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masterchief masterchief Jun 23, 2012 1:33 PM Flag
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just traded verlander, fielder and austin jackson for votto, miguel cabrera and anibal sanchezSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
even trade
Why did you make the trade u lose in pitching did you need a third baseman or something?
drop Sanchez and it was a good trade.
Wow that's a tough one to pick a winner
Fielder and cabrera are even, so you lost big in pitching and gained in offense. Depends on what you needed more but I wouldn't have made that trade. I don't think you got better.
Honest Scott Honest Scott Jun 24, 2012 3:38 AM Flag
You did fine Masterchief.
Losing Verlander will hurt, and Sanchez isn't that great this year, but...
Votto and Miggy will easily make up the discrepancy and then some.
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It depends on the league. If you're in a league that awards points based on the # of times a player says "No speaka inglais", then you made out like a bandit and Hoo-rah to you. Conversely, if you're in a roto league that has "DUI's" and "BAC" as categories, Miguel Cabrera is the worst player you could've acquired besides Josh Hamilton. In that case, I'd recommend abandoning ship Master Chief.
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now that was funny
Wow you took sanchez??? He's going to kill your ERA and WHIP
Well congratulations, you made off like a bandit.
And I read a few of the other comments, and those guys are idiots. Fielder and Cabrera are NOT even. Cabrera is the #1 ranked 3B, and Fielder is the #3 1B. So what you did is trade the #1 pitcher, the #3 1b, and Austin Jackson (who is performing well, but even at that is not especially good) for the the #2 1B, the #1 3B, and Annibal Sanchez, who is a FINE pitcher with a great K/9, plays in a brand new pitcher friendly park, WILL NOT kill your WHIP or ERA, and at the end of the year, will not put up Verlander's numbers, but will still have a pretty solid line.
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I'd contend that you are also an idiot with your "Austin Jackson is not especially good" analysis. Lay down the stones, glass house.
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The Storyteller
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I liked this more than I first expected to - in fact I nearly put it down and didn't pick it up again. But eventually I got caught up in the very different rhythms of the two kinds of story - one told by a man remembering his college friend in Peru who disappeared into the Amazon jungle & became one of the Machiguenga. (Guess I should say Spoiler Alert! - but it becomes obvious pretty early on). Interspersed with this narrator's story of his friend are stories told by a tribal keeper of lore, myth, legend, incidences - all in a fantastic stream-of-consciousness jumble. Along the way a pretty thorough picture develops of the complex interplay of modern and ancient cultures and values in that part of the world - a story that has by no means been told yet, nor is it over. An interesting twist, to me, is the fact that the narrator's gone-native friend is Jewish, navigating that kind of marginality in various versions of society that are sometimes parallel with the difficulties Amazonian indians encounter in trying simply to live how and where they do. I can see why the author got a Nobel.
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Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has kept his promise to record a duet with a contestant from Simon Cowell's "The X Factor" - and he's branded the track a "mega smasher". The rapper helped his pal Cheryl Cole decide which acts she should take through to the TV contest's live rounds and he recommended the Girls Aloud star should mentor 17-year-old Cher Lloyd - and even sang with her during the final earlier this month.
Lloyd finished fourth in the series, but she's still headed to the recording studio with will.i.am - and the rapper is delighted with their material.
In a series of posts on Twitter.com, the star writes, "The day after the last xfactor... cher loyd (sic) and I went in the studio and made a mega smasher... Hey cher, when should we release the song we recorded in london???...(Its a smasher)."
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Chile's president signs hate crime legislation into law
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Fourth months to late for Daniel. As well as for Tyler Clementi from New Jersey in 2010. Who is next? Who knows – maybe I?
In the midst of this tragedy, it is good to see that Daniel Zamudio, will not be forgotten, and that his death does not go unpunished and was not in vain, that boy deserves to be remembered for all the LGBT community, and become an example for all young LGBT , now in 2012, and in the next century 3012 , will never be forgotten
Well done Chile, maybe this will help stop any further gay murders in your country. Anti-discrimination legislation must be qorld wide.
Sorry, but it won't any difference whatsoever.
Do people really think that someone willing to commit murder will suddenly stoop when they realise their potential victim is gay?
Still shocking and upsetting to read about this case. Obviously not so for the 3 freaks who voted against the legislation.
Many people in Chile refer to the new measure, which enables people to file anti-discrimination lawsuits and adds hate-crime sentences for violent crimes, as the Zamudio law.
According to Reuters: President Pinera said "Without a doubt, Daniel's death was painful but it was not in vain," at a press conference joined by Zamudio's parents.
"His passing not only unified wills to finally approve this anti-discrimination law but it also helped us examine our conscience and ask ourselves: have we ever discriminated against someone? … After his death we'll think twice, thrice or four times before we fall prey to that behaviour."
