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La

st q

ua

rte

r, w

e u

nv

eil

ed

ou

r

up

da

ted

lo

go

an

d n

ew

ta

gli

ne

,

“Op

en

Min

ds,

Op

en

Do

ors

,”

to c

om

me

mo

rate

th

e C

ity

’s

tra

nsi

tio

n t

o a

mo

re p

roa

cti

ve

an

d p

rog

ress

ive

sty

le o

f

mu

nic

ipa

l g

ov

ern

me

nt.

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th

is

issu

e,

we

’re

hig

hli

gh

tin

g s

om

e

ke

y i

nit

iati

ve

s th

at

em

bo

dy

this

str

ate

gic

ap

pro

ac

h,

wh

ich

inte

gra

tes

fre

sh i

de

as

to

un

loc

k n

ew

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

fro

m

eco

no

mic

de

ve

lop

me

nt,

to

ne

igh

bo

rho

od

be

au

tifi

ca

tio

n

an

d p

ub

lic

sa

fety

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win

g t

he

20

11

sta

tew

ide

ba

n o

n lo

cal r

ed

eve

lop

me

nt

ag

en

cie

s,

Cu

da

hy

lost

ab

ou

t $

2.8

mill

ion

in y

ea

rly

reve

nu

e t

ha

t su

pp

ort

ed

eco

no

mic

de

velo

pm

en

t e

ffo

rts—

incl

ud

ing

pu

blic

imp

rove

me

nts

, an

d c

om

me

rcia

l an

d

resi

de

nti

al p

roje

cts

th

at

bri

ng

in n

ew

bu

sin

ess

es

an

d h

ou

sin

g, a

s w

ell

as

spu

rs

job

cre

ati

on

. To

pu

t th

at

into

pe

rsp

ec

tive

, th

e a

nn

ua

l Cit

y B

ud

ge

t is

ab

ou

t $

6.3

mill

ion

. In

re

spo

nse

to

th

at

red

uc

tio

n in

re

sou

rce

s, t

he

Cit

y C

ou

nci

l re

spo

nd

ed

stra

teg

ica

lly t

o e

nsu

re t

ha

t C

ity

Ha

ll co

nti

nu

ed

to

pri

ori

tize

gro

wth

in t

he

com

mu

nit

y th

at

cou

ld f

urt

he

r p

rom

ote

re

ven

ue

ge

ne

rati

on

an

d in

cre

ase

qu

alit

y o

f lif

e.

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pa

ge

24

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arn

ab

ou

t e

ffo

rts

to p

rese

rve

an

d p

rom

ote

op

po

rtu

nit

y in

Cu

da

hy.

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no

mic

de

velo

pm

en

t is

en

gra

ine

d in

alm

ost

eve

ryth

ing

we

do

.

Th

e C

ity

Co

un

cil r

ece

ntl

y p

ass

ed

an

ord

ina

nce

an

d c

rea

ted

a n

ew

co

mm

issi

on

tha

t b

uild

s ca

pa

city

fo

r lo

cal e

con

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt.

It

als

o a

do

pte

d a

lon

g-

ran

ge

pla

n t

o id

en

tify

ne

w o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r se

vera

l Cit

y-o

wn

ed

pro

pe

rtie

s.

Eve

n t

he

on

go

ing

Ge

ne

ral P

lan

up

da

te is

str

ate

gic

ab

ou

t id

en

tify

ing

exi

stin

g

inve

stm

en

ts t

ha

t th

e C

ity

mig

ht

bu

ild o

n, l

ike

th

e E

co-R

ap

id T

ran

sit

pro

jec

t

an

d L

.A. R

ive

r R

ev

ita

liza

tio

n.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o c

rea

tin

g p

lan

s fo

r a

dd

ress

ing

re

sid

en

t n

ee

ds,

th

e C

ity

ha

s a

lso

be

en

fo

ste

rin

g c

om

mu

nit

y e

ng

ag

em

en

t a

nd

lea

de

rsh

ip. O

n

pa

ge

14

, le

arn

ab

ou

t th

e q

ua

rte

rly

Cle

an

up

Day

s a

nd

ho

w im

pro

vin

g w

ast

e

ma

na

ge

me

nt

is im

po

rta

nt

loca

lly—

no

t o

nly

fo

r e

nh

an

cin

g c

om

mu

nit

y

ae

sth

eti

cs, b

ut

als

o d

eve

lop

ing

pri

de

of

pla

ce a

nd

en

cou

rag

ing

en

vir

on

me

nta

l

sust

ain

ab

ility

.

An

oth

er

are

a w

he

re w

e’v

e in

ten

sifi

ed

civ

ic e

ng

ag

em

en

t e

ffo

rts

is p

ub

lic s

afe

ty.

Th

e C

ity

’s p

art

ne

rsh

ip w

ith

th

e L

.A. C

ou

nty

Sh

eri

ff’s

De

pa

rtm

en

t is

fo

cuse

d

on

bu

ildin

g s

oci

al c

oh

esi

on

an

d d

eve

lop

ing

a c

om

mu

nit

y-o

rie

nte

d p

olic

ing

mo

de

l to

co

mb

at

crim

e. A

lre

ad

y, t

his

str

ate

gy

ha

s b

ee

n a

sso

cia

ted

wit

h a

sig

nifi

can

t d

ecr

ea

se in

cri

me

(p

ag

e 1

9).

We

sh

ou

ld a

lso

be

pro

ud

of

the

hig

h

leve

ls o

f in

volv

em

en

t in

ou

r n

ew

pro

gra

ms,

like

th

e m

on

thly

Ne

igh

bo

rho

od

Wa

tch

me

eti

ng

s a

nd

re

cen

t C

om

mu

nit

y A

cad

em

y. N

ot

on

ly a

re t

he

y b

uild

ing

tru

st a

nd

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

be

twe

en

law

en

forc

em

en

t a

nd

re

sid

en

ts, b

ut

the

y’re

als

o c

ult

iva

tin

g a

ne

w g

en

era

tio

n o

f lo

cal l

ea

de

rs.

As

we

wo

rk t

ow

ard

bu

ildin

g a

mo

re o

pe

n a

nd

co

llab

ora

tive

Cit

y H

all,

we

inv

ite

you

to

join

us

in w

riti

ng

th

is n

ew

ch

ap

ter

of

Cu

da

hy

his

tory

. Th

ere

are

ma

ny

way

s to

ge

t in

volv

ed

, fro

m v

olu

nte

eri

ng

at

com

mu

nit

y e

ven

ts, t

o a

tte

nd

ing

a p

ub

lic m

ee

tin

g, o

r si

mp

ly s

tayi

ng

info

rme

d. W

e h

op

e t

o s

ee

yo

u s

oo

n a

t a

Ne

igh

bo

rho

od

Wa

tch

, Cu

da

hy

20

40

me

eti

ng

, or

the

up

com

ing

Sta

te o

f th

e

Cit

y a

dd

ress

on

Ap

ril 1

1. T

o s

ee

th

e la

test

eve

nts

, vis

it w

ww

.cit

yofc

ud

ah

y.co

m.

Jose

Pu

lido

Cit

y M

an

ag

er

LAYI

NG

TH

E

GR

OU

ND

WO

RK

4 O

NE

MA

GA

ZIN

E

CIT

Y O

F C

UD

AH

Y |

CIT

Y M

AN

AG

ER’S

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SAG

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Se

nta

nd

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as

Ba

ses

El

trim

est

re p

asa

do

re

ve

lam

os

nu

est

ro l

og

oti

po

ac

tua

liz

ad

o y

el

nu

ev

o l

em

a, “

Me

nte

s a

bie

rta

s,

pu

ert

as

ab

iert

as”

, p

ara

ce

leb

rar

la t

ran

sic

ión

de

la

ciu

da

d a

un

est

ilo

gu

be

rna

me

nta

l m

ás

pro

ac

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y p

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ició

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ca

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un

as

inic

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s c

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qu

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nu

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la

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spu

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la p

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ata

l de

en

tid

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l, C

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pro

xim

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en

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e in

gre

sos

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ua

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qu

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me

jora

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lica

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rro

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con

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ico

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cre

aci

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de

tra

ba

jos.

Pa

ra p

on

erl

o e

n p

ers

pe

cti

va

, el P

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pu

est

o

an

ua

l de

l mu

nic

ipio

es

de

ap

roxi

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da

me

nte

$6

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mill

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un

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qu

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l de

sarr

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la p

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ren

de

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so

bre

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s

de

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me

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sarr

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r

va

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s p

rop

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ad

es

de

las

cua

les

la c

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a.

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sta

la a

ctu

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l Pla

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era

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cu

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vers

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tua

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cua

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asa

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mo

el

pro

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to d

e T

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pid

o y

la R

ev

ita

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ció

n d

el

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s.

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em

ás

de

ela

bo

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pla

ne

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ara

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las

ne

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da

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co

mu

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ciu

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am

bié

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cult

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la p

art

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aci

ón

co

mu

nit

ari

a y

el l

ide

razg

o. E

n

la p

ág

ina

14

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ren

da

n c

om

o lo

s D

ías

de

lim

pie

za d

e

cad

a t

rim

est

re s

on

imp

ort

an

tes

loca

lme

nte

—n

o s

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pa

ra m

ejo

rar

la e

sté

tica

de

la c

om

un

ida

d p

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ta

mb

ién

pa

ra f

om

en

tar

org

ullo

po

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stra

tie

rra

y p

ara

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nta

r

la s

ost

en

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da

d d

el m

ed

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mb

ien

te.

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a á

rea

do

nd

e la

pa

rtic

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ció

n c

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a s

e p

rom

ue

ve

ba

sta

nte

es

en

la s

eg

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d p

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co

lab

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la c

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jun

to c

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to d

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ge

les

se e

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ca e

n f

orm

ar

un

en

lace

so

cia

l y la

cre

aci

ón

de

un

mo

de

lo d

e

vig

ilan

cia

ori

en

tad

o p

or

la c

om

un

ida

d p

ara

co

mb

ati

r

el c

rim

en

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a e

stra

teg

ia y

a m

ue

stra

re

sult

ad

os

en

la d

ism

inu

ció

n s

ign

ifica

tiv

a d

e d

elit

os

(pá

gin

a 1

9).

Tam

bié

n d

eb

erí

am

os

en

org

ulle

cern

os

en

los

alt

os

niv

ele

s d

e p

art

icip

aci

ón

en

nu

est

ros

nu

evo

s p

rog

ram

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com

o la

s re

un

ion

es

me

nsu

ale

s d

e la

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ilan

cia

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l

veci

nd

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o (

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Wa

tch

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ing

lés)

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reci

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cad

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om

un

ita

ria

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lo d

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con

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nd

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nto

en

tre

los

ag

en

tes

de

l ord

en

blic

o y

los

resi

de

nte

s, p

ero

a la

ve

z cu

ltiv

an

un

a

nu

ev

a g

en

era

ció

n d

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de

res

loca

les.

