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"On International Women's Day we celebrate the immeasurable contributions of women and girls around the world, whose vision, values and voices enrich our lives and empower our communities."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Oppose Lowering Voter Threshold for Bonds and Special Taxes
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VICA opposes Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (Aguiar-Curry), which would lower the threshold for voter approval for general obligation bonds and special taxes from a two-thirds supermajority to 55 percent for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects.
The near equal success and failure rates for ballot measures demonstrate the fairness of the current system. The required supermajority vote ensures that only measures with detailed expenditure plans and strong support from community stakeholders are approved. The current system helps protect against unnecessary and poorly prepared tax increases and should not be changed.
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Click
here to send a letter urging the Legislature to oppose ACA 1.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Vitello's Restaurant
4349 Tujunga Ave., Studio City
Los Angeles Councilmember David E. Ryu
Join VICA for our upcoming After Dark, featuring Los Angeles City Councilmember David E. Ryu. Attendees enjoy hosted drinks and appetizers as they meet and interact with other prominent business leaders from the community. VICA After Darks are complimentary to VICA members. Sponsorships are available.
Co-Sponsored by CSUN and Sheppard Mullin
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Spotlight on VICA Leadership
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Charles Crumpley is a VICA Executive Committee Member and Chair of VICA's Labor and Employment Committee.
Crumpley is publisher, editor and columnist for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Before that, he was the editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal for 10 years. He has been a reporter, senior financial writer, business section editor and columnist in his journalism career, which includes stints at three metro daily newspapers. He has won several national awards and fellowships, and he was a Fulbright scholar in Tokyo, where he also worked as an editor for a Japanese news magazine.
How is VICA valuable to you or your business?
VICA is extremely valuable to me. The staff does an exceptional job of keeping us up-to-date on statutes, ordinances, regulations, etc., that pertain to business in California. The organization also keeps me in touch with decision makers throughout the Valley area. And I love the fact that VICA projects the voice of business in Sacramento, City Hall and everywhere in between.
Why should members consider becoming more involved with the Labor and Employment Committee?
The number of new employment-related laws and regulations in California is stunning. Just in the last year, many employers found they needed to create a lactation room for employees, significantly boost their sexual harassment training and hire as employees those workers who had been independent contractors. Soon, they may need to give more time off - and fully paid time off - to new mothers. The Labor and Employment Committee keeps members up to date on new requirements, and it allows members to discuss the effect of proposed employment laws. What's more, members can vote on employment-law proposals, thereby sending the "voice of business" to political decision makers at state and local governments.
The Labor and Employment Committee's next meeting is on May 1.
Click here to RSVP to the next Labor and Employment Committee Meeting.
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Learn more about VICA committees by clicking
here.
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Los Angeles County Supervisor
Sheila Kuehl
3rd Supervisorial District
Friday, March 22, 2019
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
NEW LOCATION
Hilton Universal City
555 Universal Hollywood Dr.,
Universal City
On March 22, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will discuss the Woosley Fire and its aftermath. Supervisor Kuehl will take time to answer members' questions and give members an overview of what to expect in 2019.
Co-sponsored by
HNTB,
Metro,
Mission Community Hospital and
Southern California Partnership for Jobs
Sponsorships are still available - email Helene@vica.com or call (818) 817 0545.
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Oppose Plan to Make it Harder to Evict Problem Tenants
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VICA opposes Senate Bill 18 (Skinner), which would expand state funding to provide rental assistance and legal aid for residential tenants by appropriating an unspecified amount from the general fund to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for statewide grants for rental assistance under the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program.
Cities throughout California have already implemented protections from evictions and financial resources for tenants. Tenants already have access to free legal help from numerous tenant legal aid groups. Appropriating an unspecified amount of state funding to provide already available legal aid for tenants will be a significant misuse of taxpayer dollars.
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Click
here to send a letter to the Senate Housing Committee urging them to vote no on SB 18.
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You're doing one thing right now that is killing your relationship.
Nope, we're not love counselors. We're not here to tell you how to find your next date, plan the perfect date, or quit dating and start living. But, do we have your attention?
Dating is a lot like growing a business, it's not just you! In today's world of digital marketing, a flourishing business means you're paying attention to your audience engagement: how to get it, grow it, and maintain it. Clickbait, such as the post that brought you here, can be a clever marketing tool used to achieve this goal when formatted properly. (See where we're going now?) >>click here to read more.
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VICA Members are welcome to submit entries for our Business Advocate Blog to Ryan@vica.com
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Committee Report
Aviation Committee (03/06)
Hosted by Aeroplex Aerolease
- The committee heard from Mark Adams, Government Affairs Director for Los Angeles World Airports, about LAWA's legislative priorities for 2019.
- Pat Tomcheck, Senior Transportation Engineer at Los Angeles World Airports gave an update on LAX's vehicular traffic mitigation measures.
- Curt Castagna, President/CEO of Aeroplex Aerolease presented on the Van Nuys Solar Initiative.
- Max Reyes from the Mayor's Office of Economic Development provided an update on permitting public events in hangars.
- Finally, the committee heard an update on the Van Nuys Airport from Flora Margheritis.
Entertainment Committee (03/07)
Sponsored by Pacific Federal
- Kevin James, President of the Board of Public Works Commissioners presented to the committee.
- The committee then heard a presentation from Amanda Amaral from the City Bureau of Engineering on the proposed Los Angeles Zoo vision plan.
- Finally, the committee heard a legislative update and discussed their priorities for 2019.
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Join Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley's Chair Jessica Yasukochi (VICA) as her guest. To RSVP please contact jessica@vica.com
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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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