Community Announcements from Angelica Ayala, East Valley Area Director
Posting date: December 10th, 2011
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Below you will find some pertinent updates from the San Fernando Valley office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa. You will find information on the following:
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--- MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LA-BASED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND LEADING CHINESE INVESTMENT GROUP
--- ENVIORNMENTAL AWARENESS FAMILY EVENT
--- LAS POSADAS PAGEANT
--- TRINITY CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
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LA CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Help Shape Your Community On Monday, Dec. 12!
Every 10 years the people of Los Angeles have an opportunity to shape the fifteen L.A. City Council district boundaries.
If you care about public safety, transportation, city services, and parks in your neighborhood, come tell the Commission about where you live, work, and play.
Attend one of the fifteen hearings throughout the City of L.A. starting with the hearing nearest you.
Public Hearing Near You
Council District 2
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: North Valley City Hall
7747 Foothill Blvd. Tujunga, CA 91042
*Light Refreshments will be provided.
Council District 6
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: Van Nuys City Hall
14410 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91401
Council District 7
Date: Saturday, December 10, 2011
Time: 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Location: Alicia Broadous-Duncan Senior Center
11300 Glenoaks Blvd.,
Pacoima, CA 91331
phone: (213) 922-7740
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MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, BUSINESS DELEGATION EMBARK ON ASIAN TRADE MISSION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMY IN LA
DECEMBER 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will lead a delegation of local and national business leaders, along with executives from the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports and LA Inc. on a trade mission to China, Japan, and South Korea. The delegation will travel to LA’s three largest trading partners December 3 through December 14, 2011. Asia is home to eight of LA’s top 10 trade partners accounting for over $250 billion in two-way trade and hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs.
“The future of Los Angeles is tied closely to our neighbors in the Pacific Rim. As we strengthen and rebuild our local economy we must leverage our assets in this global marketplace to create jobs here in Los Angeles,” said Mayor Villaraigosa. “Since our 2006 trade mission, we have worked to develop strong economic ties with Asia. This year we will continue to strengthen important relationships, while working to increase investment, trade and tourism in LA.”
During the 2006 LA trade mission to Asia, the Administration signed $300 million in investment agreements and expanded tourism. Earlier this year, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD opened its North American headquarters in Los Angeles. Based in Shenzhen, China, BYD topped the Businessweek Technology 100 list and was ranked the 8th most innovative company in the world. BYD’s newly renovated facility, located along the Figueroa Corridor in the Downtown Auto District, will bring hundreds of engineering, management and indirect jobs to Los Angeles. BYD’s presence is a significant boost to the Administration’s effort to expand the City’s clean tech sector.
Also earlier this year, one of China’s largest communications companies, China Telecom, opened a second Internet Data Center (IDC) in Los Angeles. This will be only its second center on the West Coast. The IDC will allow businesses in California and China to communicate more efficiently. China Telecom forecasts over $100 million of economic development in the region from the IDC.
This year, the Administration will announce agreements to expand investment and trade with Hyundai, Wet, IKONIC, AECOM and Forever 21. The delegation will promote expanded tourism to Los Angeles at a series of events in all three countries.
Throughout the trip, the delegation will meet with several key government leaders including China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Vice President Xi Jinping, Chongqing Part Secretary Bo Xilai, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama, and Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon.
While in Japan, the delegation will meet with disaster preparedness experts to share best practices with key experts.
ABOUT THE TRIP:
Increasing Investment, Expanding Growth
During this trade mission, the delegation will hold dozens of meetings and events designed to encourage companies to locate in Los Angeles, invest in our local companies, and increase imports and exports of goods and services through the Port of Los Angeles.
For example:
• OnGreen is an LA-based company that helps local CleanTech firms find investors and partners from around the world. OnGreen will showcase 15 to 20 LA CleanTech firms, their products, and services during a series of meetings and events designed to increase Asian investment in LA’s growing CleanTech sector.
• LA-based Forever 21 will re-enter the Chinese market by opening three new Forever 21 retail stores. Forever 21 will be the only North American Company to compete in China in the fast-fashion sector with the likes of H&M & Zara.
• IKONIC Entertainment Group is a new LA-based company formed to provide project turnkey services to the entertainment real estate business in China. IKONIC is expected to create 200 LA jobs while working on the Shiyan city Taichi Lake project—the largest leisure resort project in China.
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd is a leader in information communications technology. The company, which has committed to opening an LA office, has products and services in 130 countries and is used by 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators.
• AECOM is a Fortune 500 company and global provider of professional technical and management support services headquartered out of LA. AECOM is the program manager firm for the $4.1B program underway to renovate LAX international terminal. Villaraigosa will attend the opening of their Shanghai office and celebrate the expansion of this LA company’s global business.
Expanding Trade
Expanding imports and exports strengthens our local economy and creates jobs. In fact, every $1 billion in exports creates 5,500 jobs.
The Port of Los Angeles is the leading destination for imports from Asia, the nation’s number one port center based on trade volume and the number one customs district. During the trade mission, Port executives will showcase LA’s expanded capacity and opportunities for Asian exporters to grow their operations in Los Angeles with manufacturing space and increased movement of goods. For example, a channel deepening project will allow ships to reach a 53-foot depth. The China Shipping terminal is doubling in size to include 142 acres as well as an additional 2,500 feet of wharf space to accommodate a maximum of 1.5 million 20-foot containers.
• Villaraigosa will make an announcement with Hyundai Merchant Marine Company regarding an expansion at the Port of LA during the trip. Hyundai is a Korea-based company specialized in the provision of shipping services. In 2011, Hyundai Merchant Marine’s cargo was 10% of our total trade volume.
President Obama recently signed a long-awaited free trade agreement with South Korea, providing a significant boost to Los Angeles companies, LAX, and the Port of Los Angeles to increase exports to America’s seventh-largest trading partner. The passage of the U.S. - Korea Free Trade Agreement is expected to add $10-$12 billion to annual U.S. Gross Domestic Product and around $10 billion to annual merchandise exports to Korea.
