Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters (LALCV)

It’s that time of year again when we come together to honor and celebrate environmental leaders in Los Angeles County.

Join us on Sunday June 2 from 2pm-5pm at Audubon Center at Debs Park for our Smith-Weiss Environmental Champion Awards.

Purchase your ticket on our website 👉 lalcv.org

Our all-volunteer board is so dedicated to our mission to elect pro-environment candidates and pass environmental measures in LA County. Many thanks to our amazing board members for making Just Desserts 2023 at Audubon Center at Debs Park a success!

🍰✨ Sweet Success Alert! 🚀 Our annual Just Desserts fundraiser was a treat-filled triumph! 🎉 Thanks to our incredible sponsor, our environmental justice community, we reached new heights together. 🙌 Your support means the world to us. Let's keep the dessert dreams alive! 🌟

We would like to offer condolences to Cindy Montañez’s family and friends for her passing. She was always a true environmental, community, and justice champion, and we miss her. In loving memory.

Thank you to all of the honorees CA Lt Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Alhambra Vice Mayor Jeff Maloney, Gary Gero (Chief of Staff to LA City Councilmember Katy Young Yaroslavsky), & Los Angeles Business Council, our amazing sponsors, supporters, attendees, and great board members for making Smith Weiss Environmental Champions Awards a success yesterday!

Smith-Weiss 2023 is this Sunday!

We are excited to host all of you and are so grateful to our wonderful sponsors (featured in the next slide) for supporting our mission. 🌱

It’s not too late to join us! Buy your ticket via the link in our bio or at the door. See you soon 🌎

Our annual Smith-Weiss Awards is almost here! Join us. 🌱 Link to buy tickets is in bio.

May 21st is quickly approaching!

Join us at our annual 2023 Smith Weiss Environmental Champion Awards Sunday, May 21st at 2pm to honor these champions. 🌎

Buy your tickets here: https://www.efundraisingconnections.com/c/LosAngelesLeagueofConservationVoters/2023SmithWeissEnvironmentalChampionAwards 🎟️

Save the date for Smith Weiss Environmental Champion Awards on May 21st from 2-5pm at the LA River Center and Gardens.

Just Desserts 2022 kicks off now at the Edison’s Energy Education Center in Irwindale

The LA City Council voted 12-0 last week to phase out oil drilling across the City. This win is a testament to grassroots organizing and power building that made this win possible for all Angelenos. Congrats to our former honorees Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling for their tireless advocacy in achieving this win for environmental justice.

In historic move, Los Angeles bans new oil wells, phases out existing ones The L.A. City Council passed an ordinance Friday that requires the phaseout of oil drilling in the city within 20 years.

YOU’RE INVITED: Join us for our end-of-year celebration as we toast our accomplishments from 2022 and recognize the hard work of our pro-environment leaders.

Tickets can be purchased for $25 at online at lalcv.org. Tickets sales are non tax-refundable FPPC #810317

Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters endorses
Dean Francois for Hermosa Beach City Council.

Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters endorses Dean Francois for Hermosa Beach City Council | LALCV Featured News Press Releases Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters endorses Dean Francois for Hermosa Beach City Council October 23, 2022 For Immediate Release: October 22, 2022 Media Contact: [email protected]   Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters endorses Dean Franc...

We are proud to announce our next round of endorsements for environmental champions across Los Angeles County!

First and foremost, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters stands in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, and Oaxacan communities who were mentioned in the recordings publicly released on October 9, 2022. We denounce the appalling comments made by Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, and Kevin de León.

We are in full support of Councilmember Mike Bonin and his family and hope they are finding solace from the friends, neighbors, and community members who are rising up and demanding action. The City of Los Angeles must hold Martinez, Cedillo, and de León accountable. As residents of this city and members of the local communities, we are calling for their resignation as a step toward restitution. Apologies are not sufficient in the face of racist, homophobic, and colonial attitudes and language.

Public officials who seek power rather than serving our communities have no place in our government (even if we have seen many unfortunate examples in many places, they are always unacceptable). These perspectives and ways of speaking are postcolonial legacies that need to be removed from politics and the public sphere, in general. Racism and homophobia are still very much embedded in our society as these comments have starkly uncovered. However, we do not have to accept this blatantly racist and homophobic behavior in our elected leaders, especially when their decisions impact real people and reinforce historic inequities. We must decolonize our thinking and actions.

In the face of the climate crisis and numerous threats to community health, we expect leaders who will dismantle structures of oppression and create inclusive and equitable spaces. There is no time for divisiveness. Elected officials who hold these antiquated and hateful beliefs should make way for people who will build connections rather than political boundaries for their personal and/or political benefit.

In light of these recent developments, LALCV officially rescinds its previous endorsements of Nury Martinez and Kevin de León and calls for their resignation.

We stand in unity and embrace our communities' diversity.

For more information on the coloniality of power and knowledge, please read the work of Anibal Quijano and other critical theorists (https://web.archive.org/web/20120616205408/http://www.unc.edu/~aescobar/wan/wanquijano.pdf).

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LALCV is proud to endorse for Burbank C, for Monterey Park City Council, for Burbank City Council, and .

We know they will be great local stewards of environmental justice!

