LVHF named Malibu Councilmember, John Sibert, 2013 Citizen of the Year, to a sold-out, who’s who enviro crowd, at our 46th annual banquet held at the beautiful Malibou Lake Mountain Club on Friday, May 10.
The Mountains’ Queen of the Hill
Reprinted from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s Blog
Kim Lamorie and Wolfie in the landscape she's loved, and worked to protect, for decades.
Thirty years ago, Kim Lamorie took her first hike in the Santa Monica Mountains. As the 54-year-old activist recalls it, it was love at first sight.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY HONORS FEDERATION’S WORK!
Third District Supervisor, Zev Yaroslavsky, named Federation President, Kim Lamorie, as his Los Angeles County’s Third District, Woman of the Year recipient.
On Monday, March 11, 2013, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women will hold its 28th Annual Women of the Year Luncheon at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. The luncheon will begin at 11:00 a.m.
SENATE BILL 132 – PROTECTING OUR MOUNTAIN LIONS
MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION
www.mountainlion.org
(916) 442-2666
Dear Senator Hill,
On behalf of our California members, the Mountain Lion Foundation (MLF)
enthusiastically supports Senate Bill 132. This legislation is long overdue and its
passage is essential in assuring the protection of mountain lions that have caused no
harm, and whose only mistake is to have accidentally wandered into contact with
humans.
VOTING…THE ULTIMATE ACT OF OPTIMISM
Excerpted from the LA Times – Monday, March 4, 2013
Voting may be the ultimate act of optimism. If it can’t help, why bother? People who go to the polls are investing in the future of their city, asserting by their action that there is a choice to be made and that the choice is consequential.
“Old Topanga Canyon” Activist Jody Thomas Runs for Calabasas City Council
Posted with permission from The Topanga Messenger. By Annemarie Donkin.
Feb. 21, 2013
In order to present their cases for the Calabasas municipal election on Tuesday, March 5, four contenders for three open seats on the City Council met in a series of public forums in January to share their ideas and discuss issues.
RUBIO RESIGNS – STEINBERG TAKES THE HELM OF CEQA REFORM
Senator Michael Rubio (D-Bakersfield), who has been a lead in the CEQA reform effort, announced his resignation yesterday.
After a long day of having its thunder stolen by Sen. Rubio’s resignation, a CEQA reform measure was introduced late this afternoon by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.
THE FIGHT FOR CEQA BEGINS…
BREAKING NEWS from the Planning and Conservation League www.pclfoundation.org
Coalition of Leading Conservation, Environmental Justice, and Labor Groups Launch CEQA Works to Protect the California Environmental Quality Act.