AREAS PUSH PANEL PICKS.Byline: Janette Williams Staff Writer ALTADENA - The fledgling Altadena Foothills Conservancy is flexing its muscles to place its president in the new shared Altadena/La Crescenta seat on the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open advisory board. The two areas are both pushing candidates but insist they have similar concerns. La Crescenta, with no local conservancy, will nominate Town Councilman Vasken Yardemian for the advisory board seat, said La Crescenta Town Council President Charles Beatty.. ``Altadena has worked very hard to obtain the legislation, and it's sad there's not more than one seat available,'' Beatty said. ``But as for who should sit, I believe it should be the person most qualified. If they're the right person, I think they will consider both sides.'' La Crescenta shares similar concerns and the same goals as Altadena, Beatty said, with proposals for the 500-house Oakmont development in the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Glendale foothills at the top of the list. ``I don't think we have too many differences,'' he said. ``We each have a unique community and we have the same goals.'' Altadena plans to nominate its conservancy council president, environmental scientist Nancy Steele, to the advisory board. ``I think if we can get the joint seat this year, it will be very useful - it's our main priority,'' said Astrid Ellersieck, a founding member of the Altadena panel. ``Since we created the amendment to the bill in the first place, we really deserve it in the first year.'' Since the group formed about nine months ago, the Altadena Foothills Conservancy members have lobbied hard to get a local representative on the body that oversees a vast swath of the county, including the foothills above Altadena. It was partly through their efforts that an amended bill by state Sen. Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. , D-Pasadena, that added one seat on the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy for unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" Altadena and La Crescenta and one each for the cities of Sierra Madre Sierra Madre, city, United States Sierra Madre (sēĕr`ə mä`drā), residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing. and South Pasadena South Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə), city (1990 pop. 23,936), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1888. Medical supplies, clothing, and transportation and electronic equipment are manufactured. made it to the governor's desk, local officials said. The conservancy has enlisted the support of Altadena Heritage and the Altadena Town Council in its effort to get the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. to appoint Steele. The group will also circulate a petition, Ellersieck said. Steele, who was out of the country and could not be reached for comment, has spoken of Altadena's ``unique challenges.'' |
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