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GENERAL MEETING
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. Gather and social
10:30 a.m. Business Meeting and program starts promptly – all are invited to attend
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Program
Location: Radisson Hotel in Chatsworth
9777 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Chatsworth
Cost: $22.00 per person
Menu: Turkey Dinner or Cobb Salad and a pumpkin “something” for dessert
Let Andria know your choice when you make your reservation (Yes, Andria is home from the hospital and is back doing her job.
Bring your own box if you want to take any of your leftover lunch home.
Reservations:
maryannedonat@sbcglobal.net
Contact Andria by Sunday, November 15, 2009
If you make a reservation and cannot attend, be sure to cancel your reservation; or you will be responsible for the cost. Remember, Board members and committee chairpersons have standing reservations for the general meeting.
Our CLUB won first place in the California Federation of Republican Women newsletter competition. We also won a second place award in Community Service.
PROGRAM
Teddy Howell
I hope you are planning to attend our very important meeting Wednesday, November 18th.
First on the agenda is the election of officers for the coming year. 2010 is when we must try to overcome the LIBERAL majority in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. We all need to be involved in this effort, especially here in California. By getting out the vote, we shall be able to take America back from those who wish to steal it for their own agenda.
Helping us will be Jane Barnett who is the President of the Los Angeles County Republican Party as well as Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich who will be the installing officer.
Their comments at our meeting will be timely, I am sure.
Please do make your reservations early.
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Well here we are, approaching the end of the year 2009!
It is not so bad having patience, and after all one “gets across the sea” with patience and therefore makes it alive ashore !
I hope that I have reached most of you either via e-mail or calls regarding the volunteer political hours and the community hours. If I missed some and you still wish to give me your hours and activity, please contact me at 805 584 1533 as soon as you can. These hours need to reported from January 1st 2009 through estimated December 31st 2009. Our club is qualifying for the 2009 LACFRW “CHAMPION CLUB AWARDS PROGRAM”, designed to enhance teamwork among team members to make each club effective. It establishes standards of performance for club functions, membership development, programs, member involvement and campaign activities, and it also identifies the club as one guaranteed to succeed. We are qualified for the DIAMOND level of achievement, based on the listed standards of performance and much more, and it is all due to YOU members.
So THANK YOU to you all is the least that I can say!
The LACFRW award presentations will be on Wednesday December 2nd 2009 at the beautiful Friendly Hills Country Club in Whittier.The following awards will be presented : Membership, Registration, Champion Awards and special recognition. Entertainment from a group of singing and bell ringing youngsters will join us as well on this day. So, if you can please come along and be part of this celebration. I have anticipated and called a block for our club in advance.
I wish to say “Thank you” to Mary Lou Dudzak who has been very kind to represent us by taking a beautiful plant and a card to Andrea Page on Sunday October 25 2009, as I understand Andrea is now home and continuing to recover slowly but surely. Again, Andrea speedy but safe healing from us all.
At our next General Meeting of November 18 2009 we will finalize elections, hear from Jane Barnett Chairwoman of RPLAC and then wrap up the year with having the honor of the presence of Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who is going to install the officers for 2010 in the afternoon. I hope you will all consider to be part of this meeting.
Also, please save the date of January 30, 2010 on your calendar for the next year’s 39th Annual “Leadership Seminar”, that will prepare, and challenge the officers for the year to come. A very special speaker has been invited - Minnesota’s congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, recently introduced Mrs. Bachmann as “the second most hated Republican woman in the country, second to former Governor Palin, which is a good position”.
Lastly, come and be part of a joyous Christmas Party on Wednesday December 9, 2009, at Cheryl Sullivan’s home in preparation for the holiday season
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Yours always,
MaryAnne
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We end the year with 72 members and 20 associate members.
The first person to pay her 2010 dues is also our newest member. Welcome Estelle Murawski.
Dues is now due for 2010. It was voted in October to raise the dues to $35 per person. This is in response to the national (NFRW) dues being raised at the last convention.
