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RV battle in Venice continues

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

DOWNTOWN L.A. Residents who have long complained about the prevalence of recreation vehicles camping overnight on Venice streets are celebrating a victory after a mountain of appeals opposing parking restrictions were turned down.

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga over Overnight Parking Districts (OPD), which would restrict vehicles from parking on streets between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., unfolded on Monday when the Board of Public Works denied what many considered was a record number of appeals — more than 100 — filed on any one issue at City Hall.

The appeals were submitted by a group of Venice residents in response to the issuance of Coastal Development Permits — which are required for any undertaking that would affect public access to the beach, including establishing OPDs — by the city engineer earlier this year.

The matter is expected to go before the California Coastal Commission, which has joint jurisdiction over the area west of Lincoln Boulevard and would have the final say over whether the OPDs can be established.

The appellants said they plan to contest the Board of Public Works’ decision and possibly file a lawsuit if their attempts to sway the commission are unsuccessful.

More than 800 residents have signed a

petition opposing the districts, arguing it would deny access to a number of late-night visitors, such as surfers and joggers, and would unfairly discriminate against lowincome individuals who would have a difficult time making the trip to City Hall to retrieve permits.

The restrictions came out of concerns over recreation vehicles parking overnight in Venice, according to Peggy Lee Kennedy, who serves on the Venice Town Council, an organization of residents.

“It’s targeting the RV people and moving them from one area to the other,” she said.

Clifford added that there are a number of city-owned parking lots, particularly by the beach, that are closed at night but could be opened.

“They have been systematically removing parking from us and not giving us the free parking in the lots,” she said.

The districts have been supported by L.A. City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, who testified at Monday’s hearing, and the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC), which formed a subcommittee to specifically study the RV issue.

Rosendahl argued that granting Venice residents the right to establish Overnight Parking Districts is a matter of equity, pointing out that residents across the city, including Hollywood and Encino, can have an OPD if they wish.

“Residents of Venice are asking for the SEE PARKING PAGE 8

Google could be putting secrets at risk

BY ROB LAWRENCE Special to the Daily Press

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SUNSET PARK The next time you send an email, you might want to think twice, especially if you’re sending sensitive information.

Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog on Tuesday warned Congress about the watchful eye of Google, which could be putting its users’ information at risk with an “auto-save” function found in Gmail and other applications.

According to the group, the auto-save function creates an unprotected communication for users even before a message is sent or a document submitted, creating the possibility of a third party intercepting the information.

Consumer Watchdog appealed to Congress to stop using Google applications after the company went to Capitol Hill following the presidential election to urge Congressional staffers to use their products and services.

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Nonprofit veteran named director of Westside YWCA

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

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Miele arrives at the YWCA Santa Monica/Westside next month, she will be faced with the daunting task of stepping up fundraising efforts during an unfavorable economic climate.

For the YWCA, it’s a good thing that its new executive director is coming off fresh from a three-year stint as the head of fundraising for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles.

The YWCA recently named Miele as the successor to outgoing executive director Sally Young, who will retire in December after 23 years of service.

Miele, who currently lives in Pasadena but is planning a move to the seaside city, comes to the YWCA with 15 years experience working in various nonprofit organizations coast to coast, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Population Services International, both of which are located in Washington D.C. The position as executive director was the natural next step, Miele said, adding that she was intrigued by the organization’s focus on women’s issues.

“Women are so underserved and even in the United States, to find an organization

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focused on women in a lot of different areas is very attractive,” she said.

Miele, 43, was born and raised in Los Angeles, graduating from the University of California Irvine with degrees in political SEE DIRECTOR PAGE 8

Gov. Schwarzenegger opens climate summit

BY SAMANTHA YOUNG Associated Press Writer

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Schwarzenegger, a Republican whose efforts to combat global warming in California have generated worldwide

acclaim, wants to show that governments can balance environmental protection and economic growth. He hopes his summit will influence negotiations over a new climate treaty during a U.N. gathering in Poland next month.

In a taped message to attendees, Obama said his administration is committed to a cause that has all but languished at the federal level during the term of President George W. Bush.