Chile is relatively socially conservative – only legalizing divorce in 2004 (one of the last countries in the world to do so). However, it has become much more progressive on LGBT issues in recent years and the swiftness of responding to this event with hate crime law is a tribute to Chile seeking to be seen as a modern and humane nation.
Its also good to see
plans for legislators to debate a plan by the President to introduce civil unions (although marriage would be preferable) that would grant inheritence and other rights to same sex couples. This is progress in Chile.
The hate-crime bill, which was originally introduced by ex-president Ricardo Lagos, was signed into law by Pinera after being tied up in Congress for seven years. It is good Pinera fast tracked this after this horrendous incident, but Chile could have acted earlier.
Chile, one of Latin America's richest countries, remains conservative and heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church tried to oppose this hate law.
The President fortunately condemned those (including religious people) who opposed this law stating "We cannot forget that it was only after the brutal murder of Daniel Zamudio, who was killed because of discrimination, hatred and prejudice, that Chile decided to take this step to build a more just, more inclusive and more welcoming country".
The new anti-discrimination law defines "arbitrary discrimination" as "any distinction, exclusion or restriction made by state officials or private individuals that occurs without reasonable justification" against
any person on grounds such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, ideology or appearance.
Those who violate the law are subject to fines between 183,000 and 1,832,000 pesos. If they are being prosecuted for other offences which attract a custodial sentence then this sentenced can be extended if they are found to have violated this new law.
Chile is moving ahead – but the President needs to maintain this movement.
It is good to see that out of a negative there is now a positive and well done to the Chilean Government for fast tracking the new legislation. The test now comes for those involved in putting those new laws in to practice!
Why " second degree murder" surely this is more serious than that ans is first degree murder +
It is tragic that it took the death and brutal gay bashing of 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio to ignited a global outcry for President Sebastian Pinera to make anti-discrimination law official, but there is a conciliation that his death though painful but it was not in vain.
Now the next important step is to act upon this law…passing it into law is one thing but actually enforceing it will be the real test…let's remember daniel..
At least something good came out of that horrific crime…
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Here is tip for our new "point forward". There is an 8 second count to
get the ball across half court. I know it is a brand new rule and everything
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Haywards execution (and the Jazz in general) down the stretch last night was awful. There really isn't any other way to describe it.
Hayward shouldn't really be as bad as he was with his experience. The others have more of an excuse as they truly are inexperienced for the most part.
Overall though I have to say the effort was there and I can live with losses like that if they are playing hard which I though they did despite the really poor execution.
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Bird was a good team defender. He usually guarded the opposition's weaker offensive forward, which made sense because he was a relatively poor one-on-one defender but a great rebounder, and he could cheat towards the boards when appropriate. Once Kevin McHale was named the starting power forward, Bird was officially the starting small forward. Bird might have been the all-time best passing forward, but Hayward is among the best passing forwards in today's NBA. He has often played a version of point forward already over the past couple of years whenever a Jazz point guard fails to get the ball inside at the beginning of an offensive play. I like to see Burks and Hayward on the floor together, even if neither is lighting it up from the offensive end. They are ballers and fun to watch. Be patient.
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Maywood Fire Displaces Families: Triggers Emergency Declaration
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The Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency Tuesday in the wake of last week's explosive fire at a Maywood warehouse, saying hazardous levels of magnesium were found in the fire ash.
Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended the declaration and proposed reaching out to Gov. Jerry Brown to ask that he declare a state emergency. Both motions were unanimously approved.
"Over 300 residents were impacted," Solis said. "Many were not able to go back to their homes" because of magnesium levels.
It took three days for the blaze, which broke out June 14, to be fully extinguished.
Families living on the south side of 52nd Street were cleared to go back into their homes last Wednesday evening, but those on the other side of the street, closer to the fire, sheltered at the local YMCA.
The Maywood YMCA doesn't have air-conditioning, so when temperatures soared this weekend, county officials helped residents move into area hotels.
On Friday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced that samples from areas around the fire scene had been tested, and a preliminary analysis "showed ambient metal concentrations did not exceed short-term, health-based thresholds.
"The information … only pertains to the results from preliminary metals sampling near the incident," the SCAQMD said in a statement.
"Additional laboratory analysis is still underway for other pollutants and from other sampling locations. Updates will be provided as results become available."
The three-alarm fire — reported at 2:30 a.m. June 14 — in the 3500 block of Fruitland Avenue ripped through a pair of commercial buildings early the first morning, sparking a series of strong explosions and sending a thick plume of noxious smoke over the region.
Firefighters found flames shooting through the roofs of two structures, a warehouse serving Gemini Plastic Enterprises and a metal-recycling plant.
Crews began pouring water on the flames, but the oxygen from the water created a chemical reaction with the burning magnesium, one of the metals being stored at the facility and awaiting recycling, producing what one fire official described as "fireballs" and setting off strong explosions.
