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Clara Solis
Candidate # 8 for AD52
I would be honored to receive your vote.
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VOTE JANUARY 21st
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Plaza de la Raza, 3540 N Mission Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Deadline for Vote By Mail (VBM) to be received 1/31/23.
How to Vote:
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Ballot Instructions: https://clarasolis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8fe41-howtofilloutandreturnyourademballot.pdf
Video on Voting https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnLdZ5sJZ9w/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D:
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Platform
Stop Climate Change Promote Environmental Justice Preserve, Protect and Expand Open Space Stop Removal of our Protected Trees
Support a Woman’s Right to Choose Support Abortion Rights
Support Worker’s Rights and Unions, Support a Living Wage for All
Help and Protect our Immigrant Youth and Immigrant Communities
Cancel Student Debt Change Bankruptcy Laws Public Banking Reduce Credit Card Interest Rates
Single-Payer Healthcare Gun Safety
Election Finance Reform End At-Large Elections, Expand LA City Council & LA Board of Supervisors
California Democratic Party must increase participation in Environmental Justice Communities – Focus on “always voters” reduces participation in these areas.
LGBTQ+ Rights Voter’s Rights Tenant’s Rights
Housing: *Affordable Housing *Rent Control *House Unhoused People *Providing Additional Housing for Community College Students
*More Housing for Seniors and People with disabilities *Promote building of housing that solves the needs of residents not developers. We don’t need more luxury housing. Greed and speculation are pricing everyone out and leaving too many people homeless.
Clara’s Bio:
Married to Jeffrey Hernandez, Mother of two
BA Sociology minor in Mathematics, CSULA AA East Los Angeles College
Attended Humphreys Elementary School, Griffith Middle School, Garfield High School in East Los Angeles
Staff Investigator Retired, Former Commissioner, Los Angeles Judicial Procedures Commission
Born and raised in East Los Angeles, 40 plus years, lifelong resident of East side (Except UFW time). Current resident Highland Park.
NEARLY FIVE DECADES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISM:
Volunteer Activities:
- Senior Director Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council (HHPNC)
- Co-Chair HHPNC Ad Hoc Committee Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan
- Helped Found Historic Garvanza Coalition that fought the SKYA project and has advocated on many other neighborhood projects
- Helped Found San Pascual Arroyo Seco Wildlife Preservation which fought to preserve the greenbelt between Avenue 66 and Avenue 67 and save protected Oaks and Southern California Black Walnuts. Since that time we have supported many community groups and efforts to preserve and expand open space including Onyx and Poppy Peak to name a couple. Supported and advocated for the Wildlife Ordinance.
- East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice – Ground Truthing to document toxics, Advocating for Exide Clean-up – I710 Advocacy for Clean Air/ Stop Expansion
- Eastern/Lombardy – volunteered with El Sereno residents to Save 111 Southern California Black Walnuts from being removed to build luxury homes.
- Fought the Expansion of I-710 Freeway in East Los Angeles for 20 years and the SR710, Urged Supervisor Solis to obtain LA Public Health review of SR 710 Project Health Impacts. Letter was submitted by Public Health & USC Keck School of Medicine.
- Member of the East Los Angeles I-710 Local Advisory Committee for over two decades.
- NELA No Se Vende – Worked to support numerous Northeast Los Angeles Neighborhoods in their Community Actions
- Coyotl Macehuali & NELA Black Walnut Campaign volunteered with group for preservation and education about the Southern California Black Walnut
- Fulltime Volunteer Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers union (UFW) Calexico & Salinas Vegetable Strike
- Organizer Voter Registration Project, Greater East side
- Dozens of Democratic Political Campaigns including the historic Woman to Woman Campaign for Geraldine Ferraro
- Founded Local Union Chapter in Los Angeles Municipal Court
- Former Treasurer, AFSCME Local 575
- COVID-19 Outreach and Education, provided information to residents on resources and advocated for East side communities throughout pandemic contacting public health officials and elected officials. Contacted officials indicating concerns that impacts to East Los Angeles were being under counted early in the pandemic and later in the pandemic wealthier communities were testing more which again underestimated impacts to East Side communities.
- Member Highland Park Heritage Trust
- Volunteered and Supported Local Tenant’s Union in its actions to help tenants.
- Friends of East Los Angeles Library
- Helped write and wrote countless Community Impact Statements, Eastern Lombardy lawsuit, Comment letters on Environmental Impact Statements and Plans.
- Fought the Prison in East Los Angeles and Toxic Waste Incinerator with the first Environmental Justice Group in East Los Angeles Mothers of East Los Angeles
- Marched and advocated against Proposition 187 and Trump administration actions separating immigrant families.
- Marched for Science and events to stop climate change.
- Campaigned Against Proposition 8
Helped organize to increase participation by residents in projects impacting their communities. Supported dozens of community actions throughout AD 52
KCET It isn’t easy being green
https://www.kcet.org/shows/socal-connected/episodes/its-not-easy-being-green
I710 Freeway
Get Involved. Attend the Meetings:
In 2022, the Expansion Plan, Alternative 5 was killed after 20 years of fighting. Now the Metro Board is considering mobility options to improve pollution and mobility along the I-710 Freeway with out expansion. See below the NY Times article on how expansion doesn’t work. It also discusses the 710.
A Community Leadership Committee of community members who live near the freeway has been formed. They are considering options. Attend the meetings and give input on what you want to see:
CLC Meeting #11: Thursday, January 19, 2023, 5-7pm
CLC Meeting #11.5: Monday, January 23, 2023, 5-7pm
Webinar ID: 865 4223 9053 Passcode: 5851 Register at the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gNSQ8akIRj-daOPeT6nSvw
East Los Angeles Residents live on both sides of the freeway. I lived where the Palm tree is in the first photo. Below neighborhood gathering to discuss the SR 710.