LALCV is proud to endorse Thomas Wong for Monterey Park City Council, Vinh Ngo for Monterey Park City Council, Nikki Perez for Burbank City Council 2022, and Tamala Takahashi for Burbank City Council 2022.

We know they will be great local stewards of environmental justice!

Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters is proud to endorse Hydee Feldstein Soto for Los Angeles City Attorney!

“Hydee Feldstein Soto has been a strong environmental advocate at the community level,” said LALCV Board Member Jim Kennedy, who was part of the organization’s endorsement team for this race. “When elected, Hydee will continue to be a leader in the fight to make the environment a top priority in the City Attorney’s office.”

Join us for Smith Weiss Environmental Champion Awards from 2-5pm

The day is finally here: Smith-Weiss Environmental Champion Awards.

Join us today Sunday, May 22, 2022 2:00 – 5:00 PM at the
Los Angeles River Center
570 W Ave 26, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Help us celebrate our honorees
Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell & Assemblywoman Luz Rivas
with the Environmental Champion Awards
Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl & Mel Nutter with the Lifetime Achievement Award Active SGV with the Community Activist Award.

You can still purchase tickets on our website or with the link in our bio. Discounted tickets for students and community members that can contribute what they can.

Have you purchased your tickets to LALCV’s biggest event of the year?

Join us Sunday, May 22nd as we honor Assemblymember Luz Rivas, Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Supervisor Sheila Kuehll, Mel Nutter and Active San Gabriel Valley - Active SGV for their incredible, pro-environment work.

RSVP TODAY: https://www.efundraisingconnections.com/c/LosAngelesLeagueofConservationVoters/2022SmithWeissEnvironmentalChampionAwards

Lifelong environmentalist Joan Satt, a beloved friend and LALCV board member for more than 50 years, peacefully passed away in her home in West Hollywood on April 17, 2022.

Joan's environmental journey began in the 1970s after a trip to the unspoiled state of Alaska. She decided that Los Angeles County needed to address what to do with all the trash being left in landfills. To tackle this new field, Joan enrolled in the UCLA Principles of Solid Waste Management program, where she learned about the relatively new field of municipal recycling. Joan was certain that recycling and waste reduction were the easiest ways to involve every resident in the fight to preserve our resources and environment.

In 1990, when the City of Los Angeles opened its first commercial and multi-family recycling office—the Integrated Solid Waste Management Office - Joan signed on.

In 1994, Joan left that job to start a new program in Culver City. There she was able to expand the residential recycling program by implementing a single-stream automated system. Joan also brought recycling to large private facilities in the city, such as Sony Studios.

Following her long success in Culver City, Joan went on to be a Recycling Consultant for the City of West Hollywood for many years.

In addition to her studies at UCLA and a Masters from Stanford University, she became an LEED AP, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Accredited Professional, helping to support sustainability projects in Los Angeles.

Joan was a news ju**ie and deeply passionate about Democratic politics. She spent her entire life supporting progressive candidates across Los Angeles County and the nation.

Preceded in death by her husband Bill, Joan spent her time since retirement with her partner Jim, her children Amy and David, her step-grandchildren and her many friends. She was active in the Rotary Club and with the Brandeis University alumni group in Los Angeles. She loved to entertain, travel (especially to Puerto Vallarta for deep-sea fishing) and attend dinners, parties, and political events. She also started a small business, Rent-a-Granny.

She was a great friend, incredibly funny, and will be sadly missed by the many people who knew and loved her.

Happy ! We were thrilled to host our City of Los Angeles mayoral debate yesterday, featuring candidates Congresswoman , Councilmember , City Attorney , and businessperson . LALCV is committed to electing pro-environment leaders throughout Los Angeles County who understand the urgency of our climate crisis and will rise to the challenge. Special thanks to ABC7’s Josh Haskell for joining us on the panel of moderators!

Note: All candidates were invited to participate in the endorsement process, which included submitting a questionnaire for eligibility and other criteria. Those who were not eligible were not included in the debate.

Happy ! We were thrilled to host our City of Los Angeles mayoral debate yesterday, featuring candidates Congresswoman Karen Bass, Councilmember Kevin de León, City Attorney Mike Feuer, and businessperson Mel Wilson. LALCV is committed to electing pro-environment leaders throughout Los Angeles County who understand the urgency of our climate crisis and will rise to the challenge. Special thanks to ABC7’s Josh Haskell for joining us on the panel of moderators!

Note: All candidates were invited to participate in the endorsement process, which included submitting a questionnaire for eligibility and other criteria. Those who were not eligible were not included in the debate.

LALCV is proud to announce the dual endorsement of Senator Henry Stern and West Hollywood City Councilmember Lindsey Horvath for Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3! 🍃 🌎 ✨

“Los Angeles County needs leaders who are connected to our communities, who understand our concerns and share our values. Lindsey Horvath has experience not only at the local level – which is critically important in this race — but also the commitment to protecting and preserving our environment throughout Los Angeles County and beyond. We trust that she will do right by our environment and every community across the County.”

“Senator Stern understands why it is so critical to act now on climate and to champion environmental priorities in the legislative process. He has been a leader on key issues that are most important to residents, including wildfire prevention and resiliency, clean air and water, climate change, and housing to address homelessness. He understands that these issues are intersectional and require environmental leadership.”