For your information, of the dues our club receives from each person, $15.90 of it is sent on to the higher levels of our organization:
$10.00 - NFRW (national)
$3.40 - CFRW (state)
$0.50 - CFRW Southern Division
$2.00 - LACFRW (Los Angeles County)
Pay your dues now for 2010. Make out a $35 check to CPWHRWF
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PRESIDENT PAT HICKS is a California native, raised in the San Fernando Valley. Her most favorite and best job ever was being Mother to two sons, Eric and Tom. She rejoined workforce at age 39 and retired in 2000 after working 20+ years at an aerospace company, ITT. She joined CPWHRWF in 2000, in 2001 became Caring for America chairperson, actively working for Haven Hills and Operation Gratitude until 2009. Still actively working with Operation Gratitude during their twice a year care package projects. She likes to travel, especially to Bay Area to visit two gorgeous granddaughters, ages 2 1/2 and 7 mos. Her favorite pastime is playing bridge.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT – PROGRAM open
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT - WAYS AND MEANS open
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP
BARBARA CIRKS calls herself a “Valley Girl’. She has been a school teacher, head hunter, church secretary, and, of course, a mom of 3 children. She loves politics, architecture, art, travel and reading. She collects hand painted antique china.
FOURTH VICE PRESIDENT - CAMPAIGN AND PRECINCT
ARLINE FIORITO was raised in New York and is a trained dental hygienist. When came to California she went to work and then owned a travel agency for 25 years. She loves opera, loves to garden, and enjoys life and its adventures. She is an ardent Republican.
TREASURER
BARBARA PULVER was born in Seattle and came to California when she was 7. She worked for 21 years at Pac Bell, then joined her husband in his real estate office. She continues to this day to manage property. She has 8 grandchildren – the oldest, an Army Major, is about to be deployed.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
EDITH KAUL was born in Vienna, Austria, and emigrated to the U.S. when she was 13. As an adult she worked for an airline for two years, then married and raised 3 children. She became a beautician, taking the training while her children were is school, and works at that now. She has 9 grandchildren and likes to ski, hike and dance.
RECORDING SECRETARY
ISLAY MAE GOURLAY has been an active member since 1963 and was President in 1967-68. She has been recording secretary several times in the last few years. She regularly volunteers with our club at the “MY STUFF” BAG Program. She has two sons and NO grandchildren. As a career she worked in the insurance industry.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
SHIRLEY AMES has been a member since 1960 and has held many positions, including President, Program Chairman and Corresponding Secretary. Shirley is a writer by profession.
AUDITOR - JANET FISHER is our current treasurer. She has been President twice. She has served as our Treasurer for a number of years in the past. She is very active in her church, volunteers with the Mary Magdalane Project, and was a nurse by profession.
Further nominations may be made at the General Meeting. To do so you must have WRITTEN permission from the person you wish to nominate.
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Ronald Reagan Library is having a series of fine events coming up between now and the end of this year.
Friday November 6th 2009. Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Wall. This November will mark the 2oth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the advent of freedom and democracy in Eastern Europe as it is known today. On this day, to celebrate this anniversary and to pay tribute to Ronald Reagan, whose role in this historic event was truly heroic, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and The Heritage Foundation are joining together to host this one-day conference. Panel discussions with scholars, senior officials in the Reagan Administration and Eastern European officials and leaders will take place. The speakers include President Reagan’s Secretary of State George Schultz. For more info. see the website at www.reaganfoundation.org .
November 18, 2009 -January 10, 2010 the Ronald Reagan Library is bringing back its annual holiday exhibit, “Christmas Around the World”, which features beautifully decorated trees, representing the countries which President Reagan visited while in office.
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Dear CPRWF friends,
Upon completing my CSUN English credential program last May I had no intention of looking for a job. After seven years of "back-to-school" I was tired, and the LAUSD crisis confirmed my decision to relax a while and take some much-needed time with my daughter in preparation for her August wedding. The thought of having no school demands was exhilarating, and I relished in the idea that, although my dream of teaching was finally attainable, I could justifiably put it off for a while.
