We do not sell or share your information with anyone. We will connect these dots and share both our own and guests opinions on topics affecting us as Westsiders, Californians, and Americans. Vice Mayor. Culver City voted to ban camping in public places, a move that opponents say only forces homeless people off the streets at a time when the city offers few housing . "Culver City is a very diverse community today," he added. ", He is concerned that "while many professions and businesses are doing all right or even well, some segments of our community are facing profound housing and food insecurity. We at least have to call the question.. We need to work with our entire region to address the housing shortage which, when amplified in city after city over the entire metro area, is . And Im so proud to have served with you, Alex.. For their part, Lee and Fisch were both thoughtful in their closing remarks to residents. Send us your press releases and, as a community service, well post them here! In Culver City, Alex Fisch is the only City Council incumbent on the ballot, facing five challengers. 5512 S. Sepulveda Blvd.Culver City, CA 90230Ph: (310) 503-4145publisher@culvercityobserver.com, Powered by ROAR Online Publication Software from Lions Light Corporation Enter your email address now! It has cast a shadow on this city, and we need to mend. Sahli Wells was referring to money that had been poured into the council race against Mr. Fisch and newly elected Councilmember Freddy Puza, and on behalf of newly elected Councilmember Dan OBrien and Denice Renteria, who finished fourth. Because when our neighbors are well, our community is well.. Why are the only comments from Fisch & Lee from their Twitter? Alex Marsh is a trade name registered with Colorado Department of State (CDOS). But with nothing formal on the agenda following welcome speeches, Councilmember Goran Eriksson moved to reconsider the passage of the new minimum wage. It shows a distinct lack of empathy and understanding which is shocking in a city council member and candidate. By clicking submit, you agree to share your email address with Westside Voice. Furthermore, he is Jewish (as am I). Former L.A. City Controller Rick Tuttle was also on hand, reciting Teddy Roosevelts The Man in the Arena to compliment both Fisch and Mayor Lee. The motion passed with three yes . DHR '04#2-Online"Philanthropy IS the difference" S A N D I E G O S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y D O N O R R E C O G N I T I O N 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 4 Cover photography Access from your Country was disabled by the administrator. ClassifiedsDirectoryPhotosAboutContactAdvertise. We dont need fellow Jews giving people an excuse to be antisemitic and minimize the Holocaust. Alex Fisch did NOT compare the homeless to Jewish Holocaust victims, Culver City politics have reached a lamentable low with the recent distribution of a 4 page hit piece paid for by the Alliance for Culver City to Support the Election of Denice Renteria and Dan OBrien for City Council 2022. They have also lived in West Hollywood, CA and Saint Louis, MO. (1) Dr. Daniel Lee was elected in 2018 as the first Black member . Our Staff How many signatures did they get? Mr. Fisch had an opportunity at the July 11th City Council meeting but did not make any remark or expression of regret after it was raised by people during public comment. And Im optimistic about Measure H [the county measure passed in 2016 that will raise $355 million over 10 years for homeless services].. Freshly retired L.A. Councilmember Mike Bonin was also on hand to heap praise on Lee and Fisch, saying, There are so many times when this small little city of Culver City has inspired the City of Los Angeles or the county or bigger jurisdictions to do the right thing.. These are outright deflections meant to put an end to the outrage. NO Alex Fisch (@AlexFischCC), homeless shelters are NOT comparable to concentration camps. About/Contact. Westside Voice brings the neighborhoods and cities of West Los Angeles together. Badly. My proposals will start to reduce street homelessness and provide middle class homes for middle class people, and my experience working regionally will help us tackle these regional problems. Fisch responded that he wasnt comparing homeless shelters to camps. For previous updates, please visit the City's Coronavirus webpage. I think I have people from most of the political factions in Culver City- not all- but most of them and I hope its because they see that Im someone who does listen and wants them to have their voices heard, he said. A first-time candidate, he has been endorsed by the county and local Democratic parties, the Culver City Firefighters Assn. Sometimes it takes a seminal moment for candidates for public office to throw their hat into the ring. Are you a local government office, progressive nonprofit, labor union, or candidate? Words matter. Its very disappointing how cynical and infused with