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“Once I take office, you can be sure that the United States will once again engage vigorously in these negotiations and help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change,” Obama said.

U.N. negotiators have a December 2009 deadline to complete the next global warming treaty, which would succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. That treaty, which expires in 2012, does not include the U.S. or China — the world’s largest emitters.

Negotiators want to cut in half the amount of carbon dioxide discharged into the atmosphere from transportation, industry and power generation by mid-century.

In his roughly four-minute address to Schwarzenegger’s conference, Obama said the U.S. economy would continue to weaken if climate change and dependence on foreign oil are left unaddressed.

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Changing the world Editor:

Thanks for the long overdue recognition of Kathy Knight (“Environmentalist fought to preserve Ballona wetlands,” page 1, Nov. 17). There should be a statute of her and a plaque honoring her at the Ballona Wetlands.

She used her savings to start the lawsuit. Without that lawsuit, we wouldn’t have what we have left of the Ballona Wetlands. She was one of the founders of the plaintiff Save Ballona Wetlands and withstood roundthe-clock personal threats, corporate bullying and even house egging. She’s a living testament to the famous Margaret Mead quote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

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A poem for you Editor:

The Library Santa Monica Public Library Is starting to look bad, And is making me Feel pretty sad.

It is dirty From the rooftops down, Even as you walk Round & Round.

Come on city staff The money is there, Bring back the beauty Tourists go there.

The building is beautiful I saw it from the start, Modern & Efficient It captures your heart.

I’m just concerned So I wrote my little rhyme, Or is it a poem Maybe I’ll figure it out before next time.

Ron Gray Santa Monica

Continuing the circle Editor:

It’s 8 p.m. on Sunday evening and the dread of first period on Monday morning is just setting in, yet I’m ecstatic. I just had my first Circle of Friends officer board meeting at Louise’s and I have never been so excited to be a leader in an organization that truly changes lives — including my own. Just a few short years ago I joined Circle of Friends. It has undoubtedly been the best part of my high school experience.

Weekly I meet, eat, and converse with a student said to have special needs. Yet it is our special relationship that has turned lunchtime caucuses into a lifelong friendship. When I first met my friend, two years ago, he feared not graduating high school. Now he can’t wait to start college. He has told me that he intends to major in business while helping others along the way.

While his goals are promising, his will to help others is inspiring. Recently, our executive director, Barbara Palilis, left Samohi to dedicate herself full-time to the growth of the organization, yet, the officer board seeks to ensure that Circle of Friends remains successful on campus for years to come. A large part of our success stems from an influx of new members. Think about joining the circle, because it’s never too late to make a friend.

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Liberals gone wild

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pundit-ocracy, the 53 percent to 47 percent Democratopian presidential electoral win is a “landslide” yet the 52 percent to 48 percent split on Proposition 8’s constitutional ban on gay marriage is somehow unworthy of the same nomenclature?

Thirty-three states currently have a constitutional amendment for a ban on gay marriage. None have been overturned. Good luck in court.

For the record, let me state that I am an old-school, red-meat conservative. The only things I give a rip about are my beliefs over small government, true fiscal responsibility and my Constitutional right to shoot off my mouth and my S&W .357 Magnum snubby.

I want government so small that I want to be able to drown it in a shallow bath tub.

Unfortunately, many in my own party seem to be batting for the other team.

Everything else on my socio-cultural dance card follows the lucid principles of Barry Goldwater — it ain’t nobody else’s business. I prefer the quaint notion of “liberty,” Quite frankly, screw “equality.” “Liberty” means you’re “free” to do as you please.

“Equality” means that you’re “the same” to be as miserable as everybody else.

Which one would you rather be?

Why do less informed lipstick liberal hominids lay the blame of Prop. 8’s passage at the feet of the “usual suspects” of lilywhite, church going conservatives? Is it an inconvenient truth that while the greater majority of the gay/lesbian community yanked the electoral lever for the first African American for president, an undisputed 70 percent of the African-American community stabbed the rainbow tribe in the wedding tackle with a voting stylus? So much for quid pro quo. Breeder Democrats need your votes even if they don’t like you very much.