May came and my University supervisor informed me that Granada Hills Charter High School was hiring four English teachers, and she asked me to apply. She sent a good word over to the English Dept. Chair and told me she would be expecting my resume ASAP. What's a girl to do? I was so conflicted between my desire to rest, and my desire to teach. I decided that it would be a good idea to apply. I needed the interview experience, and I certainly had no fantasies of being hired. I was well aware that many experienced LAUSD teachers had been laid off due to the cutbacks, and knew that lots of those teachers would be seeking out the same job I was applying for. A few days after receiving my application, the school scheduled an interview for me for the next day. The interview went well, and I was told that if I was being considered as a possible candidate, someone would come to watch me teach in my student teaching position as a sort of second interview. A few days later, I received word that the Director of Instruction was coming the day after Memorial Day to observe my classroom! The lesson was vibrant, the students were engaged, and my observer slipped out quietly as we continued our lively discussion about Marxism and the Mexican Revolutionary woman, Frida Kahlo.
Two hours later I had a voice message offering me a full time position teaching English at Granada Hills Charter High School. I was dumbfounded. I hadn't even intended to look for a job. I wanted to rest.
I knew that another chance like this may not come along in a while, and with the economy the way it is, it seemed wise to consider saying yes. I called my husband and told him the news as I agonized over the decision I should make. We decided that this was my chance, so I took it. God had landed a job right in my lap, and I hadn't even had to look. Amazing.
I began my English teaching career on August 17, 2009. Three weeks later I celebrated my 50th birthday at back-to-school night. My students are wonderful, amazing, smart, funny, and struggle with life issues like you can't imagine. They are learning to be writers, real writers, and they are learning to look closely at literature. They are learning to be "a part of the conversation" that is literature, and they are joining in.
As a Republican woman, I am proud to say that teaching is one of the most important ways that I can influence our future generation. As a conservative, I think it is important to bring both sides of each issue to the table for students to consider: not to tell them what to think, not even to tell them what I think, but to make them consider what they think.
Kids need to know what they believe. And they need to think about why. I consider it my job to help them get there.
By the way, lots of people told me last fall that I look like Sarah Palin, so you'll get a kick out of knowing that I'm dressing up as her for Halloween.
I miss you all. During your Wednesday monthly meetings I'm teaching the brilliant future generation of leaders. Pray for them. Pray for me.
Best, Christi
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In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…" from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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If I can make the arrangements with Topanga Plaza’s new management you may receive a call from me to volunteer at a table there sometime this month to register voters. Call me at if you need information or forms..
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We will be collecting items for Haven Hills at our November meeting. They will be all of the usual things, including non-perishable food, toiletries, cleaning items, and paper towels and toilet paper. You may contribute money to purchase those things if you are not able to get out and buy them. And remember, items should be geared toward single family apartments, usually a mother and two children, rather than super quantity. Food ideas could be spaghetti sauce, pasta, canned tuna, packages of macaroni and cheese, boxes of dry cereal, canned fruit and vegetables.
We will also accept any items you choose to bring in for Operation Gratitude.
You may want to start thinking ahead to our December party meeting, which will be a potluck luncheon at Cheryl's house. Besides bringing your contribution of a covered dish and a wrapped gift for our gift exchange game, plan to bring unwrapped gifts for the women at Haven Hills to give to their children and/or unwrapped gifts for the children to give to their mothers. This is a tradition for our holiday season.
Thank you for your generosity.
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TIME/DATE: 11:11am, November 11th. The parade will begin precisely at the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month – the official kick-off of Veterans Day.
LOCATION: The parade will begin at the corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and San Fernando Mission Blvd, proceed down Laurel Canyon Blvd.1.1 miles and culminate at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center and Park, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima, CA 91331 (corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Paxton St.). There will be a carnival at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center.
SIZE AND SCOPE: The parade will involve more than 60 veterans groups (including one equestrian team), at least five marching high school bands and the participation of the San Diego-based Navy Band Southwest and the1st Marine Division Band from Camp Pendleton, California. and the Air National Guard Band of the Southwest (562 Air Force Band). All of the wartime eras will be specifically represented (from WWII to Iraqi Freedom) and all branches of military service will be represented by active duty or reserve personnel. The WWII era flying Condor squadron from Van Nuys will decorate the sky. Thousands of people are expected to line the street to cheer veterans past and present. High ranking military officers, elected officials and other dignitaries will watch from a special reviewing stand. Highway off-ramps and local streets will be shut down to traffic. It will be televised on Channel 35.
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US/Pacific Reform Group Seeks California Constitution Rewrite
Oct 28, 2009 3:21 pm
SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP)
A coalition of business and civic groups has filed language for two ballot initiatives seeking to repair California's government by rewriting the state's constitution.
