Hi, CV! An initiative to legalize marijuana was just filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. How this proposal differs from the 17 other proposals currently submitted are its supporters: the Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project, California Cannabis Industry Association, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sean Parker, philanthropist and political activist, who will provide […]
Will Glendale Sell Rockhaven to a Developer? Incredibly, that’s being currently considered. Many of you remember that in 2006, Rockhaven Sanitarium had closed and the owners had put it up for sale as raw land for apartment and condo development. Rockhaven had been built in 1923 as a haven for women with mental illnesses, a […]
Hi, CV! My best friend’s daughter is a college junior and a sorority leader. She told me that today’s co-eds drink flavored vodka. I immediately made the leap to all of the kid-friendly e-liquids and vape juices inhaled through e-cigarettes and vaporizers. Fruits, spices, confections and sours are popular flavors for both. Kids are vulnerable […]
CALPERS’ Captives In 1999, one of the most irresponsible political acts occurred when the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALPERS) convinced our state legislature that generous salary and pension increases for state union workers could be financed from investment earnings and would have no effect on the taxpayers’ wallets. CALPERS actuaries were manipulated and full […]
The Death of a Young Mother – Part 2 Last week I wrote about the unfolding tragedy that Lambert and Rose Vandenberg faced in 1924. They were a young family, just starting out, with 3-year-old daughter Margie and newborn Beverly, when Rose was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She was extremely infectious. Fearing she would infect her […]
California Roads and Rail: One Step Closer to Being an Energy Source Shortly after being elected, I had a conversation with a friend who had just returned from Israel. Expecting to hear emotional descriptions of religious sites, I was surprised to hear my friend rave instead about a road that produced energy. After researching the […]
CV Alliance executive director Suzy Jacobs is on vacation this week. I have been thinking a lot lately about how I am one of the luckiest people on the planet because my relationship with my 17-year-old daughter is rock solid. We always get along wonderfully. But I have worked very hard to make sure this […]
The Death of a Young Mother – Part 1 I’ve often written that the founding industry of the Crescenta Valley was the treatment of lung diseases, starting with Dr. Briggs in 1881. Soon after, those afflicted with lung problems, particularly tuberculosis, flocked to our valley for the clean dry air, at that time the only […]
Crossing Invisible Borders For the past two years as president of the CV Town Council one of my priorities was to focus on outreach to the entire foothill community. As many of you know the lines on a map that create our invisible borders between our neighboring communities of Glendale, La Cañada and Sunland-Tujunga do […]
Crescenta Valley Water for Today and Tomorrow Earlier this month Mike Lawler’s Viewpoints articles provided a brief history of water development in CV and the events that led to the formation of the Crescenta Valley Water District including the inheritance of pipelines and wells dating back to the 1930s. Since the formation of CVWD in 1950, […]