IT'S DOWN THE DRAIN FOR FLOOD MEASURES.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer For the second time in 10 years, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley voters overwhelmingly rejected creating a valleywide flood control district that could have brought with it a hefty heft·y adj. heft·i·er, heft·i·est 1. Of considerable weight; heavy. 2. Rugged and powerful. See Synonyms at heavy. 3. new property tax. Voters rejected by more than a 3-1 margin Measures J and K, which were not binding but were meant to measure the level of public support before officials embarked on the long, costly process of joining the valley to 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. County's flood control district or creating a new regional district. ``I am deeply disappointed in people that didn't have the foresight (graphics, tool) Foresight - A software product from Nu Thena providing graphical modelling tools for high level system design and simulation. . We'll have another 50- or 100-year storm in the next few years and all these people will be complaining,'' Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Local officials said they will look for other options. ``We'll continue to look for ways to improve the flood-control situation, working with the community. We're hopeful we can come up with a plan that works,'' said Tony Bell, a spokesman for Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . ``Obviously our work is cut out for us.'' Measure J asked voters whether they supported creating an Antelope Valley flood control district. The district, expected to take three to four years to create, would have been financed with an annual property assessment estimated to be about $150 to $200 per lot. Measure K asked whether voters prefer to be annexed into the existing county district, which now ends at Avenue S. Annexation annexation, in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, would have taken two to three years. Annual lot assessments were estimated at $125 to $175. Each proposal was aimed solely at the Los Angeles County portion of the Antelope Valley. Local officials said the Antelope Valley's lack of a coordinated regional flood control agency is the reason for localized flood damage, such as washed-out Lake Los Angeles-area roads and flooded Quartz Hill homes and streets last winter. There was no organized opposition to the measures, but local voters were expected to resist anything that called for raising taxes. In 1995, voters by a 4-to-1 margin struck down a proposed flood control district that would have covered all of the Antelope Valley. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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