Fredrick Sykes
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Equity, Education & Goodwill
Now, year 2020, is an opportunity for everyone in the system to get involved, organize and work for equity. Ending Systemic unfairness, in access to quality health care and education, living wage employment, neutralize pigmentation, race, wealth and politics; especially in the United States of America's justice system where too many lives are destroyed and lost without justification! FS
Table of Contents:
Home Page - Citywide Issues
Page 2. Things We Can Do With Former City Waste Dumps
Page 3. Vote: Most Excuses not to Vote are Irrelevant!
Page 4. Fredrick Sykes: Background (Sykes is a verb!).
Page 5. West Covina Important Public Service Telephone Numbers and Websites.
(To peruse different pages please click on numbers at top right of each page)
Please visit and support our local sources for News and Information:
Below See the Charter TV Interview(s) “Apathy is very costly” and SCO Audit!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzM_NPDJY8 & www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PuJAzyFq4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xyYHsWHjxE
See Below > How to Download the City of West Covina App
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zi8eN1-QM
www.sgvtribune.com
www.sgvexaminer.com
www.latimes.com
https;//www.livablewestcovina.org/bkk-landfill
https://www.excelsiorcalifornia.com/
www.balita.com
www.kpfk.org
www.PhilNews.com
www.mabuhayradio.com
www.la18.tv
www.westcovina.org
www.impactousa.com
www.chinatoday.com
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/
When you believe in something and work tirelessly for what you believe then what was once thought to be the impossible can happen! FS
As of November 06, 2018 the majority of the voters in the City of West Covina Districts 2, 4 and 5 believe and trusts the disingenuous and lying Public Safety Unions (Fire/Police). A City Council with sycophants, servants for entities that have, seek City contracts and incentives and now we are virtually bankrupt. Our City is being destroyed by campaign money and resources from our trash hauler, Land Developers and City Employee Unions! > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9ssKl1xCA or
https://westcovinaca.new.swagit.com/videos/35985
The unsustainable and unfunded pension and other post employee benefits (OPEB); a binding contract of $205 million, for the 3% at 50 years of age retirement plan, debt on the residents of West Covina! This
$205 Million to CalPERS was just replaced with a proposed 25 year Streets Leased Revenue Bonds (Debt/Loan)!
Once again Republicans have control in the City of West Covina despite the large majority of residents registered as Democrats!
For decades career West Covina City Councilmembers, with little to no integrity, were elected over and over and that is in part, combined with apathy, why the City of West Covina is virtually bankrupt and becoming more geographically undesirable!
If you do not know and did not help your City Councilmember campaign and get elected then who do you think he/she/they are working for and hold as their highest priority? It is the money that wins most elections; because, so few average City of West Covina residents care to volunteer to protect their interest.
Please read the the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC 460) form to see the money from Real Estate Developers, the City of West Covina Public Safety Unions and bribes for the City of West Covina Rubbish Hauling and Street Sweeping Evergreen City Service contracts and very costly City employee contracts! They, the aforementioned entities, consistently gave/give the money and the resources (Conflict-of-Interest) that allow them to control the Councilmembers and City Hall!
Google: fppc v. lloyd johnson
Vote!!!
Failing to vote is not being a good American Citizen and is failing to protect your right to vote! Pay attention to your government mailers and notices regarding your voting rights (the power of the people that can be taken away very easily). When you are not registered to vote you cannot "VOTE"! FS
Please > Register, Educate (Learn), get involved, vote and I recommend that we "VOTE" by mail (P.A.V.) with high propensity! Mailing your registration form and your vote is postage free. In California you can pre-register to vote at 16 years of age, former convicted felons can vote, people in jail who are not convicted felons can vote, people far away from home can vote; so, unless you are dead or have a certified mental illness why would you fail to vote?
Please visit www.lavote.net and the California Secretary of State (S.O.S.).
If you are not eligible to vote it is still important to get involved to protect your rights/interest (family, property, community, schools and your quality of life)!
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My Current Registered Community Involvement: |
Member of the County of Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations & a Member of the Mount San Antonio Community College (Mt. S.A.C.) Citizens Oversight Committee
I am a Former West Covina Mayor/City Councilmember, Honorably Retired Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff (33 Years Served), Community Service Officer for the City of Compton (two years served) and I have been a public Servant all of my adult life. My mission is to serve and protect (people, wildlife and our environment).
Committed to serving our community with integrity and reverence for the concerns of all the stakeholders.
Voting is democracy (your freedom, your voice and power)!
Parents start teaching your children when they are in the womb and kids "live by the books, stay out of trouble (jail)!" Getting convicted of a crime allows slavery to be your punishment! (please read the full text - Constitution of the United States Amendment XIII). FS
See something, say something!
Every department at the West Covina City Hall is greatly understaffed; therefore, public synergy is mandatory for a safe and clean City.
We must not litter, our recyclables and donation storage facilities must all be secured. Our goal should be zero homelessness (with dignity) in our community.