Is it another inconvenient truth that while 61 percent of California Democrats massaged away their white guilt voting for Barack Obama, 22 percent of them bi-curiously crossed over to the dark side of gender politics to determine that marriage should be between a man and a woman? Bill Clinton set the bar with “don’t ask, don’t tell” while Barack Obama doesn’t believe in gay marriage period, end of story.

Long, long ago in a civil rights era far, far away the narrative was, “they’re very nice people, you just don’t want to marry one.”

Democrat hypocrisy is timeless. It goes back to their roots with the KKK. I saw a T-shirt recently that proclaimed, “Gay is the new Black.” Damn! I thought being a conservative was the new black.

Could someone please explain the street protests on Santa Monica Boulevard, burning Mormon bibles and faked anthrax mailings? Isn’t this a flaccid response on the part of the rainbow tribe to protest the blue hairs at the Mormon Temple? Butch up, mount

your entourage and Mapquest to Compton and pull those stunts over your newly minted sexual apartheid on the doorstep of a black Baptist church.

Nothing is more astonishing to me than

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THIRTY-THREE STATES CURRENTLY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR A BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE. NONE HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED. GOOD LUCK IN COURT.

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to watch the alleged “Party of Tolerance” cannibalize their own members for the sake of political expediency. While most Democrats, both chocolate and vanilla, celebrated the election of Obama, liberalposeurs then drop-kicked the neopolitans right back into the closet with the rest of the Xmas presents.

Folks, marriage is not a “right” as defined by the U.S. Constitution. It is not expressed explicitly in the Bill of Rights either. Gays and straights are incoherently fighting over a label called “marriage.” It’s akin to two seagulls fighting over a French fry at a greasy nuptial dumpster. Let me get this straight, gay people are fighting for the right to be as miserable as straight people when it comes to marriage? Look at our deplorable divorce rate, for crying out loud!

The rainbow tribe actually wants to be a part of this?

“Marriage” is not about the hearts and flowers of a Hollywood driven fable. The California Family Code 720-721 clearly states that marriage is “... [a] confidential relationship [that] is a fiduciary relationship subject to the same rights and duties of nonmarital partners, as provided in Sections 16403,16404 and 16503 of the Corporations Code” Excuse me, but do you see the words, “love, honor and cherish” inferred anywhere in a legal passage that contains the words “Corporation Code?”

I truly commiserate with my gay and lesbian friends. As a man of color I understand the sting of being regarded as “sub-human.”

Lie down with Demo-pooches, though, wake up with fleas.

STEVE BREEN is a 1970s-era paleo-metrosexual and is still “the best looking mailman at the U.S. Post Office.” He can be reached at dulcamarax@yahoo.com

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The City Council is currently contemplating a ban on smoking in common areas of apartment buildings. Some feel it is necessary to protect residents from second-hand smoke. Others are upset because landlords may try to use violations as grounds for eviction.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think smoking should be banned in common areas or is the City Council going too far?

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the right to private property, capitalism means, in Ayn Rand’s words, “the abolition of any and all forms of government intervention in production and trade, the separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of Church and State.”

Laissez-faire means laissez-faire: no welfare state entitlements, no Federal Reserve monetary manipulation, no regulatory bullying, no controls, no government interference in the economy. The government’s job under capitalism is single but crucial: to protect individual rights from violation by force or fraud.

America came closest to this system in the latter half of the 19th century. The result was an unprecedented explosion of wealth creation and consequent rise in the standard of living.

Even now, when the fading remnants of capitalism are badly crippled by endless controls, we see that the countries which retain the most capitalist elements have the highest standard of living.

Why then should capitalism take the blame today when capitalism doesn’t even exist?

Consider the current crisis. The causes are complex, but the driving force is clearly government intervention: the Fed keeping interest rates below the rate of inflation, thus encouraging people to borrow and providing the impetus for a housing bubble; the Community Reinvestment Act, which forces banks to lend money to low-income and poor-credit households; the creation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with government-guaranteed debt leading to artificially low mortgage rates and the illusion that the financial instruments created by bundling them are low risk; governmentlicensed rating agencies, which gave AAA ratings to mortgage-backed securities, creating a false sense of confidence; and so on. In the face of this long list, who can say with a straight face that the housing and financial markets were frontiers of “cowboy capitalism?”