• Villaraigosa will give a keynote speech to the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) about LA-Korea investment opportunities. KITA is Korea’s foremost trade promotion organization. In 2006, Villaraigosa signed an MOU with KITA reflecting Los Angeles’ commitment to enhancing the future growth of trade with Korea. The Port of LA expects to see double digit export growth following the implementation of the Korean Free Trade Agreement.
• Villaraigosa will showcase LA goods and services available for import at various events, including a Fashion Showcase in Shanghai, press events for LA creative firms including AECOM Inc., IKONIC Entertainment Group and Wet Design.
Increasing Tourism
Tourism generates $14.1 billion and supports 437,000 jobs in the Los Angeles area. It is one of our top growth industries and a key contributor for our local economy. As the entertainment capital of the world, LA welcomed 5.2 million international visitors in 2010, contributing to $4.9 billion to our local economy. Last year, 829,000 tourists from China, Korea, and Japan visited LA.
In 2006, Mayor Villaraigosa opened the LA Tourism Office in Beijing to increase air service between LA and China, and to create passenger demand for Los Angeles. From 2006 to 2010, total visitation from China to Los Angeles increased by 150 percent from 110,000 in 2006 to 273,000 in 2010. In 2010, visitors from China contributed $268 million to the Los Angeles area economy just in direct spending.
LAX has expanded service with direct flights to the Pacific Rim. In the past 14 months, these six direct flights were added:
• United Airlines direct Shanghai-LAX
• American Airlines direct Shanghai-LAX service
• Air China added additional direct Beijing-LAX service
• Korean Air added A380 service for Seoul-LAX
• ANA direct Tokyo-LAX
• Delta direct Tokyo-LAX
Villaraigosa and his delegation will use this trade mission to increase Chinese tourism even more to the US. In Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, Villaraigosa will host a customer appreciation reception or luncheon to increase demand for travel to Los Angeles. Attendees will include executives from airlines and tour operators who package travel to the U.S.
At these luncheons, Villaraigosa will describe a city bursting with sights and sounds for visitors. The internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil has created IRIS, a new show just for LA and it’s playing in the heart of Hollywood at the Kodak Theater. The renaissance of Downtown LA is in full swing; its streets are lively thoroughfares with cutting-edge galleries and trend-setting restaurants, cafes and bars. The LA Live complex is a vibrant hub of entertainment activity in the heart of the City. And 60 of our region’s art and cultural institutions have organized Pacific Standard Time, a historic collaboration that showcases the artists and creative people that established Los Angeles as one of the world’s art capitals.
Sharing Best Emergency Preparedness Practices
Japan’s early warning system is believed to have saved businesses, hospitals, and transportation networks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami because they were able to shut down processes 30 to 60 seconds prior to the earthquake.
• The delegation will visit Tokyo and the earthquake ravaged Sendai, Japan, to meet with local government officials, emergency responders and university researchers about how the area responded to the natural disasters. Villaraigosa will meet with the Mayor of Sendai, Japan, as well as tour Sendai with first responders and visit Tohoku University, a major player in disaster preparedness. Villaraigosa will also attend a disaster emergency briefing and early warning system demonstration, with goal of learning and sharing emergency preparedness best practices.
Los Angeles Ties with Asia
This is the second Asia trade mission of the Administration and there has been considerable business development between the regions in recent years as the economic partnership with Asia has grown.
Chinese-owned businesses in the City of Los Angeles support 600 jobs and $32 million in wages.
• The Villaraigosa Administration recruited Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD, to locate its North American headquarters in Los Angeles. It officially opened on October 24, 2011. Based in Shenzhen, China, BYD topped the Businessweek Technology 100 list and was ranked the 8th most innovative company in the world. BYD’s newly renovated facility, located along the Figueroa Corridor in the Downtown Auto District, will bring hundreds of engineering, management and indirect jobs to Los Angeles. BYD’s presence is a significant boost to the Administration’s effort to expand the City’s the clean tech sector.
• One of China’s largest communications companies, China Telecom, opened a second Internet Data Center (IDC) in Los Angeles October 21, 2011. This will be only its second center on the West Coast. The IDC will allow businesses in California and China to communicate more efficiently. China Telecom forecasts over $100 million of economic development in the region from the IDC.
Japan is the largest source in the City of Los Angeles for jobs and wages from foreign businesses and home to the most Japanese-owned businesses in the county. The 424 Japanese-owned businesses employ 16,200 Angelenos and pay $792 million in wages.
• In 2006, Villaraigosa and his delegation met with Family Mart, a Japanese owner of the popular Famima!!, an upscale convenience store chain. Since that meeting the company has invested in LA and created new jobs by opening nine locations in Southern California, six of which are in Los Angeles.
Korean-owned businesses in LA employ more than 1,500 people and contribute $85 million in wages.
• Korean Air is the largest trans-Pacific passenger carrier flying out of LAX. It is the largest cargo carrier in the world and third largest out of LAX. Korean Air recently purchased the Wilshire Grand Hotel and announced a $1 billion renovation of the building. The new 560-room luxury hotel will create 12,000 jobs and be the first Class-A office tower built in LA in 20 years.
