1-08-14 ESNC Gen Board 5
Channel: El Sereno Historical Society
Date: 25/02/2014

(3 of 5) 1-08-14 ESNC Gen Board (349) First Issues was about the need to raise the fence at El Sereno Park along Eastern Ave.   There are safety concerns with balls going over into  traffic lanes on Eastern.  The concern is for players/parents jumping over and crossing traffic lanes to retrieve them.  Stakeholders spoke out in support of the fence height extension.

(Part 3)Scott Johnson recuses himself from this agenda item due to a Conflict of Interest as he is a Rec and Park Employee.  It's the first time ever that he has recuses himself and it brings up questions about why he did not recuse himself on prior Rec and Park Items, i.e. Hazard Park.  Scott has been a board member of LA-32 for many years and he has never recused himself on Rec and Park matters. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VozZaWlcsXs

2nd issue was the NC funds and update from DONE.  P-Card and access to account are still off limits because NC Treasurer Anthony Manzano hasn't submitted the necessary funding documentation.  Entire fiscal year of 2012-2013 was incomplete.  Anthony Manzano was NC president during this time.

(Part 4 & 5) 3rd issue was the change of NC's letterhead to state historic communities of 'El Sereno', 'Emery Park', 'Rose Hills', 'University Hills', 'Sierra Park', and 'Hillside Village'.  They leave out true historic neighborhoods, such as Sierra Vista, Guardia Park, Omaha Heights, and The Highlands, to name a few.

The hypocrite Scott Johnson talks about a board member (from the Historical Society) with a conflict of interest yet he has been in violation of Conflict of Interest for years.  

Video 1-08-14-part 5 "I will lose respect for the individual board member who knowingly did not err on the side of caution and puts the body at risk of having it's integrity undermined for a reason of self-interest or special interest."  

Anthony Manzano is another hypocrite who pushes for Rose Hills at every chance.  If anyone needs to recuse themselves it's Anthony because of his bias support for the creation of Rose Hills.  

George Cabrera is bias also, because he supports and advocates for Hillside Village.  Hugo Pacheca advocates for Rose Hills.  Same goes for Cynthia Sandoval, who supports the division called University Hills.  Somehow they think they don't have a  bias or a conflict of interest.

Anthony Manzano monologues about how he does not live in El Sereno, but he provides no proof that Rose Hills exist or it's boundaries.  Now we're up to six communities, trying to divide El Sereno even more, but these so-called communities don't have boundaries.  

This is the key reason why we oppose these so-called communities.  These people want to go around the City's renaming/naming process and all of a sudden create these communities that they believe exist.  But, they don't want anyone else to have any input in this decision.  

It means all the residents who are proud to live in El Sereno and oppose living in 'Rose Hills' are not getting the opportunity to voice this opposition to the renaming.  The same goes for the areas some call Hillside Village and University Hills.  Now, they somehow decided to add two more 'communities'--Emery Park and Sierra Vista.  Where these communities are located is anyone's guess.

Angelica Duarte puts in her two cents as does Mike McGuire.  The application of the LA-32 NC states that all the area within the LA-32 is EL SERENO, and that everyone and every business is in EL SERENO.  Hugo Pacheco is another board member with a bias against El Sereno.  He lives in Rose Hills, but he can't state where Rose Hills starts or where it ends.  All these board members are against the El Sereno Historical Society because we oppose these unfair divisions.  

These board members are trying blaming the El Sereno Historical Society for the disunity on the board, yet at the same time these board members are the ones that are creating and promoting unfair divisions.

This NC is dysfunctional because it's made up of people who want to see El Sereno divided.  Yet, the majority of residents oppose these divisions.  The only interest the mentioned board members have is to carve out their so-called 'community'.  They don't really care about making our community better.

Anthony Manzano takes out any mention of El Sereno, calling the community 'LA-32'.

Of course, the last item discussed is the El Sereno Bicentennial Committee.  But these people who say they don't in El Sereno aren't bias, they just think all the people of El Sereno don't matter.

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