This is just the latest example of a pattern that has been going on since the rise of capitalism: capitalism is blamed for the ills of government intervention, and then even more government intervention is proposed as the cure.

It’s time to stop blaming capitalism for the sins of government intervention, and give true laissez-faire a chance. Now that would be a change we could we believe in.

YARON BROOK is the president of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. DON WATKINS is a writer at the Ayn Rand Center. The Ayn Rand Center is a division of the Ayn Rand Institute and promotes the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead.”

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French president Nicolas Sarkozy recently said, “Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished.”

Sarkozy was echoing the views of many, including president-elect Obama, who assume that the financial crisis was caused by free markets — by “unbridled greed” unleashed by decades of deregulation and a “hands off” approach to the economy. And given this premise, the solution, they say, is obvious. To solve this crisis and prevent another one, we need a heavy dose of Uncle Sam’s elixir: government intervention. Whether it’s more bailouts, stricter regulation, a new round of nationalizations, the only question since day one has been how, not whether, government is going to intervene. And the issue is wider than the financial crisis. Millions of Americans don’t have health insurance? Well, says Obama, that’s because we’ve left the healthcare system to the free market. The solution: a complete government takeover of medicine. A few companies engaged in accounting fraud? It must be because we didn’t impose enough regulations on businessmen. The solution: rein in corporations with Sarbanes-Oxley.

But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly mixture of freedom and government controls that made up our economic and political system during the last three decades, one cannot call it capitalism.

Take a step back. In the lead up to the “Reagan Revolution,” the explosive growth of government during the ‘60s and ‘70s left the economy in disarray. A crushing tax burden, runaway inflation, brutal unemployment, and economic stagnation had Americans looking for an alternative. That’s what Reagan offered, denouncing big government and promising a new “morning in America.”

Under Reagan, some taxes were reduced, inflation was subdued, a few regulations were relaxed, and the economy roared back to life.

But while markets were able to function to a greater degree than in the immediate past, the regulatory and welfare state remained largely untouched, with government spending continuing to increase, as well as some taxes. Later administrations were even worse. Bush Jr., often laughably called a champion of free markets, presided over massive new governmental controls like Sarbanes-Oxley and massive new welfare programs like the prescription drug benefit. None of this is consistent with capitalism. As the economic system that fully recognizes and protects individual rights, including

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Big 3 carmakers beg for $25 billion as aid stalls

BY JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON Detroit’s Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse.

Millions of layoffs would follow their demise, they said, as damaging effects rippled across an already-faltering economy.

But the new rescue plan appeared stalled on Capitol Hill, opposed by the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress who don’t want to dip into the Treasury Department’s $700 billion financial bailout program to come up with the $25 billion in loans.

“Our industry ... needs a bridge to span the financial chasm that has opened up before us,” General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner told the Senate Banking Committee. He blamed the industry’s predicament not on management failures but on the deepening global financial crisis.

And Robert Nardelli, CEO of Chrysler LLC, told the panel the bailout would be “the least costly alternative” when compared with damage from bankruptcy.

Sympathy for the industry was sparse, with bailout fatigue dominating Capitol Hill. Lawmakers bristled with pent-up criticism of the auto industry, and questioned whether a stopgap loan would really cure what ails the companies.

Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., told the leaders of GM, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. that the industry was “seeking treatments for wounds that I believe to a large extent were self-inflicted.”

Still, he said, “At a time like this, when our economic future is so tenuous, we must do all we can to ensure stability.”

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., complained that the larger financial crisis “is not the only reason why the domestic auto industry is in trouble.”

He cited “inefficient production” and “costly labor agreements” that put the U.S. automakers at a disadvantage to foreign companies.

Ford CEO Alan Mulally told senators the auto industry was “a pillar of our economy.

We look forward to working with you to be part of the solution” to the financial crisis.

GM’s Wagoner said that despite some public perceptions that his company was not keeping pace with the times and technological changes, “we’ve moved aggressively in recent years to position GM for long-term success. And we were well on the road to turning our North American business around.”