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ba

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pa

ra c

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n g

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s a

bie

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los

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se

t o

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pro

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ms

tha

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elp

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t th

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gh

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40

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th

e p

ast

fe

w m

on

ths,

th

e

tea

m h

as

be

en

ma

kin

g p

rese

nta

tio

ns

to t

he

Cit

y C

ou

nci

l

an

d c

om

mis

sio

ns,

en

ga

gin

g r

esi

de

nts

in s

urv

eys

an

d in

terc

ep

t

me

eti

ng

s a

cro

ss t

he

cit

y, a

nd

pre

pa

rin

g a

n e

xist

ing

co

nd

itio

ns

rep

ort

.

Acc

ord

ing

to

Co

mm

un

ity

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velo

pm

en

t M

an

ag

er

Mic

ha

el A

llen

, th

e n

ew

ba

ckg

rou

nd

rep

ort

—w

hic

h is

av

aila

ble

fo

r re

vie

w o

nlin

e a

nd

at

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y H

all—

“se

rve

s a

s a

n in

form

ati

on

al

too

l th

at

giv

es

pe

rsp

ec

tive

on

wh

ere

th

e C

ity

is a

t, h

ow

we

go

t h

ere

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d h

ow

we

ca

n g

et

to w

he

re w

e w

an

t to

go

.” Fr

om

th

is f

ou

nd

ati

on

, th

e C

ity

is r

ea

chin

g o

ut

to t

he

pu

blic

to

ge

t

fee

db

ack

on

de

sire

d b

usi

ne

ss, d

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d r

ev

ita

liza

tio

n o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

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ne

xt,

th

e t

ea

m w

ill

be

ma

kin

g a

pre

sen

tati

on

to

th

e C

ity

Co

un

cil

an

d P

lan

nin

g

Co

mm

issi

on

du

rin

g a

sp

ec

ial

join

t m

ee

tin

g o

n A

pri

l 1

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ec

k o

nli

ne

fo

r u

pco

min

g

da

tes.

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r m

ore

in

form

ati

on

on

ho

w t

o g

et

inv

olv

ed

, v

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ity

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ah

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om

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nd

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S&

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ha

s u

pg

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d

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d p

osi

tive

cre

dit

ra

tin

gs

for

bo

nd

s

be

lon

gin

g t

o t

he

Cit

y, a

cti

ng

as

the

Su

cce

sso

r

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en

cy

to t

he

fo

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r C

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ah

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eve

lop

me

nt

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on

. Th

e f

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er

red

eve

lop

me

nt

ag

en

cy

issu

ed

bo

nd

s a

ga

inst

pro

pe

rty

taxe

s,

in o

rde

r to

fu

nd

pu

blic

imp

rove

me

nts

an

d

eco

no

mic

de

velo

pm

en

t.

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is p

osi

tive

re

po

rt r

efl

ec

ts a

tre

nd

of

a

gro

win

g t

ax

ba

se f

rom

ris

ing

pro

pe

rty

va

lue

s

in r

ece

nt

yea

rs—

ind

ica

tive

of

a s

tab

ilizi

ng

eco

no

mic

en

vir

on

me

nt.

To le

arn

mo

re a

bo

ut

the

bo

nd

ra

tin

gs,

che

ck o

ut

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fu

ll re

po

rt a

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CITY

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nu

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sle

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s a

t Fl

ore

nce

Ave

nu

e

an

d a

t S

an

ta A

na

Str

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an

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he

stre

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e, w

hile

pro

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s ri

de

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mo

re s

ea

tin

g a

nd

gre

ate

r p

rote

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on

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m t

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me

nts

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e b

us

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ps

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e

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tro

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pid

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un

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da

hy,

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ts n

ort

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na

an

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o t

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ww

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hy

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dis

ab

led

an

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en

ts. L

ea

rn h

ow

to

ap

ply

by

calli

ng

Cit

y H

all

at

(32

3)

77

3-5

14

3.

NEW

CIT

Y H

ALL

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fo

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rs o

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kin

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r re

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en

ts w

ho

wo

rk t

o a

cce

ss C

ity

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ll

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th

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cost

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ity

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ity

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ure

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his

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tati

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o h

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pe

cia

l se

ssio

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r C

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wo

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en

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bru

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mu

nic

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on

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r, ja

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ur

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he

op

po

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r th

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r

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ga

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3)

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1-5

02

4.

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the

pa

st y

ea

r, th

e C

ity

ha

s b

ee

n c

olla

bo

rati

ng

wit

h r

ese

arc

he

rs a

t th

e U

CLA

Le

wis

Ce

nte

r fo

r

Re

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na

l Po

licy

Stu

die

s, t

o id

en

tify

su

sta

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gro

wth

str

ate

gie

s. A

s p

art

of

tha

t e

ffo

rt, t

he

tea

m h

as

be

en

loo

kin

g a

t is

sue

s to

de

al w

ith

de

velo

pm

en

t is

sue

s—su

ch a

s m

an

ag

ing

infr

ast

ruc

ture

de

ma

nd

s, li

ke o

n-s

tre

et

pa

rkin

g; r

ed

uci

ng

gre

en

ho

use

ga

s e

mis

sio

ns;

en

cou

rag

ing

mo

bili

ty o

pti

on

s lik

e w

alk

ing

,

bik

ing

an

d t

ran

sit;

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s cr

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tin

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un

din

g

me

cha

nis

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up

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rt s

ust

ain

ab

le g

row

th

init

iati

ves.

Ove

r th

e s

um

me

r, th

e C

ity

sta

rte

d

issu

ing

ove

rnig

ht

pa

rkin

g p

erm

its

to h

elp

ma

na

ge

on

-str

ee

t p

ark

ing

. As

the

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arl

on

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t p

rog

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me

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en

d in

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ne

, sta

ff

an

d t

he

UC

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ea

m a

re s

ee

kin

g f

ee

db

ack

to

he

lp d

eve

lop

re

com

me

nd

ati

on

s, a

nd

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cid

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er

to c

on

tin

ue

th

e p

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it p

roce

ss o

r

elim

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te it

an

d a

llow

un

rest

ric

ted

str

ee

t

pa

rkin

g t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the

Cit

y. T

o le

arn

mo

re,

con

tac

t R

ach

el W

ells

at

rbw

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.ed

u o

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3)

37

5-8

93

8.

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AN

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RTN

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K

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OFF

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R

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RO

GR

AM

SN

ew

pa

rtn

ers

hip

s w

ith

no

np

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t o

rga

niz

ati

on

s

bri

ng

exc

itin

g a

nd

aff

ord

ab

le r

ecr

ea

tio

na

l

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to t

he

Cit

y’s

pa

rks.

• W

oo

dc

raft

Ra

ng

ers

Re

cre

ati

on

al a

nd

fitn

ess

cla

sse

s fo

r a

ll a

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s, a

nd

aft

ers

cho

ol p

rog

ram

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mo

re in

fo v

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ww

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ran

ge

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ms

for

you

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incl

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ing

ba

ske

tba

ll, b

ase

ba

ll, s

oft

ba

ll,

volle

yba

ll a

nd

mo

re.

Ch

ec

k o

ut

the

Re

cre

ati

on

Gu

ide

on

pa

ge

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to

se

e a

mo

re d

eta

ile

d l

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ng

of

wh

at’

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g o

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red

th

is s

pri

ng

.

CITY

FOCU

SES E

NERG

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ON ST

REET

SERV

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A n

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co

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ith

MC

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wh

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ws

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Cit

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pu

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o d

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te m

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fo

cuse

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rove

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larg

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Publ

ic s

afet

y ha

s al

way

s be

en a

hot

topi

c in

Cud

ahy.

Ove

r th

e ye

ars,

gang

act

ivity

cre

ated

a h

ostil

e en

viro

nmen

t in

the

com

mun

ity. M

eanw

hile

freq

uent

cha

nges

of l

aw e

nfor

cem

ent

cont

ract

s ke

pt re

side

nts

from

bei

ng a

ble

to b

uild

sus

tain

ed

rela

tions

hips

with

loca

l dep

utie

s an

d vi

ce v

ersa

.

As

part

of a

larg

er p

ush

for c

omm

unity

pro

gres

s, th

e Ci

ty C

ounc

il ha

s re

focu

sed

atte

ntio

n on

incr

easi

ng p

ublic

saf

ety.

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wee

n 20

12 a

nd th

e cu

rren

t yea

r, th

e Ci

ty u

pped

its

inve

stm

ent i

n la

w e

nfor

cem

ent,

incr

easi

ng th

e co

ntra

ct w

ith th

e Lo

s A

ngel

es

Coun

ty S

heriff

’s D

epar

tmen

t fro

m $

3.3

mill

ion

to ju

st u

nder

$3

.7 m

illio

n. S

taff

has

also

bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith L

ASD

lead

ersh

ip

on s

trat

egic

pla

nnin

g, to

war

d fu

rthe

r enh

anci

ng p

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rman

ce

and

leve

l of s

ervi

ce. S

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r, eff

orts

hav

e re

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d in

hig

her s

taffi

ng

leve

ls, a

s w

ell a

s ne

w p

rogr

ams

like

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

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mm

unity

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dem

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g fo

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ty lo

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forw

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her d

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CO

NT

RA

CT

FO

R C

UD

AH

Y

Like

man

y ot

her s

mal

l loc

al g

over

nmen

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cros

s Lo

s A

ngel

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y, th

e Ci

ty c

ontr

acts

with

a la

rger

age

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to p

rovi

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saf

ety

serv

ices

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allo

ws

agen

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to d

istr

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sts

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shar

e re

sour

ces.

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e pa

st, t

he C

ity o

ften

con

trac

ted

with

age

ncie

s th

at p

rovi

ded

low

rate

s in

ord

er to

sav

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oney

. Bet

wee

n 20

04 a

nd 2

010,

it p

aid

$2.8

mill

ion

per

year

for s

ervi

ces

from

May

woo

d Po

lice

Dep

artm

ent (

MPD

). Bu

t in

2009

, an

inve

stig

atio

n fr

om th

e St

ate

Att

orne

y G

ener

al’s

Offi

ce fo

und

seve

re

perf

orm

ance

gap

s an

d m

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nduc

t in

MPD

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ging

from

dis

crim

inat

ion

to

exc

essi

ve u

se o

f for

ce.

Aft

er th

e M

PD w

as u

ltim

atel

y di

ssol

ved

due

to fi

nanc

ial i

ssue

s, th

e Ci

ty

Coun

cil c

ontr

acte

d w

ith L

ASD

in 2

010,

and

rene

wed

in 2

014

for a

five

-yea

r ex

tens

ion.

At j

ust u

nder

$3.

