Wednesday, July 27, 2016

How will YJ Draiman affect the campaign issues for Los Angeles Mayor in 2017

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017

Dear Fellow Los Angelinos

Thank you for taking a few moments to learn more about my ideas for building a new Los Angeles.
I appreciate your interest in my campaign and hope my jobs plan will provide you with a better understanding of the type of Mayor I hope to be – one focused on transparency and putting Los Angelinos back to work.

Los Angeles faces one of the most challenging times in our city’s history.

Because of the unfriendly business environment, along with some of the highest tax rates in the nation, families and businesses are being forced to make unthinkable trade-offs, including living the city they love. But I am optimistic about Los Angeles future.

I am running for Mayor because I believe everything is still possible in Los Angeles.
That is why as a Mayor that makes LA attractive to business and will create jobs will be my priority. It is the only way we are going to clean up the mess in

Los Angeles.

I have a unique skill set and the detailed plan to get

Los Angeles going again.

I have started businesses from the ground up and within a short time revenues exceeded $60 million a year. I have been involved in rehabilitation of whole neighborhoods; I have built a 5 star hotel and implemented energy efficiency for over 20 years. I operated a chain of electronics stores.

I think Los Angeles needs a little bit more of a business-like attitude. We have to be honest about our problems, and face them by offering grown-up solutions and put an end to the partisan bickering and hand-wringing that is business as usual.

I can effectively balance the interests of developers, big business and those who are well-situated and I am more concerned about the interests of everyday citizens."

If you do not know and admit that there is a problem, you cannot fix it. Our Pension liability is growing and if its solvency is not addressed, it will put LA into bankruptcy, our infrastructure is deteriorating, our water source is diminished, our utility rates and taxes are climbing. This must not only stop, but it must be reversed.

I am running for Mayor to reinvigorate Los Angeles economic potential – it will take time and the effort of all the people of Los Angeles.
We shall overcome these economic hardships if we work together as a unified force.

If you have any suggestions on how we can move Los Angeles forward, please contact our campaign. We will listen. We want this campaign to be special, one that addresses your concerns and speaks to your hopes for what a new Los Angeles can be.

Together, we can put Los Angeles back to work and make our City great again and call it the city that works.

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017

PS
Draiman is determined to bring a new approach to Los Angeles.
One that demands we help struggling businesses and attract new businesses that create jobs, increase revenues and lowers taxes. A city government that provides better efficiency and expedited better services. I propose a city government that makes it a priority and commits itself to improving our schools. A city that is committed to improve public transportation and revive our industrial base.

Draiman has a plan to make Los Angeles economic vitality flourish.
Make Los Angeles Competitive again, raise the standard of living, grow the tax base and help put an end to the yearly budget problems in Los Angeles

Monday, April 4, 2016

Los Angeles Mayoral 2017 Election Challenge Starting to Form - YJ Draiman

LA Mayoral 2017 Election Challenge Starting to Form

BY SHEILA LANE, LEDGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER · MARCH 3, 2016

Steve Barr

Local Silver Lake resident Steve Barr is considering a run for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s seat, while Mitchell Schwartz has announced he will run for Mayor in the 2017 election.

Schwartz, 55, lives in Windsor Square with his wife and three children, ages 14, 12 and 6. He has extensive experience in public relations, media and political consulting. Highlights of his career include involvement in nearly every presidential election since Walter Mondale in 1984 and his appointment as the Communications Director of the United States State Dept. during the Clinton administration.

Here in Los Angeles, he launched the Dept. of Water and Power’s Green Power Program in 1999, which became the largest and most successful program of its kind in the country.

Through the years, Schwartz has been involved in issues of sustainability and conservation and said he believes the city could offer incentives to attract environmentally friendly businesses.

“I’d like [Los Angeles] to be a center of renewable technologies,” he said.

According to Schwartz, the core of his campaign, however, will focus on crime, homelessness, development and infrastructure.

“My campaign will really be about quality of life issues,” said Schwartz.

Schwartz pointed to Windsor Square as an example of the decaying infrastructure of Los Angeles.

Mitchell Schwartz

“There has been a lot of deferred maintenance and that’s resulted in buckling sidewalks and unpaved streets….We need to deal with the infrastructure.”

Were he to become mayor, Schwartz said he would draw on his significant network to find people in Los Angeles and beyond to work for his vision of the city.

“I’d have a combination of experienced people who have worked in government and people from outside [government],” he said. “ [I’d] take the best practices from all over the country.”