In addition to magnesium, other metals such as coppers, zinc and lead were present at the metal-recycling plant, along with chemicals and propane, according to County Fire Chief Daryl Osby.
Crews were able to prevent the blaze from spreading from the two commercial structures that were destroyed to other businesses and nearby homes.
Da Xiong Pan, the owner of the recycling facility, was recently charged with multiple felonies for alleged improper storage and disposal of hazardous materials at the site, according to media reports, which also stated that Pan, who owns Panda International Trading Co. at 3570 Fruitland Ave., pleaded not guilty to five felony charges last month.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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When lunch hour hits in Vernon, the more than 50,000 men and women who report to work at one of the city's 1,800 businesses have only about a dozen or so eateries to choose from, however, a new development under construction could soon broaden their options.
Located on the northwest border of Vernon, the 15,000-square-foot project on Alameda and 25th Street has already signed up Jersey Mike's Subs as a tenant.
"We noticed there was a lack of high quality retail options in the industrial city and wanted to fill that void," explained Jessica Pisula, director of marketing for the project's developer, Dedeaux Properties.
The development is expected to open by Labor Day, Pisula told EGP, and could bring in 10 new retailers – nearly doubling the city's current restaurant options.
The developer bought the property from the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority and in 2015 the city rezoned it for retail use.
Dedeaux Properties has a long history of developing projects within the city of Vernon and other industrial cities like neighboring Commerce and that experience led to their decision to develop a retail project in Vernon, Pisula said.
"When we meet our Vernon clients for lunch, we're very limited" as to where to go, she said, adding she hopes the development will bring a variety of dining options.
With over 21,000 employees in a one-mile radius and over 280,000 employees within 3-miles, the location is appealing to potential tenants, according to Daniel Firtel, managing director of the commercial real estate firm Argent Retail Advisors, who added they are already in negotiations with several restaurants,
"There are a lot of workers but nowhere to eat," he noted. "There is definitely a need."
Founded as a city focused on industry rather than residential, there are not many lots in Vernon zoned for retail use. Instead, much of the land is used for large-scale industry like food processors, and manufacturers of fashion apparel, furniture and electronics, as wells as paper product producers and business logistic companies. Farmer John, BCBG Maxazria, Gaviña Gourmet Coffee and Tapatio Hot Sauce are just a few of the well-known companies that call Vernon home.
Mayor William "Bill" Davis told EGP that the new development is a prime example of Vernon's ability to attract new industrial development, grow its retail presence and retain businesses.
"We have long argued that Vernon is an ideal location for diverse business interests," Davis said.
The corner lot borders the city of Los Angeles and is highly visible to commuters. It is estimated that over 44,000 cars drive past the property everyday.
Fee on Automobile Batteries Could Pay for Lead Cleanup
A California bill aimed at funding the cleanup of lead-contaminated communities like those surrounding the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plant, could soon require consumers and manufactures to each pay a $1 fee for every lead-acid car battery sold in the state.
Under the Lead Acid Battery Recycling Act (AB 2153)—approved by the State Assembly last Friday—monies collected would be deposited into a fund to pay for cleanup efforts like those currently underway in Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Commerce, Maywood and Huntington Park, where as many as 10,000 homes may have been contaminated by the former lead smelter. Exposure to lead has been liked to cancer, birth defects and cognitive development issues in children, pregnant women and the elderly.
"The State Assembly is sending a clear message to residents in the affected communities that they do matter and we will no longer let them sit on poisoned soil," the bill's author Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia said.
For years, Exide Technologies recycled hundreds of lead-acid car batteries at its Vernon site, amassing dozens of hazardous waste violations in the process. One of just two such facilities west of the Rockies, Exide was found to have emitted emissions of arsenic and lead into the air and soil, exposing 110,000 east and southeast residents to cancer-causing toxins.
State officials estimate the cost to clean contaminated properties could be as high as $500 million, which Exide is responsible for paying for under an agreement with the .S. Attorney's Office, but could take years to collect and in the end not cover the total cost.
If approved, Garcia estimates the new fee would raise up $70 million a year for the Lead-Acid Battery Cleanup Fund.
"It's something we have been talking about for years," said Mark Lopez, executive director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. "It is enough for all lead issues in California? No. But it's a step in the right direction."
David Scher, owner of Auto Supply in East Los Angeles, proudly sold Exide car batteries for years. Last year, after realizing the company "was not acting like a good corporate citizen," Scher said he switched to a different vendor.
Scher told EGP he does not like the idea of customers paying upfront for the cleanup caused by corporate polluters.
"It shouldn't have got to this point," he said. "They are punishing the victims."
Lead-acid car batteries range from $65 to $176 at the East L.A. business, but Scher does not believe the new fee will impact sales.
