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Please tell us your name and the district you are running for. |
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What are the 3 most pressing issues facing your district? Please prioritize them. What, if anything, do you plan to do about them if you are elected? What specific promises will you make to the voters in order to be elected? What will be your primary focus if elected to office?
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Gang violence is a major problem in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Many gangs, most specifically Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), reach out from the inner city into what are generally thought to be safe neighborhoods. What can you do to create safer communities and reduce the risk of gang violence?
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Terrorist attacks and disasters, natural or otherwise, can strike at any time. Is your district properly equipped, trained and prepared to handle these extraordinary emergency situations? If not, what should the city do to prepare for them? Should the state and/or federal government be responsible for responding and/or picking up the cost of any of them? |
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What can be done to create new business and encourage existing business to expand and attract more companies with their tax base and employees? |
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Do you support efforts to limit “big box” store expansion within your city? |
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Do you support or oppose a living wage ordinance as has been proposed in the City of Los Angeles? Why or why not? |
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Should your district reduce the cost of services by contracting out or privatizing government services such as street sweeping and garbage collection and professional services such as engineering and information technology services? Why or why not? |
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Please discuss your understanding of your district budget. Where should your district be spending money that they are not? Where are they spending money that they should not? Are there areas of waste that can be used more productively? |
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Should taxes be raised, lowered or remain the same? What about fees? |
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Did you support or oppose the eminent domain in the June 2008 election? Why or why not? How should your district use eminent domain to improve the city? Do you agree with the United States Supreme Court’s Kelo decision? Why or why not? |
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What can be done about our crowded freeways? Should the state invest in more mass transit? Remove the car pool lanes? More freeways? |
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Should the city pass resolutions on political issues such as Iraq or same-sex marriage? |