Itinerary
Dec. 3: Depart Los Angeles
Dec. 4–6: Beijing, China
Dec. 7: Chongqing, China
Dec. 8–9: Shanghai, China
Dec. 10: Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 11: Sendai and Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 12: Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 13–14: Seoul, South Korea
Dec. 14: Return to Los Angeles
Delegation
Villaraigosa will travel with a limited number of city staff, as well as executives from Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports and LA Inc. Villaraigosa will be accompanied by a delegation of top national and local business leaders. The delegates are:
Antonio R. Villaraigosa - Mayor of Los Angeles
Michael “Mickey” Kantor – Partner – Mayer Brown
Thomas “Mack” McLarty – President – McLarty Associates
David Fisher - Chairman - Capital Group
Jose Villarreal – Senior Advisor - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Don Chang - CEO - Forever 21
Dr. Sung Won Sohn - Vice Chairman - Forever 21; Commissioner - Board of Harbor Commissioners
Gina Marie Lindsey – Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports
Michael Lawson - President - Board of Airport Commissioners - Los Angeles World Airports
Kathryn McDermott - Deputy Executive Director - Port of Los Angeles
Patti MacJennett - Senior Vice President, Marketing at LA INC, Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mary Carley - Associate Vice President, Travel Industry Marketing at LA INC., Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jim Featherstone, General Manager, LA Emergency Management Department (Japan Only)
Elga Sharpe - Chief of Protocol, City of LA
Matt Karatz - Deputy Mayor of Business and Economic Policy, City of LA
Eileen Decker – Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security, City of LA (Japan Only)
Stephen Cheung - Managing Director of Business and Economic Policy - International Trade, City of LA
Nicole Legacki - Director of Business and Economic Policy - International Trade, City of LA
Casey Hernandez - Press Secretary to Mayor Villaraigosa
Gabriela Ortiz – Special Assistant to Mayor Villaraigosa
Cost
The Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports believe this trade mission is an investment in their economic growth and will cover the approximate $295,000 cost of the trip. No taxpayer dollars will be used by these proprietary departments.
Non city-employees who are members of the delegation will be paying their own expenses.
Los Angeles Foreign Relations
Los Angeles has the 3rd largest Consular Corps in the world after New York City and Hong Kong. There are 96 countries represented in Los Angeles, including 65 career diplomats and 31 honorary diplomats.
Since the beginning of his administration, the Mayor has met and hosted over 415 foreign dignitaries including Royalty, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chancellors, Emirs, Ministers, Ambassadors and Consuls General.
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LA-BASED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND LEADING CHINESE INVESTMENT GROUP
DECEMBER 6, 2011
BEIJING, CHINA –On the second day of his trade mission to Asia, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a new collaborative partnership between the LA-based Ikonic Entertainment Group and the Shiyan-based Taichi Lake Group.
“We are in Asia to increase tourism and investment in Los Angeles to expand the growth of LA companies,” Mayor Villaraigosa said. "This new agreement will help create jobs and industry in our City by strengthening relationships with our partners in China."
Ikonic estimates that the agreement reached between Ikonic and Taichi Lake Group will create several hundred LA-based jobs over the next three years. They expect the agreement to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenues to Ikonic, and boost business for numerous LA-based subcontractors and service providers.
“This project is an example of the very best of LA’s creative industry capabilities being exported overseas on a large scale,” said Tony Christopher, Ikonic Co-Founder and CEO. “Our goal is to demonstrate Los Angeles’s truly unique ability to deliver world-class entertainment to the world.”
Ikonic will be the master designer and project manager for six projects commissioned by Taichi Lake Group for the largest theme park and resort in China. Ikonic will provide planning, concept creation, schematic design, design development, and construction oversight services in support of the project’s entertainment items, which include a Taichi Kung Fu-themed park, a $50 million live show, and related media production and publishing, totaling over $300 million.
During the trade mission, the Mayor will promote the benefits of LA's creative services and goods for Asian investors and consumers. Home to the world’s leading movie studios, television networks, video game developers, and as well as music industry’s artists, producers and distributors, Los Angeles has the largest creative economy in the U.S. According to the 2009 Otis Report on the Creative Economy, one in every six people in the region is employed in a creative field.
“As the creative capital of the United States and the world, we are uniquely positioned to export our innovative goods on a global scale," Mayor Villaraigosa added. "The two partnerships formed today will bring out the best of both cultures while generating economic prosperity for Los Angeles and China."
About Shiyan City
Shiyan City is a city of 3.5 million located in northwest Hubei province, directly northeast of Wudang Mountain and the Taichi Lake tourism district. It is approximately 630 miles
directly east from Shanghai. The city is China’s largest and the world’s third-largest Heavy Truck production center, and a major tourism destination in China. It is the largest major city in proximity to Wudang Mountain and is therefore an important stop for tourists bound to the mountain.
About Ikonic Entertainment Group
Ikonic is a new company formed in Los Angeles to provide the very best total project turnkey services to the entertainment real estate business in China. The company is the brainchild of Tony Christopher, the Founder & CEO of the Landmark Entertainment Group and Jack Chen, a Chinese American businessman and Founder & CEO of Transworld Capital Group (TCG) a financial advisory and investment firm specializing in cross-border business development and transaction management in China. Together the new company has the ability to design, build, finance, manage and turn over development of entertainment real-estate projects targeting China, the number one country in the world today in new land development.
Through its association with Landmark, Ikonic utilizes the very top talent in the world today. Considered the third best theme park design company after Disney and Universal, Landmark has a proven track record of award winning projects with Universal as its main client and projects such as the Spiderman Dark Ride, T2/3D, a live action 4D theater, Star
Trek, an amazing simulator attraction, and Jurassic park to name a few of its best completed projects. Additionally, Ikonic has worked with and can bring in organizations such as Six Flags, Busch Gardens and Management Resources, each of which can provide high level operation services.
About Taichi Lake Group
Hubei Wudang Taichi Lake Investment Group Co., Ltd. specializes in investing in such areas as culture, tourism, and urban development. Aiming at building up regional comprehensive value, TLG was co-founded by a group of shareholders, including Beijing Xing Tong Investment Co., Ltd. , Zhejiang Xiang Yuan Investment Group Co., Ltd, RenHe Oriental Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Zhong Jiuinvestment Group, etc.
About Taichi Lake Ecological Tourism Area
Taichi Lake Ecological Tourism Area is composed of two major parts, namely Taichi Lake New Area Projects and Taichi Lake Tourism Area, with eight groups and 39 projects. It covers a total area of 400,000 square kilometers for development and construction and a total building area of about 3 million square meters, with a total investment of 10 billion yuan. The area is planned to, via construction in three to five years, become a well-known and world-class tourist resort and form a Greater Wudang industrial pattern integrating sightseeing, recreation and health preservation surrounded by mountains and waters.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS FAMILY EVENT
December 10 from 10 am to 1 pm
Broadous Elementary School
12561 Filmore St.
Pacoima, CA
-Christmas Basket Raffles and many more prizes
-Free snacks
-Plant seeds and flowers
-Recyclable Christmas Arts and Crafts
-Play a memory game
-Puppet show for the whole family
-Teach kids how to recycle
For more information call Georgina Solis at 818-785-5627
LAS POSADAS PAGEANT
Las Posadas Pageant Coming Saturday, December 10 to Historic Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills (With a Visit from Santa!)