outside money this election cycle is, it is terrible for Culver City and only continues the efforts by a very vocal, and increasingly disconnected minority in this city to try to control the direction of City wether they can run effective candidates or win elections or not. With less than two weeks before the election, Fisch thinks he has found his rhythm on the campaign trail. A former bankruptcy attorney, Fisch now works for the state attorney generals office in the natural resources law unit, which gives him perhaps a better understanding of environmental law and special insight into one of the central tenet of his campaign. At the Culver City Democratic Club candidate forum on June, 29, 2022, candidates were asked the following question: How will you address the housing and homelessness crisis? Among other statements, Councilmember Alex Fisch, who is running for re-election made the following comment: Marching people off to concentration camps in Palmdale is not a solution. The ban happened statewide because a group of municipalities decided to take action and take the initiative in banning plastic bag and the [plastic industry] eventually said, Fine, he recalled. These are not my personal opinions or theories about campaign finance, they are facts which can easily be verified through the City's website. Alex Fisch is, of course, the incumbent on the ballot for City Council with this year's elections. Add Your Event . Of course not. The tone of this campaign has become more polarized, with nasty social media posts about the candidates. Alex and Freddy are endorsed by the Sierra Club, the Culver City Democratic Club, our Assembly Member Isaac Bryan, and our County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. Alex Fisch was asked to apologize. Please try harder. He credits voters with awakening to California cities culpability in the states problems., Lee encouraged more young people to run for office, and admonished the city somewhat for its lack of female representation, citing only 5-7 women have ever served on the council in Culver Citys history. Some of the other candidates may say things that superficially sound good on these issues, but they are backed by conservative elected officials and business groups who are committed to derailing, delaying, and diluting policies that put people and the planet ahead of profits. I think we are at a point if we take the path of businesses as usual, we could make some of our problems a lot worse than they are, like traffic, the structural budget issues or the path where we can solve some of those problems, like maintaining the diversity of the city and looking at affordability in housing, he said. I am obligated to stand with the vulnerablehouseless peopleagainst relatively powerful persecutors. If you cant be a functioning member of society, then be banished from Society. Fisch has assumed the mantle of mayor during the most challenging time our city has known, a critical time on so many levels health and safety concerns, homelessness, and economic disruption among them and there was a prescient flavor to his comment that "I kicked off my campaign to serve on this council more than three years ago because I believed that we live in a pivotal time in history." Any attempt to soft-peddle this inexcusable statement minimizes the death and suffering of the Nazis victims., The Common Sense Culver City Political Action Committee similarly wrote on their website that by equating law enforcement-first solutions with Nazis and Internment officers, Alex Fisch not only demonizes the police, he cheapens the atrocities committed against those murdered and interred. The PAC also argued that the concentration camp analogy is harmful to people experiencing homelessness and those trying to help them. Incumbent Fisch, who regularly promotes pro-housing views on Twitter, was . Housing and homelessness; Public Safety, Public Space, and Public Health for All; Transportation and the Environment; Media Center. Copyright 2023, As Deadlines Approach, Arts Council for Long Beach Encourages Non-Profit Organizations and Artists to Apply for $60 Million Creative Corps Program, Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison by California Judge, Monko Weed Dispensary Washington DC's Gas Bar Emerges As The Best Dispensary in Washing DC, Joni and Friends Joins Partners to Celebrate Disability Awareness Day. Advertise With Us School Board recommendations. On Monday evening, Culver City Mayor Daniel Lee and Councilmember Alex Fisch departed their terms on the city council after a single four-year term each. Feb. 14, 2023 4:22 PM PT. Amen to that, and here's to a happy New Year for our city and its residents under the committed and innovative leadership of Fisch and our city council. We must respond when a public figure uses a false and offensive analogy. No one, city councilmember, candidate or not, should have said this unless they meant to be offensive. We would like to stay focused on Council issues, and