League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
	Bernard C. Parks Answers Questions Candidate for Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 2

The questions were prepared by the the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. Please provide a brief list of your qualifications in bullet format, using an asterisk (*) to represent a bullet. (No more than 25 words for this section.)

• Former Chief of Police of the LAPD
• Member of the Los Angeles City Council
• More than 40 years of public service

2. If it were entirely up to you and not the Legislature, what measures would you take to address Los Angeles County’s fiscal crisis? (No more than 150 words total for questions 2 and 3.)

As Supervisor I will work to

• Align County fees to the actual cost of County services.
• Maximize grant funding opportunities; assure accountability for the expenditure of grant funds.
• Establish County Financial Policies as a guidebook for prioritizing budget expenditures.
• Address the $3.1 un-funded pension liability and the $13 to $20 billion un-funded retiree health care obligation.
• Secure a performance review and financial audit of all County departments.

3. What are the most important criteria for evaluating new development in the unincorporated areas of the county? (No more than 150 words total for questions 2 and 3.)

There are 20 distinct unincorporated areas in the 2nd District. Existing development, undertaken under different land use policies and practices over the last 100 years, often resembles a patchwork quilt. Community Plans for these unincorporated areas need to be updated and at minimum should include incentives for locating residential projects near transit corridors and density bonuses for the development of affordable housing. Updated Community Plans will better enable enforcement against nuisance and blight-inducing activities.

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Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Until 5:00 p.m. on April 4, 2008, candidates for County Supervisor must limit their answers to 175 words total for all questions so that a paper Voters Guide may be published. Specific word limits are as follows: 25 words for question 1; 150 words total for questions 2 and 3. |After 5:00 p.m. on April 4, 2008, word limits will no longer apply.

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