The coalition, Repair California, wants to put the questions on the November 2010 ballot.
The first initiative would amend the constitution to give voters the right to call a convention. If that passes, a second initiative spells out how delegates would be selected and what they would discuss.
The paperwork was filed Wednesday with the attorney general's office.
The goal is to suggest fixes to such issues as the budgeting process, initiatives and restoring the balance of power between state and local governments.
Jim Wunderman, president of a group spearheading the campaign, said the convention would avoid topics such as gay marriage, the death penalty and immigration.
Editor’s note: Be aware that a constitution reform may include eliminating Prop 13 and the 2/3 majority needed to approve a budget!
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Public Called On To Continue Conserving Water
September 30, 2009
Sacramento – California embarks on a new water year with concerns about a fourth consecutive year of drought, serious water shortages and uncertain weather ahead. The 2009-10 water year runs from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
As of September 1, statewide precipitation was at 85 percent for the year. Water Year 2007-08 was even drier, resulting in only 63 percent of average annual precipitation. Water Year 2008-09 was slightly better, bringing 72 percent of average annual precipitation.
“After three years of dry weather, we are preparing for the likelihood that we are entering a fourth year of drought in 2010,” said California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Director Lester Snow. “Regardless of the weather outcome, it is critical that Californians continue to conserve as much water as we can to help stretch our water supply.”
As a result of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s emergency drought declaration in February 2009, the state teamed up with the Association of California Water Agencies in April to create the “Save Our Water” conservation education program.
DETAILS, FACTS AND FIGURES
Statewide reservoir storage as of today is at 70 percent of average for this time of year, with individual key reservoirs much lower. Eight of the state’s 12 major reservoirs are at 50 percent of capacity or below. San Luis Reservoir is in the worst shape, at just 21 percent of capacity.
In comparison, the state ended the 2005-06 water year with 123 percent of average reservoir storage.
Runoff was also down this year. As of September 1, statewide runoff was at 65 percent of average with both the Sacramento and San Joaquin River regions being classified as “dry,” the second driest of five classification levels.
???There are 67 local water agencies that have mandated water conservation and 56 agencies that are urging voluntary conservation. More information can be found at ACWA’s drought Web site, www.acwa.com/issues/cadrought.
???State drought emergencies have been declared in Fresno, Mendocino, Humboldt and Kings counties. Last week, the federal government declared drought emergencies in 50 of California’s 58 counties.
???The state continues to work on a draft five-year Statewide Drought Contingency Plan that will help plan for and respond to a long-term drought. The plan will be finalized by February 2010.
???California water and agricultural officials are working closely with officials in Australia on drought and water management issues. Australia is experiencing its eighth year of drought and California officials are studying that country’s response to long-term drought to help prepare for the worst in California.
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REP. MCCLINTOCK CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL FIELD HEARING ON CALIFORNIA WATER CRISIS
U.S. Representative Tom McClintock (CA-04 Granite Bay) the ranking member of the House Water and Power Subcommittee today called for a Congressional field hearing on California’s water crisis.
Here is his letter…….
October 26, 2009
Chairman Nick Rahall
House Natural Resources Committee
Chairwoman Grace Napolitano
House Water and Power Subcommittee
I write to respectfully request that the House Water and Power Subcommittee hold a field hearing in California to resolve the water crisis impacting the San Joaquin Valley, all of California, and our nationwide food supply. This letter follows two attached earlier requests from our colleagues that have been met with silence.
The Natural Resources Committee has held just one oversight hearing this year on California-specific water issues. That hearing precluded testimony from non-governmental witnesses, which is why many of our colleagues asked for a field hearing which could have included testimony from impacted farming operations, small businesses, individuals and environmental groups. Further, the only recent opportunity to hold a hearing on the matter is being supplanted with a hearing on water data management.
Meanwhile, this government’s decision to divert hundreds of billions of gallons of water has led to massive unemployment for tens of thousands of families, fallowing on an unprecedented scale, and imported food supplies from China to what used to be the breadbasket of America. The situation remains unacceptable and has many wondering if Congress has abdicated its responsibility while communities face economic extinction.
