It's time to step up and ask for the Rangers we need. Read the following excerpts from Petra's Blog Post:

Tell City Hall: "Optimum Investment" Park Ranger Option is the only reasonable option  

by Petra Fried 2/7/14 http://griffithparkwayist.blogspot.com/  

The Dept of Recreation and Parks has released their Final Report on the current status of the Park Ranger Division. The City Council's Arts Parks Health Aging and River Committee (APHAR) will be discussing this report Monday at 2 p.m. in Room 1060 at City Hall. (agenda item 7)  

"...The final Park Ranger status report being presented on Monday provides three different tiers of investment that City Council could select that would bring the Park Ranger Division back to a level of health and effectiveness:   

• Optimum Investment
• Modest Investment
• Minimum Investment

Only the Optimum Investment will cover all of our larger Regional parks including Hansen Dam Recreational Area, which has a new Ranger Station and no Rangers. The cost of the Optimum Investment is just four times the current barely-breathing cost of the Park Ranger Division.   When initially created in 2005, the Office of Public Safety had a budget of $21-$25 million, the vast majority of which (they often whined) was devoted directly to parks. Meaning - as Park Ranger replacements."

"Park Rangers are professional peace officers, fire fighters, wildlife managers, naturalists, and environmental managers. There is a reason that LA Park Rangers are often hired out of the department to become Emergency Management coordinators all across the City: Rangers are professional multi-disciplinarians, giving them a broad world view other single-disciplined professionals do not have."

Make Your Voice Heard! 

You can demand the Optimum Investment option by attending the Arts, Parks, Health, Aging and River Committee meeting this Monday at 2 p.m.in Room 1060, or by emailing the City Clerk with your public comment before Monday.

Write your email today! Then, on Monday morning, call 323-485-3337 to reserve parking at City Hall for the 2 p.m. APHAR Cmte Meeting.

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Councilmember Tom Labonge