“What exposes us to failure now is the global financial crisis, which has severely restricted credit availability and reduced industry sales to the lowest per-capita level since World War II.” Failure of the auto industry “would be catastrophic,” he said, resulting in three million jobs lost within the first year and “economic devastation (that) would far exceed the government support that our industry needs to weather the current crisis.”

Chrysler’s Nardelli sought to respond to critics who suggest the automakers seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as have some airlines that later emerged restructured and leaner.

“We just cannot be confident that we will be able to successfully emerge from bankruptcy,” Nardelli said.

Chrysler was bailed out by the federal government once before, in 1979, with $1.2 billion in loan guarantees. The company repaid the loan, plus interest, ahead of schedule.

The three said a $25 billion government infusion could get them through 2009, with Chrysler and Ford each getting about $7 billion and GM needing $10 billion to $12 billion to pull through.

Joining the Big Three CEOs, Ron Gettelfinger, president of the United Auto Workers union, said the emergency loans were important for the survival of the industry and union jobs. He said the UAW recognized that “in order for these companies to be competitive, we had to make tough calls” in labor concessions.

Congressional leaders worked behind the scenes trying to hammer out a compromise that could speed some aid to the automakers before year’s end. But the outlook seemed poor.

“My sense is that nothing’s going to happen this week,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said at the opening of the hearing.

Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana said he also smelled a flameout. “I sense that nothing is going to be passed,” the Finance Committee chairman said.

Earlier, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Congress might have to return in December — rather than adjourning for the year this week, as expected — to consider an auto bailout.

“Dealing with the automobile crisis is a pressing need. We are talking about a lot of people ... and a great consequence to our economy,” said Hoyer, D-Md. The financial situation for the automakers grows more precarious by the day. Cashstrapped GM said it will delay reimbursing

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In the Senate, Democrats discussed but rejected the option favored by the White House and GOP lawmakers to let the auto industry use a $25 billion loan program created by Congress in September — designed to help the companies develop more fuelefficient vehicles — to tide them over financially until President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

“There is a way to do this,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other senior Democrats, who count environmental groups among their strongest supporters, have vehemently opposed that approach because it would divert federal money that was supposed to go toward the development of vehicles that use less gasoline.

“I don’t think that’s going very far in our caucus,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Instead, they want to draw the $25 billion directly from the $700 billion Wall Street bailout — bringing the government’s total aid to the car companies to $50 billion.

A Senate vote on that plan, which would also extend jobless benefits, could come as early as Thursday, but it currently lacks the support to advance. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson renewed the administration’s opposition on Tuesday.

Even the car companies’ strongest supporters conceded Tuesday that changing the terms of the fuel-efficiency loan program might be the only way to secure funding for them with Congress set to depart for the year and the firms in tough financial shape.

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These fires go to show that with each venture comes risk. Maybe that risk comes from a wildfire or maybe it comes from a 100-year earthquake. Regardless, all ventures carry a level of risk. What is important is mitigating that risk. One way to lessen risk is to avoid drawing down on a home equity line.

A home equity line is a loan or line of credit placed against the property’s equity.

If a home is worth $1 million and there is a conventional loan for $500,000, a lender may choose to place a home equity line of $200,000 on the property behind the first loan.

The total encumbrance would be $700,000 or a 70 percent loan to value.

The equity line can be drawn down for home improvements or other investments.

Many lenders offered homeowners credit cards that drew from the equity lines. The equity lines were paid back on interest only payments, with the interest rate usually based on the Prime rate, plus or minus 1 to 2 percent.

Many homeowners used their equity lines to purchase depreciating assets such as cars and boats, not realizing or not caring that they were throwing away equity in their home.

Believing home prices would always appreciate, some homeowners were reckless with their home’s equity.

However, homeowners were not the only party to blame, as lenders were the ones giving them the keys to the equity kingdom at the height of the real estate boom and placing home equity lines on homes that some owners did not want.

Now, over a year later, we see that many lenders made bad judgment calls, which they are trying to correct.

