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Let’s Help! This is the Epic Center of AR territory! Home to Lloyd Levine…

Ordinance Re Animal Spay, Neuter And Breeding - file 07-1212". If you're
writing about mandatory microchipping, the file reference is 07-2391.

The proposed ordinance(s) will now go to the Public Safety Committee. This
is "interesting" since the Public Safety Committee waived consideration of
the proposals in the first place, which cleared the way for them to go to
the full Council.

Once the Thank-You notes/calls are done, Please dust off and modify the
letters you sent re AB1634. Flood All 15 Council Members and the Mayor with
letters, emails or faxes, and calls. City residents should write, fax,
email and call. More importantly, set up appointments and round up a group
and at least visit your Council Member and the Mayor. If possible, visit
all the Council Members. The group doesn't have to all be city residents as
long as 1 or 2 in the group are.

It is extremely important that Businesses within the city (e.g. Jack
Bradshaw) visit the Mayor, City Council Members and the City Controller to
impress upon them the gravity of your concerns. Get your local Chamber of
Commerce involved in lobbying.

If you are Not a city resident, it's best that you mail your letters. We
may generate ill-will if non-city residents overload their fax machines.
Emails can be deleted easily by staffers who don't want to bother with
printing or compiling them from non-City residents. Letters from non-Los
Angeles residents should impress upon the politicians the "cultural
significance" of both the city of L.A. and the state of California in
"setting the trend" for the rest of the state and the country, respectively.
Letters to multiple individuals could be sent together in a large envelope
addressed to:

Mayor Villaraigosa and all City Council Members
c/o City Clerk, Room 395
City Hall, 200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-4801

Be sure to send City Controller Laura Chick all letters that discuss
negative financial impacts or operating inefficiencies (e.g. rising shelter
expenses over the past 30 years despite substantial reductions in shelter
intakes and euthanasias, i.e. gross operating inefficiencies; expensive
legal challenges on constitutional grounds; cost of dealing with rabies
outbreaks because of excess killing of feral cats; loss of travel or tourism
revenues; significant negative impacts on small pet-related businesses;
etc.)

Very important - Any letter that involves public safety or financial impacts
(e.g. diverts money from Homeland Security) should be sent to members of the
Public Safety Committee with ATTN: John White, Legislative Assistant. It
may be a good idea to follow-up the letters with an email copy to John White
(might make it easier for them to cut and paste?). The following are
contact information for the Committee. Clicking on the Council Member's
name will launch their websites:

We noted a change in the AR extremists' rhetoric and "sales pressure" lines
during the Council meeting. Everything is now phrased in terms of "Animal
Cruelty", and MSN is the only way to No Kill. Therefore, if a politician
declines to enact a new animal control law to reduce shelter intake and
euthanasia, he/she will be branded as supporting animal cruelty. We
appreciate how difficult it is to muster the time and energy to fight a
proposed legislation that doesn't directly impact us. We're not L.A. city
residents either. However, we ask all of you to Please help L.A. defeat
this horrific Ed Boks proposed ordinance. The City of Los Angeles has
replaced Los Angeles Animal Services as an official Sponsor of AB1634. If
the City Council decides against MSN, it will go a long way in helping to
defeat AB1634 in the State Legislature.

Our task in the city will be more involved. As the City Council admonished
- they WILL enact an ordinance to deal with the high shelter intake and
euthanasia problem. We must convince the City Council and the Mayor that:
1. AB1634 won't solve the city's shelter problems, and
2. Propose a reasonable and achievable solution that will truly save
both lives and costs.

We can choose to actively participate in crafting a reasonable solution or
we can do nothing and accept the consequences of being branded as
irresponsible greedy underground breeders that cause overpopulation in
shelters. So PLEASE, for the sake of protecting the continued existence of
dogs and cats as our best friends and loyal companions, Get Actively
Involved!
[Judy Writes:]

Los Angeles City Council - City Hall Office Contact Info

Mailing Address:
City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4801



Council Members (Alphabetical)

(Click on Dist. # to go to Council Member's Website)



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd7/>; Dist. 7

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd7/>; Richard Alarcón


City Hall Office - Room 425


Phone: 213-473-7007


Fax: 213-847-0707


<councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd6/>; Dist. 6

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd6/>; Tony Cardenas


City Hall Office - Room 455


Phone: 213-473-7006


Fax: 213-847-0549


<councilmember.cardenas@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.cardenas@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd13/>; Dist. 13

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd13/>; Eric Garcetti - President


City Hall Office - Room 470


Phone: 213-473-7013


Fax: 213-613 0819


<councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd2/>; Dist. 2

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd2/>; Wendy Greuel - President Pro Tempore