7 m

illio

n, th

e cu

rren

t con

trac

t is

mor

e co

stly

th

an in

the

past

, but

it a

lso

incl

udes

a h

ighe

r lev

el o

f ser

vice

to c

ultiv

ate

a sa

fe a

nd s

tabl

e co

mm

unity

in C

udah

y, to

ser

ve a

s a

foun

datio

n fo

r in

crea

sing

qua

lity

of li

fe.

Ove

r the

pas

t yea

r, st

aff h

as b

een

wor

king

clo

sely

with

Cap

tain

Ste

ve

Biag

ini f

rom

Eas

t Los

Ang

eles

Sta

tion

to id

entif

y an

d m

eet l

ocal

nee

ds. O

ne

of th

e hi

ghlig

hts

of th

e cu

rren

t con

trac

t is

adde

d pa

trol

pre

senc

e. P

rior t

o Bi

agin

i’s a

rriv

al, s

taffi

ng h

ad b

een

cut t

o w

hat i

s de

scrib

ed a

s “fiv

e pe

rcen

t be

low

min

imum

dep

loym

ent.”

Typ

ical

ly, c

alcu

latio

ns o

f cal

l loa

ds a

nd

popu

latio

n si

ze h

elp

dete

rmin

e ho

w m

uch

staffi

ng a

com

mun

ity re

quire

s. Es

peci

ally

for a

city

as

dens

e as

Cud

ahy,

the

form

er le

vels

of p

atro

l had

pu

t bot

h offi

cers

and

resi

dent

s at

risk

by

spre

adin

g re

sour

ces

too

thin

and

co

mpr

omis

ing

resp

onse

tim

es.

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le d

eclin

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to re

veal

spe

cific

sta

ffing

info

rmat

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for s

ecur

ity

purp

oses

, Bia

gini

repo

rts,

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con

fiden

t tha

t we

now

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e a

leve

l of d

eput

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ploy

men

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t pro

vide

s su

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ent s

ervi

ces

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ents

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nse

time

reco

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in C

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ll w

ell w

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est

ablis

hed

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resh

olds

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ch h

ave

a 40

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ute

thre

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ally

re

spon

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sub

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min

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six

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min

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five-

min

ute

thre

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re re

spon

ded

to w

ithin

thre

e to

fo

ur m

inut

es. O

ver t

he p

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ever

al y

ears

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lent

crim

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s be

en o

n a

dow

nwar

d tr

end.

Whi

le s

ome

com

mun

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rs h

ave

expr

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feel

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safe

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us y

ears

, the

re is

stil

l muc

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ork

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or o

ne,

a re

cent

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eral

Pla

n su

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wed

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big

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Publ

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life

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part

nerin

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r a h

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leve

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City

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aliz

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cale

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spr

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ES

In a

dditi

on to

ser

vice

enh

ance

men

ts, t

he L

ASD

con

trac

t als

o br

ings

ac

cess

to in

valu

able

tech

nolo

gy a

nd e

xper

tise.

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n th

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agen

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rs a

larg

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mor

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ities

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inco

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eas

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SWAT

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com

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blic

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perf

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bet

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n Ca

lifor

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citie

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citi

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e Co

unty

per

form

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zed

citie

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ities

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enj

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atin

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pens

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abili

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INT

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DU

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UN

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pp

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ch

to

pu

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afe

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e pa

st s

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al d

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com

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as g

aine

d w

ides

prea

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cept

ance

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law

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nmen

ts

whe

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ss li

kely

to ta

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lace

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ateg

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incl

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actio

ns a

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mpl

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ovin

g lig

htin

g in

a d

ark

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incr

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outh

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men

t.

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r, th

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ceiv

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mun

ity

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initi

ativ

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the

U.S

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mot

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is i

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ty a

nd

you

need

to

call

us

if y

ou

see

an

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—S

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AN

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EA

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se a

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eput

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arin

o G

onza

lez

are

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he

prog

ram

in C

udah

y, a

nd h

ave

been

wor

king

with

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City

to h

old

at

leas

t one

mee

ting

per m

onth

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met

imes

we’

ll pi

ck a

loca

tion

whe

re

ther

e ha

s be

en a

maj

or in

cide

nt a

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nock

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find

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olun

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to

hos

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ears

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at th

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p fly

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atel

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reng

then

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latio

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ps a

mon

g ne

ighb

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impo

rtan

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t of b

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so b

een

com

mun

icat

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th B

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onza

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bilin

gual

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can

con

duct

mee

tings

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bot

h En

glis

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d Sp

anis

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ding

on

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audi

ence

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m

eetin

gs, t

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asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of r

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ting

crim

inal

act

ivity

in

thei

r nei

ghbo

rhoo

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nd a

ssur

e re

side

nts

that

no

info

rmat

ion

abou

t im

mig

ratio

n st

atus

is e

ver r

eque

sted

. “W

e te

ll th

em, ‘T

his

is y

our p

ark,

th

is is

you

r city

and

you

nee

d to

cal

l us

if yo

u se

e an

ythi

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rong

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ys

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ns th

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lear

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lic s

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or

mor

e in

form

atio

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next

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tact

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big

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lleng

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ettin

g m

ore

coop

erat

ion

from

re

side

nts,”

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s Bi

agin

i, w

ho is

retir

ing

in M

ay. W

hile

a h

isto

ry o

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pos

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e ne

w c

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unity

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s ha

ve

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l in

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posi

tive

ties.

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onsc

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rt w

as

also

mad

e to

ens

ure

that

dep

utie

s as

sign

ed to

Cud

ahy

are

Span

ish-

spea

king

, so

as to

add

ress

loca

l lan

guag

e ne

eds.

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wan

t to

build

a

rela

tions

hip

so th

ey fe

el c

omfo

rtab

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s an

d w

e fe

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with

them

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s Be

arse

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crim

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ant t

hem

to

par

ticip

ate

in c

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unity

act

iviti

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ays

Biag

ini. “

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ve m

ade

good

str

ides

in th

at a

rea

and

it’s

payi

ng d

ivid

ends

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job

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ot

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pat

rolli

ng th

e Ci

ty b

ut a

ctin

g on

info

rmat

ion

we

rece

ive

from

re

side

nts

to m

ake

the

com

mun

ity s

afer

.”

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AG

AZ

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Y O

F C

UD

AH

Y |

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Tra

ba

jan

do

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nto

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segu

rid

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empr

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sid

o un

tem

a ca

nden

te e

n C

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y. A

lo la

rgo

de

los

años

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acti

vid

ad p

and

iller

a cr

un a

mbi

ente

hos

til e

n la

com

unid

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ras

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o ca

mbi

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frec

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s co

ntra

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de

agen

cias

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ord

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úblic

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pid

iero

n qu

e lo

s re

sid

ente

s pu

die

ran

esta

blec

er r

elac

ione

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urad

eras

con

los

agen

tes

de

polic

ía lo

cal y

vic

ever

sa.

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o pa

rte

de

un e

sfue

rzo

más

gra

nde

en e

l ava

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com

unit

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mun

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umen

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idad

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s ni

vele

s d

el p

erso

nal—

los

cual

es

ante

s d

e re

nova

r el

con

trat

o se

hab

ían

reco

rtad

o a

un n

ivel

in

feri

or p

resc

rito

por

las

norm

as p

ara

man

tene

r a

los

resi

den

tes

y ag

ente

s d

e po

licía

seg

uros

.

Mie

ntra

s qu

e la

vig

ilanc

ia p

olic

ial t

rad

icio

nal e

s d

e ín

dol

e re

acti

va y

arr

esta

a p

erpe

trad

ores

cua

ndo

se c

omet

e un

del

ito,

C

OPS

se

enfo

ca e

n pr

even

ir a

ctiv

idad

es d

elic

tiva

s a

trav

és d

e en

tabl

ar b

uena

s re

laci

ones

con

los

resi

den

tes

loca

les

y cu

ltiv

ar

un c

lima

en e

l que

es

men

os p

roba

ble

que

se c

omet

an d

elit

os.

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est

rate

gias

incl

uyen

acc

ione

s ta

n si

mpl

es c

omo

el p

rove

er

com

unic

ació

n bi

lingü

e y

aum

enta

r pa

rtic

ipac

ión

de

los

jóve

nes

tant

o co

mo

mej

orar

la il

umin

ació

n en

alg

ún c

alle

jón

obsc

uro.

El a

ño p

asad

o, la

ciu

dad

rec

ibió

una

sub

venc

ión

de

$10.

000

de

los

Serv

icio

s Po

licia

les

Ori

enta

dos

a la

Com

unid

ad (C

OPS

, por

de

Just

icia

de

EE

. UU

.—pa

ra p

rom

over

est

rate

gias

inno

vad

oras

en

la p

reve

nció

n d

e d

elit

os, c

olab

orac

ión

con

gobi

erno

s lo

cale

s,

alca

nce

com

unit

ario

y p

arti

cipa

ción

cív

ica.

Un

exit

oso

prog

ram

a en

par

ticu

lar

es e

l de

la V

igila

ncia

del

V

ecin

dar

io. L

a Sa

rgen

ta C

ynth

ia B

ears

e y

el a

gent

e au

xilia

r M

arin

o G

onzá

lez

son

resp

onsa

bles

del

pro

gram

a en

Cud

ahy

y tr

abaj

an c

on la

ciu

dad

par

a lle

var

a ca

bo p

or lo

men

os u

na

reun

ión

al m

es. “

Alg

unas

vec

es e

scog

emos

un

luga

r d

ond

e oc

urri

ó un

inci

den

te g

rave

y to

cam

os p

uert

as p

ara

enco

ntra

r a

un v

olun

tari

o pa

ra s

er la

sed

e d

e un

a re

unió

n”, r

epor

ta B

ears

e,

y ex

plic

ó qu

e lo

s ag

ente

s lu

ego

impr

imen

vol

ante

s y

van

de

fort

alec

e la

s re

laci

ones

ent

re lo

s ve

cino

s.

Ad

emás

de

las

mej

oras

de

serv

icio

s, e

l con

trat

o d

el L

ASD

ta

mbi

én tr

ae te

cnol

ogía

y e

xper

ienc

ia in

esti

mab

le. A

unqu

e la

ag

enci

a cu

bre

una

gran

áre

a—m

ás d

e 40

ciu

dad

es d

isti

ntas

, y

adem

ás á

reas

no

inco

rpor

adas

del

con

dad

o—ti

ene

una

capa

cid

ad in

men

sa q

ue c

uent

a co

n 18

.000

em

plea

dos

y u

n pr

esup

uest

o an

ual d

e $2

,7 b

illon

es. E

so p

rove

e re

curs

os

ind

ivid

ualm

ente

, tal

com

o he

licóp

tero

s d

e po

licía

, equ

ipos

“El r

eto

más

gra

nde

en C

udah

y es

tene

r m

ás c

olab

orac

ión

de

los

resi

den

tes”

, dijo

Bia

gini

, qui

en a

nim

a a

los

resi

den

tes

para

qu

e pa

rtic

ipen

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rte

de

la V

igila

ncia

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la v

ecin

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SD

tam

bién

coo

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pro

gram

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e E

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ores

par

a qu

e lo

s jó

vene

s pa

rtic

ipen

com

o vo

lunt

ario

s co

n la

age

ncia

, tan

to c

omo

la A

cad

emia

com

unit

aria

de

10 s

eman

as p

ara

que

los

resi

den

tes

cono

zcan

más

de

las

oper

acio

nes

de

la p

olic

ía e

n C

udah

y.

