Measure A Gone Astray – No Changes in Funding Allocations After Voter Approval

NO 30% Carve Out Off the Top in Competitive Grant Category
OPPOSE Agenda Item 1P – Policies and Grants Administration Manual for Measure A, the Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Measure of 2016

I/we strongly urge you to vote NO on the Steering Committee’s recommendation to go off-Measure, and Change the Funding Allocations to carve out 30% off the top in the Competitive Grant Categories 3 and 4 and re-direct those dollars ONLY to High and Very High Need assessed Study Areas.

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Hazardous Waste Removal Inspections Have Begun….

HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL inspections and removals began on Monday, Dec. 3.

Here’s What You Need to Know:

– Hazardous waste removal work is authorized by federal and state disaster declarations and a subsequent executive order given by the Governor of California. Yesterday, L.A. County Fire Department alongside teams from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) began assessing and removing household hazardous waste from properties burned by the Woolsey Fire. DTSC is in charge.

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