Press Release: September 30, 2002
Secession Would Hurt Low-Income Residents, Workers
New Study Finds That Rent Control, Living Wage Law, City Programs Would Be Jeopardized If Valley, Hollywood Break Away
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Press conference to announce release of "Left Behind," a new study on how secession will affect low-income residents and workers in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood. The study is written by the L.A. Alliance for a New Economy and the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.
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9 a.m., Friday, October 4
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Japanese Garden, 6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys
(east side of Woodley between Victory and Burbank Blvd. )
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- Miguel Contreras, Executive Treasurer, L.A. County Federation of Labor
- Los Angeles City Council President Alex Padilla
- Los Angeles City Councilmember Eric Garcetti
- Rabbi Steve Jacobs, Temple Kol Tikvah
- Jessica Goodheart, Director of Research, L.A. Alliance for a New Economy
- Larry Frank, Staff Director, UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education
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Tens of thousands of renters and workers rely on the protection of city laws to guarantee affordable housing and living wages.
The secession of Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley would jeopardize these laws, along with a range of city programs that help seniors, at-risk youth and victims of domestic violence, among many others.
Thousands of city jobs would also be put at risk by secession.
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