Having worked with many politicians, Schwartz said he plans to emulate the quality that the best have—political courage.

“You have to be willing to take on entrenched interests and be willing to make tough decisions that don’t help your career,” he said.

Schwartz said he believes there has been a “failure of leadership in city hall” due to politicians who are more concerned about their own careers than the people of the city.

“If I were to win,” said Schwartz, “I’d be so happy just to be mayor that that’s all I would want to do. I’m not looking for another position.”

Steve Barr, 56, shares Schwartz’s disillusionment with city hall.

“Los Angeles is a dynamic city with the most un-dynamic leadership,” he said.

Barr, who lives with his wife and two children aged 10 and 7 in Silver Lake, will announce whether he will run or not in early April.

As the founder of Green Dot Public Schools, Barr spearheaded the creation of the largest network of public charter schools serving Los Angeles. He is the chairman of California Democrats for Education Reform and Future is Now, a national organization highlighting teacher-led initiatives.

Most recently, he has been working on the creation of the California Teacher Corps, a program designed to address the statewide teacher shortage in public schools by offering some economic relief and professional support for new teachers. A bill proposing the program was introduced in February by California State Senator Ben Allen.

“It will create a residency program in this state,” Barr said, “so that teachers can learn from master teachers their first year before they become full-time teachers.”

Barr said he believes many of the city’s issues stem from a lack of focus on education.

“I think we need to rally the city around our main infrastructural economic engine, which is our education system,” he said. “I think the mayor and the city’s budget seems to primarily revolve around patching and fixing the problems that come from not having an educated electorate, whether it be crime or the ability to attract business.”

Barr is also concerned about traffic congestion, development and the alarming increase in homelessness.

“The hard work is getting different groups around an issue like education or homelessness and focusing on it…reminding people over and over again that there are probably 80 to 90% of the things that they agree on and not focus[ing] on things that they don’t agree on.”

Barr said he realizes voters might question his capability if he campaigns.

“Somebody asked me the other day,” Barr said, “‘what makes you think you can run a city?’ I said, ‘Creating a school district in the highest need areas from scratch that now serves 11,000 kids….Being that successful, I think, is great training.”

Barr added a thought about his approach toward leadership.

“If you look at my background, it’s not just about talking at issues,” he said, “but creating some pathways and some hope and some empowerment and I’m going to see if that translates in a campaign.”

Three other candidates have put their names in for current Mayor Eric Garcetti’s job. They are Yehuda “YJ” Draiman from Northridge, Frantz Pierre from downtown Los Angeles and Jeffrey Sharp, who did not return requests for information.

According to the city’s Ethics Commission, the candidates who challenge Garcetti, will have a lot of catching up to do regarding campaign donations. As of December 31, 2015, Garcetti has already raised $2.2 million for his campaign for re-election.

The election is March 7, 2017.

Friday, March 25, 2016

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017 - To all the people of Los Angeles

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017 - To all the people of Los Angeles

Los Angeles 2017

After hearing some of the atrocities committed in the name of humanity. I realized that I have a voice; a strong voice; that must be utilized with no limitation; a voice that perhaps I use very often. But this voice would not be taken for granted. I felt that I should become a voice for those that didn't have a voice, for those whose voice can't and won’t be heard by others. That's when I decided to pursue a mission; “to voice the people who are not being heard and or ignored, to be a voice for those who need a voice."

This scenario of listening to the peoples voice, applies to the people of Los Angeles; the one’s who sacrifice and who work everyday, raise a family, have no wealth, and do not have a voice in our government and its decisions that affect their lives and their voice is not heard or ignored.

It is time to listen to the people and respond to their demands without equivocations.

As your elected representative I will represent you the people, the ones who are ignored and overlooked, I will not back down to pressure; I will not capitulate to mounting demands by the money people. As your elected representative it is my duty and obligation to represent all the people of Los Angeles equally with no favoritism to any group or special interest.

Honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability will be my primary goals. Additionally I plan on setting up a department which their mission will be to help struggling businesses and help bring back business and industry to Los Angeles by providing incentives. This will create jobs and increase revenues to the City, State and Federal government.

I am tired of paying for someone else’s lunch.

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017

Thursday, March 24, 2016

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017 - represents all the people of Los Angeles

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017 - represents all the people of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate 2017

It is time to listen to the people and respond to their demands without equivocations.

I am tired of paying for someone else’s lunch.