Para

may

or in

form

ació

n, c

omun

íque

se c

on e

l age

nte

auxi

liar

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zále

z al

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evel

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imp

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nt g

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or m

any

com

mu

nit

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nom

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pu

shed

man

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ties

to b

e m

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crea

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in

allo

cati

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MAC

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Thi

nkin

g ou

tsid

e th

e bo

x ha

s be

en

espe

cial

ly im

port

ant i

n C

udah

y, w

here

th

e el

imin

atio

n of

the

red

evel

opm

ent

agen

cy r

esul

ted

in a

n an

nual

loss

of

$2.8

mill

ion—

equi

vale

nt to

abo

ut

40 p

erce

nt o

f the

Cit

y’s

bud

get.

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nwhi

le, a

wea

ker

tax

base

ste

mm

ing

from

low

er le

vels

of c

omm

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al u

ses

and

pro

pert

y va

lues

als

o pr

ovid

es le

ss

fund

ing

for

publ

ic s

ervi

ces.

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eve

n th

en, a

vaila

ble

reso

urce

s m

ust b

e sp

lit

wit

h ot

her

enti

ties

like

the

Cou

nty

and

loca

l sch

ools

—fo

r ev

ery

dol

lar

the

Cou

nty

colle

cts

in p

rope

rty

tax,

the

Cit

y re

ceiv

es le

ss th

an 7

cen

ts.

An

inno

vati

ve e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t st

rate

gy is

ther

efor

e cr

ucia

l for

att

ract

ing

inve

stm

ent t

o ex

pand

bus

ines

s an

d jo

b op

port

unit

ies,

incr

ease

acc

ess

to g

ood

s an

d s

ervi

ces,

enh

ance

loca

l hou

sing

st

ock,

and

gen

erat

e ne

w r

even

ue

stre

ams.

Wit

h th

e G

ener

al P

lan

upd

ate

und

erw

ay,

the

Cit

y is

dis

cuss

ing

Cud

ahy’

s fu

ture

w

hile

dev

elop

ing

opti

ons

for

incr

easi

ng

loca

l pro

sper

ity.

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e ar

e a

few

key

st

rate

gies

bei

ng e

xplo

red

, ran

ging

from

iden

tify

ing

oppo

rtun

ity

site

s, to

a n

ew

law

that

mig

ht h

elp

spur

new

bus

ines

s an

d d

evel

opm

ent a

ctiv

ity.

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DIN

AN

CE

TO C

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to 2

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the

Cud

ahy

Com

mun

ity

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elop

men

t Com

mis

sion

(CD

C) w

as

the

Cit

y’s

mai

n ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

engi

ne. E

nabl

ed b

y a

1948

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te la

w, o

ne

of it

s sp

ecia

l pow

ers

was

tax

incr

emen

t

allo

wed

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CD

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ret

ain

a po

rtio

n of

pr

oper

ty ta

x re

venu

e to

fund

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nom

ic

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men

t act

ivit

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CUD

AH

Y 20

40

: TH

E G

ENER

AL

PLA

NPe

r St

ate

law

, eve

ry c

ity

is r

equi

red

to

mai

ntai

n a

Gen

eral

Pla

n th

at e

stab

lishe

s a

com

mun

ity

visi

on a

nd fr

amew

ork

for

grow

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

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Cit

y

sinc

e 19

92, a

maj

or th

eme

of w

hich

is

enh

anci

ng e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t op

port

unit

y.

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r, co

nsul

tant

MIG

has

put

toge

ther

an

exi

stin

g co

ndit

ions

rep

ort t

hat

com

pile

s co

mpl

eted

stu

die

s an

d r

ecen

t

doc

umen

t. In

term

s of

eco

nom

ic

barr

iers

to d

esir

ed d

evel

opm

ent,

as

wel

l as

pote

ntia

l opp

ortu

nity

sit

es.

to a

dd

ress

in o

rder

to b

e co

mpe

titi

ve in

sp

urri

ng n

ew p

riva

te in

vest

men

t inc

lud

e in

adeq

uate

infr

astr

uctu

re, i

ncom

pati

ble

land

use

pat

tern

s an

d s

mal

l lot

siz

es. A

s pa

rt o

f the

Gen

eral

Pla

n, th

e C

ity

will

be

upd

atin

g th

e zo

ning

cod

e, a

s w

ell a

s im

plem

enti

ng n

ew in

cent

iviz

ing

tool

s an

d d

esig

n gu

idel

ines

to p

rom

ote

qual

ity

dev

elop

men

t.

Loo

king

ahe

ad, s

ome

key

oppo

rtun

ity

site

s in

clud

e a

mor

e co

hesi

ve c

ivic

ce

nter

con

nect

ing

the

libra

ry, C

udah

y Pa

rk a

nd C

ity

Hal

l; th

e fo

rmer

cas

ino

prop

erty

; and

new

hou

sing

alo

ng th

e L

os A

ngel

es R

iver

that

’s c

urre

ntly

bei

ng

revi

taliz

ed. “

The

se ty

pes

of p

roje

cts

wou

ld r

equi

re s

ome

nego

tiat

ions

wit

h th

e C

ount

y an

d o

ther

dis

tric

ts, a

s w

ell

as p

riva

te in

vest

ors,

but

that

kin

d o

f in

tera

ctio

n fo

ster

s al

ignm

ent o

f int

eres

ts

and

coo

rdin

atio

n of

inve

stm

ent,”

sai

d

Cit

y A

ttor

ney

Dav

e G

ond

ek. A

nd w

hile

colla

bora

tion

, suc

h op

port

unit

ies

coul

d

open

new

doo

rs to

new

hou

sing

, goo

ds

and

ser

vice

s, a

s w

ell a

s jo

b op

port

unit

ies.

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noth

er tr

ansf

orm

ativ

e pr

ojec

t po

tent

ially

on

the

hori

zon

is th

e on

goin

g E

co-R

apid

Pro

ject

that

cou

ld b

ring

the

Met

ro O

rang

e L

ine

into

the

com

mun

ity

at th

e so

uthe

rn e

dge

of t

own,

usi

ng th

e

way

. The

intr

oduc

tion

of l

ight

rai

l cou

ld

prom

ote

a m

ore

com

pact

tran

sit-

orie

nted

co

mm

unit

y th

at p

rovi

des

res

iden

ts

conv

enie

nt a

cces

s to

goo

ds

and

ser

vice

s,

and

bet

ter

conn

ects

the

city

to th

e la

rger

re

gion

.

To s

ee th

e E

xist

ing

Con

dit

ions

Rep

ort f

or

the

Cud

ahy

2040

Pla

n, a

nd to

kee

p up

to

dat

e w

ith

the

late

st m

eeti

ngs,

vis

it

ww

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ityo

fcud

ahy.

com

.

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NIT

Y

REV

ITA

LIZA

TIO

N &

IN

VEST

MEN

T A

CT

the

loss

of r

edev

elop

men

t fun

din

g, a

n ex

citi

ng a

nnou

ncem

ent f

rom

the

Stat

e la

st y

ear

invo

lved

the

new

Com

mun

ity

Rev

ital

izat

ion

and

Inve

stm

ent A

utho

rity

(C

RIA

) Law

. The

legi

slat

ion

mar

ks th

e

targ

eted

onl

y to

geo

grap

hic

area

s w

ith

the

grea

test

dem

onst

rate

d n

eed

to r

ein

in

pot

enti

al m

isus

e.

In o

rder

to e

stab

lish

a ne

w C

RIA

ent

ity,

ci

ties

mus

t dem

onst

rate

that

80

perc

ent

of lo

cal C

ensu

s bl

ocks

hav

e an

ann

ual

hous

ehol

d in

com

e th

at la

gs b

ehin

d

the

stat

ewid

e m

edia

n. In

ad

dit

ion,

the

proj

ect a

rea

mus

t mee

t thr

ee o

f the

four

fo

llow

ing

cond

itio

ns: 1

) une

mpl

oym

ent

rate

at l

east

3 p

erce

nt a

bove

the

stat

ewid

e m

edia

n, 2

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me

rate

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east

5

perc

ent h

ighe

r th

an th

e st

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ide

med

ian,

3) d

eter

iora

ted

/in

adeq

uate

in

fras

truc

ture

, and

4) d

eter

iora

ted

co

mm

erci

al o

r re

sid

enti

al s

truc

ture

s.

Bas

ed o

n pr

elim

inar

y an

alys

is, w

hile

th

e C

ity

as a

who

le m

eets

inco

me

and

det

erio

rati

on r

equi

rem

ents

for

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd b

uild

ing

stoc

k, r

ecen

t im

prov

emen

ts in

une

mpl

oym

ent a

nd

crim

e ra

tes

have

pla

ced

Cud

ahy

und

er

the

new

law

’s r

equi

red

thre

shol

d.

“Had

this

bee

n tw

o ye

ars

ago,

the

Cit

y

unem

ploy

men

t and

cri

me

rate

s,”

said

Und

er th

e fo

rmer

red

evel

opm

ent l

aw, a

pu

blic

age

ncy

coul

d id

enti

fy a

dis

tres

sed

pr

ojec

t are

a. U

pon

des

igna

tion

, the

loca

l ta

x ba

se w

ould

“fr

eeze

” fo

r a

cert

ain

amou

nt o

f tim

e, a

nd a

ny in

crea

se in

as

sess

ed v

alua

tion

that

hyp

othe

tica

lly

resu

lted

from

focu

sed

impr

ovem

ent

impr

ovem

ents

. Mon

ies

wer

e of

ten

hous

ing,

and

maj

or c

omm

erci

al a

nd

resi

den

tial

pro

ject

s.

Tho

ugh

red

evel

opm

ent a

genc

ies

left

a

posi

tive

impa

ct in

man

y d

isad

vant

aged

ne

ighb

orho

ods,

som

e lo

cal a

genc

ies

wer

e al

lege

d to

mis

use

thei

r po

wer

to

reso

urce

s fr

om lo

cal s

choo

ls a

nd o

ther

pu

blic

ser

vice

s, a

nd le

avin

g th

e St

ate

on

2011

, to

add

ress

Sta

te b

udge

tary

issu

es,

Gov

erno

r Je

rry

Bro

wn

sign

ed a

law

el

imin

atin

g co

mm

unit

y re

dev

elop

men

t,

incl

udin

g th

e C

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.

