PUBLIC FORUM ?SSETTING RECORD STRAIGHT ON STATE PARKLAND.I was concerned when I read your articles of May 24 and June 7 describing a number of issues concerning state-owned parkland in the Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west separating the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on its south from Santa Clara River Valley to the north and . As superintendent of the Angeles District, which includes the Santa Susana Mountains, I respectfully request that you allow me to give a brief overview of our perspectives on the matters covered in each of these articles. The California Department of Parks and Recreation The California Department of Parks and Recreation manages the California state parks system, which contains 280 parks and 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²), with over 280 miles of coastline; 625 miles of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles of hiking, has been acquiring parkland in the Santa Susana Mountains since 1978. Working in cooperation with the community, California State Parks This is a list of state parks and reserves in the California state park system. Jump to: External links A : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
It is the hope of many people that this parkland will continue to be preserved for future generations and will one day be a part of a major mountain park. Many speculate that the state-owned portion of the area may someday be classified as a state historic park in recognition of the significant historic sites located there. It is true that progress in acquiring all of the land that was originally planned for the park has been slowed by escalating land prices, which reduced the acreage that we were able to buy with the money set aside for the park. It is also true that no park employees have been assigned to work at the site. However, it is untrue that there has been any decision to put the park ``on hold'' or that resources are being damaged because of delays in the classification of these lands as a state historic park. The California Department of Parks and Recreation does not lack the funds to protect the parkland or to provide access to the public for outdoor recreation. While many additional amenities and programs may be offered at some future time, our current partnerships and our ranger patrols from nearby park units are effective in informing people of the wonders to be found in the area and in keeping the area open and safe. It is also true that a grading incident occurred in 1993 wherein a bulldozer operated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La and working under contract for Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Co. inadvertently damaged some historic and archeological sites on the parkland. It is also true that California State Parks has taken legal action in order to assure that the site is restored and that damage to our parkland is prevented to a much greater extent in the future. However, the impression that California State Parks is seeking to extract large amounts of money from the Fire Department and Edison in order to develop a new park is inaccurate. California State Parks has been working cooperatively with Edison and the Fire Department in search of ways to avoid accidental disruptions of resources in the future. We are also discussing what happened at the Santa Susana Mountains parkland and what should be done to stabilize and to remedy the situation. The two stories, when read together, describe a very different picture and may give some readers the impression that we are very far apart in our attempts to get along. That simply is not true. - Daniel C. Preece Calabasas O.J. gala: odder than fiction Hey, O.J., wake up because it sounds like you're living in a bad episode of ``The Twilight Zone twilight zone - [IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC operators live. An op is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone". .'' Hosting a fund-raiser to combat spousal abuse is about as absurd as the late serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. Richard Speck Richard Franklin Speck (December 6, 1941–December 5, 1991) was a mass murderer who systematically killed eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital, Chicago, Illinois on July 14, 1966. doing a public service announcement for prison reform. Where's Timothy Leary now that we need him. I need to tune out now. - Steve Belgard West Hills Bilingual education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native `racist' Regarding George R. Tyndall's letter on bilingual education (Public Forum, June 23): I wish to commend Tyndall for his keen insight into the confusion swamping 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. Unified School District's policies regarding native Spanish speakers. Mexico and other countries to the south are the greatest sources of immigrant children to our city. What more beautiful contribution to our need to understand each other than to teach English speakers Spanish and Spanish speakers English? That would be true bilingual education, not the failed embarrassment we have now: the expenditure of $130 million annually to teach Spanish to native Spanish speakers. What we currently call bilingual education in our district is, in fact, a racist attempt to segregate seg·re·gate v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates v.tr. 1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. Hispanics. We need more citizens like Tyndall to come forward and speak the truth. - Douglas Lasken Woodland Hills Ivans' dismissal lauded At least ``60 Minutes'' has some smarts. Reading that Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 – January 31 2007) was a liberal American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. was just dumped by the show's producer, it would pay for the Daily News to follow suit. I had the misfortune of seeing Ivins only once on ``60 Minutes,'' which was once too often. The most sorrowful sor·row·ful adj. Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad. sor  row·ful·ly adv. commentary that Molly gave was like the column that she writes, which is
just as hollow - an exchange of meaningless words that say absolutely
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- Benjamin R. Laufer Sherman Oaks CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Vista point: The Department of Parks and Recreation h as been acquiring parkland in the Santa Susana Mountains since 1978. Daily News |
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