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2017

Sunday, March 20, 2016

To the people of Los Angeles – YJ Draiman

To the people of Los Angeles – YJ Draiman

It is my understanding that based on our constitution; People “shall have the right to resist any person or persons seeking to abolish their constitutional rights, should no other remedy be possible”.

All the governments’ authority emanates from the people. The people are not satisfied with the rather poor performance of our government. It is time to elect a new slate of candidates, whose main concern are the people.

A nation’s corruptive and corrosive power could only exist by the nation’s apathy. Therefore as people of a democratic country, we must rise above this apathy and vote for the right people in public office. We should vote for people who care about the everyday working class, who want what is best for the people.

My main interest is not making money, but building an organization. I am an efficiency expert and a troubleshooter. My goal is to bring Los Angeles back to economic prosperity.

Instinct is no guide to political conduct. Effective leadership is always forced – whatever its motives – to represent itself as a carrier of ideas embodying purposes. All truly great achievements in history resulted from the actualization of principals, not from the clever evaluation of political condition. A good and effective leader must care about the people and address their needs.

For a man to be elected as mayor of Los Angeles, he must have a strong will and the guts to prevail. To become mayor of the people you have to overcome the handicap of the political machine and special interests groups. You must motivate the people to vote for you in order for them to survive in these hard economic times.

If you want to see a transformation of attitudes towards the people of Los Angeles, with the goal to improve economic conditions and a strong and effective government, I urge you to vote for me.

Your humble servant

YJ Draiman

For Mayor of Los Angeles 2017

Rebuilding Trust in Our Government - YJ Draiman

Rebuilding Trust in Our Government - YJ Draiman

Los Angeles 2017

One of

Americas

statesmen stated “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” His presidency ushered in an era of disdain for government and a widespread cynicism that government could be effective in addressing our challenges.

Today, as we confront a crisis that has shaken confidence in our financial system and economy, we have an opportunity to restore public trust and confidence in the legitimate role of government. Indeed, to effectively tackle our economic challenges and to implement the reforms we need in our healthcare, education, energy, and environmental policies, our government will need to garner strong public support.

However, rebuilding public trust will not happen in the face of a pervasive perception that government is not transparent and accountable, cronyism is rampant, and public officials are more interested in helping themselves than in serving the public good.

Taking strong, swift, and decisive action to address abuses and begin to rebuild public trust should be the first priority for our city, state and federal government in the new legislative session.

Create a Task Force on Public Integrity with a mission to develop a comprehensive proposal for ethics and lobbying reform in our city and state. Which addresses reforms in three areas: (1) strengthening enforcement of ethics, campaign finance, and lobbying laws; (2) strengthening civil and criminal penalties for abuses; and (3) improving awareness and education for public officials.

Reinforce honesty, integrity and transparency by government officials as the core requirement to be and stay in office, any violations of these core tenets will cause the removal of the public official and the loss of "all benefits" retroactive.

While the many of our elected officials and government employees are honest, dedicated public servants, the actions of a few create a dark cloud over all.

Taking strong, swift, and decisive action to address these abuses and begin to rebuild public trust should be the first priority for our city, state and federal government in the new legislative session.

Compiled by: YJ Draiman

P.S. The public is entitled to expect from its servants a set of standards far above the morals of the marketplace. Those who exercise public and political power are trustees of the hopes and aspirations of all mankind. They are the trustees of a system of government in which the people must be able to place their absolute trust; for the preservation of their welfare, their safety and all they hold dear depends upon it.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL ENJOY THIS AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH

THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL ENJOY THIS AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH

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Make sure you read the six truths of life at the end.

Be well, stay safe, and SMILE (it makes your face feel good), and if smiles are good, laughs are even better. It's been said, "You don't stop laughing when you die, you die when you stop laughing!!"

Here is the plan: send this flower to four people that you want to have a good day. I picked you. Please consider passing this to four people you want to have a good day. This is SO positive and there is nothing attached. Let's continue to send this along. Have a bright sunny day! (I know I picked more than four, and you can, too.)

Six Truths in Life

1. You cannot stick your tongue out and look up at the ceiling at the same time, a physical impossibility.
2. All idiots, after reading it will try it.
3. And discover it is a lie.
4. You are smiling now because you are an idiot.
5. You soon will forward this to another idiot.
6. There is still a stupid smile on your face.
I sincerely apologize about this but I'm an idiot and I needed company.
You now have 2 options...delete it, or send it along to put a smile on someone's face todays