Huizar Way Out in Poll?

Poll shows José Huizar leading by 43%

in LA City Council re-election bid

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    Contact: Parke Skelton

January 4, 2001                                                            (626) 535-9616

A new survey conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Metz shows L.A. City Council member José Huizar leading his opponent by 43% (58% to 15% with 27% undecided) for the March 8 City Council electio9n in LA’s Council District 14.

A memo from the polling firm is attached.

“In this anti-incumbent environment, it is extremely rare for an elected official to begin a re-election campaign with such a commanding lead,” stated Parke Skelton, consultant for Huizar.  “José Huizar has very high name ID and job performance and favorability ratings that are better than 3 to 1 positive.  He leads by whopping margins in every community in the District.” 

“Voters know Huizar and trust Huizar,” Skelton continued  “73% of voters agreed that ‘Huizar is honest, someone we can trust’ and 73% agreed that ‘Huizar gets things done.’”

Pollsters John Fairbank and Jonathan Brown commented, “With these positive core beliefs about Huizar widely held by voters, it will be extremely difficult for opponents to cut into his support in a meaningful way.”

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Jose Huizar, Better than Walmart and Worse than McDonald’s

Jose Huizar, Better than Walmart and Worse than McDonald’s

Staff Turnover Cause for Lack of Basic Services

LOS ANGELES, CA (January 3, 2011) –   Council District 14 is one of the most economically and ethnically diverse districts in the City of Los Angeles. The communities that constitute CD 14 have their own unique set of needs and services. The one thing that these communities have in common is the poor quality of basic services they receive from their current councilmember.

One of the main reasons for the lack of basic services is the unusually high staff turnover that has taken place in CD 14 since Jose Huizar took office.

“Jose Huizar is a failed manager. You can’t expect a man who can’t retain quality staffers to provide quality constituent services.” said Eric Hacopian.

The staff turnover ratio has been the subject of many speculations amongst the community and according to U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, Walmart has a staff turnover ratio of 70 percent and McDonald’s has turnover ratio of 44 percent. Jose Huizar’s office has a turnover of 56 percent; in effect making him better than Walmart and worst than McDonald’s. 

Jose Huizar’s record on providing basic services is filled with empty promises.  In 2006, 3,164 trees were trimmed, compared to the 916 in 2009. In 2007 Huizar claimed to have secured $10.9 million to change the “Five Points” intersection to a roundabout.  As of today, no construction has begun on the project. 

In 2007, Huizar introduced a motion to create a “One Stop Small Business Center” in Eagle Rock. No further action was ever taken on the motion.

“Huizar didn’t care enough about small businesses to make it easy for them to open their doors and create jobs,” said Eric Hacopian.

In October 2010 the City announced a list of “brown outs” that detailed the days in which emergency and fire services would not be available in certain communities. The community of El Sereno is amongst the most affected with more than 10 days in which these vital services will not be available.

“People’s lives depend on these services and I will not allow the residents of CD 14 to go without emergency services,” said Rudy Martinez. “We have to think outside the box. There are $1.5 million in unexplained CLART funds expenses and I would have used that money to help cover the costs to keep those services running.” he added.

For more information please visit www.rudy2011.org or call (323) 344-3460.

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Coro to Graduate the 2008 Health Fellows

Coro Southern California – Center for Civic Leadership

PRESS RELEASE

September 24, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
E-mail: EHeadington@Coro.org
Phone: 818.720.7181

Los Angeles, CA – For over half a century, the Coro Southern California Center for Civic Leadership has been “Training Tomorrow’s Leaders” in a variety of different program areas: Fellowship in Public Affairs, Youth, Community/ Neighborhood, and Healthcare. The fourth class of the venerable Coro Health Leadership Program (HLP) officially began in April and concludes tomorrow evening at a special ceremony at L.A. Care Health Plan. Jim Lott, Executive Vice President of the Hospital Association of Southern California, will be the Keynote Speaker, Hela Mahgerefteh, Project Specialist at L.A. Care Health Plan and HLP IV graduate, will be the Graduation Speaker, and certificates from Los Angeles Councilmember José Huizar will be handed out by council aide Edel Vizcarra to the 2008 Coro Health Fellows.

“While you can go to school to learn just about anything, leadership training is an elusive pursuit, often limited to on-the-job training,” said Councilmember José Huizar. “I want to thank Coro for providing this much-needed service and for doing so much to mold our leaders of tomorrow today.”

The Coro Health Leadership Program now boasts nearly 100 alumni. Below are the graduating 2008 Coro Health Fellows and the organizations they work for:

Ana Lilia Alvarez Valdepeña – COPE Health Solutions
Christine Bae – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Rhonda Bean – Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-service Ambulatory Care Center
Dana Colbert – American Heart Association
Evelyn Escobedo – Loyola Marymount University
Behnaz Hekmatnia – LAC+USC Healthcare Network
John Newell Henning – Office of Supervisor Michael Antonovich
Pernell R. Jones – HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Hela Mahgerefteh – L.A. Care Health Plan
Gema Morales-Meyer – Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Rebecca Pizzitola – Insure the Uninsured Project
Yeira Rodriguez – Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Elizabeth Tabita – The California Endowment
Gladys Valdovinos-Castillo – L.A. Care Health Plan
Lori Viveros – Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Ana Wong-McDonald – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Kerri Yoder – Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America

“The 2008 Coro Health Fellows are some of the best and brightest boundary-crossing leaders in the healthcare arena,” said Coro Southern California President and CEO, Don Pierro. “I expect the Fellows to stay involved, serve the underserved and work to build a stronger healthcare system.”

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Coro Southern California and its affiliated centers nationwide shape civic leaders for effective roles in public affairs. Coro graduates are teachers, investment bankers, union leaders, corporate directors, activists, lawyers, journalists, and elected officials, among other professions. No matter where the more than 10,000 alumni work or what job titles they hold, they have learned how to challenge themselves and others to be more ethical and effective leaders. Coro runs programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Cleveland; over a 1,000 participants go through Coro programs nationwide. For more information, go to http://www.corola.org/.

“AB 32 Salon: Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change and Southern California” on September 18th

WHO: BREATHE LA, residents, consumers, businesses, public policy professionals and others

Welcome – Honorable Jose Huizar, Los Angeles City Councilman

Moderator – Jon Regardie, Executive Editor of the Downtown Daily News & Los Angeles Press Club Board Member

Panel of Experts – Dario Frommer, Former Assemblymember and AB 32 Co-Author; Vasilios Manousiouthakis, UCLA Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Richard Varenchik, Office of Climate Change with the California Air Resources Board

Responders – Marvin Martinez, Vice Chancellor of Economic & Workforce Development for the Los Angeles Community College District; and the Climate Change Champions: Adam Raudonis of Westlake High School and Leah Roh of Marlborough High School

WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living

WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: The Los Angeles Community College District Boardroom @ 770 Wilshire Blvd., 1st Fl., Los Angeles, 90017. Paid parking available in the area. One block from the Metro Station.

WHY: The ramifications of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez and Assembly Member Fran Pavley and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will far-reaching for all Californians in early 2009.

FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.

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