In r

espo

nse

to th

e lo

ss o

f the

CD

C,

the

Cud

ahy

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Cor

pora

tion

(ED

C) w

as fo

rmed

to

cont

inue

inve

stin

g in

the

city

. In

2014

, a

Stat

e re

port

foun

d th

at th

e E

DC

was

not

asse

ts, a

nd u

ltim

atel

y ha

nded

con

trol

of

rem

nant

fund

s an

d p

rope

rtie

s to

the

Cit

y as

the

succ

esso

r ag

ency

. The

Cit

y ha

s si

nce

adop

ted

a L

ong

Ran

ge P

rope

rty

Man

agem

ent P

lan

to id

enti

fy p

oten

tial

fo

r fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t.

Mea

nwhi

le, i

n re

spon

se to

the

loss

of

red

evel

opm

ent,

the

Cit

y ad

opte

d a

n E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Ord

inan

ce

and

Pla

n in

ord

er to

iden

tify

new

op

port

unit

ies,

set

asi

de

fund

s, a

nd

dev

elop

lead

ersh

ip in

the

form

of a

new

E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Com

mis

sion

ta

sked

to h

elp

guid

e re

vita

lizat

ion

acti

viti

es. R

ecru

itm

ent i

s no

w u

nder

way

fo

r th

e C

omm

issi

on, a

nd th

e E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

is a

vaila

ble

Com

mun

ity

Dev

elop

men

t Man

ager

M

icha

el A

llen

at (3

23) 7

73-5

143.

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RED

EVEL

OP

MEN

T

HIS

TOR

Y

Com

mun

ity

Dev

elop

men

t Man

ager

M

icha

el A

llen.

“B

ut b

oth

have

gon

e

mom

entu

m th

at r

edev

elop

men

t cou

ld

help

furt

her

build

up.

So

we’

re in

the

proc

ess

of s

trat

egiz

ing

to s

ee h

ow w

e m

ight

qua

lify.

Whi

le th

e C

ity

as a

who

le is

not

cur

rent

ly

elig

ible

, Gon

dek

not

es th

at th

ere

may

st

ill b

e op

port

unit

y to

form

a p

roje

ct

area

that

is fo

cuse

d o

n ce

rtai

n C

ensu

s bl

ocks

—a

rela

tive

ly c

omm

on p

ract

ice

sinc

e th

e C

RIA

is s

till

new

, it i

s al

so

poss

ible

that

the

law

will

ad

just

to

com

mun

ity

need

s as

cit

ies

star

t try

ing

to

CR

IA la

w m

ight

be

rem

ains

to b

e se

en.

In a

dd

itio

n to

bri

ngin

g ba

ck ta

x

requ

ires

that

25

perc

ent o

f all

reve

nue

colle

cted

by

a C

RIA

be

dep

osit

ed in

to

a lo

w- a

nd m

oder

ate-

inco

me

hous

ing

from

the

old

law

. Thi

s em

phas

is o

n

the

Stat

e fa

ces

a ho

usin

g cr

isis

. It a

lso

alig

ns w

ith

one

of th

e G

ener

al P

lan’

s ke

y ob

ject

ives

to p

rovi

de

resi

den

ts

19

48

—S

tate

cre

ate

s la

w e

na

bli

ng

lo

ca

l g

ov

ern

me

nts

to

est

ab

lish

Co

mm

un

ity

Re

de

ve

lop

me

nt

Au

tho

riti

es

to e

ng

ag

e

in t

ax

in

cre

me

nt

fin

an

cin

g t

o f

un

d e

con

om

ic r

ev

ita

liz

ati

on

eff

ort

s.

19

77

—C

ity

fo

rms

the

Cu

da

hy

Co

mm

un

ity

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Co

mm

issi

on

to

sti

mu

late

lo

ca

l e

con

om

ic a

cti

vit

y. T

he

are

a i

n t

his

tim

e h

ad

be

en

su

ffe

rin

g l

oss

of

ma

jor

ind

ust

ria

l

em

plo

ye

rs.

20

12

—S

tate

la

w a

bo

lish

es

red

ev

elo

pm

en

t, s

hu

tte

rin

g

mo

re t

ha

n 4

00

CR

As,

in

clu

din

g t

he

CD

C. T

he

Cit

y f

orm

s th

e

Eco

no

mic

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Co

rpo

rati

on

(E

DC

) to

ov

ers

ee

th

e

form

er

ag

en

cy

’s f

un

ds.

20

14

—A

re

vie

w o

f th

e C

DC

’s a

sse

ts t

ran

sfe

rre

d t

o t

he

ED

C

fou

nd

th

at

pro

pe

rtie

s a

nd

oth

er

ass

ets

mu

st b

e r

etu

rne

d t

o

the

Cit

y a

s su

cce

sso

r a

ge

nc

y o

f th

e f

orm

er

CD

C.

WH

Y D

ID T

HE

STAT

E

ELIM

INAT

E R

EDEV

ELO

PM

ENT?

W

HAT

IS

CRIA

?

Typi

cally

, pro

pert

y ta

x re

venu

es a

re s

hare

d am

ong

vario

us ta

xing

dis

tric

ts

incl

udin

g th

e Ci

ty, C

ount

y an

d lo

cal s

choo

l dis

tric

ts. R

edev

elop

men

t allo

wed

lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts to

div

ert p

rope

rty

tax

rece

ipts

for e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t, w

hich

oft

en le

ft th

e St

ate

on th

e ho

ok fo

r bac

kfilli

ng fu

ndin

g ga

ps in

oth

er

publ

ic a

genc

ies.

The

2012

dis

solu

tion

of C

RAs

was

in la

rge

part

an

effor

t to

addr

ess

the

impa

ct th

at T

IF w

as h

avin

g on

the

Stat

e’s

budg

et.

As

of la

st y

ear,

new

legi

slat

ion

enab

les

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

to e

stab

lish

CRIA

s, w

hich

whi

le h

as b

een

calle

d “w

ater

ed d

own

rede

velo

pmen

t,” e

nabl

es e

ligib

le

com

mun

ities

to e

ngag

e in

tax

incr

emen

t fina

ncin

g to

figh

t blig

ht a

nd s

pur

econ

omic

act

ivity

.

WW

W.C

ITYO

FCU

DA

HY.

CO

M2

7

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oppo

rtun

itie

s, in

bot

h th

e re

ntal

and

ow

ners

hip

mar

kets

.

Gon

dek

als

o no

tes

that

rev

enue

s m

ay

also

be

used

to a

ssis

t in

the

asse

mbl

y of

la

nd fo

r ne

w c

omm

erci

al d

evel

opm

ent.

In C

udah

y, w

here

lot s

izes

are

typi

cally

sm

all a

nd o

wne

rshi

p pa

tter

ns a

re

frag

men

ted

, lan

d a

ssem

bly

is im

port

ant

in o

rder

to c

reat

e si

tes

that

are

ec

onom

ical

ly fe

asib

le fo

r ne

w r

esid

enti

al

and

com

mer

cial

pro

ject

s.

In p

arti

cula

r, th

ere

is g

reat

opp

ortu

nity

und

erw

ay to

rev

ital

ize

the

Los

Ang

eles

R

iver

. “R

edev

elop

men

t fun

ds

can

be u

sed

for

land

ass

embl

y an

d to

re

orie

nt p

rope

rtie

s to

take

ad

vant

age

of

recr

eati

onal

vis

tas

as th

e ri

ver

is r

esto

red

an

d r

eope

ned

.” H

e fu

rthe

r su

gges

ts th

e hi

gher

den

sity

alo

ng th

e w

ater

fron

t, lik

ely

to b

e re

com

men

ded

in th

e G

ener

al

Plan

Am

end

men

t, w

hich

cou

ld c

onsi

st

of h

ousi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

ran

ging

from

to h

elp

crea

te a

mor

e ba

lanc

ed a

nd

econ

omic

ally

div

erse

com

mun

ity.

Whi

le m

uch

of c

onve

rsat

ion

arou

nd th

e ri

ver

proj

ect h

as c

ente

red

on

Dow

ntow

n L

.A.,

the

L.A

. Riv

er R

evit

aliz

atio

n

that

all

loca

l jur

isd

icti

ons

alon

g th

e w

ater

way

’s 5

1-m

ile le

ngth

are

bei

ng

add

ress

ed. “

We

are

in th

e pr

elim

inar

y st

ages

of c

reat

ing

a ho

listi

c pl

an

incl

usiv

e of

all

15 c

itie

s al

ong

the

rive

r,”

said

Dir

ecto

r of

Com

mun

icat

ions

Eli

Kau

fman

. “W

e ha

ve a

com

mit

men

t to

publ

ic e

ngag

emen

t, ne

ighb

orho

od b

y ne

ighb

orho

od, b

lock

by

bloc

k.”

As

the

Cit

y co

ntin

ues

to s

tud

y an

d

und

erst

and

the

elig

ibili

ty a

nd li

mit

atio

ns

of th

e ne

w C

RIA

law

, its

pot

enti

al

to s

uppl

emen

t exi

stin

g ec

onom

ic

wel

com

e pr

ospe

ct.

In 2

012,

the

diss

olut

ion

of th

e fo

rmer

Cud

ahy

Com

mun

ity

Dev

elop

men

t Com

mis

sion

(CD

C) m

eant

that

the

City

lost

a m

ajor

ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

ool—

tax

incr

emen

t fina

ncin

g (T

IF).

As

of la

st y

ear,

a ne

w S

tate

law

—th

e Co

mm

unity

Rev

italiz

atio

n &

In

vest

men

t Act

(CRI

A)—

is b

ringi

ng b

ack

TIF

to e

ligib

le c

omm

uniti

es.

As

the

City

look

s in

to it

s ow

n el

igib

ility

, lea

rn h

ow T

IF w

orks

.

Wh

at

is t

he

Cu

da

hy

Re

de

ve

lop

me

nt

Ag

en

cy

?

The

form

er C

DC

was

est

ablis

hed

in 1

977

and

elim

inat

ed in

201

2.

It w

as e

nabl

ed b

y St

ate

rede

velo

pmen

t law

, whi

ch p

rovi

ded

loca

l go

vern

men

ts w

ith to

ols

for a

ddre

ssin

g ur

ban

blig

ht—

incl

udin

g th

e ab

ility

to a

ssem

ble

smal

ler p

arce

ls in

to la

rger

dev

elop

men

t op

port

unity

site

s, as

wel

l as

the

auth

ority

to e

ngag

e in

tax

incr

emen

t fina

ncin

g.

Ho

w d

oe

s ta

x i

nc

rem

en

t fi

na

nc

ing

wo

rk?

