"How we live is changing. How we work is changing. More people are exploring beyond their own neighborhoods. We have to be a department that embraces that change and diversity.
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- Los Angeles City Planning Director Vince Bertoni at VICA After Dark
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LA Planning Director Vince Bertoni Joins Members for VICA After Dark
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VICA 1st Vice Chair Lisa Gritzner (
LG Strategies), Los Angeles City Planning Director Vince Bertoni, Presenting Sponsor Jack Rubens (
Sheppard Mullin), Presenting Sponsor Doug Morton (
Bobrick), and VICA Chairman Kevin Tamaki (
AT&T) at Wednesday's VICA After Dark.
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On Wednesday, VICA members gathered at Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. for a VICA After Dark with Los Angeles City Planning Director Vince Bertoni. As a heartbreaking World Series Game 7 played out, Bertoni discussed his ongoing efforts to modernize the Department of City Planning and increase services. Since taking the helm, he's hired about 125 new staff members and implemented performance measurements to determine how to improve services. Additionally, he has increased the number of dedicated staff in the San Fernando Valley: "We'll be launching another Valley plan, so that we can respond to the Valley's changes front and center." Other topics addressed during his speech included the housing crisis, gentrification, updating zoning regulations, homelessness, and preparing the City for the 2028 Summer Olympics. "It's an interesting time in Los Angeles. How we live is changing; how we work is changing. More people are exploring beyond their own neighborhoods. We have to be a department that embraces that change and diversity."
Thank you to the presenting sponsors Bobrick and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
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Sheila Kuehl
Los Angeles County Supervisor
District 3
Friday, November 10, 2017
11:30 - 1 p.m.
Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl was elected to represent Los Angeles County's Third District in November 2014. Since then, she has undertaken and collaborated in a number of initiatives and motions to improve quality of life and reform systems in the County. Her most noted accomplishments include creating the Sheriff's Oversight Commission, Women and Girls Initiative, and board membership with First 5 LA and Metro. Prior to joining the LA County Board of Supervisors, Kuehl served eight 8 years in the State Senate and six years in the State Assembly. She was the Founding Director of the Public Policy Institute at Santa Monica College, and in 2012 was Regents' Professor in Public Policy at UCLA. She was also a law professor at Loyola, UCLA and USC Law Schools. Supervisor Kuehl graduated from Harvard Law School in 1978.
Join Supervisor Kuehl for lunch and remarks at the Braemar Country Club. Individual tickets are $60.
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How do California Laws Affect You?
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As we prepare for the next half of the 2017-18 legislative session, VICA Committees are developing a list of priorities.
VICA is working with members and other groups on issues such as the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), transportation priorities, environmental mandates, City Hall processes, and many others.
We need to hear your ideas for practical changes which would help business owners thrive in Los Angeles. To get involved or share your ideas, please email Elizabeth@vica.com.
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Last Chance to Purchase Early Bird Tickets for VICA's 68th Annual Meeting
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Friday, December 8, 2017
11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Warner Center Marriott
21850 Oxnard St, Woodland Hills
$100 - if purchased by Friday, November 10
$150 - members ($200 for non-members)
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SB1 Delivering Road Repairs to the Valley |
California's crumbling roads cost motorists $762 a year per driver and it costs 8 times more to fix a road than to maintain it.
Thanks to Senate Bill 1, The California Road Repair and Accountability Act, our state will no longer lack adequate funding to address these critical deficiencies: Local streets and roads face an estimated shortfall of $73 billion in deferred maintenance and CalTrans faces a $59 billion backlog in deferred maintenance.
SB 1 is a long-term transportation reform and funding package that contains new revenues to make road safety improvements, fill potholes and repair local streets, highways, bridges and overpasses. The bill would raise at least $5 billion when fully phased in, which is what is needed to make a dent in the maintenance backlog. The new maintenance revenues will be split equally between state and local roads. For Los Angeles County, that means more than $4.3 billion over the next 10 years.
The bill includes provisions to streamline projects by cutting bureaucratic redundancies and red tape to ensure transportation funds are spent efficiently and effectively.
In the Valley, this includes expedited funds for traffic management systems improvement along SR-2, SR-170, I-5, I-405 and US-101.
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Education Committee (11/2)
Sponsored by Woodbury University
- Assemblymember Miguel Santiago spoke about his successful efforts to enact the California College Promise, which will allow California Community Colleges to waive fees for first time, full-time community college students for one year.
- Dr. Deborah Harrington, Dean for Student Success at the Los Angeles Community College District, presented an update on the Los Angeles College Promise program, which was the model for the statewide initiative providing one year of free tuition to community college students.
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Member Messages:
Get Your Message in VICA Weekly!
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VICA members can promote their business, events and news in VICA Weekly. Member messages are available for $50 per week or $175 for four weeks. Messages are text-based and may not contain more than 70 words. A logo may be added for an additional $5 per week. For more information or to schedule your member message, contact
Helene@vica.com
or
call (818) 817-0545.
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