Index
LAFCO ( Local Agency Formation Commission) Issue
Illegal signs
Graffiti see the City attorneys site
Neighborhood Councils and Homeowners Groups
Van Nuys Airport noise and other issues
Reference
Government
CSUN
LA City Website
LA City DONE

Old Data and Links on secession
LA City Information ValleyVote.net
ValleyVote.org
Valley independence
Hollywood independence City Hall Lies

A common site for San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Councils and Homeowners groups 

Provided by the Vanguard News as a public service new server E-mail

This site is to place information about Valley issues so that all groups can use it as a resource. Your suggestions as to information to add are appreciated.

New the Archive of Gerald Silver's News letters

under construction

The "broken window" theory, made popular by UCLA political science professor James Q. Wilson, suggests that if you allow graffiti to stand, before long other blight begins to dot the neighborhood. That leads to complacency. Then down the road, good neighbors see it as hopeless and move away.
Wilson suggested in a recent magazine interview: "You have to avoid the first broken window, or all the windows will be broken. This means the police must take very seriously small signs of disorder, such as graffiti."
To keep neighborhoods free of crime, Wilson adds, it's important that neighbors first feel safe. And graffiti tears down that comfort zone of safety.