Typi

cally

for e

very

$1

colle

cted

in p

rope

rty

tax,

less

than

7 c

ents

re

turn

s to

the

loca

l gen

eral

fund

. Tax

incr

emen

t fina

ncin

g (T

IF) w

as

ther

efor

e an

impo

rtan

t red

evel

opm

ent t

ool t

hat a

llow

ed c

ities

to

reta

in p

rope

rty

tax

to fu

nd e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t, an

d ca

ptur

e an

y in

crea

sed

prop

erty

val

ue fo

r fur

ther

loca

l rei

nves

tmen

t. Ci

ties

ofte

n th

en le

vera

ged

antic

ipat

ed p

rope

rty

tax

incr

emen

ts to

issu

e bo

nds

for p

ublic

impr

ovem

ents

and

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent a

ctiv

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geth

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udah

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ric

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econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t opp

ortu

niti

es.

As

the

Cud

ahy

2040

Pla

n es

tabl

ishe

s a

visi

on a

nd fr

amew

ork

for

futu

re

grow

th, a

new

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Com

mis

sion

cou

ld h

elp

guid

e im

plem

enta

tion

and

coo

rdin

atio

n

of r

esou

rces

.

to g

ener

ate

new

rev

enue

s—w

heth

er

by in

crea

sing

the

tax

base

via

new

d

evel

opm

ent,

or e

xplo

ring

a n

ew

CR

IA e

ntit

y—w

ill fu

rthe

r pr

opel

the

com

mun

ity

tow

ard

a m

ore

pros

pero

us

futu

re.

“Wit

h th

ese

elem

ents

com

ing

toge

ther

, yo

u co

uld

see

a r

eal t

rans

form

atio

n of

th

e co

mm

unit

y,”

says

Gon

dek

.

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El d

esar

rollo

eco

nóm

ico

es u

na m

eta

impo

rtan

te p

ara

Cud

ahy,

don

de

la

pérd

ida

de

la p

revi

a C

omis

ión

para

el

Des

arro

llo d

e la

Com

unid

ad (C

DC

, po

r su

s si

glas

en

ingl

és) r

esul

tó e

n un

a pé

rdid

a an

ual d

e $2

,8 m

illon

es–

equi

vale

nte

a ap

roxi

mad

amen

te a

40

por

cie

nto

del

pre

supu

esto

de

la

serv

icio

s pú

blic

os e

stá

limit

ado

deb

ido

a qu

e la

ciu

dad

com

part

e in

gres

os

por

impu

esto

s co

n ot

ras

enti

dad

es

tale

s co

mo

el C

ond

ado

y la

s es

cuel

as

loca

les.

Por

cad

a d

ólar

que

se

cole

cta

de

impu

esto

s so

bre

bien

es in

mue

bles

, la

ciu

dad

sol

o re

cibe

men

os d

e nu

eve

cent

avos

.

Así

que

una

est

rate

gia

inno

vad

ora

pued

e ay

udar

a a

trae

r in

vers

ione

s pa

ra a

mpl

iar

opor

tuni

dad

es p

ara

los

nego

cios

y tr

abaj

os, a

umen

tar

el a

cces

o a

bien

es y

ser

vici

os, m

ejor

ar la

s ex

iste

ntes

vi

vien

das

loca

les

y ge

nera

r nu

evas

fu

ente

s d

e in

gres

os. A

con

tinu

ació

n ve

rán

unas

est

rate

gias

cla

ves

que

la

ciud

ad e

sta

en p

roce

so d

e an

aliz

ar:

1. U

NA

NU

EVA

O

RD

ENA

NZA

DE

DES

AR

RO

LLO

ECO

MIC

OC

uand

o la

s ag

enci

as d

e re

urba

niza

ción

fu

eron

elim

inad

as e

n el

est

ado

de

Cal

ifor

nia

en e

l 201

2, C

udah

y pe

rdió

su

capa

cid

ad d

e d

esar

rollo

eco

nóm

ico–

que

incl

uye

la h

abili

dad

de

part

icip

ar e

n

ingl

és),

la c

ual a

nter

iorm

ente

per

mit

a en

tid

ades

loca

les

rete

ner

algo

de

los

ingr

esos

de

impu

esto

s so

bre

los

bien

es

inm

uebl

es p

ara

el d

esar

rollo

eco

nóm

ico.

Para

con

serv

ar y

fom

enta

r la

pr

ospe

rid

ad a

un m

ás e

n C

udah

y, e

l C

once

jo M

unic

ipal

rec

ién

adop

tó la

O

rden

anza

del

Des

arro

llo E

conó

mic

o,

com

o un

a pr

iori

dad

impo

rtan

te y

es

tabl

ece

nuev

os r

ecur

sos

y un

a co

mis

ión

para

ale

ntar

nue

vo c

reci

mie

nto.

Ta

mbi

én a

dop

tó u

n Pl

an In

mob

iliar

io

opor

tuni

dad

es p

ara

vari

os te

rren

os

de

los

cual

es la

ciu

dad

es

due

ña.

2. P

LAN

DE

CUD

AH

Y 20

40

Con

form

e la

ciu

dad

act

ualiz

a su

Pla

n G

ener

al p

or p

rim

era

vez

des

de

el

1992

, un

tem

a qu

e se

des

taca

es

el

del

des

arro

llo e

conó

mic

o.

Has

ta a

hora

, el c

onsu

ltor

MIG

rea

lizó

un in

form

e d

e la

con

dic

ione

s ex

iste

ntes

cuan

to a

la c

onst

rucc

ión

des

ead

a ta

nto

com

o co

n lu

gare

s d

e op

ortu

nid

ad –

tale

s co

mo

un c

entr

o cí

vico

más

coh

esiv

o qu

e co

nect

e a

la b

iblio

teca

, el P

arqu

e d

e C

udah

y y

el A

yunt

amie

nto;

la p

ropi

edad

qu

e an

teri

orm

ente

era

un

casi

no; e

l Pr

oyec

to E

co-R

ápid

o en

cur

so q

ue

pod

ría

trae

r nu

evas

opc

ione

s d

e tr

ánsi

to

a la

com

unid

ad; a

l igu

al q

ue o

pcio

nes

de

vivi

end

as q

ue p

ued

an q

ue c

onst

ruya

n en

el

esf

uerz

o ac

tual

de

Ren

ovac

ión

del

Río

d

e L

os Á

ngel

es.

Y m

ient

ras

lo m

ás p

roba

ble

es q

ue

requ

iera

esf

uerz

o y

cola

bora

ción

ad

icio

nal,

tale

s op

ortu

nid

ades

po

drí

an a

brir

nue

vas

puer

tas

a nu

evas

vi

vien

das

, bie

nes

y se

rvic

ios

así c

omo

opor

tuni

dad

es d

e tr

abaj

o.

Apr

end

a m

ás s

obre

el P

lan

de

Cud

ahy

2040

en

ww

w.c

ityo

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com

.

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EUR

BA

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Y D

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E

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l año

pas

ado,

el e

stad

o an

unci

ó la

nue

va

Ley

de

la A

utor

idad

de

Rev

ital

izac

ión

e In

vers

ión

Com

unit

aria

, la

cual

mar

ca

incr

emen

to tr

ibut

ario

per

o en

focá

ndos

e en

áre

as d

emos

trad

as d

e m

ayor

ne

cesi

dad

.

Bas

ánd

ose

en r

equi

sito

s ex

iste

ntes

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ciu

dad

en

su c

onju

nto

no r

eúne

los

requ

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os p

ara

esta

blec

er u

na á

rea

abar

cad

ora

para

el p

roye

cto.

Red

ucci

ones

re

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tes

en d

elit

os y

des

empl

eo—

que

a la

vez

es

una

seña

l de

avan

ce—

han

des

cart

ado

la e

legi

bilid

ad in

icia

l. Si

n em

barg

o, e

l per

sona

l sig

ue a

naliz

and

o ár

eas

para

ver

si c

iert

as d

e el

las

pued

an

cum

plir

los

requ

isit

os.

Con

form

e la

ciu

dad

sig

ue c

on la

ex

plor

ació

n y

ente

ndim

ient

o d

e la

nu

eva

ley,

el p

oten

cial

de

com

plem

enta

r es

fuer

zos

actu

ales

en

el d

esar

rollo

ec

onóm

ico

serí

a un

a op

ortu

nid

ad

favo

rabl

e—no

sol

o al

rei

ntro

duc

ir e

l

pero

tam

bién

al d

edic

arle

ingr

esos

pa

ra v

ivie

ndas

acc

esib

les

y ay

uda

a

los

nego

cios

.

CON

CLU

SIÓ

NE

n su

con

junt

o, C

udah

y ti

ene

una

abun

dan

cia

de

opor

tuni

dad

es e

n el

d

esar

rollo

eco

nóm

ico.

Aco

rde

al P

lan

2040

de

Cud

ahy

para

est

able

cer

una

visi

ón y

esq

uem

a pa

ra e

l cre

cim

ient

o en

el

futu

ro, u

na n

ueva

Com

isió

n pa

ra e

l D

esar

rollo

Eco

nóm

ico

pod

ría

ayud

ar a

gu

iar

la im

plem

enta

ción

y c

oord

inac

ión

de

los

recu

rsos

. Par

a co

noce

r m

ás,

com

uníq

uese

con

el m

unic

ipio

al

(323

) 773

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3.

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ccor

din

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sa D

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.A. W

orks

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ecto

r of

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pora

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t, he

r te

am

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din

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mor

e th

an a

hun

dre

d

even

ts e

very

yea

r, ga

ther

ing

volu

ntee

rs

The

rec

ent o

ne in

Sou

thea

st L

os A

ngel

es

enco

mpa

ssin

g C

udah

y an

d n

eigh

bori

ng

citi

es, b

roug

ht to

geth

er a

thou

sand

vo

lunt

eers

on

a Sa

turd

ay m

orni

ng to

the

Low

er L

.A. R

iver

. The

pur

pose

of t

he

mor

e pl

easa

nt a

nd c

omm

unit

y-or

ient

ed

so th

at th

e ad

join

ing

park

wou

ld b

e in

viti

ng fo

r d

og w

alke

rs a

nd jo

gger

s.

Part

icip

ants

hel

ped

pic

k up

tras

h fr

om

the

rive

rbed

and

pla

nt d

roug

ht-r

esis

tant

la

ndsc

apin

g. A

bout

75

peop

le a

lso

assi

sted

in p

aint

ing

Cud

ahy’

s ri

ver

wal

l. A

ltog

ethe

r, it

took

abo

ut th

ree

hour

s to

loca

l art

ist S

aul P

once

.

“We

try

to w

ork

wit

h lo

cal a

rtis

ts, s

ince

th

ey h

ave

root

s in

the

com

mun

ity

and

un

der

stan

d it

s hi

stor

y,”

said

Dav

is.