My friend contacted me last week and told me he wanted to draw on his home equity line because he had heard lenders were cutting equity lines anywhere from 50 percent to eliminating them completely. I told my friend that what he heard was true.

In today’s lending environment many lenders are cutting back on high risk lending. Equity lines are no longer viewed as safe investments for lenders.

I have heard arguments for and against drawing down equity lines.

Proponents say it is a good idea for homeowners to draw a line down since we currently live in a lending environment where access to liquidity or cash is difficult at best.

They say that this credit crisis could last years, and if it does, those who have access to cash are better positioned to make it through with less difficulty.

All the while, critics claim that drawing down an equity line is foolhardy at best since it is still a loan that must be repaid.

Critics claim that it is unknown how far prices will drop and you may draw on,

and therefore cause your home to have negative equity, which can be a problem if you need to get out of the property due to a job loss or relocation.

Both arguments are sound; however, I tend to side with the critics. Yes, I see the value in having cash on hand to buy undervalued assets.

A HOME EQUITY LINE SHOULD BE USED IF YOU ARE NOT LEVERAGING YOURSELF TO THE GILLS — IF YOU HAVE FOUND A SOUND INVESTMENT AND YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE EQUITY LINE BACK WITHOUT THE NEW INVESTMENT. I understand that using equity to buy an undervalued investment that will cover the cost of borrowing and appreciate over time makes sense, but I do not agree with leveraging one of your most valuable assets.

Even in a time like this, using money from your home to buy another investment is risky.

No investment is risk free. What happens if the investment goes bad? Now you are out the new investment and the money that was in your home.

Furthermore, now you have two home loans to deal with, placing more pressure on yourself.

A home equity line should be used if you are not leveraging yourself to the gills — if you have found a sound investment and you can afford to pay the equity line back without the new investment.

Always know your exit strategy before you invest in something, and mitigate the risk. Ask yourself, if I invest in “A,” will it hurt me if everything goes horribly wrong? If the answer is no, you have done your due diligence and see an opportunity, make your move. However, if the answer is yes or maybe, think twice about what you are about to do with your home’s equity.

Remember too that drawing on your equity line is going to impact your credit score and moving forward, a good credit score will be worth its weight in gold.

Before you decide to tap that home equity line, weigh all the options.

Keep in mind the risk of the new investment and whether you can deal with a second home loan. At the end of the day, a little prudence is far better than a lot of hubris.

MIKE HEAYN is a Washington Mutual MultiFamily Loan Consultant. He can be reached at 310-428-1342, or emailed at michael.heayn@wamu.net.

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Hearing on parking district goes before Calif. Coastal Commission FROM PARKING PAGE 1 same equal treatment,” Rosendahl said at the hearing.

Responding to concerns that there might be more families living in their vehicles after losing their homes in the current economic crisis, Rosendahl introduced a motion at the council meeting on Tuesday that would eventually allow city officials to designate areas in their district where camping is allowed. The motion asked the city attorney and chief legislative analysts to draft an amendment that would give council members the requested authority.

Such designated areas have been established in Santa Barbara and Eugene, Ore., reserving empty church parking lots and other areas for sleepovers.

Mike Newhouse, the president of the Venice Neighborhood Council, said that streets are not made for living because they don’t have facilities to accommodate overnight camping.

“It’s not safe for the people living in the area and it’s not right for the people paying mortgage and rent for the area and have almost no parking,” Newhouse said.

The VNC has also supported the creation of designated districts for recreation vehicles.

“They can safely and hygienically transition from living in a car to living in transition housing and ideally affordable housing and moving up to your typical American dream,” Newhouse said.

There are five districts in and around Venice that are currently pending. Venetians who want parking

restriction signs to go up on their block must submit a petition containing the signatures of two-thirds of residents on the street.

The permits will cost $15 for residents and will expire after one year.

Visitor permits, which are good for four months, will cost $10 a piece.

Stewart Oscars, the co-chair of the VNC subcommittee that studied overnight parking, said residents, especially ones who live in and around Rose Avenue where the RVs are particularly prevalent, have complained about the lack of street parking.