The freeway opened in 1958. Homes were demolished. Below is what it looked like before.
Expansion doesn’t work NY Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/widen-highways-traffic.html?unlocked_article_code=tt5wqIMACXcjyxIydvurvO3AChOTsccTOyCtERX2HFCR5iKwOCIk6PI_fDdkv4np87OT09S4pZcjjeiMytpA0gWZLlUURXE3JB_9dUiZaBVsiF0oJ-PIrZ8jUVHTh63-eoKft-tZEZsUu-bheJTjYhVxph_AMsPptHFESdNi0uSJR1J1HBBrcor8uHaLHo8v-ttfY82JUZbI7KSCFi4bSGw8pmkSY5k4gasNfChuA4Z5zPt7iMhrWozLvJjL2ydzInV1eTeTTktwMDsf53B-lrGgCxWgbQDc4HhC0-OTtypW6wd8DIUgdL4nHMkZT1R6scgj0nQh22Watoc&smid=share-url
https://books.google.com/books?id=BCY3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA10-IA236&lpg=PA10-IA236&dq=clara+solis+east+los+angeles&source=bl&ots=Q9QqOa0pxe&sig=ACfU3U1WMzRQksXR1dBV3Cx_ZJu78uY8gg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji3L36l8b8AhXOMUQIHRZ7Ag04FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=clara%20solis%20east%20los%20angeles&f=false
https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2022/06/09/communities-prevail-in-20-year-struggle-against-710-widening/39921
East Los Angeles
Metro Area Plan
The County of Los Angeles is updating the plans for several unincorporated communities including East Los Angeles. The plan calls for a Life Science Corridor (aka Bio Science Corridor) above the I-10 freeway in East Los Angeles/City Terrace. Near USC Medical Center by Soto Street resides have been concerned by gentrification which they feel is due to the Bioscience corridor.
The plan also changes the zoning roughly from Whittier Blvd from Arizona to near the Montebello border from Commercial to Mixed Use. The new Eastside Phase 2 extension which was approved in 2022 (formerly the Gold Line) makes this area eligible to Transit Oriented Communities bonuses which could include taller buildings along Whittier and Atlantic. These bonuses are given for providing a few low income units in the building… sometimes as few as 8 percent.
The environmental impact statement notes that this plan will likely cause increased air and noise pollution and cumulative impacts.
You can see the document here:
https://planning.lacounty.gov/site/metroareaplan/documents/
You can comment on the document. You can submit more than one comment. For example, you could say: “The environmental impact report is inadequate. The health impacts from additional air and noise pollution are not adequately considered. Many people in East Los Angeles suffer from Asthma because of the pollution from the freeways.” Later you can comment on parking, you might say. “Parking is bad all over East Los Angeles. The parking study in East Los Angeles found parking in some parts was at 120 percent capacity.” Every comment will have to be addressed. Your concerns matter.
Submit your comments by the deadline January 31st at 5:00 pm
metroareaplan@planning.lacounty.gov
Draft Community Pedestrian Plan
This plan looks at where new investments in street design and facilities are needed to make walking and rolling safer and more desirable. My concern with this is that it appears not to have addressed resident’s concerns on Eastern Avenue and other streets. They also do not list the pedestrian fatality on Eastern Avenue. Please take a look at it. I haven’t had time to review it. You can see the document here:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/place/stepbystep/docs/East%20LA_Draft%203_v2.pdf
The Deadline to Comment is February 17th, 2023. Submit your comments to ladphplace@gmail.com or use the form:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=SHJZBzjqG0WKvqY47dusgbYrzdjT3JFBmSXjVrMEmKBUQ0VUV0VVV0ZVQzkyMkVDOVIzMk1DMEs1QS4u
You can also attend an event. See below:
Highland Park/Garvanza
Gr, Blue Heron at San Pascual Park
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council (HHPNC) Meetings:
https://www.highlandparknc.com/
HHPNC Elections Coming Up, Step up for your Neighborhood become a Board Member.
https://www.highlandparknc.com/elections
Highland Park Heritage Trust – Chicano Arts Collective
https://highlandparkheritagetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HPHTMEGACornerstoneFall2021.pdf
https://historicgarvanzacoalition.com/
El Sereno
https://www.facebook.com/Coyotl.M/
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0174_PC_AB_06-07-2021.pdf
Lincoln Heights
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-16/lincoln-heights-site-toxic-chemicals
https://boyleheightsbeat.com/will-la-bioscience-corridor-remake-bh-for-good/
Northeast Los Angeles
Hearing on the Belvedere – 3800 Pasadena Avenue City Planning Commission
February 9th 8 am – Learn more:
https://arroyosecoalliance.org/
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
http://eycej.org/about/
http://eycej.org/groundtruthing-leads/
https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/154717.pdf
https://www.kpcc.org/news/2016/04/29/60113/exide-communities-seek-wider-lead-testing-state-sa/
United Farm Workers (UFW)
https://ufw.org/
https://www.fullerton.edu/wpaarchives/_resources/pdfs/Finding%20Aid_Images%20of%20Women%20in%20the%20UFW.pdf
Summer, the dog
Summer, not fake summer as my kids like to say, is an Australian Cattle dog, Corgi and something else mix. She is four years old. (PS Protecting my children’s privacy not to post their pictures)
Clara Solis 