A CLEAN, SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.Byline: Richard H. Close WHAT would the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. be like if it were a separate city? An interesting question, but not a difficult question. You only have to look nearby at Burbank or Glendale. The Valley could be safe and clean. We could have our own rapid transit rapid transit, transportation system designed to allow passenger travel within or throughout an urban area, usually employing surface, elevated, or underground railway systems or some combination of these. system. (We already have paid $1.3 billion for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. system, which will only have a stub A small software routine placed into a program that provides a common function. Stubs are used for a variety of purposes. For example, a stub might be installed in a client machine, and a counterpart installed in a server, where both are required to resolve some protocol, remote procedure into North Hollywood.) We could have City Council meetings at night in the Valley. You would not have to take a day off from work and travel up to three hours to be allowed three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. to speak to your City Council members. As a separate city, the Valley would receive funding from the federal and state governments that would be used locally - not diverted over the hill. Currently, we must travel to downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or for our main library. Many local services can only be obtained from a downtown location. The city wants to spend $3 billion to further centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. governmental services. As a separate city, the Valley ``downtown'' would be in the Valley. City employees would be familiar with the needs of your community. They would not be serving 3.9 million residents. Your problems and needs could actually be dealt with. We could establish a fair method to tax businesses. This would encourage them to invest in the Valley - not flee to other cities. Our business license tax could be comparable to those of other communities - not the highest in the county. Currently, each City Council member represents more than 230,000 residents. This is more than the populations of Burbank and Glendale combined. No wonder residents complain that they cannot discuss problems and solutions directly with their elected officials. A new city would have elected officials available and accountable. An accountable City Council in the new city would spend money for a safe and clean Valley. Hundreds of thousands of dollars would not go to former employees as goodbye payments (``golden parachutes''). Too many residents and businesses are leaving the Valley. They are going to the east, west and north of the Valley. Property values are not rebounding as much as those of nearby communities. By creating a new city, the Valley will be able to concentrate 100 percent of its energy and resources on revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. . A government run by professionals - not politicians - would be more efficient and effective. The new Valley will be far more attractive for residents and businesses. CAPTION(S): Map Map: San Fernando Valley |
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