In an unprecedented move, Gov. Brown earlier this year approved a $176.6 million loan to help expedite and expand testing and cleanup of residential properties, schools, daycare centers and parks in the 1.7-mile radius surrounding the battery recycling plant.
The funds collected from the fee would be used to re-pay the multi-million dollar loan until funds are recovered from Exide or any other responsible parties.
Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, the bill's co-author, explains the fund is a way for the state to "hope for the best but prepare for the worst."
It creates a legal avenue for state dollars to be used to address environmental issues while the state goes after polluters.
"The Exide situation taught California that we were not prepared for something like this," said Santiago, referring to what many believe is going to be the largest and most costly environmental cleanup in state history.
AB 2153 also requires battery manufacturers to incorporate a recycling symbol on the battery, informing consumers the product must be recycled properly. Those who don't comply could be fined up to $1,000 per day' those funds would also be deposited to the fund.
The senate version of the bill needs to be approved before it can move on to the governor, which state officials anticipate could happen by August. If signed by the governor, the new fee would take effect January 1, 2017.
"Exide continues to plague my backyard with the remnants of lead contamination," Garcia said following the bill's approval in the Assembly.
"This bill is extremely vital to ensure cleanup and bring relief to our communities."
Exide: From Brownfield to Classroom
East and southeast Los Angeles County area residents could soon be trained to test for environmental damages like those in their own backyard.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control plans in coming months to roll out a job and development training program open to residents living in the areas impacted by lead contamination from the now shuttered Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon.
"This is truly a unique program and a first for DTSC," says Ana Mascarenas, assistant director for environmental justice and tribal affairs for DTSC. For once, the "local community can benefit directly and be a part of restorative justice," Mascarenas told EGP.
The $176.6 million Exide cleanup package signed by Gov. Brown last week includes $1.2 million to train local groups and residents in skills required to take part in the testing and cleanup process.
DTSC, the state regulatory agency overseeing the Exide cleanup, is currently consulting with experts in the job-training field to develop its program, and they will solicit input from the community during an Exide Advisory Committee meeting being held today.
Mascarenas told EGP that DTSC plans to model its program after the California Environmental Protection Agency's, CalEPA, Brownfields Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program, which has prepared local residents to clean up contaminated properties while at the same time preparing them for careers in environmental remediation.
"We want this program to prepare residents for green jobs that will help to immediately clean up the neighborhood, while providing a long term [positive] impact for the community's economy," Mascarenas said.
Assemblyman Miguel Santiago's 53rd District includes many of the communities polluted by Exide, and he is the author of the bill funding the Exide cleanup and training program. He told EGP that creating jobs in the state's third poorest district was an important consideration.
"The least the state can do is offer jobs to the community it dumped on for decades," he said.
"The community is in desperate need of jobs and must be cleaned up," he said, explaining the dual benefit to communities like Boyle Heights and Vernon.
The idea to include a clause promoting the use of local businesses and to give local residents the skills needed to be part of the decontamination effort is the results of hours spent listening to constituents testify at Exide-related public hearings, explained Santiago.
"When money is expended, I want to make sure it is expended in the impacted district and used to provide local jobs," he told EGP.
While details for the training program are still in the works, it's likely those who sign up will have to commit 12 to 16 weeks to the program, which will include lead awareness classes, certifications and exposure to tools used for remediation.
"These certificates will not be exclusive to just Exide," said Mascarenas, "they can apply these skills to DTSC cleanup sites across the state."
Completing the training, however, is not a guarantee for employment, emphasized DTSC, although DTSC and state legislators will stress the importance of hiring those trained through the program to the contractors hired to cleanup residential properties, clarified Mascarenas.
Mark Lopez, executive director for East Yards for Environmental Justice, told EGP the community wants reassurance local hiring is not just promoted but required.
East Yards, together with other community activists, have drafted language detailing their ideal local hire and workforce development program, including a demand that at least 50 percent of all jobs created directly or indirectly by the cleanup effort be performed by local hires, with 20 percent specifically set aside for low-income residents.
Training will vary by position. Some groups will simply be trained to do outreach, something DTSC has been doing for months.
Members of East Yards, for example, have already been going door to door in the communities surrounding the Exide plant to get the access agreements needed to test for lead.
"We want to understand the intimate details involved with the clean up so that we can communicate that to the community," explained Lopez explained.
Lopez told EGP he would like to see students from the YouthBuild Charter Schools in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles benefit from the program. As a dropout recovery school, students at YouthBuild often suffer from learning disabilities, circumstances surrounding violence and issues that can be correlated to exposure to lead, he pointed out DTSC expects to have cleaned up 250 homes by June, using funds previously obtained from Exide and the state. The agency is waiting on the results of a still to be conducted environmental impact report before it continues with the cleanup of 2,500 additional homes, hopefully beginning sometime next spring.