City Hall Office - Room 475


Phone: (213) 473-7002


Fax: 213-680-7895


<councilmember.greuel@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.greuel@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd15/>; Dist. 15

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd15/>; Janice Hahn


City Hall Office - Room 435


Phone: (213)-473-7015


Fax: 213-626-5431


<councilmember.hahn@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.hahn@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd14/>; Dist. 14

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd14/>; José Huizar


City Hall Office - Room 465


Phone: 213-473-7014


Fax: 213-847-0680


<councilmember.huizar@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.huizar@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd4/>; Dist. 4

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd4/>; Tom LaBonge


City Hall Office - Room 480


Phone: (213) 473-7004


Fax: 213-624-7810


<councilmember.Labonge@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.Labonge@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd8>; Dist. 8

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd8/>; Bernard Parks


City Hall Office - Room 460


Phone: 213-473-7008


Fax: 213-485-7683


<councilmember.parks@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.parks@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd9/>; Dist. 9

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd9/>; Jan Perry - Asst. President Pro
Tempore


City Hall Office - Room 420


Phone: (213)-473-7009



<Jan.Perry@lacity.org>; Email: <Jan.Perry@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd1/>; Dist. 1

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd1/>; Ed Reyes


City Hall Office - Room 410


Phone: (213) 473-7001


Fax: 213-485-8907


<councilmember.reyes@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.reyes@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd11/>; Dist. 11

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd11/>; Bill Rosendahl


City Hall Office - Room 415


Phone: 213-473-7011


Fax: 213-473-6926


<councilman.rosendahl@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilman.rosendahl@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd12/>; Dist. 12

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd12/>; Greig Smith


City Hall Office - Room 405


Phone: 213-473-7012


Fax: 213-473-6925


<councilmember.smith@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.smith@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd5/>; Dist. 5

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd5/>; Jack Weiss


City Hall Office - Room 440


Phone (213) 473-7005


Fax: 213-978-2250


<councilmember.weiss@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.weiss@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd10/>; Dist. 10

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd10/>; Herb J. Wesson, Jr.


City Hall Office - Room 430


Phone: (213) 473-7010


Fax: 213-485-9829


<councilmember.wesson@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.wesson@lacity.org>



<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd3/>; Dist. 3

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd3/>; Dennis P. Zine


City Hall Office - Room 450


Phone: (213) 473-7003


Fax: 213-485-8988


<councilmember.zine@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.zine@lacity.org>



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<mayor@lacity.org>; L.A. City

Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa


City Hall Office - Room 303


Phone: 213-978-0600


Fax: 213-978-0750


E-Mail: <mayor@lacity.org>



Los Angeles City Hall Information (213) 473-3231




<http://www.lacity.org/ctr/mission.htm>; Controller

<http://www.lacity.org/ctr/mission.htm>; Laura Chick - L.A. City Controller


200 N. Main Street, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90012


Phone: 213-978-7200


Fax: 213-978-7211


<http://www.lacity.org/ctr/contact_us.htm>; E-Form:
<http://www.lacity.org/ctr/contact_us.htm>;

Los Angeles City Council
Public Safety Committee
Meets Mondays - 10:00 a.m. - City Hall, Room 1010
200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4801

Chair:

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd5/>; Jack Weiss

City Hall Office - Room 440

Phone: (213) 473-7005

Fax: 213-978-2250

<councilmember.weiss@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.weiss@lacity.org>

Vice Chair:

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd12/>; Greig Smith

City Hall Office - Room 405

Phone: 213-473-7012

Fax: 213-473-6925

<councilmember.smith@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.smith@lacity.org>

Member:

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd8/>; Bernard Parks

City Hall Office - Room 460

Phone: 213-473-7008

Fax: 213-485-7683

<councilmember.parks@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.parks@lacity.org>

Member:

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd3/>; Dennis P. Zine

City Hall Office - Room 450

Phone: (213) 473-7003

Fax: 213-485-8988

<councilmember.zine@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.zine@lacity.org>

Member:

<http://www.lacity.org/council/cd1/>; Ed Reyes

City Hall Office - Room 410

Phone: (213) 473-7001

Fax: 213-485-8907

<councilmember.reyes@lacity.org>; Email:
<councilmember.reyes@lacity.org>

Mailing Address for Public Safety Committee Legislative Assistants:
City Hall, Room 1010
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-4801

Legislative Assistant - John White
Phone: 213-978-1072
<John.White@lacity.org>; Email: <John.White@lacity.org>

Alternate Legislative Assistant - Patrice Lattimore
Phone: 213-978-1074
<Patrice.Lattimore@lacity.org>; Email:
<Patrice.Lattimore@lacity.org>

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Ken & Patti Burton - Kifka Borzoi
E-mail: Kifka@Kifka.com

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