea to get ambitious people in office that bring a new ideology to what we are currently working with. Change is definitely what we need
of course it is. They have to know though that they are our employees and we are not their. They must respect us more and i do not see that happening now. http://www.articlesbase.com/allergies-articles/achieving-healthy-office-environment-6302660.html
I am writing to you in concern how the animals are being treated in your Downey California Facility (animal shelter) we have pictures floating around now of deceased kittens that were deprived of food and water and cages that are not supplied with food and water……Is this so much of a task to hire someone with compassion to fill there dishes that they are unable to get to these basic things for life? Even though they don’t have a forever home why can’t you make it possible for the employee to make it just a little more simple for them even though its the ignorance of the people from which they are there from not having them spayed and neutered? Please can you have the decency to call the facility ad have this done there are so many puppies and kittens that are dead in the cages because this is not given attention enough to them……Have we become that heartless that we don’t care about anything anymore? Please can you just make it a little easier to them, we all appreciate it more so a were not sticking out for some animal activists to get involved, we just asking for a little change for food and water for the animals there and to be treated more humanely……Thank you for your time. I hope you can make a few of these animals a bit more at ease before they cross the eternal bridge.
Ruthann, the Board of Supervisors will not see your well-worded plea here. You need to copy and paste it and send it to each supervisor here. Their email addresses are included below each name. Thank you.
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