A one-night Las Posadas (and visit from Santa) will be presented at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Andres Pico Adobe,10940 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills (across from the Mission Hills Post Office at Brand Boulevard). Sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society (SFVHS), this community holiday event is free and open to the general public. Complimentary pan dulce and hot chocolate will be served.
Las Posadas is a traditional Christmas pageant that re-enacts Mary’s and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus. It features an angel-led procession with lighted candles that follows “Mary and Joseph” from door to door as they seek lodging for the night. With each refusal, a traditional song is sung by Franciscan nuns accompanied by musicians, and the couple wearily moves on to another door seeking shelter. The 177-year old Andres Pico Adobe, with its many doorways and luminarias-lighted pathways, is an excellent locale for the event and lends a wonderful ambience to the historic pageant.
Finally, the couple comes to rest in a stable where Jesus is born and swaddled in a feeding trough, ormanger. Afterward, there is a celebration in the Adobe's courtyard with refreshments and a piñata-breaking party. This year the event will include La Mesa de Jesus (the table of Jesus), a tradition from northern Spain that features fresh fruits and nuts along with hot beverages and traditional pastries. A special appearance by Santa Claus is on the horizon, according to authorities close to the SFVHS celebration.
For additional information, please contact the San Fernando Valley Historical Society at 818-365-7810, or visit the Society’s Web site at http://www.sfvhs.com. (Please call to confirm performance should rain threaten this year.)
TRINITY CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Trinity Church Invites the Community to celebrate Christmas together
Sunday, December 11, 2011
1150 O'Melveny St., San Fernando
(corner of San Fernando Mission & O’Melveny St.)
11:00am ● 12:00pm ● 1:00pm
FREE
20 tons of snow to play in, live music, toys for children, food and photos with your family
For more information: www.trinitychurchsf@org or (818) 361-0012
LUMINARIA FESTIVAL
Studio City Neighborhood Council presents Luminaria Festival
Sunday, December 11, 2011 from 3 pm - 6 pm
Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
(Free parking at Campo de Cahuenga or MTA's Universal City Red Line station lot)
* Kids Activities * Live Entertainment * Cookies & Cocoa * And More!
Come celebrate the holidays at a festive event sponsored by the Studio City Neighborhood Council. This FREE event includes refreshments, story time from the Studio City Library, Campo de Cahuenga oral history presentations and live entertainment!
Enjoy all this and the bright luminaria displays, which will decorate Campo de Cahuenga.
Sun Valley Community Blood Drive
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m
9081 Tujunga Avenue at Waste Management
Please schedule an appointment:
(818) 252-3106 or llee@wm.com
Why give?
· In the United States, someone needs blood every 2 seconds.
· The America Red Cross is the nation’s largest blood supplier, providing it to patients in 3,000 hospitals across America.
· Blood cannot be manufactured and the need is constant.
How much blood is needed for…? Typical number of units used:
· Open-heart surgery 2-6 red cells, 2-4 plasma, 1-10 platelet
· Pre-mature newborn 1-4 red cells
· Orthopedic surgery 2-5 red cells
SUN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS HELP
Sun Valley Middle School Leadership has begun its tenth year. Part of the Los Angeles Unified School District and situated in the east San Fernando Valley, the program has remained strong and has thrived, while the last decade has seen the school be taken over by the State, be put on the LAUSD Public School Choice list, and change hands to the tune of thirty administrators in just over a decade.
The program has remained strong, and has been called a model for what middle school student leadership ought to be. Most middle school leadership programs are a class embedded in the regular school day, and the focus is very pedestrian in nature. This program is anything but. Its motto of “school, community and self” could not be more accurate. The class (done as an after-school program to allow students who have no elective period to participate) runs school events, focuses on civics and also has a major leadership skills piece, focusing on teambuilding, communication, overcoming personal barriers, and more. Most recently, we were featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times for a 9/11 memorial museum we created for the ten-year anniversary of the tragic event. KTLA-5 morning news broadcast from the event, and coverage included multiple media outlets of various types. The students spent their summer working on the project. They were inspired having visited Ground Zero.
Each year, the class takes a trip to visit centers of government and democracy. They have visited Sacramento, Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. What makes the trips unique is that no tour company is used. The teachers plan and run the trip. Eliminating the tour company “middle man” saves thousands of dollars, and makes the trip affordable for our low-income families. They partner with local businesses and elected officials for scholarships, and rarely have we “left any child behind.” They depend on the community to help make this possible, and this year more than ever, we seek funds to make the trip possible. Besides the fundraising the kids do, they need community help for what we hope will be an eight day trip to the east coast which will, all inclusive, cost each student’s family less than $800.
Our students have gone to work and intern for elected officials, study abroad, and major in government. Our group has met with city-councilmembers, state assembly and senate elected officials, local members of the U.S. House, Senator Dianne Feinstein, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Georgia civil rights hero/Congressman John Lewis, and former first lady Laura Bush. We have been to the White House seven times. The program is endorsed and supported by City Councilman Tony Cardenas, LAUSD Board Member Nury Martinez, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, State Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, The Barbara and Garry Marshall Foundation, Waste Management Corporation, the Sun Valley Are Neighborhood Council, Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. Please help make this experience possible for our students this year. Our Federal Tax I.D. number is 95-2373045.