Over 40 eastside residents have already been trained and certified to operate the XRF devices being used to sample soil on properties near Exide.
DTSC says it wants to have hundreds of local residents trained and ready to start when remediation, which could take at last two years, gets underway. Soil testing will continue in the meantime, Mascarenas said.
The Exide plant was permanently closed March 2015 after operating for decades on a temporary permit, even after repeatedly being found to have exposed more than 100,000 people to dangerous levels of lead, arsenic and other chemicals and collecting dozens of hazardous waste violations.
"In many ways, this will help to remediate the damage done to the community," acknowledges Lopez.
Gov. Brown Signs Legislation to Fund Exide Clean-Up
April 21, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation today providing $176.6 million in funding for environmental testing and cleanup work in neighborhoods surrounding the now-shuttered Exide Technologies battery-recycling plant in Vernon.
"Children should be able to play in yards free from toxics," Brown said. "With this funding plan, we're doubling down on efforts to protect the community and hold Exide responsible."
State officials said the funding would pay for testing of residential properties, schools, day care centers and parks within a 1.7-mile radius of the plant, and fund cleaning of as many as 2,500 properties with the highest lead levels.
There was no immediate word on when the effort would begin or how long it would take. The cleanup effort is subject to an environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Assembly Majority Whip Miguel Santiago applauded Gov. Brown for signing the Exide Clean-Up Package comprised of Assembly Bill 118 and Senate Bill 93.
"The Exide Technologies facility has been able to pollute my community unabated for more than 33 years, which is entirely inexcusable," said Santiago, author of AB 118.
"Today's action is an historic step toward fully resolving this appalling situation; but make no mistake – our work is not done here."
The Exide plant permanently closed in March 2015. When Exide agreed to close the lead-acid battery recycling plant, it committed to pay $50 million for cleanup of the site and surrounding neighborhoods. Of that amount, $26 million is meant to be set aside for residential cleanup.
As of last August, Exide, which filed for bankruptcy in 2013, had paid $9 million into a trust and another $5 million was due to be paid by March 2020, according to state officials.
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, called for a fast start to the state's cleanup efforts.
"We've heard the distressing news recently that children living near the closed Exide plant had elevated blood lead levels so there's no time to waste," he said. "… I will continue working closely with state and local partners so that the testing and cleanup of homes moves forward expeditiously
and above all, in partnership with the families impacted by the lead contamination. We shouldn't lose focus of what's at stake here – restoring a clean and safe environment for our families."
Mayor Eric Garcetti released a Spanish-language public service announcement, also featuring actress Angelica Vale, urging residents near the plant to have their property tested, and to undergo blood-lead level testing.
"My office will do everything possible to help the (Department of Toxic Substances Control) expedite the cleanup," Garcetti said. "Identifying the areas and the people affected by lead contamination is a critical first step."
The city of Commerce, in conjunction with the County health department, will be conducting free confidential lead blood testing at Rosewood Park from 9a.m. to 3p.m. during the annual Kids Are Cute Baby Show. The park is located at 5600 Harbor St. Commerce 90040. For more information, call (323) 722-4805.
EGP staff writers contributed to this report.
Write-In Candidate Upends Vernon Election
April 21, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
In an unexpected turn of events, a write-in candidate has beat out a longtime councilman for a seat on the Vernon City Council.
Leticia Lopez, 32, made Vernon history April 12 when she beat out Mayor W. Michael McCormick by two votes.
City Clerk Maria E. Ayala and a four-member election canvassing board declared Lopez the winner Monday following a final canvass of 7 outstanding ballots. Lopez received 21 votes to McCormick's 14. A second write-in candidate, David J. Ybarra, received one vote.
McCormick served on the council for 42 years.
It was a big departure from past elections where candidates often ran unopposed.
"I went door to door to talk to neighbors," Lopez told EGP, explaining her victory. "I asked them about their concerns and dreams for the city and told them this wasn't the first and last time they would see me: I would come back."
On Tuesday, Lopez joined Councilmembers Melissa Ybarra, Luz Martinez and newly appointed Mayor Pro Tem Yvette Woodruff-Perez and Mayor William "Bill" Davis behind the dais and will serve a five-year term. Woodruff-Perez is the first woman to serve as Vernon's Mayor Pro Tem.
For years, the five-person council was made up entirely of men. Now women – all Latinas — have four of the five seats, leading one department head to appropriately refer to the council as "mayor and councilwomen."
Marisa Olguin, president and C.E.O. of the Vernon Chamber of Commerce, told EGP the results of the election are "historic and groundbreaking."
"It really symbolizes the changes happening," she said. "Residents are voting for change."
Lopez, a family advocate assigned to the Human Services Association's Head Start program, told EGP she ultimately decided to run to be an advocate at home.
Lopez has a Bachelors Degree in Human Development from Cal State Long Beach and is currently working on her masters at Pacific Oaks College.
