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Volume 10 Issue 239
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE DEBT, DISTRICTS AND DISASTER ISSUE
Battle brewing over county redistricting plans Santa Monica could be lumped together with South Bay cities in a new Fourth District BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
COUNTYWIDE Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina has proposed a redistricting plan to create a second Latino seat on the board, which would significantly
change Zev Yaroslavksy’s Westside district and lump Santa Monica and Malibu together with beach cities to the south. Under Molina’s plan, which was proposed Aug. 17, Santa Monica would no longer be located within the Third District, but instead an expanded Fourth District, home to
Supervisor Don Knabe, a Republican. Those opposed to the plan, including Knabe and Yaroslavsky, say it is too dramatic a change and would destroy the connections and relationships built over decades. Opponents said the plan, and one proposed by an African-American coalition and
backed by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, is drawn to serve a political agenda and is not in line with the spirit of the Voting Rights Act. Supporters said Molina’s plan reflects the SEE PLANS PAGE 12
Debt ceiling debate puts employment programs on edge Decreased funding, increased demand may be on the horizon BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE Like many who rely on federal
design, which occurred from 1967 to 1984. “That’s when everything happened,” said Tobi Smith, executive director at the California Heritage Museum. Within that 17-year period, the sport saw a rise in respectability as surfboards underwent a structural and artistic evolution,
dollars, Mark Loranger, CEO of Santa Monica nonprofit Chrysalis, is watching national politics with trepidation. When the economy collapsed under the weight of the 2008 subprime mortgage debacle, sending the stock markets into a tailspin and millions of homes into foreclosure, the impacts were felt at the doors of Chrysalis, which saw a 60 percent increase in the number of people seeking its job placement services. The load grew to such a degree that Chrysalis is expanding its offices in downtown Los Angeles to fit the huge influx of new clients. “It’s served our needs pretty well over the years, but since we had this new spike, it’s been crazy,” Loranger said. “There aren’t enough phones, classroom space, et cetera for our clients to use.” The economy is slowly on the mend, but, while Loranger and other leaders of nonprofits struggle to cope with the current client load, the fight over federal spending seems poised to yank the rug out from under them. The current wrangling over the federal budget, primarily the $2.4 trillion in spending reductions that lawmakers are proposing over the next 10 years, has him worried that the United States could be heading for col-
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SURF'S UP: Guests look at vintage surfboards at the California Heritage Museum’s 'Shortboard Revolution' exhibition preview on Friday.
Hard to be ‘board’ at California Heritage Museum BY COLIN NEWTON Special to the Daily Press
MAIN ST For the layman, “going vertical” may sound like a terrifying, alien experience. For veteran surfers, going vertical — cutting back and riding up a wave, sometimes going airborne — is a really rad ideal, but it’s a maneuver that was impossible to achieve
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