Steve Franklin, MPP, Program Director
2004-2005 LAUSD and L.A. County Teacher of the Year
To help please call 818 255 5100
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Sincerely,
Angelica Ayala, MPA
East Valley Area Director
Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
14410 Sylvan St. Room 211
Van Nuys, CA 91401
818-778-4990
818-778-4995 (fax)
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--- LA CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING COMMUNITY MEETINGS
--- MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, BUSINESS DELEGATION EMBARK ON ASIAN TRADE MISSION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMY IN LA
--- MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LA-BASED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND LEADING CHINESE INVESTMENT GROUP
--- ENVIORNMENTAL AWARENESS FAMILY EVENT
--- LAS POSADAS PAGEANT
--- TRINITY CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
--- LUMINARIA FESTIVAL
--- SUN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP NEEDS YOUR HELP
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LA CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Help Shape Your Community On Monday, Dec. 12!
Every 10 years the people of Los Angeles have an opportunity to shape the fifteen L.A. City Council district boundaries.
If you care about public safety, transportation, city services, and parks in your neighborhood, come tell the Commission about where you live, work, and play.
Attend one of the fifteen hearings throughout the City of L.A. starting with the hearing nearest you.
Public Hearing Near You
Council District 2
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: North Valley City Hall
7747 Foothill Blvd. Tujunga, CA 91042
*Light Refreshments will be provided.
Council District 6
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: Van Nuys City Hall
14410 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91401
Council District 7
Date: Saturday, December 10, 2011
Time: 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Location: Alicia Broadous-Duncan Senior Center
11300 Glenoaks Blvd.,
Pacoima, CA 91331
phone: (213) 922-7740
fax: (213) 922-7707
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MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, BUSINESS DELEGATION EMBARK ON ASIAN TRADE MISSION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMY IN LA
DECEMBER 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will lead a delegation of local and national business leaders, along with executives from the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports and LA Inc. on a trade mission to China, Japan, and South Korea. The delegation will travel to LA’s three largest trading partners December 3 through December 14, 2011. Asia is home to eight of LA’s top 10 trade partners accounting for over $250 billion in two-way trade and hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs.
“The future of Los Angeles is tied closely to our neighbors in the Pacific Rim. As we strengthen and rebuild our local economy we must leverage our assets in this global marketplace to create jobs here in Los Angeles,” said Mayor Villaraigosa. “Since our 2006 trade mission, we have worked to develop strong economic ties with Asia. This year we will continue to strengthen important relationships, while working to increase investment, trade and tourism in LA.”
During the 2006 LA trade mission to Asia, the Administration signed $300 million in investment agreements and expanded tourism. Earlier this year, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD opened its North American headquarters in Los Angeles. Based in Shenzhen, China, BYD topped the Businessweek Technology 100 list and was ranked the 8th most innovative company in the world. BYD’s newly renovated facility, located along the Figueroa Corridor in the Downtown Auto District, will bring hundreds of engineering, management and indirect jobs to Los Angeles. BYD’s presence is a significant boost to the Administration’s effort to expand the City’s clean tech sector.
Also earlier this year, one of China’s largest communications companies, China Telecom, opened a second Internet Data Center (IDC) in Los Angeles. This will be only its second center on the West Coast. The IDC will allow businesses in California and China to communicate more efficiently. China Telecom forecasts over $100 million of economic development in the region from the IDC.
This year, the Administration will announce agreements to expand investment and trade with Hyundai, Wet, IKONIC, AECOM and Forever 21. The delegation will promote expanded tourism to Los Angeles at a series of events in all three countries.
Throughout the trip, the delegation will meet with several key government leaders including China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Vice President Xi Jinping, Chongqing Part Secretary Bo Xilai, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama, and Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon.
While in Japan, the delegation will meet with disaster preparedness experts to share best practices with key experts.
ABOUT THE TRIP:
Increasing Investment, Expanding Growth
During this trade mission, the delegation will hold dozens of meetings and events designed to encourage companies to locate in Los Angeles, invest in our local companies, and increase imports and exports of goods and services through the Port of Los Angeles.
For example:
• OnGreen is an LA-based company that helps local CleanTech firms find investors and partners from around the world. OnGreen will showcase 15 to 20 LA CleanTech firms, their products, and services during a series of meetings and events designed to increase Asian investment in LA’s growing CleanTech sector.
• LA-based Forever 21 will re-enter the Chinese market by opening three new Forever 21 retail stores. Forever 21 will be the only North American Company to compete in China in the fast-fashion sector with the likes of H&M & Zara.
• IKONIC Entertainment Group is a new LA-based company formed to provide project turnkey services to the entertainment real estate business in China. IKONIC is expected to create 200 LA jobs while working on the Shiyan city Taichi Lake project—the largest leisure resort project in China.
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd is a leader in information communications technology. The company, which has committed to opening an LA office, has products and services in 130 countries and is used by 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators.
• AECOM is a Fortune 500 company and global provider of professional technical and management support services headquartered out of LA. AECOM is the program manager firm for the $4.1B program underway to renovate LAX international terminal. Villaraigosa will attend the opening of their Shanghai office and celebrate the expansion of this LA company’s global business.
Expanding Trade
Expanding imports and exports strengthens our local economy and creates jobs. In fact, every $1 billion in exports creates 5,500 jobs.
The Port of Los Angeles is the leading destination for imports from Asia, the nation’s number one port center based on trade volume and the number one customs district. During the trade mission, Port executives will showcase LA’s expanded capacity and opportunities for Asian exporters to grow their operations in Los Angeles with manufacturing space and increased movement of goods. For example, a channel deepening project will allow ships to reach a 53-foot depth. The China Shipping terminal is doubling in size to include 142 acres as well as an additional 2,500 feet of wharf space to accommodate a maximum of 1.5 million 20-foot containers.
• Villaraigosa will make an announcement with Hyundai Merchant Marine Company regarding an expansion at the Port of LA during the trip. Hyundai is a Korea-based company specialized in the provision of shipping services. In 2011, Hyundai Merchant Marine’s cargo was 10% of our total trade volume.
President Obama recently signed a long-awaited free trade agreement with South Korea, providing a significant boost to Los Angeles companies, LAX, and the Port of Los Angeles to increase exports to America’s seventh-largest trading partner. The passage of the U.S. - Korea Free Trade Agreement is expected to add $10-$12 billion to annual U.S. Gross Domestic Product and around $10 billion to annual merchandise exports to Korea.
