Date: Monday, January 21, 2008
                  Time: 6:45 PM - 8:25 PM
                   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
6:45PM- 7:35PM          Valley VOTE
    Introductions
    Reports by Valley VOTE Committees
       Housing                                            Vic Viereck
       Land Use                                           Pauline Tallent
       Financial                                            Richard Bort
       Universal City                                   Polly Ward 
       Neighborhood Councils                George Truesdell
       Membership/Events                        Richard Leyner
       LAWA                                                  Denny Schneider

7:35PM - 8:05 PM           Ron Kaye

Ron Kaye is the Editor of the Los Angeles Daily News. He graduated from the University of Chicago and has worked for the Daily News since 1985. Ron was appointed Managing Editor in 1993. He was promoted to his current position in August of 2005. As reported in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal at that time, his mission for 20 years has been " to chronicle the everyday struggles of the 1.4 million men and women that live in the San Fernando Valley." Kaye has also earned a reputation "as an uncompromising voice that championed the causes of secession and the middle-class, while railing against a downtown bureaucracy, often seen as perpetually neglecting the Valley."
We look forward to hearing his views on the quality of life issues that the citizens and City officials of Los Angeles are faced with today.

8:05 PM to 8:25 PM       Tim Sands

Tim Sands is President of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. (LAPPL) The mission of the LAPPL is "to vigilantly protect, promote, and improve the working conditions, legal rights, compensation and benefits of Los Angeles Police Officers."  He will discuss the current controversy involving financial disclosure requirements for police officers in the Gang and Narcotics Units of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL filed a lawsuit on the same day the full disclosure measure was approved by the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. An estimated 500 officers and their spouses would be affected by the measure.  Mr.Sands will also bring us up to date on the L.A. City Council motion by Jack Weiss and Janice Hahn that deals with this issue.

Questions from the audience, as time permits, will follow each speaker's remarks. The public and press are invited to the meeting.
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The next regular Valley VOTE meeting will be on Monday, February 18,2008 . Our featured speaker will be L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.

Valley VOTE Mission Statement
Valley VOTE, a diverse coalition of San Fernando Valley residents, business people, 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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