The time to act was quite a few months ago, but Congress can still seize the opportunity in time for next year’s planting season. A hearing should include diversified testimony and the goal should be immediate solutions to bring the unemployed back to work by delivering water once again to the fields. It is simply wrong to waste any more time on stifling meaningful action to bring 40,000 people back to work. I stand ready to work with you on this vitally important effort. I look forward to your response.
Sincerely, Tom McClintock
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Democrats Vote To Give ACORN Regulatory Authority Over Financial Institutions
Fri. October 23, 2009; Posted: 04:34 PM
From TRADING MARKETS.COM
October 22, 2009 Democrats Vote To Give ACORN Regulatory Authority Over Financial Institutions
WASHINGTON - During consideration of H.R. 3126, legislation to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted to pass an amendment offered by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) that will make ACORN eligible to play a role in setting regulations for financial institutions.
The Waters amendment adds to the CFPA Oversight Board 5 representatives from the fields of "consumer protection, fair lending and civil rights, representatives of depository institutions that primarily serve underserved communities, or representatives of communities that have been significantly impacted by higher-priced mortgages" to join Federal banking regulators in advising the Director on the consistency of proposed regulations, and strategies and policies that the Director should undertake to enforce its rules.
By making representatives of ACORN and other consumer activist organizations eligible to serve on the Oversight Board, the amendment creates a potentially enormous government sanctioned conflict of interest. ACORN-type organizations will have an advisory role on regulating the very financial institutions from which they receive millions of dollars annually in direct corporate contributions and benefit from other financial partnerships and arrangements. These are the same organizations that pressured banks to make subprime mortgage loans and thus bear a major responsibility for the collapse of the housing market.
In light of recent evidence linking ACORN to possible criminal activity, Democrats took an unprecedented step today to give ACORN a potential role alongside bank regulators in overseeing financial institutions. This is contrary to recent actions taken by the Senate and House to block federal funds to ACORN.
A recent inquiry into bank funding of ACORN activities by three House Committees found that institutions that would be regulated by the CFPA have provided millions of dollars to the organization in the form of direct donations, lines of credit, cash, and other assets over the last 15 years. to view the vote.
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Remember that vote of congress to stop funding for ACORN? That lasted only one month!!! We need to tell Obama and the legislators to make it permanent.
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Harry Reid had two problems. How would he get the health care bill out of the Senate Finance Committee without revealing the glaring potential fissures in his party over the public option on health care? And, how could he lend a veneer of bipartisanship to a one-party bill?
He couldn't allow a vote on final passage out of the committee with a public option in the bill because he knew that he would lose Democrats and would have no GOP support. But real compromise was always out of the question. He wanted his public option. So he evolved a strategy where the only bill that would be voted on in committee would be one that did not have a public option, all the while planning for the final product to have one.
So he used the bait of a bill with no public option to hook moderate Democrats like Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and the gullible Republican Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
When the bill emerged from Finance, by a lopsided 15-to-nine vote, it restored the momentum to health care reform that had stalled due to the public outrage so evident during the August recess.
Then, the dexterous Reid capitalized on that momentum to put the public option back into the bill, reversing the commitment to compromise that allowed the bill to clear the committee in the first place.
This tactic of bait and switch offers a foretaste of what Reid will attempt on the Senate floor. He obviously hopes to replicate these tactics in getting the bill through the Senate.
As he did in the Finance Committee, Reid has opened his gambit on the Senate floor by embracing a public option. He does this for two reasons: First, he wants to send a signal to the House and Senate militants that his heart is in the right place and that the final bill will probably have a public option. Second, he needs to have room to compromise so the final Senate version attracts the moderates he needs. He first veers left in order to then swing right.
His next move is predictable. As he awaits House action, he stands firm in backing the public option. And, as he nears the point of a Senate floor vote, he will pretend to modify that option in order to attract moderates and perhaps a few stray Republicans. As he and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., did in committee, he will truncate or even abandon the public option to win unanimous Democratic support (and perhaps one or two Republicans)
Then, in conference with the House, he will pull the old bait-and-switch tactic again, jettisoning the Senate bill and embracing a full-throated public option in the final version that will return to the Senate.
At that point, he hopes to use the momentum of House passage and the imprimatur of the conference committee to try to persuade senators, and the public, that it is this bill or no bill and that only a proposal with a robust public option can pass.