• Villaraigosa will give a keynote speech to the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) about LA-Korea investment opportunities. KITA is Korea’s foremost trade promotion organization. In 2006, Villaraigosa signed an MOU with KITA reflecting Los Angeles’ commitment to enhancing the future growth of trade with Korea. The Port of LA expects to see double digit export growth following the implementation of the Korean Free Trade Agreement.
• Villaraigosa will showcase LA goods and services available for import at various events, including a Fashion Showcase in Shanghai, press events for LA creative firms including AECOM Inc., IKONIC Entertainment Group and Wet Design.
Increasing Tourism
Tourism generates $14.1 billion and supports 437,000 jobs in the Los Angeles area. It is one of our top growth industries and a key contributor for our local economy. As the entertainment capital of the world, LA welcomed 5.2 million international visitors in 2010, contributing to $4.9 billion to our local economy. Last year, 829,000 tourists from China, Korea, and Japan visited LA.
In 2006, Mayor Villaraigosa opened the LA Tourism Office in Beijing to increase air service between LA and China, and to create passenger demand for Los Angeles. From 2006 to 2010, total visitation from China to Los Angeles increased by 150 percent from 110,000 in 2006 to 273,000 in 2010. In 2010, visitors from China contributed $268 million to the Los Angeles area economy just in direct spending.
LAX has expanded service with direct flights to the Pacific Rim. In the past 14 months, these six direct flights were added:
• United Airlines direct Shanghai-LAX
• American Airlines direct Shanghai-LAX service
• Air China added additional direct Beijing-LAX service
• Korean Air added A380 service for Seoul-LAX
• ANA direct Tokyo-LAX
• Delta direct Tokyo-LAX
Villaraigosa and his delegation will use this trade mission to increase Chinese tourism even more to the US. In Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, Villaraigosa will host a customer appreciation reception or luncheon to increase demand for travel to Los Angeles. Attendees will include executives from airlines and tour operators who package travel to the U.S.
At these luncheons, Villaraigosa will describe a city bursting with sights and sounds for visitors. The internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil has created IRIS, a new show just for LA and it’s playing in the heart of Hollywood at the Kodak Theater. The renaissance of Downtown LA is in full swing; its streets are lively thoroughfares with cutting-edge galleries and trend-setting restaurants, cafes and bars. The LA Live complex is a vibrant hub of entertainment activity in the heart of the City. And 60 of our region’s art and cultural institutions have organized Pacific Standard Time, a historic collaboration that showcases the artists and creative people that established Los Angeles as one of the world’s art capitals.
Sharing Best Emergency Preparedness Practices
Japan’s early warning system is believed to have saved businesses, hospitals, and transportation networks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami because they were able to shut down processes 30 to 60 seconds prior to the earthquake.
• The delegation will visit Tokyo and the earthquake ravaged Sendai, Japan, to meet with local government officials, emergency responders and university researchers about how the area responded to the natural disasters. Villaraigosa will meet with the Mayor of Sendai, Japan, as well as tour Sendai with first responders and visit Tohoku University, a major player in disaster preparedness. Villaraigosa will also attend a disaster emergency briefing and early warning system demonstration, with goal of learning and sharing emergency preparedness best practices.
Los Angeles Ties with Asia
This is the second Asia trade mission of the Administration and there has been considerable business development between the regions in recent years as the economic partnership with Asia has grown.
Chinese-owned businesses in the City of Los Angeles support 600 jobs and $32 million in wages.
• The Villaraigosa Administration recruited Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD, to locate its North American headquarters in Los Angeles. It officially opened on October 24, 2011. Based in Shenzhen, China, BYD topped the Businessweek Technology 100 list and was ranked the 8th most innovative company in the world. BYD’s newly renovated facility, located along the Figueroa Corridor in the Downtown Auto District, will bring hundreds of engineering, management and indirect jobs to Los Angeles. BYD’s presence is a significant boost to the Administration’s effort to expand the City’s the clean tech sector.
• One of China’s largest communications companies, China Telecom, opened a second Internet Data Center (IDC) in Los Angeles October 21, 2011. This will be only its second center on the West Coast. The IDC will allow businesses in California and China to communicate more efficiently. China Telecom forecasts over $100 million of economic development in the region from the IDC.
Japan is the largest source in the City of Los Angeles for jobs and wages from foreign businesses and home to the most Japanese-owned businesses in the county. The 424 Japanese-owned businesses employ 16,200 Angelenos and pay $792 million in wages.
• In 2006, Villaraigosa and his delegation met with Family Mart, a Japanese owner of the popular Famima!!, an upscale convenience store chain. Since that meeting the company has invested in LA and created new jobs by opening nine locations in Southern California, six of which are in Los Angeles.
Korean-owned businesses in LA employ more than 1,500 people and contribute $85 million in wages.
• Korean Air is the largest trans-Pacific passenger carrier flying out of LAX. It is the largest cargo carrier in the world and third largest out of LAX. Korean Air recently purchased the Wilshire Grand Hotel and announced a $1 billion renovation of the building. The new 560-room luxury hotel will create 12,000 jobs and be the first Class-A office tower built in LA in 20 years.
