Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:15pm
Place: Galpin Ford - 2nd floor meeting room
15555 Roscoe Blvd (at the 405)
Parking: Free parking in the Galpin Lot on the West side of Orion
Please do not park in the customer service areas.
Agenda
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Networking
Introductions
7:00pm - 7:45pm
Reports by Valley VOTE Committees
( ~5 minutes for each including Q&A)
Housing Vic Viereck
Transportation Bart Reed
Airport Report Denny Schneider
Membership Richard Leyner
Nuclear Power Joe Vitti
7:45 - 8:15pm Dennis Zine
Dennis Zine
Born, raised, and educated in Los Angeles, Councilman Dennis P. Zine was elected to represent Council District 3 covering the southwest section of the San Fernando Valley in 2001. He was reelected in 2009 with over 70% of the vote and was selected to serve as the Assistant President Pro Tempore of the Council.
His public service career began over 41 years ago with the Los Angeles Police Department where he rose to the rank of Sergeant and worked a variety of assignments including Patrol, Motorcycle Detail, Detectives, Intelligence, Administrative, and Vice. He was also elected three times to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Police Protective League.
In 2001, Councilman Zine became a Reserve Police Officer in Fugitive Warrant Detail where he continues to assist in the apprehension of felony suspects. Councilman Zine was first elected to public office in 1997 to represent Valley interests on the Charter Reform Commission where he served as Vice Chairman. After his election to the City Council, he expanded his government service role as the President of the Independent Cities Association (ICA), as a member of the League of California Cities Board of Directors, and as the City's representative with the National League of Cities serving as a member of the Board of Directors and as the Chair of the National Immigration Task Force.
As Chairman of the Los Angeles City Council's Personnel Committee, he is intimately involved in every aspect of employment policy within the City family. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Education & Neighborhoods Committee, and is a Member of the Public Safety Committee, the Information Technology &Government Affairs Committee, and the Executive Employee Relations Committee where he serves alongside the Mayor. Working to improve the quality of life for all San Fernando Valley residents, he formed the P.O.S.S.E. (People Organizing a Safe, Secure Environment), a volunteer group of over 450 concerned citizens trained to rid their communities of graffiti, abandoned cars, potholes, neglected properties, illegal sign postings, and other blight. The Councilman also works closely with Neighborhood Councils. The Councilman has volunteered with and continues to support numerous community service organizations. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Councilman Zine has contributed over $250,000 from his Council salary to nonprofit organizations. Councilman Zine currently resides in his district and has two adult sons, Chris, an LAPD officer, and Eric, who is a pilot.
We are so pleased to have Councilmember Dennis Zine take time out of his very busy schedule to bring us up to date on the many issues faced by the city of Los Angeles in these very challenging economic times.
Questions from the audience, as time permits, will follow each speakers remarks.
The public and press are invited to the meeting.
The next regular monthly meeting of Valley VOTE will be on Monday, July 19, 2010 at Galpin Ford.
Valley VOTE Mission Statement Valley VOTE, a diverse coalition of San Fernando Valley residents, businesspeople, educators, community activists, and organizations, is committed to exploring and fostering the implementation of programs that empower the people of the San Fernando Valley and the City of Los Angeles, to improve local governance, education and public participation on policy matters.
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