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Wilshire Area
Community Advisory Board Minutes
Minutes
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009
PRESENT: Victoria Alvarez, Roy Amemiya, Brenda Bankhead, Bettye Bryant, Larry Bogatz, Sandra Clayton, Marguerite Davis, Sam Frazier, Hazel Gantt, Omayra Givhan, Faye Griffith, David Griffith, Starr Johnson, Karl Jones, Julie Kim, Rochelle Koretz, Paul Lerner, Levy Shai, Darlis Martin, Jacqueline McClellan, Peter Nichols, Burnett Oliver, Laura Rudison, Jo Schaefer, Howard Terrell, Denise White, Joy Williams
GUESTS: Ana Lambert, Rosalie Turner, Sylvia Heuslis
- Call to Order: Co-Chair Laura Rudison called the meeting to order
- Special Introduction – Lt. Russell Wong, Gang Impact Team
o Review of Gang Initiatives ‘09
- Available online at www.lapdonline.org/home/news_view/40758
- Also please see www.lapdcrimemaps.org
www.MELROSEACTION.com Paul Lerner, Peter Nichols, Andreas Schwartz
o Mission: To Inform, Educate and Organize the Community
o Formed in March 2008 as the result of a death of in the Melrose community
- Called a URGENT neighborhood meeting
- 400 people and media attended, 350 emails lead to 1325 current registered users growing by 35-50/month
- 62 Block Captains Ensued
o Community Websites offer
- 24/7 Access
- Free Updated Information easy to share
- Neighborhood unity with respect to privacy with a way to link to all
- Access to resources for residents
- A Formula to a Crime Alert Plan
- A medium for community to respond with information
City Attorney’s Update Ms. Capri Maddox – Voicemail: 310.575.8745, capri.maddox@lacity.org
o Target on Loitering in Poinsettia Park
o 8 Homeless Arrests by Lt Wong
o Windsor Park Community had a home invasion robbery
o 2115 Redondo problem resident was arrested
o Longwood & San Vicente is being targeted as a Day Laborer hangout and Gambling location
o 1241 Dunsmuir drug arrest will result in VACATE eviction
o 1816 Hauser VACATE eviction was ordered by city and landlord did not evict and will result in
A.J. Kirby, Officer in Charge of Community Affairs
o CPAB Summit, June 6,2009
o Citizen’s Police Acadamy March 25-June 3rd
o Spring Salute - April 22nd Annual Fundraiser dinner at Maggiano’s $100/plate & Silent Auction. This is the only fundraiser for the Wilshire Division.
o Wilshire Division Open House, August 16, 2009
o E-Policing will send you alerts and updates you can sign up at www.lapdonline.org
Respectfully Submitted by
Roy S. Amemiya, Wilshire CPAB Secretary
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