"I wanted to be a voice for residents," she said. "I want to form a community, a medium for industry, employees and neighbors."
Lopez lived in nearby Huntington Park before moving into a home adjacent to Vernon City Hall two years ago. The mother of two says she and her husband have kept an eye on the issues brought on by the now shuttered Exide plant in Vernon.
"[Exide] has impacted my life," she said. "I don't let my children play in the backyard," she pointed out.
Lopez plans to monitor state funds coming in to help expedite the cleanup and says she hopes to join Ybarra's efforts to make the city itself more family-friendly, perhaps by opening a public park.
Lopez told EGP she is somewhat familiar with the industrial city's dark past, but has seen the city become more transparent in recent years.
"I'm coming with a fresh, positive outlook and I want a clear mind free of negativity so that I make the best decisions for my city now," she said adamantly.
"These are exciting times here in Vernon with the new vision and new direction it is going in," said City Administrator Carlos R. Fandino Tuesday, welcoming Lopez to the "Vernon family."
Noting the number of fresh faces on the council and new department heads, Fandino suggested the city consider holding a retreat to discuss their vision for Vernon.
Former California Attorney General and Los Angeles District Attorney John Van de Kamp joined the city as its independent reform monitor in 2011 and now serves as Vernon's Independent Special Counsel, and says, "Vernon has really turned a new leaf."
"All these tremendous changes are very healthy," he told EGP.
Van de Kamp believes the biggest issue facing the new council is how to handle pension liabilities and still balance the budget. In an often-repeated refrain, he said councilmembers "need to ask questions. They must make sure the city is on its path to meet the needs of the businesses and residents," he explained.
While the total number of votes cast might not generate much celebration outside Vernon, Ayala said she is proud of Vernon's 51 percent voter turnout. The city has been working on increasing its electorate, going as far as building new housing to increase the voter pool. This election marked the first time those new voters had a chance to cast a ballot.
Yet, while the city's population has doubled, voter registrations only increased by six since the last election. Van de Kamp told EGP he has not seen as many registered voters from the new Vernon Village Park as he would like.
"Looking ahead, we must continue to do outreach with the electorate," Ayala acknowledged.
Correction 12:50 p.m. April 28, 2016 An earlier version of this story mistakenly identified Yvette Woodruff-Perez as Lyvette. The article also inaccurately stated that 36 out of the 72 registered voters reflected the voter turnout when in fact it related to the ballots counted.
Write-In Candidate Leading in Vernon Race
April 14, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
Two votes may make the difference in Vernon's latest election, according to a preliminary vote count that has a write-in candidate leading a longtime sitting councilman.
Leticia Lopez received 15 votes, while Mayor W. Michael McCormick received 13 votes, according to the unofficial vote tally. A second write-in candidate, David J. Ibarra, received one vote during Tuesday's city council race.
Vernon uses a vote-by-mail format for all its elections, and according to the city clerk's office, 33 of 72 potential vote-by-mail ballots were received by Tuesday, Election Day. One ballot was disallowed because it was missing the voter signature and three ballots are pending voter signature verification.
If Lopez is declared the winner, four of the five Vernon council members will be Latina, a first in the industrial city's history.
A final vote canvass of all outstanding and pending ballots, including those that were postmarked by the April 12 deadline, will be conducted on Monday, April 18 at 1 p.m.
McCormick has served on Vernon's City Council since 1974.
Study Finds Children Living Near Exide Have Higher Levels of Lead in Blood
April 8, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
Children who live near the former Exide Technologies battery-recycling plant in Vernon have higher levels of lead in their blood than those who live farther away, according to a report released today by state health officials, who said the age of the homes the children live in was also a
contributing factor.
The study performed by the state Department of Public Health at the request of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, found that children under age 6 who lived near the plant were likely to have more lead in their blood than children in Los Angeles County overall.
According to the study, 3.58 percent of young children who live within a mile of the plant had levels of 4.5 micrograms of lead or more per deciliter of blood. Among children who lived between one and 4.5 miles of the plant, 2.41 percent had 4.5 micrograms or more, the study found.
By comparison, only 1.95 percent of children countywide had such levels of lead in their blood in 2012, state officials said.
According to DTSC, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers 5 micrograms or greater to be an indicator of significantly high lead levels requiring public health action. California's baseline, however, is 4.5 micrograms.
Although the study focused on proximity to the plant, researchers found that the age of housing was a contributing factor to lead levels, noting that homes closer to the facility tend to be older. The age of housing is significant, since lead levels in paint were not regulated until 1978.
According to the study, 3.11 percent of young children living near Exide in homes built before 1940 had elevated blood lead levels, while only 1.87 percent of children near the plant in homes built after 1940 had elevated levels.