not be involved in the school board election. I was responding to the growing calls for law enforcement-only and eliminationist approaches to homelessness. I find it shocking that there are some folks who are more upset that a flyer reprinted quotes from Jewish leaders denouncing Fischs comments than are upset that he said what he said in the first place. Ballot measures, Who represents me? He said that among his accomplishments, the one hes proudest of is mending the citys financial health. OBrien again seconded. Its been a lifelong desire of mine to try to empathize with others and Im still learning, and I want to keep learning, he said. Last night, the City of Culver City voted to express support for #AB1401. Councilmember McMorrin talked about being inspired by Lee and Fisch prior to her own election to the city council in 2020. If you are the site owner (or you manage this site), please whitelist your IP or if you think this block is an error please open a support ticket and make sure to include the block details (displayed in the box below), so we can assist you in troubleshooting the issue. When I spoke out against Mr. Fischs comments during the aforementioned Culver City Democratic Club meeting, I was met with several fellow CCDC members expressing their disgust with my commentary via the zoom message board in the meeting. Its not moral and its not the Democratic Party way of doing things., In a letter to the editor published in the Culver City Observer, a person named Jamie Wallace wrote that Fisch had an opportunity at the July 11th City Council meeting but did not make any remark or expression of regret after it was raised by people during public comment. As if Mr. Fischs comments minimizing the Holocaust and his subsequent doubling down on it at the Culver City Democratic Club meeting, which I attended, wasnt bad enough, now we have this abhorrent justification for Mr. Fischs comments in a letter to the editor. Very inappropriate and disturbing comment by Alex Fisch. I dont believe in tent cities. Culver City, CA Joined February 2009. . 100% remote. Between 2.4 million and 5 million Americans are at risk of eviction just in January, and millions more will be at risk before the pandemic eases. If you have not already voted, I ask that you vote for Alex Fisch and Freddy Puza for City Council. In his opening remarks, Councilmember Puza said, As pledged during the campaign, I will continue to center diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of my policy decisions, from housing and affordability, to public safety, to racial justice, there is still so much work to do. He also addressed his own first. Concentration camp does not mean where people are concentrated.They were used by the Nazis for years to enslave, torture and murder Jews and others who did not meet the Nazi ideal race requirements., Stop Antisemitism tweeted to Fisch: At a time when our country needs dialogue, it is especially dangerous to exploit the memory of the Holocaust as a rhetorical cudgel. I disavow the bad tweets. In other words, nearly all the different groups spending money to tell you to vote for Denice Renteria and Dan O'Brien are actually getting their money from the same place: one of the biggest developers in town. He is the hero. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Supporting the Arts Since 2010. But leaders including Alex Fisch, a former city councilman and mayor in Culver City, believe the Apple campus is a plus. Marci Baun baunforculvercity.com. Words matter, do better!https://t.co/6CXMTKqHPK, StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) July 18, 2022. Progressive officials have been targeted for recalls by conservatives who know they have a better chance in low-turnout special elections than in a regular election. I enjoyed Purim because wed receive mishloach manot, the goody bags filled with homemade hamantaschen, candies, fruits and snacks that our friends would leave on our doorstep. On Monday evening, Culver City Mayor Daniel Lee and Councilmember Alex Fisch departed their terms on the city council after a single four-year term each. Former Councilmember and Mayor Thomas Small was effusive in his praise of Mr. Fisch, citing Raymond Chandler in saying, Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean; who is neither tarnished nor afraid. Culver City adopted the ordinance prohibiting camping in public places throughout the city overnight early Tuesday morning. Opposing Fisch are Denice Renteria, a prop master and designer; Khin Khin Gyi, a physician; Freddy Puza, a higher education administrator; Devin Yager, a Realtor and businessman; and Dan O'Brien, a small . HomeClassifiedsDirectoryPhotosAboutContactAdvertise. Along with others in our community, I find this comment offensive, divisive, insensitive, and disparaging. Replying to . Nazi concentration camps were designed to extract labor and to deliberately murder people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, identity or