Itinerary
Dec. 3: Depart Los Angeles
Dec. 4–6: Beijing, China
Dec. 7: Chongqing, China
Dec. 8–9: Shanghai, China
Dec. 10: Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 11: Sendai and Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 12: Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 13–14: Seoul, South Korea
Dec. 14: Return to Los Angeles
Delegation
Villaraigosa will travel with a limited number of city staff, as well as executives from Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports and LA Inc. Villaraigosa will be accompanied by a delegation of top national and local business leaders. The delegates are:
Antonio R. Villaraigosa - Mayor of Los Angeles
Michael “Mickey” Kantor – Partner – Mayer Brown
Thomas “Mack” McLarty – President – McLarty Associates
David Fisher - Chairman - Capital Group
Jose Villarreal – Senior Advisor - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Don Chang - CEO - Forever 21
Dr. Sung Won Sohn - Vice Chairman - Forever 21; Commissioner - Board of Harbor Commissioners
Gina Marie Lindsey – Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports
Michael Lawson - President - Board of Airport Commissioners - Los Angeles World Airports
Kathryn McDermott - Deputy Executive Director - Port of Los Angeles
Patti MacJennett - Senior Vice President, Marketing at LA INC, Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mary Carley - Associate Vice President, Travel Industry Marketing at LA INC., Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jim Featherstone, General Manager, LA Emergency Management Department (Japan Only)
Elga Sharpe - Chief of Protocol, City of LA
Matt Karatz - Deputy Mayor of Business and Economic Policy, City of LA
Eileen Decker – Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security, City of LA (Japan Only)
Stephen Cheung - Managing Director of Business and Economic Policy - International Trade, City of LA
Nicole Legacki - Director of Business and Economic Policy - International Trade, City of LA
Casey Hernandez - Press Secretary to Mayor Villaraigosa
Gabriela Ortiz – Special Assistant to Mayor Villaraigosa
Cost
The Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports believe this trade mission is an investment in their economic growth and will cover the approximate $295,000 cost of the trip. No taxpayer dollars will be used by these proprietary departments.
Non city-employees who are members of the delegation will be paying their own expenses.
Los Angeles Foreign Relations
Los Angeles has the 3rd largest Consular Corps in the world after New York City and Hong Kong. There are 96 countries represented in Los Angeles, including 65 career diplomats and 31 honorary diplomats.
Since the beginning of his administration, the Mayor has met and hosted over 415 foreign dignitaries including Royalty, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chancellors, Emirs, Ministers, Ambassadors and Consuls General.
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LA-BASED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND LEADING CHINESE INVESTMENT GROUP
DECEMBER 6, 2011
BEIJING, CHINA –On the second day of his trade mission to Asia, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a new collaborative partnership between the LA-based Ikonic Entertainment Group and the Shiyan-based Taichi Lake Group.
“We are in Asia to increase tourism and investment in Los Angeles to expand the growth of LA companies,” Mayor Villaraigosa said. "This new agreement will help create jobs and industry in our City by strengthening relationships with our partners in China."
Ikonic estimates that the agreement reached between Ikonic and Taichi Lake Group will create several hundred LA-based jobs over the next three years. They expect the agreement to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenues to Ikonic, and boost business for numerous LA-based subcontractors and service providers.
“This project is an example of the very best of LA’s creative industry capabilities being exported overseas on a large scale,” said Tony Christopher, Ikonic Co-Founder and CEO. “Our goal is to demonstrate Los Angeles’s truly unique ability to deliver world-class entertainment to the world.”
Ikonic will be the master designer and project manager for six projects commissioned by Taichi Lake Group for the largest theme park and resort in China. Ikonic will provide planning, concept creation, schematic design, design development, and construction oversight services in support of the project’s entertainment items, which include a Taichi Kung Fu-themed park, a $50 million live show, and related media production and publishing, totaling over $300 million.
During the trade mission, the Mayor will promote the benefits of LA's creative services and goods for Asian investors and consumers. Home to the world’s leading movie studios, television networks, video game developers, and as well as music industry’s artists, producers and distributors, Los Angeles has the largest creative economy in the U.S. According to the 2009 Otis Report on the Creative Economy, one in every six people in the region is employed in a creative field.
“As the creative capital of the United States and the world, we are uniquely positioned to export our innovative goods on a global scale," Mayor Villaraigosa added. "The two partnerships formed today will bring out the best of both cultures while generating economic prosperity for Los Angeles and China."
About Shiyan City
Shiyan City is a city of 3.5 million located in northwest Hubei province, directly northeast of Wudang Mountain and the Taichi Lake tourism district. It is approximately 630 miles
directly east from Shanghai. The city is China’s largest and the world’s third-largest Heavy Truck production center, and a major tourism destination in China. It is the largest major city in proximity to Wudang Mountain and is therefore an important stop for tourists bound to the mountain.
About Ikonic Entertainment Group
Ikonic is a new company formed in Los Angeles to provide the very best total project turnkey services to the entertainment real estate business in China. The company is the brainchild of Tony Christopher, the Founder & CEO of the Landmark Entertainment Group and Jack Chen, a Chinese American businessman and Founder & CEO of Transworld Capital Group (TCG) a financial advisory and investment firm specializing in cross-border business development and transaction management in China. Together the new company has the ability to design, build, finance, manage and turn over development of entertainment real-estate projects targeting China, the number one country in the world today in new land development.
Through its association with Landmark, Ikonic utilizes the very top talent in the world today. Considered the third best theme park design company after Disney and Universal, Landmark has a proven track record of award winning projects with Universal as its main client and projects such as the Spiderman Dark Ride, T2/3D, a live action 4D theater, Star
Trek, an amazing simulator attraction, and Jurassic park to name a few of its best completed projects. Additionally, Ikonic has worked with and can bring in organizations such as Six Flags, Busch Gardens and Management Resources, each of which can provide high level operation services.
About Taichi Lake Group
Hubei Wudang Taichi Lake Investment Group Co., Ltd. specializes in investing in such areas as culture, tourism, and urban development. Aiming at building up regional comprehensive value, TLG was co-founded by a group of shareholders, including Beijing Xing Tong Investment Co., Ltd. , Zhejiang Xiang Yuan Investment Group Co., Ltd, RenHe Oriental Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Zhong Jiuinvestment Group, etc.
About Taichi Lake Ecological Tourism Area
Taichi Lake Ecological Tourism Area is composed of two major parts, namely Taichi Lake New Area Projects and Taichi Lake Tourism Area, with eight groups and 39 projects. It covers a total area of 400,000 square kilometers for development and construction and a total building area of about 3 million square meters, with a total investment of 10 billion yuan. The area is planned to, via construction in three to five years, become a well-known and world-class tourist resort and form a Greater Wudang industrial pattern integrating sightseeing, recreation and health preservation surrounded by mountains and waters.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS FAMILY EVENT
December 10 from 10 am to 1 pm
Broadous Elementary School
12561 Filmore St.
Pacoima, CA
-Christmas Basket Raffles and many more prizes
-Free snacks
-Plant seeds and flowers
-Recyclable Christmas Arts and Crafts
-Play a memory game
-Puppet show for the whole family
-Teach kids how to recycle
For more information call Georgina Solis at 818-785-5627
LAS POSADAS PAGEANT
Las Posadas Pageant Coming Saturday, December 10 to Historic Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills (With a Visit from Santa!)
