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Help save the CERT Program
from Greig Smith

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Help save the CERT Program
from Greig Smith

I received the following from Councilmember Greig Smith's office.

Please see the attached letter.

Linda Underwood
for www.cert-la.com

Dear Linda:

Councilman Smith asked that I send you the attached letter regarding the elimination of the CERT training program provided by the LA Fire Department. It is currently unfunded in the budget as proposed by the Mayor.

Councilman Greig Smith

April 26, 2007

Dear Friends:

I need your help.

I am calling on you as individuals and as groups to write my fellow Councilmembers and the Mayor and urge them to continue CERT funding, and send copies to my office.

In this tough budget year, with cuts in virtually every department, the proposed 2007/2008 City Budget eliminated funding for any future trainings for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. I am fighting to save this program and I need your help.

This is a call to action to save this tremendously valuable program. As you know, CERT can save lives and vastly bolsters our response capabilities by training residents to safely and quickly help themselves, their families and their neighbors, and assist emergency responders during disasters.

As someone who lived through the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, I know how important it is to be prepared for emergencies. In a post 9/11 world, and with another major earthquake due, we need the CERT program.

I have attached the fax numbers and email addresses of the Councilmembers and the Mayor.

We must preserve this life-saving program; it is money well spent.

  Sincerely,

GREIG SMITH
Councilman, Twelfth District

Download: Original Letter (pdf file)

The Councilman's letter explains the situation and his request to you. We appreciate your interest and support of this vital program.

Please share this with others who might be interested, and let me know if you have any questions.

JOHN
John Bwarie
Deputy District Director
Office of Councilmember Greig Smith


PS: Below is the list of emails and fax numbers for the councilmembers as listed at http://www.lacity.org/council.htm (the phone numbers are for their fax machines).

Hon. Richard Alarcon
Hon. Tony Cardenas
Hon. Eric Garcetti
Hon. Wendy Greuel
Hon. Janice Hahn
Hon. Jose Huizar
Hon. Tom Labonge
Hon. Bernard Parks
Hon. Jan Perry
Hon. Ed Reyes
Hon. Bill Rosendahl
Hon. Greig Smith
Hon. Jack Weiss
Hon. Herb Wesson
Hon. Dennis Zine
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org
councilmember.cardenas@lacity.org
councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org
councilmember.greuel@lacity.org
councilmember.hahn@lacity.org
councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
councilmember.labonge@lacity.org
councilmember.parks@lacity.org
councilmember.perry@lacity.org
councilmember.reyes@lacity.org
councilman.rosendahl@lacity.org
councilmember.smith@lacity.org
councilmember.weiss@lacity.org
councilmember.wesson@lacity.org
councilmember.zine@lacity.org
mayor@lacity.org
213-847-0707
213-847-0549
213-613-0819
213-680-7895
213-626-5431
213-473-0680
213-624-7810
213-473-7683
213-473-5946
213-485-8907
213-473-6926
213-473-6925
213-978-2250
213-485-9829
213-485-8988
213-978-0656

Some people have also reported that, if those don't work, you can try sending email bu using the following format:

firstname.lastname@lacity.org