Ind

eed

, the

28-

year

-old

Pon

ce, w

ho g

rew

up

in n

ext-

doo

r H

unti

ngto

n Pa

rk a

nd

grad

uate

d fr

om n

earb

y B

ell H

igh

Scho

ol,

shar

es th

at th

e L

.A. R

iver

was

ver

y m

uch

a pa

rt o

f his

you

th. H

e re

calls

rid

ing

his

bike

alo

ng it

s ba

nks

to L

ong

Bea

ch,

but r

emem

bers

hav

ing

to d

odge

gan

g ac

tivi

ty, e

spec

ially

in th

e ar

ea a

roun

d

Cud

ahy.

forw

ard

,” P

once

obs

erve

s of

rec

ent

prog

ress

, cit

ing

red

uced

cri

me,

be

tter

sch

ools

and

a g

reat

er s

ense

colla

bora

tion

wit

h L

.A. W

orks

was

a

spec

ial o

ppor

tuni

ty to

con

trib

ute

to th

e co

mm

unit

y w

here

he

grew

up.

“I l

ike

thei

r vi

sion

, and

am

gla

d to

be

a pa

rt o

f w

hat t

hey’

re d

oing

,” h

e sa

id.

Prof

essi

onal

ly, P

once

is a

sig

n-m

aker

w

ho o

pera

tes

a co

mm

erci

al s

ign

stud

io

out o

f his

hom

e. A

s he

focu

ses

on

grow

ing

his

busi

ness

, he

cont

inue

s to

pu

rsue

his

pas

sion

for

art a

nd p

aint

ing.

Po

nce

has

com

plet

ed s

ever

al m

ural

s an

d

his

artw

ork

has

been

exh

ibit

ed in

loca

l ga

lleri

es—

whi

ch w

as h

ow L

.A. W

orks

him

, Pon

ce w

as h

esit

ant.

“It w

as a

ch

alle

ngin

g ta

sk,”

he

said

, not

ing

that

he

had

in th

e pa

st tu

rned

dow

n su

ch la

rge

good

ene

rgy.

was

bot

h fu

ncti

onal

and

asp

irat

iona

l. H

e to

ok d

irec

t ins

pira

tion

from

the

adja

cent

ri

ver,

dep

icti

ng u

ndul

atin

g w

aves

be

neat

h a

vibr

ant o

rang

e-an

d-g

old

sky

. T

he r

elat

ivel

y si

mpl

e w

ater

-ins

pire

d

des

ign

was

cho

sen

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

skill

s of

mor

e am

ateu

r pa

inte

rs, a

nd th

e w

ave-

like

patt

ern

is a

lso

prac

tica

l for

des

ign,

tagg

ing

is n

ot a

s le

gibl

e,”

Ponc

e ex

plai

ned

.

On

the

day

of t

he e

vent

, the

art

ist a

rriv

ed

at d

awn

to o

utlin

e th

e w

all.

Vol

unte

ers

arri

ved

at a

roun

d 9

a.m

. to

pain

t the

m

ural

. “I w

ante

d s

omet

hing

bri

ght,

and

co

lors

like

red

and

ora

nge

tend

to c

atch

pe

ople

’s a

tten

tion

,” P

once

exp

lain

s.

Whi

le v

isua

lly s

trik

ing,

man

y se

e th

e ar

twor

ks a

s sy

mbo

lic fo

r th

e co

mm

unit

y an

d th

e ri

ver—

both

cur

rent

ly in

pro

gres

s on

ext

ensi

ve p

lann

ing

and

rev

ital

izat

ion

upd

atin

g th

e G

ener

al P

lan,

the

LA

Riv

er

Rev

ital

izat

ion

Cor

pora

tion

is le

adin

g an

conc

rete

-em

bank

ed, d

ebri

s-ri

dd

en r

iver

in

to o

ne o

f Am

eric

a’s

mos

t am

biti

ous

urba

n co

nser

vati

on a

nd r

ecre

atio

n pr

ojec

ts.

Geh

ry is

hea

din

g a

team

in r

eim

agin

ing

the

wat

erw

ay in

to a

uni

que

gree

nspa

ce

that

wou

ld r

eint

rod

uce

natu

re a

long

so

me

segm

ents

. Whi

le m

ost o

f the

re

vita

lizat

ion

acti

vity

thus

far

has

focu

sed

on

the

uppe

r po

rtio

n of

the

rive

r—th

e C

ity

of L

os A

ngel

es h

as

mov

ed to

fund

pro

ject

s—la

te la

st y

ear,

Gov

erno

r B

row

n si

gned

AB

530,

aut

hore

d

by A

ssem

blym

an A

ntho

ny R

end

on,

to c

reat

e a

com

preh

ensi

ve r

esto

rati

on

plan

for

the

Low

er L

os A

ngel

es R

iver

.

also

bee

n in

talk

s w

ith

the

LA

Riv

er

Rev

ital

izat

ion

Cor

pora

tion

to s

hare

co

mm

unit

y vi

sion

s.

Lea

rnin

g of

the

ambi

tiou

s pr

opos

als

for

the

rive

r, Po

nce

says

, “I t

hink

it’s

gre

at

and

I’m

pro

ud m

y m

ural

is a

sm

all p

art

of it

.” H

e ex

pres

ses

hope

that

the

proj

ect

will

not

be

so fo

cuse

d o

n d

ownt

own

L.A

. as

to o

verl

ook

Cud

ahy

and

its

neig

hbor

ing

Gat

eway

Cit

ies.

Dav

is s

ays

that

her

org

aniz

atio

n se

es p

oten

tial

for

the

rive

r to

insp

ire

publ

ic in

volv

emen

t an

d c

onne

ct th

e m

any

com

mun

itie

s it

to

uche

s, fr

om B

urba

nk to

Lon

g B

each

.

And

if th

e L

.A. W

orks

Day

of S

ervi

ce

look

ing

up fo

r th

e co

mm

unit

y. A

s

late

Sep

tem

ber

afte

rnoo

n, a

lmos

t ev

eryo

ne w

ore

smile

s of

pri

de

and

ac

com

plis

hmen

t. “W

e ha

d e

very

bod

y fr

om to

dd

lers

to s

enio

rs,”

sai

d P

once

. “I

t was

so

div

erse

and

rea

lly c

ool t

o se

e ev

eryo

ne w

orki

ng to

geth

er.”

So fa

r, th

e co

llabo

rati

ve a

rt p

roje

ct h

as

been

so

wel

l rec

eive

d th

at th

e C

ity

is

even

con

sid

erin

g ex

tend

ing

it a

long

the

leng

th o

f Riv

er R

oad

—in

whi

ch c

ase,

the

publ

ic to

par

tici

pate

.

“IT

WA

S S

O D

IVE

RS

E A

ND

RE

AL

LY

CO

OL

TO

SE

E E

VE

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5220

San

ta A

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St.,

Cu

dah

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NOW

ACC

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THE C

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DEPA

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OODC

FAFT

RAN

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part

ner u

p to

brin

g pr

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ms,

activ

ities

and

cla

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that

con

nect

and

en

gage

com

mun

ity m

embe

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f all

ages

. Che

ck o

ut w

hat’s

com

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to o

ur

park

s th

is s

prin

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or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on re

crea

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prog

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min

g, c

all

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CLA

SSE

S

& A

CTI

VIT

IES

Ge

t a

cti

ve

an

d t

ry s

om

eth

ing

fu

n w

ith

on

e o

f o

ur

ins

tru

cto

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las

se

s. F

or

mo

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n o

n

ho

w t

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vis

it w

ww

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cra

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ng

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,

or

ca

ll Y

uri

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va

lca

ba

at

(21

3)

27

2-8

45

3.

BALL

ETM

ult

iple

Lo

ca

tio

ns,

$5

0/7

we

ek

s

Lear

n ba

llet f

unda

men

tals,

incl

udin

g ba

sic te

chni

que

and

term

inol

ogy,

whi

le p

ract

icin

g cr

eativ

e bo

dy m

ovem

ent.

Youn

g da

ncer

s dev

elop

pro

per

tech

niqu

e a

nd a

lignm

ent,

as w

ell a

s con

fiden

ce a

nd se

lf-es

teem

.

DATE

S LO

CATI

ON

DAYS

TI

MES

LE

VEL

AGES

5/24

–7/

5 CL

ARA

PA

RK

T 5–

6 P.M

. PR

E.

3– 6

5/24

–7/

5 CL

ARA

PA

RK

T 6:

30–

7:30

P.M

. BE

G.

7–11

5/28

–7/

9 CU

DAH

Y PA

RK

S 11

:30–

12:3

0 P.M

. PR

E.

3–6

5/28

–7/

9 CU

DAH

Y PA

RK

S 10

–11

P.M

. BE

G.

7–11

GUIT

AR (A

COUS

TIC)

Lu

go

Pa

rk,

$6

0/7

we

ek

s

Lear

n th

e fu

ndam

enta

ls o

f gui

tar,

such

as p

ostu

re, fi

nger

tech

niqu

es, a

rran

gem

ents

and

read

ing

mus

ic. G

uita

rs a

re in

clud

ed fo

r beg

inne

r lev

el, b

ut n

ot fo

r int

erm

edia

te.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

LEVE

L AG

ES5/

24–

7/7

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

T/TH

7–

8:30

P.M

. BE

G.

7–18

DRUM

SL

ug

o P

ark

, $

60

/7 w

ee

ks

Lear

n th

e fu

ndam

enta

ls o

f dru

ms,

arra

ngem

ents

and

read

ing

mus

ic.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

LEVE

L AG

ES5/

23–

7/6

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

M,/

W

6:30

–8:

00 P.

M.

BEG.

7–

18

HIP

HOP

DANC

EL

ug

o P

ark

, $

50

/7 w

ee

ks

Lear

n th

e fu

ndam

enta

ls o

f hip

-hop

dan

ce th

roug

h ro

utin

es th

at d

evel

op

prop

er b

ody

mov

emen

t, rh

ythm

, coo

rdin

atio

n, m

otor

skill

s, se

lf-

este

em a

nd c

onfid

ence

. Pra

ctic

e cu

lmin

ates

in a

show

case

.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

24–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

T/TH

6:

30–

7:30

P.M

.

5–11

ZUM

BAC

lara

Pa

rk,

$5

0/7

we

ek

s

Danc

e to

gre

at m

usic

whi

le g

ettin

g ph

ysic

ally

act

ive!

Get

you

r

hear

t pum

ping

and

bur

n ca

lorie

s in

this

fun

wor

kout

.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

23–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

M/T

/W/T

H/F

7–

8 P.M

.

ALL

CUDA

HY H

EADS

OUT

Join

us f

or fu

n ou

tings

and

fiel

d tr

ips!