A one-night Las Posadas (and visit from Santa) will be presented at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Andres Pico Adobe,10940 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills (across from the Mission Hills Post Office at Brand Boulevard). Sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society (SFVHS), this community holiday event is free and open to the general public. Complimentary pan dulce and hot chocolate will be served.
Las Posadas is a traditional Christmas pageant that re-enacts Mary’s and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus. It features an angel-led procession with lighted candles that follows “Mary and Joseph” from door to door as they seek lodging for the night. With each refusal, a traditional song is sung by Franciscan nuns accompanied by musicians, and the couple wearily moves on to another door seeking shelter. The 177-year old Andres Pico Adobe, with its many doorways and luminarias-lighted pathways, is an excellent locale for the event and lends a wonderful ambience to the historic pageant.
Finally, the couple comes to rest in a stable where Jesus is born and swaddled in a feeding trough, ormanger. Afterward, there is a celebration in the Adobe's courtyard with refreshments and a piñata-breaking party. This year the event will include La Mesa de Jesus (the table of Jesus), a tradition from northern Spain that features fresh fruits and nuts along with hot beverages and traditional pastries. A special appearance by Santa Claus is on the horizon, according to authorities close to the SFVHS celebration.
For additional information, please contact the San Fernando Valley Historical Society at 818-365-7810, or visit the Society’s Web site at http://www.sfvhs.com. (Please call to confirm performance should rain threaten this year.)
TRINITY CHURCH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Trinity Church Invites the Community to celebrate Christmas together
Sunday, December 11, 2011
1150 O'Melveny St., San Fernando
(corner of San Fernando Mission & O’Melveny St.)
11:00am ● 12:00pm ● 1:00pm
FREE
20 tons of snow to play in, live music, toys for children, food and photos with your family
For more information: www.trinitychurchsf@org or (818) 361-0012
LUMINARIA FESTIVAL
Studio City Neighborhood Council presents Luminaria Festival
Sunday, December 11, 2011 from 3 pm - 6 pm
Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
(Free parking at Campo de Cahuenga or MTA's Universal City Red Line station lot)
* Kids Activities * Live Entertainment * Cookies & Cocoa * And More!
Come celebrate the holidays at a festive event sponsored by the Studio City Neighborhood Council. This FREE event includes refreshments, story time from the Studio City Library, Campo de Cahuenga oral history presentations and live entertainment!
Enjoy all this and the bright luminaria displays, which will decorate Campo de Cahuenga.
Sun Valley Community Blood Drive
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m
9081 Tujunga Avenue at Waste Management
Please schedule an appointment:
(818) 252-3106 or llee@wm.com
Why give?
· In the United States, someone needs blood every 2 seconds.
· The America Red Cross is the nation’s largest blood supplier, providing it to patients in 3,000 hospitals across America.
· Blood cannot be manufactured and the need is constant.
How much blood is needed for…? Typical number of units used:
· Open-heart surgery 2-6 red cells, 2-4 plasma, 1-10 platelet
· Pre-mature newborn 1-4 red cells
· Orthopedic surgery 2-5 red cells
SUN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS HELP
Sun Valley Middle School Leadership has begun its tenth year. Part of the Los Angeles Unified School District and situated in the east San Fernando Valley, the program has remained strong and has thrived, while the last decade has seen the school be taken over by the State, be put on the LAUSD Public School Choice list, and change hands to the tune of thirty administrators in just over a decade.
The program has remained strong, and has been called a model for what middle school student leadership ought to be. Most middle school leadership programs are a class embedded in the regular school day, and the focus is very pedestrian in nature. This program is anything but. Its motto of “school, community and self” could not be more accurate. The class (done as an after-school program to allow students who have no elective period to participate) runs school events, focuses on civics and also has a major leadership skills piece, focusing on teambuilding, communication, overcoming personal barriers, and more. Most recently, we were featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times for a 9/11 memorial museum we created for the ten-year anniversary of the tragic event. KTLA-5 morning news broadcast from the event, and coverage included multiple media outlets of various types. The students spent their summer working on the project. They were inspired having visited Ground Zero.
Each year, the class takes a trip to visit centers of government and democracy. They have visited Sacramento, Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. What makes the trips unique is that no tour company is used. The teachers plan and run the trip. Eliminating the tour company “middle man” saves thousands of dollars, and makes the trip affordable for our low-income families. They partner with local businesses and elected officials for scholarships, and rarely have we “left any child behind.” They depend on the community to help make this possible, and this year more than ever, we seek funds to make the trip possible. Besides the fundraising the kids do, they need community help for what we hope will be an eight day trip to the east coast which will, all inclusive, cost each student’s family less than $800.
Our students have gone to work and intern for elected officials, study abroad, and major in government. Our group has met with city-councilmembers, state assembly and senate elected officials, local members of the U.S. House, Senator Dianne Feinstein, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Georgia civil rights hero/Congressman John Lewis, and former first lady Laura Bush. We have been to the White House seven times. The program is endorsed and supported by City Councilman Tony Cardenas, LAUSD Board Member Nury Martinez, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, State Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, The Barbara and Garry Marshall Foundation, Waste Management Corporation, the Sun Valley Are Neighborhood Council, Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. Please help make this experience possible for our students this year. Our Federal Tax I.D. number is 95-2373045.
Steve Franklin, MPP, Program Director
2004-2005 LAUSD and L.A. County Teacher of the Year
To help please call 818 255 5100
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Sincerely,
Angelica Ayala, MPA
East Valley Area Director
Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
14410 Sylvan St. Room 211
Van Nuys, CA 91401
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