political beliefs. Alex Fischs statement is a false equivalency of the worst kind. I think thats shameful. He also commented on the negativity hes faced, which he said didnt necessarily come from how he votes. Culver City Mayor Dr. Daniel Lee became the first African-American Member of the Culver City Council in its over 100 year history in 2018. Spelling corrected; Please reject earlier sumbittal: His family has direct experience of anti-Semitism. Relocating people who need a home to a shelter in Palmdale in no way equates to loading Jews, gypsies and homosexuals onto train cars and taking them to their deaths in a gas chamber. ", Fisch feels it's necessary to "continue to expand transportation options, even as transit faces unprecedented challenges, so that people are not trapped in their cars away from family and friends, so that our children can breathe clean air, and so that we can curb the 40% of California's greenhouse gas emissions that come from transportation. REMOTE PARTICIPATION ONLY Please see next page for detailed instructions on how to participate in the meeting. Its biggest contributor is the Hackman-funded Alliance for Culver City to Support the Election of Denice Renteria and Dan OBrien for City Council 2022. Fisch answered as follows: the only thing thats proven to work with chronically homeless people, which is permanent supportive housing; transitional shelter to get people off the streets and into care somewhere safe, and to relearn how to be indoors, and then permanent supportive housing so that theyre secure. Why is the majority of this article devoted to making the case for the recall which has just failed? To not vote in any election is wrong and thats part of my civic reawakening, he admitted. Home; About/Contact. The two leaders then left the dais and both Dan OBrien and Freddy Puza were sworn in and shown their seats. School districts | It would seem to be a liberal stance to me, but time will tell. Citywide Coronavirus Update - June 3, 2020 The City of Culver City continues to cooperate with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to respond to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Los Angeles County. I have served on the city council and as Culver City's mayor (2020-2021)." Fisch's introduction to politics came through his interest in cities. The recall organizer also mentioned there is no need to change the current zoning, which has been called "exclusionary because it prevented people of color from buying and moving into the city in the past.". Its not the Democratic Party way of doing thingsThis was four months ago, well before Kanye Wests highly publicized rant or the hanging of anti-Semitic banners over the 405 last week. This is clear, and his opponents constant and repeated attempts to try tie this one single comment to him, show the lengths to which one must go to find issue with Alex and his record as a Culver City public servant. You can read about it here: https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/350114/culver-city-councilmember-on-homelessness-marching-people-off-to-concentration-camps-in-palmdale-is-not-a-solution/. Erin Darling for LA City Council District 11 Paid for by Erin Darling for City Council 2022-General, FPPC ID #1449017 1 W. Manchester Blvd., Ste. You brought a lot of character to the council. I appreciate your constructive engagement. Culver City politics have reached a lamentable low with the recent distribution of a 4 page hit piece paid for by the Alliance for Culver City to Support the Election of Denice Renteria and Dan O'Brien for City Council 2022. Address (Optional) City . He issued no apology for flippantly using the term consentration camps, which inflames and diminishes the memory of horrific events. He says it is realistic to get a statewide ban and cited an indefatigable local activist campaign to push local legislators to ban plastic bags as part of a larger campaign that eventually led to a statewide ban in 2012. One would be hard put to find idle moments in Alex Fisch's day. A veteran of the US Air Force and California Air National Guard, he currently works as Project Director at the James Lawson Institute. https://t.co/sMVagkd8WT, UPDATE: Democrats for Israel Los Angeles President Gregg Solkovits said in a statementto the Journal that Fischs remarks were not a Nazi or Holocaust comparison as someone who is of partially Jewish descent and who has worked with the Jewish community on Democratic Party issues, he would know not to do that. The Measure CA campaign helped crystallize his decision to run for office after he decided to leave private practice for the state attorney generals office. ", With reference to public safety, "we need to undertake the task of realizing a public safety regime that makes everyone truly safe. If he had simply apologized and agreed that the language was an incendiary false equivalency, then the continued poison of his comment persists.

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