All

excu

rsio

ns d

epar

t fro

m a

nd re

turn

to C

udah

y Pa

rk,

5220

San

ta A

na S

t. Sp

ace

is lim

ited.

Reg

ister

by

calli

ng C

ity H

all a

t (32

3) 2

82-5

625.

L.A.

GAL

AXY G

AME

Su

nd

ay

, M

ay

22

, 3

p.m

. $

30

L.A.

Gal

axy

take

s on

the

San

Jose

Ear

thqu

akes

. Tic

kets

are

on

the

sout

h

end

of th

e st

adiu

m b

ehin

d go

al n

et. G

ame

time

is 4

p.m

. Bus

leav

es

prom

ptly

at 3

p.m

. and

retu

rns a

t app

roxi

mat

ely

7 p.

m.

DODG

ERS F

RIDA

Y NIG

HT FI

REW

ORKS

Fri

da

y,

Jun

e 3

, 5

:30

p.m

.

The

Dodg

ers f

ace

the

Atla

nta

Brav

es, f

eatu

ring

a sp

ecta

cula

r fire

wor

ks sh

ow!

Tick

ets a

re In

field

Res

erve

d, th

ird b

ase

side.

Gam

e tim

e is

7:10

p.m

. Bus

leav

es p

rom

ptly

at 5

:30

p.m

. and

retu

rns a

t app

roxi

mat

ely

11:3

0 p.

m.

KNOT

T’S B

ERRY

FARM

S

at.

, Ju

ne

18

, 9

a.m

.,

$35/

adul

t 12+

yrs

. and

$33

/chi

ld 3

to 1

1 yr

s. Jo

in u

s for

a th

rillin

g tr

ip to

the

them

e

park

! Bus

leav

es p

rom

ptly

at 9

a.m

. and

retu

rns a

t app

roxi

mat

ely

11 p

.m.

SPO

RT

SG

et

yo

ur

he

art

ra

te u

p i

n o

ne

of

ou

r y

ou

th

sp

ort

s p

rog

ram

s. F

or

mo

re i

nfo

rma

tio

n o

n h

ow

to e

nro

ll,

vis

it w

ww

.wo

od

cra

ftra

ng

ers

.org

, o

r

ca

ll Y

uri

Ru

va

lca

ba

at

(21

3)

27

2-8

45

3.

BASK

ETBA

LLC

lara

Pa

rk,

$5

5/7

we

ek

s

Lear

n ba

sket

ball

fund

amen

tals

thro

ugh

inte

ntio

nal s

kill-

build

ing

activ

ities

that

insp

ire

lead

ersh

ip, p

rom

ote

heal

thy

lifes

tyle

s and

enc

oura

ge te

amw

ork.

Youn

g pl

ayer

s lea

rn

the

scie

nce

behi

nd th

eir b

ody’s

abi

lity

to b

e ac

tive

and

play

the

spor

t, as

wel

l as

deve

lop

self-

este

em a

nd c

onfid

ence

. Tea

ms c

ompe

te in

tour

nam

ents

and

gam

es.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

LEVE

L AG

ES5/

23–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

M/W

/F

5:30

–7

P.M.

BEG.

5–

11

BOXI

NGL

ug

o P

ark

, $

50

/7 w

ee

ks

*

Let o

ff so

me

stea

m a

nd tr

ain

your

way

to b

ette

r stre

ngth

in o

ur b

oxin

g pr

ogra

m.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

23–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

M/T

/W/T

H/F

4:

30–

6:30

P.M

. 8–

17

5/23

–7/

8 EN

ROLL

ING

NOW

! M

/T/W

/TH

/F

6:30

–8:

30 P.

M.

15+

* If

adul

ts w

ant a

cces

s to

the

Fitn

ess C

ente

r dur

ing

clas

s

ho

urs,

addi

tiona

l $17

(inc

lude

s City

ID)

CLA

SSES

& A

CTIV

ITIE

SR

EC

RE

AT

ION

GU

IDE

36

ON

E M

AG

AZ

INE

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Y O

F C

UD

AH

Y |

REC

REA

TIO

N G

UID

E

FUND

AMEN

TAL T

-BAL

LC

ud

ah

y P

ark

, $

65

/7 w

ee

ks

Lear

n ba

seba

ll fu

ndam

enta

ls th

roug

h in

tent

iona

l ski

ll-bu

ildin

g ac

tiviti

es

that

insp

ire le

ader

ship

, pro

mot

e he

alth

y lif

esty

les a

nd e

ncou

rage

team

wor

k.

Youn

g pl

ayer

s lea

rn th

e sc

ienc

e be

hind

thei

r bod

y’s a

bilit

y to

be

activ

e

and

play

the

spor

t, as

wel

l as d

evel

op se

lf-es

teem

and

con

fiden

ce.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

24–

7/7

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

T/TH

6–

7 P.M

.

3–5

KARA

TEL

ug

o P

ark

, $

50

/7 w

ee

ks

Deve

lop

phys

ical

fitn

ess,

self-

defe

nse

and

safe

ty sk

ills w

hile

bui

ldin

g

confi

denc

e, fo

cus a

nd re

spec

t for

one

self

and

othe

rs.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

23–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

M/W

5–

6:30

P.M

.

8–14

SOCC

ERM

ult

iple

Lo

ca

tio

ns,

$5

5/7

we

ek

s

Get a

cqua

inte

d w

ith so

ccer

fund

amen

tals

thro

ugh

inte

ntio

nal s

kill-

build

ing

activ

ities

that

insp

ire le

ader

ship

, pro

mot

e he

alth

y lif

esty

les a

nd e

ncou

rage

team

wor

k. Yo

ung

play

ers

lear

n th

e sc

ienc

e be

hind

thei

r bod

y’s a

bilit

y to

be

activ

e an

d pl

ay th

e sp

ort,

as w

ell a

s

deve

lop

self-

este

em a

nd c

onfid

ence

. Tea

ms c

ompe

te in

tour

nam

ents

and

gam

es.

DATE

S LO

CATI

ON

DAYS

TI

MES

LE

VEL

AGES

5/23

–7/

8 CL

ARA

PA

RK

M/W

/F

5:30

–7

P.M.

BEG.

5–

11

5/23

–7/

8 CL

ARA

PA

RK

M/W

/F

7–8:

30 P.

M.

INT.

12

–17

5/23

–7/

8 CU

DAH

Y PA

RK

M/W

/F

5:30

–7

P.M.

BEG.

5–

11

5/23

–7/

8 CU

DAH

Y PA

RK

M/W

/F

7–8:

30 P.

M.

ADV

. 12

–17

VOLL

EYBA

LLC

ud

ah

y P

ark

, $

50

/6 w

ee

ks

Lear

n th

e fu

ndam

enta

ls o

f vol

leyb

all a

nd b

uild

skill

s to

prep

are

for S

atur

day

tour

nam

ents

!.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES6/

1–7/

8 EN

ROLL

ING

NOW

! W

/TH

/F

6–7:

30 P.

M.

10

–14

6/1–

7/8

NRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

W/T

H/F

7:

30–

9 P.M

.

14–

18

YOU

TH

PR

OG

RA

MS

Ke

ep

kid

s a

cti

ve

in

ou

r fu

n p

rog

ram

s a

nd

cla

ss

es

! F

or

mo

re i

nfo

rma

tio

n o

n h

ow

to

en

roll

, v

isit

ww

w.w

oo

dc

raft

ran

ge

rs.o

rg,

or

ca

ll Y

uri

Ru

va

lca

ba

at

(21

3)

27

2-8

45

3.

ROBO

TICS

Lu

go

Pa

rk,

$6

0/7

we

ek

s

This

hand

s-on

robo

tics p

rogr

am in

spire

s inn

ovat

ion

by e

ngag

ing

stud

ents

in c

ompu

ter

prog

ram

s tha

t app

ly m

ath,

scie

nce,

eng

inee

ring

and

tech

nolo

gy sk

ills.

Part

icip

atio

ns

asse

mbl

e, p

rogr

am a

nd tr

oubl

esho

ot ro

bots

usin

g Le

go M

inds

torm

softw

are,

whi

le

deve

lopi

ng p

robl

em-s

olvi

ng sk

ills,

lead

ersh

ip, c

omm

unic

atio

n an

d se

lf-co

nfide

nce.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

24–

7/7

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

T/TH

5–

7 P.M

.

7–12

SILK

SCRE

ENIN

GL

ug

o P

ark

, $

60

/7 w

ee

ks

Flex

you

r cre

ativ

e m

uscl

e an

d le

arn

a ne

w sk

ill b

y m

akin

g yo

ur

own

desig

ns a

nd si

lk sc

reen

ing

on d

iffer

ent m

ater

ials.

DATE

S RE

GIST

ER B

Y DA

YS

TIM

ES

AG

ES5/

27–

7/8

ENRO

LLIN

G N

OW!

F 6:

30–

8 P.M

.

11+

OPEN

GYM

BAS

KETB

ALL

Mo

nd

ay

s t

hru

Fri

da

ys,

3–

8 p

.m.,

Cla

ra P

ark

, $

50

/7 w

ee

ks

or

$1

50

/23

we

ek

s

Gath

er y

our f

riend

s to

shoo

t som

e ho

ops o

r sw

ing

by fo

r

a pi

ckup

gam

e at

Cla

ra P

ark.

Cou

rts a

re su

perv

ised

and

open

to p

laye

rs o

f all

ages

. Tou

rnam

ents

and

skill

-bui

ldin

g

drill

s may

be

faci

litat

ed. S

easo

nal p

asse

s ava

ilabl

e fo

r

sprin

g an

d fa

ll. C

urre

nt se

ssio

n en

ds Ju

ly 2

2.

SUM

MER

@

LUGO

PARK

Jun

e 2

0–

Au

g.

12

, 8

a.m

.–4

p.m

.,

ag

es

5–

17

, $

60

/we

ek

Ha

ve

fu

n t

his

su

mm

er

bre

ak

wit

h s

po

rts,

art

s, S

TE

M,

lea

de

rsh

ip a

cti

vit

ies

an

d m

ore

!

FREE

AFT

ERSC

HOOL

PRO

GRAM

Mo

nd

ay

s t

hru

Fri

da

ys,

3–

7 p

.m.,

Lu

go

Pa

rk T

ee

n C

en

ter

Stud

ents

age

s 17

and

unde

r can

stay

act

ive

play

ing

spor

ts a

nd le

arni

ng fu

n ne

w

skill

s in

our a

fters

choo

l pro

gram

. Joi

n in

on

a va

riety

of r

ecre

atio

nal o

ppor

tuni

ties,

incl

udin

g vo

lleyb

all,

socc

er, fi

eld

spor

ts a

nd m

uch

mor

e. P

rogr

amm

ing

varie

s.

RE

CR

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N G

UID

ESP

OR

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TH P

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REA

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