The point of this strategy is never to ask moderates to vote for a public option until the final vote after the conference committee. Let them build a record of having opposed the public option to sell back home. Let Reid show that he tried to compromise. And only put the final test to the moderate senators at the very last minute when all the momentum is on the side of final passage.
If he succeeds, Reid gets a bill with his public option. But, even if he fails and has to delete the public option at the last minute to get Senate support, he will still have gotten the health care bill through.
By making such a fuss over the public option, with the connivance of the liberals, he keeps the spotlight away from the Medicare cuts, the end of Medicare Advantage, the inevitable rationing of health care, the taxes on the uninsured and the sick, and the cuts in medical reimbursement. A bill with all these provisions -- even without a public option -- is pernicious enough!
And, these tactics can still produce a bill with a public option.
Will this tactic work? It all depends on the political environment outside Washington. If the bill is only marginally unpopular (the current 40 percent to 55 percent), it will probably pass. But if public opinion moves another 5 or so points (to, say, 35 percent to 60 percent against), then the moderates will probably refuse to cave in.
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DEFINITION OF 287 G Section 287(g) of the INA allows the DHS and state and local governments to enter into assistance compacts. Both sides must agree on the scope and intent of the program before it is implemented, which gives states and local communities the flexibility to shape the programs to meet their needs. State and local law officers governed by a §287(g) agreement must receive adequate training and operate under the direction of federal authorities. In return, they receive full federal authority to enforce immigration law, thereby shifting liability to the federal government and providing the officers with additional immunity when enforcing federal laws.
The Department of Homeland Security said on July 10, 2009, “To date, ICE has trained more than 1,000 officers operating under 66 local 287(g) agreements between DHS and law enforcement agencies nationwide. Since January 2006, these 287(g)-trained officers are credited with identifying more than 120,000 individuals,”
DHS and ICE will begin working with their current 287(g) partner agencies to re-sign the standardized agreements —ultimately, only those agencies with newly signed agreements will be permitted to continue enforcing immigration law. A “sunset clause” will keep the MOA in effect for three years from the date of signing unless terminated by either party.
Kevin James on 870 talk radio on October 28, 2009, reported that Orange county Sheriff’s department and Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department both have this agreement, but the City of Los Angeles Police Department does NOT.
He further reported that Obama wants to further restrict law enforcement from identifying illegals.
REPRESENTATIVES TELL OBAMA TO LET POLICE ARREST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
By Dena Bunis,
Washington Bureau Chief of the Orange County Register
More than 50 lawmakers, including all five GOP House members from Orange County, have written to President Barack Obama asking him not to restrict the ability of local police to arrest illegal immigrants.
Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano – a former Arizona governor- recently set limits on local law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws, saying that they should limit their efforts to immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
“The Obama administration should not politicize this highly effective immigration enforcement and public safety’’ said Rep. Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who drafted the letter to Obama. It was signed by 53 Republicans and one Democrat, Heath Shuler of North Carolina.
Smith, along former Orange County Rep. Christopher Cox co-authored the so-called 287g provision of immigration law. That measure allows local police and sheriff’s department to sign an agreement with federal officials to help enforce immigration laws.
Orange County has such an agreement that gives the Sheriff’s Department the ability to screen jail inmates and turn over illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement once they have served their sentences.
Sheriff’s Department spokesman John McDonald said the department is still negotiating with federal officials on a new agreement that would comply with Napolitano’s new guidelines.
So far this year 45,741 inmates at the Orange County jail have been screened and 2,383 have been turned over to federal immigration officials.
McDonald said the fact that only 6 percent of those turned over to ICE has wound up back at the jail shows the program is successful. That 6 percent, he said, is far less than the recidivism rate of general population inmates.
“Thanks to the 287 G program, Smith says, “thousands of illegal immigrants that are identified in jails and through task force operations are being identified and deported.’’
Napolitano had suspended t he 287g program requiring all the law enforcement agencies with agreements to renegotiate them. Before it was halted there were 66 agencies all across the country taking part.
DHS decided to tighten up the program, both in terms of looking out for people’s civil rights and making sure that only people who committed “serious” crimes are screened.
In recent weeks the DHS move set up a confrontation with Mariposa Sheriff Joe Arpaio who is famous for conducting sweeps in his communities, rounding up people who are in the country illegally.