The Exide plant permanently closed in March 2015. When Exide agreed to close the lead-acid battery recycling plant, it committed to pay $50 million for cleanup of the site and surrounding neighborhoods. Of that amount, $26 million is meant to be set aside for residential cleanup.
As of last August, Exide, which filed for bankruptcy in 2013, had paid $9 million into a trust and another $5 million was due to be paid by March 2020, according to state officials.
Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed spending $176.6 million for further testing
and environmental cleanup of the area surrounding the plant. The state Senate approved the funding on Thursday. The issue will now go before the Assembly.
State officials said the funding would pay for testing of residential properties, schools, day care centers and parks within a 1.7-mile radius of the plant, and fund cleaning of as many as 2,500 properties with the highest lead levels.
Lawmakers Move Bills for Exide Cleanup
April 7, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
When Teresa Marquez first heard that Gov. Jerry Brown was proposing $176.6 million to expedite and expand the cleanup of homes and other properties contaminated by a now-shuttered lead-acid battery recycling plant, she told herself and others, "I won't believe it, until I see it."
It's been nearly two months since state lawmakers assured residents they would within two weeks introduce "urgency legislation" to appropriate the funding proposed by Brown, a commitment they made good on Wednesday with the introduction of the "Exide Clean-Up Package" in the Assembly and Senate.
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Under AB 118, authored by Majority Whip Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, and the Senate version authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon, SB 93, the state would immediately appropriate a $176.6 million loan to the Department of Toxic Substances Control to be used for cleanup of east and southeast communities contaminated with lead and other toxic chemicals by the Exide plant in Vernon.
The bills are expected to land on the governor's desk by the end of next week, and all accounts are that he will sign it.
"This is an aggressive bill and timeline," said Santiago, who kicked off the process by talking up the merits of the bills during a special meeting of a budget subcommittee Wednesday morning.
"I stand by my original statement that we are looking for the fasted, highest quality process to speed up the cleanup efforts," Santiago told EGP Wednesday. The assemblyman, who represents most of the communities contaminated by the Exide plant, including Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Vernon, Maywood and Huntington Park, was a regular face at DTSC hearings and meetings.
His bill, AB 118, gives DTSC access to the funds through June 2018, a date which Santiago's chief of staff, Jackie Koenig, told EGP is included as a budget mechanism, explaining funds will still be available to DTSC after the 2018 date if needed.
The multi-million dollar loan can only be used for cleanup related activities, including testing and the CEQA environmental review process, as well as for job training of local hires and any costs related to the recovery of the funds from potentially responsible parties, including Exide.
It also mandates that DSTC keep the public informed of its progress by regularly posting on its website the number of property access agreements received, properties sampled and properties remedied. The state regulatory agency will also be required to update state legislators on the cleanup effort and provide a summary of their findings during DTSC's annual funding requests.
DTSC is preparing to begin the environmental impact report (EIR) process and hopes to begin the cleanup of residential properties, schools, daycare centers and parks in the 1.7-mile radius surrounding the battery recycling plant by late spring 2017. The EIR is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which mandates state and local agencies identify significant environmental impacts and mitigation to the community.
Initially, there was a proposal to exempt the community cleanup from the CEQA process out of concern that it could further stall the process to remove lead, arsenic, and other potentially dangerous chemicals from area homes and other properties.
However, last week, DTSC Director Barbara Lee, speaking to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee for Resources and Transportation, said it's the wish of community leaders and environmental groups to not exempt the Exide cleanup from CEQA process. The initial thinking was to give the cleanup the highest priority as quickly, effectively and safely as possible, she said.
The environmental review process will begin in early May with a 30-day public review of the notice of preparation, followed by a public scoping meeting later that month, according to DTSC. The agency estimates it will release a draft EIR sometime in October. Assuming no extensions are granted, the public will have 45 days to comment on the DEIR in writing or during a public hearing. DTSC estimates it could release a final EIR for public review sometime in March 2017 and certify the document in by April, if there are no delays.
The state agency is currently sampling and cleaning properties using the $7 million it received from Exide last summer. The CEQA process would not effect future testing, which would continue while the EIR is being approved, according to DTSC.
"The administration remains open to working with community leaders and the legislature to explore ways to expedite the CEQA review," Lee told the committee last week. "The health and safety of this community – especially the youngest and most vulnerable in it – has to be our top priority."
Congressman Xavier Becerra, who also serves the impacted areas and serves as Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, applauded Governor Brown's recent decision not to exempt the Exide lead cleanup from the CEQA review process.
"The Governor did the right thing by respecting the will of the residents impacted by the contamination. They deserve to have the cleanup, remediation and oversight done in a way that gains their trust and confidence after years of neglect," he said. "While it's important to promptly undertake all the measures necessary to restore a clean and safe environment for the families, the work must be done, first and foremost, in partnership with the families who must live through this."
