YJ Draiman for Mayor of LA
(March 5, 2013 Election)
Contact: draimanformayor@yjdraiman.org 818-36
A family man with extensive life and business experience who understands community needs and has a strong belief and background in green technology. I have 30 years experience in energy efficiency. I am a strong proponent of Energy Independence. I care about the community and feel there are many issues that need to be addressed. Housing issues is a priority.
Current Elected Member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council with the goal of….
Active public service to make the Valley a safer and better place to live, work, and raise a family.
We need honest government with integrity.
“Good leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion”
“Your early support is critical. Council District 12 historically has one of the highest voter turnouts in the City. More voters means that more resources are needed to reach them. Your early support will go a long way to help ensure the success of my campaign. "
-YJ Draiman
Do you want to eliminate waste? – Elect – YJ Draiman
Council District 12 covers the North West San Fernando Valley and includes the entire communities of Chatsworth, Northridge, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills and parts of North Hills, West Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka, Reseda, Encino and Lake Balboa, Van Nuys.
YJ Draiman for City Council 2011 (12 CD)
9420 Reseda Blvd. PO Box 274
Northridge, CA 91324
Web: yjdraiman.org Email: yjdraiman@yjdraiman.org
Campaign ID# TBD
Tel. (818) 366-6999
6 comments:
LOS ANGELES CITY HALL ELECTION PLATFORM 2011
1. CLEAN UP CITY HALL --
We need a change of leadership.
The failure of our leaders is clear to everyone,
we need tough penalties and enforcement of ethics law violations and immediate and full disclosure of campaign contributions and interests even as new leaders develop reforms,including clean money campaign financing that break the power of special interests.
The Department of Water and Power Commission,
Community Redevelopment Agency and other commissions must have independence free of political control.
All city agencies, task forces and Council committees must have representatives appointed by Neighborhood Councils.
Transparency, openness, public access to all documents must be enacted under an open access law.
2. FIX THE BUDGET --
Spending must be brought under control for the benefit of the city's 4 Million residents and hundreds of thousands of businesses.
Salaries of city officials must be reduced along with Council and mayoral staffing, slush funds and office holder accounts eliminated.
Adjustments must be made to the employee wage and pension system.
Tax, rate and fee policies must be restructured to create a healthy economic environment.
3. FOCUS ON CORE SERVICES --
The focus of city government must be on basic services that benefit the whole community, not as a jobs and patronage programs.
The city should focus on the protection of police and fire services and infrastructure.
Parks, libraries, street maintenance, integrated planning to preserve Neighborhood health, enforcement of building codes and fair share of city services are paramount.
Services provided by city staff must be cost effective with those of the private sector.
4. POWER SHARING --
Elect City Council members who put the interests of the whole city ahead of any Special interest.
Empower Neighborhood Councils to make the first decisions on all local Development issues.
Create a commission to develop a plan for a borough system of government.
Establish that a key function of city government is to encourage public participation and treat all people with respect and courtesy.
This is a great undertaking that will take support from everyone who cares about the state of the city today and our hopes for a Better tomorrow.
I urge you to get involved for the good of your families, your neighborhood,
and your city. Comment number1 posted by yjdraimancadidateforcitycouncil.over-blog.com on 16/10/2010 at 01h46
YJ Draiman for City Council Statement
In my humble opinion!
The biggest problem I see is the Pensions it take a major portion of the City Budget and keeps on growing.
This is a problem many Cities and States are facing. A solution has to be found.
The second is the Unions they are no longer an asset to the public, but a hindrance in solving the budget crisis and very in-efficient in work performance and very costly.
The Third item cut the City staff, reduce spending, eliminate redundancy, consolidate departments, increase efficiency, reward performance.
The Fourth item the Mayor should appoint one neighborhood council member to each of the city's boards of commissioners. Including the proprietary departments as well. Either through a charter amendment, ordinance or by policy directive.