“It’s really hard to park anywhere near your house if you’re not there at the right time,” he said. “This is to allow these residents to have access to parking in their own neighborhoods.”

In the video they show data being entered into an e-mail, which is immediately being transmitted to Google before the e-mail is even sent. It is this data, they say, that is at risk for interception by a third party.

Court says there are preventative measures available such as Secure Sockets Layer protection (SSL), which protects information that is transmitted over the Web. Consumer Watchdog want this option to be readily available in the form of a button on all of Google’s applications called an “Anonymize Me” button.

During a speech at Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the group’s privacy concerns and expressed an interest in addressing them. He said his concern was balancing performance and speed of the system with privacy and security demands.

“I am generally sympathetic,” Schmidt said. “You make a specific set of

suggestions which have to do with SSL. Our general approach would be to do all those, but it makes things slower. We have the opportunity, but the default is not to use the most secure form because it slows everything down.”

Representatives from Consumer Watchdog believe that is not a good enough excuse.

“If Google can find the capacity to stream millions of YouTube videos, then we are confident the company can find the capacity to protect our privacy without sacrificing the speed of information transmission,” Court said.

“This should not be a problem beyond Google’s reach.”

Critics of Consumer Watchdog said the group is overreacting. They said users of Gmail and other services can easily select the SSL option, and by doing that it makes it virtually impossible for anyone to snoop.

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Court is concerned that if Congress begins to use Google’s products it could lead to a possible disaster.

“We’re really concerned that state secrets and national security is at risk,” Court said. “If you are using Google Docs [an online service] or many of Google’s desktop applications, information is being sent from your computer and you’re talking to Google, your computer is talking to Google.

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New YWCA director to step up fundraising FROM DIRECTOR PAGE 3 science and English. She went on to receive her master’s degree in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

While originally planning a career in professional ballet dancing, Miele had to put those dreams aside after suffering a career-ending injury, instead turning to the nonprofit sector.

Her first exposure came as an intern with USAID, which provides economic and humanitarian assistance to more than 100 countries. After working with Population Services International for six years, Miele moved back to the West Coast where she took a job with the American Cancer Society in Los Angeles, overseeing cancer education programs.

In 2005, she landed a position as the director of fundraising for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles.

“She’s been extremely helpful to the AIDS foundation both domestically and in international work and really brought continuity to our development work we had not had before,” Michael Weinstein, the president of the foundation, said. “We’re very pleased she is able to advance her career to take on the top job at the YWCA.” Miele plans to continue her focus on fundraising, thinking of different ways to raise money in light of the weakening economy.

“I’ll be seeing if I can add new areas in terms of new corporations, individual donors, and perhaps expanded events,” she said.

Also on the agenda is determining

which programs to maintain, which to subtract, and identifying new initiatives by conducting a community survey.

Two programs that Miele said she was especially impressed by were the transitional housing initiative for girls newly released from the foster care system, and support services for breast cancer survivors.

Young said the new executive director is the perfect fit for the organization.

“I have no doubt that even in these difficult financial times, Julia will seek and find solutions by involving our more than 125 volunteers, dedicated donors and members in her work,” Young said. “She is a lovely, professional, skilled person who will bring great energy to the staff and community.” melodyh@smdp.com

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City’s Web site comes in third The city of Santa Monica Web site has tied for third place in the eighth annual Digital Cities Survey conducted by the Center for Digital Government and the National League of Cities. The nationwide survey examines how cities use technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents.

In 2007, Santa Monica placed first in the survey and third in 2004.

With an online presence since February 1989, City Hall has long been recognized as being among the leaders in electronic delivery of government information and services.

The extensive Web site and comprehensive integration of technology into city operations were important factors in winning this distinction, city officials said.

“This year’s winners reflect that even with budgetary challenges, cities are placing a high value on citizen engagement and improved services,” said Cathilea Robinett, executive director for the Center for Digital Government. “Cities are incorporating newer technologies such as Webcasting, podcasts and blogs while continuing to use information technology to enhance delivery options for citizens and businesses.”

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Lending a helping hand City Hall’s Volunteer Program, working within the Community and Cultural Services Department, has released the updated 2008-10 edition of the Volunteer Services Directory Guide for Santa Monica and the Westside.