DTSC now says it will use information from the California Department of Public Health, which conducted blood tests to determine the levels of lead in children living in the areas surrounding the Vernon plan, to "refine and target our testing and cleanup."
To date, over 1000 properties in the area surrounding Exide have been sampled and over 200 properties have been cleaned, according to DTSC.
Marquez believes that is still too little, too late.
"I don't know why it's taken so long, you would think by now they would be further along," she said.
"Children are being poisoned," she emphasized. "We want it done yesterday."
Santiago agrees and says he is concerned that the remediation process could be prolonged.
"Every day we wait is a day our community doesn't get justice," he told EGP.
DTSC should have taken good notes throughout the dozens of public meetings conducted on the issue, Santiago told EGP, referring to testimony already available on the impact of Exide's toxic polluting as well as concerns about potential risks during the cleanup process.
"We need to make sure we get this right on the front end so we don't run into the same problems," he said.
"I can assure all the red tape will be torn down and the neighborhoods will be cleaned up."
Update 11:45 a.m. This post has been updated to include a statement from Congressman Xavier Becerra.
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Women Shaping Vernon of the Future
March 24, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
Like some of its neighbors in east and southeast Los Angeles County, women now outnumber men on the Vernon City Council.
The three women on the five member council were all elected during a time of transition in the city, which has spent the last several years trying to move past its reputation as a place mired in corruption and pollution.
"Vernon is changing," says Councilwoman Melissa Ybarra with pride. "It's going in a new direction that five or ten years ago nobody believed it could."
Ybarra, 38, was elected in March 2015 to fill out the remainder of the term left vacant by the unexpected death of her father, Michael A. Ybarra.
"I was nervous" when I first took office, she told EGP.
"Same here," chimes in Councilwoman Yvette Woodruff-Perez, 35.
She joined Councilmembers Ybarra, Luz Martinez, W. Michael McCormick and William 'Bill' Davis on the dais in April 2015. Her election was history making in the city, marking the first time the city council would be dominated by women – all Latinas.
"I love the fact that female residents can step up and lead and not be intimated," Woodruff-Perez said.
Like some of it's neighboring cities, Vernon's past has been riddled with political corruption. Highly industrial, with more manufacturing, warehousing, animal rendering plants and other types of industry than people living in the city, Vernon was at every level very much a man's world. Including the all male city council that for years just rubber-stamped staff recommendations without questions.
But that's all changed, according to Ybarra and Woodruff-Perez, who during their short time in office have changed the tone of the city council from quiet and trusting, to more questioning and willing to direct staff, rather than the other way around.
Woodruff-Perez recalls that at age 5 she was translating for her parents who only spoke Spanish.
"I carried that with me, and learned if you speak up people listen."
Ybarrra has been vocal about the need for more housing, like the fairly recently opened Vernon Village Park, which doubled the city's population and was key to good governance reform. Now she wants to bring businesses and residents closer together as one community, and to get it done before her she comes up for reelection next spring.
"There always seems to be a line between the residents and the businesses," she noted. "That's why we need more community involvement."
The two councilwoman would like to see more recreational and cultural opportunities for the city's 200 or so residents living near the State Route 710. A community-based marathon, art, music and fitness classes are a few of their suggestions. They'd also like to develop scholarship and resident recognition programs and perhaps open a pocket park.
"Vernon should be a place where people choose to go instead of sitting in traffic," Woodruff-Perez said.
That's where businesses come in, she said, pointing out the number of businesses that could make a variety of public-private partnerships possible. If the city, for example, wanted to take part in the Rose Parade, there are a number of steel companies that would surely donate and volunteer, she suggested.
But some of the city's businesses have also hurt Vernon's reputations with its neighbors, who accuse the city of only caring about what's good for business and not the community at large.
Communication is key to repairing those damaged relationships, according to Ybarra, who says she always keeps lines of communication open.
"If [residents] want to know something and have questions I will gladly talk to them."
A health fair is another way to bring Vernon residents and their neighbors together, suggests Woodruff-Perez, whose background is in nursing.
"We want them to know that we do care as a city," added Ybarra.
When it comes to politics, Woodruff-Perez told EGP she wants the three women on the council to use their platform to educate and motivate people to run for office. For years, most of Vernon's elections were uncontested. The April 12 council election was in danger of going down that same road, but it now appears Leticia Lopez will challenge longtime council member, Mayor W. Michael McCormick, as a write-in candidate.
Vernon's Independent Special Counsel, former Attorney General and Los Angeles District Attorney John Van de Kamp acknowledges the city is going through a "major transition." The city has implemented 150 good governance reforms since 2011 when it was nearly disincorporated amid charges of misappropriation of funds, voter fraud and excessive executive salaries.
"This was something I wanted to be a part of," explains Ybarra, as she looks toward the future. "It gives me a sense of pride knowing I'm doing this not just for the future of my kids but for the city."