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DIRECTORY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414 Comments at (202) 456-1111 fax at (202 456-2461
www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (213) 897-0322
State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 fax (213) .897-0319
governor@governor.gov
U.S. SENATORS
Diane Feinstein (D) (310) 914-7300
11111 Santa Monica Blvd #915, Los Angeles, CA 90025
331Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 202) 224-3841
www.Feinstein.senate.gov
Barbara Boxer (D) (213) 894-5000
312 N, Spring St., Ste 1748, Los Angeles, CA 90012 fax (213) 894-5012
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington D.C. 20514 (202) 224-3553
www.boxer.senate.gov
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
27th Brad Sherman (D) (818)501-9200
5000Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
sherman.personal@mail.house.gov
www.BradSherman.house.gov
28thHoward Berman(D) (818) 891-0543
10200 Sepulveda Blvd., #300, Mission Hills, CA 91345
Howard.Berman@mail.house.gov
30th Henry Waxman (D)………………………………………...(818) 878-7400
8436 W. Third St. #600, Los Angeles, CA 90048
www.house.gov/waxman/
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
17th George Runner (R) …………………….……………………..….(661) 729-6232
848 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534
19th Tony Strickland (R) (805 494-8808
223 E Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste 400, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
State Capitol Room 3070, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-8873
20th Alex Padilla (D) (818) 901-5588
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., 400, Van Nuys, CA 91401
23rd Fran Pavley (D) (310) 441-9084
10951 W. Pico Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90064
State Capitol, Room 4032, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 445-1353
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY
37th Audra Strickland (R)…………….………………………………..(805) 230-9167
2659 Townsgate Road, #236, Westlake Village, CA 91361
38th Cameron Smyth (R) (661) 286-1565
23734 Valencia Blvd., #303, Santa Cclarita,CA 91355 State Capitol, Room 4153, Sacramento, CA 95814 …..916) 319-2038
40 Bob Blumenfield (D) (818) 904-3840
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., #300, Van Nuys, Ca 91401
State Capitol, Room 6011, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-2040
41st Julia Brownley (D) (818) 596-4141
6355 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Ste. 205, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
State Capitol, room 5144, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2041
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Central Office, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdZev Yaroslavsky(D) (818) 880-9416
26500 W. Agoura R., Calabasas, CA 91302
5th Michael D. Antonovich ( R )…………….………………………. (818) 993-5170
…………21943 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
fifthdistrict@lacbos.org
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdDennis Zine(R) (818) 756-8848
19040 Vanowen St., Reseda, CA 91335
counvilmember.zine@lacity.org
12thGreig Smith (R) (818) 886-5210
18917 Nordhoff St., #18, Northridge, CA 91324
councilmember.smith@lacity.org
LOS ANGELES CITY MAYOR
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) (818) 778-4990
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street,, Room 303, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City Hall, 14410 Sylvan Street, Van Nuys, CA 91411
Julyor@lacity.org
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
1903 w. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 (818) 841-5210
alternate phone (714) 893-8004
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN (LACFRW)
NANCY EISENHART, PRESIDENT………………….(818) 389-0423
P.O. BOX 8995, CALABASAS, CA 91372-8995
newrepublicanwoman@yahoo.com
Join LACFRW on Facebook. We've started a new group which can be found at www.facebook.com Please invite your Republican friends to join, be they Federated or not, If you are not already on FACEBOOK, you will need to register, a simple process. Join in the conversation.
California Federation of Republican Women Southern Division
www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org
User name: sodiv Password: sunny
California Federation of Republican Women
www.cfrw.org
User name: cfrw Password: ULC2hK
National Federation of Republican Women
www.nfrw.org
User name: federation Password: 1938nfrw
NFRW Summer 2009 magazine now on-line
WEBSITES FOR CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION
www.ReaganAction.com
www.majoritynext.org
www.OurLA.org
http://lgstarr.blogspot.com
Will Breazeale spoke at the October LACFRW meeting. He is really impressive! His website is www.awilltowin.com
Want to know where the stimulus money is going? Check the website…. http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state
You are supposed to get the House health care bill at www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text . Your editor was NOT successful at getting it. It’s only 1018 pages long!
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