The directory is a valuable resource to the community as it provides a listing of many of the local non-profit and human service agencies which exist for the betterment of all types of populations and that also greatly benefit from the services of volunteers, city officials said.

Youth seeking community service hours for school, adults seeking involvement in their community and those seeking to make new connections will be especially interested in reviewing the directory.

The directory includes contact information per agency listed for potential volunteers.

The new edition also answers two questions frequently asked of the Volunteer Program: • “Does your agency utilize youth volunteers?”

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Founder and owner Mark Verge made the offer days after the California fires blackened over 42,000 acres, consuming nearly 65 square miles and burning more than 1,000 homes, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare states of emergency in three fire-raged counties.

Verge’s commitment to relief in response to the fires has centered on the business he knows best: rental housing. The organization plans to leverage its strong relationship with regional landlords and property management firms by waving security deposit fees to ease the burden that the blazes have incurred on hundreds in the fire devastated areas.

The firm boasts the largest pool of rentals in the region with over 25,000 in Los Angeles, Orange County, and other Southern California areas.

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President-elect Obama speaks at summit FROM SUMMIT PAGE 3 He reiterated his support for cutting greenhouse gas emissions using a cap-andtrade system, an approach also favored by Schwarzenegger. Obama said he would establish annual targets to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them another 80 percent by 2050.

Obama also promoted anew his proposal to invest $15 billion each year to support private-sector efforts toward clean energy.

He said tackling climate change can create millions of new jobs as the U.S. invests in technologies to promote solar and wind power, biofuels and cleaner coal-fired plants.

“I promise you this: When I am president, any governor who’s willing to promote clean energy will have a partner in the White House,” Obama told the participants. “Any

company that’s willing to invest in clean energy will have an ally in Washington. And any nation that’s willing to join the cause of combating climate change will have an ally in the United States of America.”

Scientists say the kind of ambitious goals set by Schwarzenegger and Obama must be reached to minimize the consequences of rising global temperatures.

The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said temperatures worldwide could increase between 4 degrees and 11 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 unless nations reduce their emissions.

Just how countries will cut emissions remains a topic of intense debate, especially as the world grapples with the worsening financial crisis. U.S. and foreign businesses, as well as some European countries, have questioned whether cutting emissions will be too costly.

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Girls and Sports

Sudoku

By Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

The Meaning of Lila

By John Forgetta & L.A. Rose

King Features Syndicate

GETTING STARTED There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

The Other Coast

By Adrian Raeside

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

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DAILY LOTTERY 3 18 19 30 34 Meganumber: 3 Jackpot: $73M 8 18 27 29 39 Meganumber: 23 Jackpot: $15M 11 17 20 31 36 MIDDAY: 3 2 4 EVENING: 5 4 2 1st: 07 Eureka 2nd: 09 Winning Spirit 3rd: 03 Hot Shot RACE TIME: 1.45.83

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Soraya Danesh news@smdp.com The first person who can correctly identify where this image was captured wins a prize from the Santa Monica Daily Press. Hint: Check smdp.com for color. Send answers to editor@smdp.com.

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site at http://www.calottery.com

NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY

Strange Brew

By John Deering

CHUCK

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â– People Who Need Attention: (1) In October, Travis Fessler of Florence, Ohio, broke the Guinness Book record by holding 11 Madagascar hissing cockroaches in his mouth for the mandatory 10 seconds. (2) Briton Sarah Burge, 49, broke the Guinness Book record for the most cosmetic surgery, having now spent a total of 539,500 pounds ($850,000) on more than 100 procedures, according to an October report in London's Daily Mail. â– Unclear on the Concept: In November, after two years of controversy, the school board in Jacksonville, Fla., voted 5-2 to retain the designation of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School, which is named for a Confederate general who was also an early Ku Klux Klan leader. Advocates for change described Forrest as one of America's biggest Civil War slave traders, but a local Confederacy historian said his research indicated that Forrest was "nice" to his slaves and that "(t)hey loved him."

TODAY IN HISTORY the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War. the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was born in Allahabad. the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.

Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.

Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.

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