The Fifth item make the city more business friendly - to attract businesses, not chase them away and reduce revenues - this takes a multitude of actions.
The Sixth item is to improve education, reduce the top heavy LAUSD administration. Make our schools an education icon, not a warehousing of students.
People today are concerned about a roof over their head and a Job – This is top priority.
I think this is good for starters. (There are many more items)
Thank you
YJ Draiman for Los Angeles City Council 2011
PS. The key is for everyone to work together without any hidden agenda, the only concern should be the crises and the residents of the community. Everything must be above board and transparent.
Comment number2 posted by draiman for city council Today at 12h41
The Survival of Humankind, and Improving the World, Society, and Yourself!
Yet who can the world trust to be idealistic and moral enough to help all of humanity and the environment, and at the same time, be practical enough to make extremely difficult decisions that can and will harm a great deal of people?
Humanitism is a philosophy for the continued survival and perpetuation of the human race. Humanitists (people who believe in humanitism) do not have the luxury of trying again after failing. Humanitists must be more vigilant than environmentalists, because we will not have a second chance at survival.
The survival of humanity is more important than the well being of our environment; however the environment is necessary for humanity to survive. That does not give the right for big businesses to continue doing whatever they want with only minimal or no consideration for the environment, so long as our surroundings support human life. We need to protect the environment for the continued survival and future well being of humanity. Keep in mind that without the human race, there would be no one and no need to protect the environment. Therefore, humanitism is more important than environmentalism.
It seems that in the past 50 years the human race has pursued the money train, that such desire for financial gain has caused society to ignore and abandon honesty, values, morality and candidness etc.
The race to financial gain has caused our leaders and the executives of the corporate world to disregard laws, ethics and the caring for each other and humanity as a whole. Deception, fraud and outright theft are their new motto all for the sake of financial gain, personal ego, fame and success.
It seems that for the sake of success and profit people will step on anybody, family friends, co-workers and anyone who stands in their way or take advantage of anyone that could help them achieve what they want.
That is not to say that honest and compassionate people who care do not exist, where honesty and integrity is a way of life for them, but they are a very small minority.
As we begin the year 2011, we should all look at the past and decide with determination that everyone will from now on contribute to the betterment of humanity, society and mankind.
We should all learn to live with each other and respect each other for the sustainability of mankind. Humanity should strive for harmony, tranquility and peace
Compiled by: YJ Draiman – 12/1/2010
PS
The human survival instinct prods us to outlast afflictions and, if circumstances permit, to reach old age. Nothing, of course, could be more quintessentially natural than aging.
Rebuilding Trust in Our Government
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
A polluted society
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just ignore it.
Politicians should be paid commissions only – performance based compensation R1
I say that politicians should be paid - compensated on a performance based via commissions only, for example on every tax dollar that they save. Example, if a politician cuts government spending 1 Million dollars, the tax payers would pay him X% of 1 Million.
If it hits them in the pocket, they are going to be much more cautious how they spend our money.
A politician running for office should reimburse any matching funds after the election.
A politician should run the country like any non-profit corporation, with checks and balances, fiscal responsibility and not committing funds that our great grandchildren would have to pay.
Any politician who violates the oath of office will lose his job and forfeit his benefits and pension.
It is time we should hold our politicians accountable for their deeds and behavior, any deviation from honesty and ethics will be punished severely.
Honesty, integrity and accountability is the motto.
YJ Draiman, Energy/Utility Auditor
Draiman is a candidate for the Mayor of Los Angeles
PS
We should not rush to give our money to foreign countries, if we do give, it is a loan and must be repaid; the loans should also be collateralized with real estate and assets of the receiving country.
Value-based Management of the Government
Value-based management makes an explicit link between a government's strategic and operating decisions and their impact on the country and its citizen’s benefits. It does so in part by aligning politicians incentives with citizens' interests.
Politicians should earn the public trust, which, in turn, is based on openness and accountability. Excessive compensation, self-dealing and hidden agenda’s are detrimental to earning public trust.
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