When you see a crime in the City of West Covina call WCPD or Law Enforcement of Jurisdiction! Graffiti, slip, trip and fall sidewalk and street situations, shopping cart removal or anything that our City should repair and or should be doing please say something via the City of West Covina application (App) or other forms of communication (phone, email, text and or U.S. mail). Thank you. FS
Of the People, By the People & For the People!
The better way to fight "Fake News", disinformation, misleading, false information, "Conflict-of-Commitment and Interest", incumbent scheme(s) and corruption is to increase our education on how things work on the dais at City Hall (and all Boards of Government)! When we, the not involved majority of the people (Taxpayers), are not voting, not watching and not communicating with our representatives then our government gets absconded. A government of the people, by the people and for the people cannot exist when too many people are not active participants (vigorously in on the decision making process)! FS
West Covina City Council (WCCC):
The West Covina City Council will not represent the best interest for the majority until the apathy and indolence of the majority is greatly diminished and our knowledge is increased about who is doing what for us and against us!
While the majority of the stakeholders were not paying attention:
Our City is in bankruptcy mode and decreased funding for WCFD and WCPD, is decreased Public and Sworn Officer Safety!
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/09/27/changes-at-west-covina-pd-could-mean-fewer-officers-on-duty-at-times/
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/09/19/cash-strapped-west-covina-looks-to-refinance-its-debt-makes-other-moves-to-tighten-belt/
https://ballotpedia.org/3%25_at_50_retirement_plan
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-deal/
With already more than 80% of the General Fund the West Covina Public Safety Unions are only concerned about their pay and benefits. Only a few if any of the sworn West Covina Police and Fire Officers live in the City of West Covina; therefore, with a major personal interest in another community the financial well-being, the quality of our City Services, the appearance of the City and the integrity of the City Council don't matter to them!
Does the City of West Covina have Police and Fire Departments or do they have the City of West Covina? When we, the Taxpayers, are not involved there is no effective supervision, no accountability and it is easy to convince us to vote (if and when we vote) against our best interest!
City Council Candidates Sykes and Toma, two career Officers of the Law, are under political attack by the Public Safety Unions; because, if and when the City of West Covina files bankruptcy our police and fire unions win by getting absorbed into the L.A. County employment system and when you do not live here you have no regard for the overall quality of our City and the residents lose more local control of their government services!
Our City's current financial problem was put in place in circa 2000(s) when City Councilmembers voted for City budget breaking (bankrupting) employee pension plans and major municipal bond debts (borrowed money) without a defined plan of how to pay theses obligations other than the general fund which is how the City serves the taxpayers. Now, there is not enough revenue (money) accrued by the general fund to pay for all the City services, working employee salaries and the cost for all the retired City Staff's pension plans. Please see the California pension crisis > (http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-deal/).
Apathy!
Apathy
is very costly and we cannot afford it. This is evidenced by the more than 25,000 residents in Shadow Oak/South San Jose Hills Community who pay taxes and
get under served and underrepresented at our City Hall.
How is it that a Trash Company can own a City of more than 110,000 people without the permission of the majority of those who live there, when they (the residents) did not vote directly for their permanent indentured servitude? In violation of City and state law Athens Services has a 25 year evergreen contract?
How is it that the City of West Covina was represented by a Mayor who was anti-immigrant in a minority majority City and he was a "DRUG ADDICT" who overdosed himself to death?
Why is it that our electives can continuously and admittedly fail to represent the best interest of the majority of their constituents locally to nationwide?
The answer is "APATHY"! The boss (the majority of the residents) is not watching, little to no oversight, no accountability and there is not much chance that they (Corrupt Elected Officials) will be fired (recalled). On the current West Covina City Council the majority of the Councilmembers got less than 3,000 votes in a City of more than 110,000 residents to get elected. In West Covina less than half the residents are registered to vote, approximately 48,000 of the registered voters failed to vote in the last West Covina Municipal Election and only a few residents attend and observe any of the City Council Meetings!
Our local Boards of Government manage the tax dollars that impact us where we sleep, our public and school safety, public education, the water we use, the value of our property and the quality of our lives. When the taxpayers do not care to participate,verify and be watchful of whom is doing what with our dollars and public resources our best interest is disregarded and our public resources get converted to private gain/use! FS
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West Covina City Council Meetings:
The location is the City Hall, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, City Council Chamber - Level One, West Covina, CA 91790 in the WCCC Chamber
The next regularly scheduled WCCC Meeting is Tuesday, November 03, 2020 Cancelled due to National Election with new date of November 17, 2020 at 6PM closed door (not public) and 7 PM open to the public.
The L.A. County Commission on Human Relations (LCCHR) has a regular meeting every first Monday of each month. For more details please visit: www.lahumanrelations.org
For real time and recorded viewing of the City of West Covina Government Meetings please visit: www.westcovina.org and on YouTube at: City of West Covina Live.
If you do not know about something, then you fail to worry and or do anything about (the) something; also, to stand silent and do nothing is to give approval! FS
West Covina is now a company town; read Athens Waste Contract and its numerous amendments now posted at www.westcovina.org!
When we are forced to pay for something, we should be able to choose and be selective about what we are paying for!
The Audit by the California State Controller's Office (SCO) published in July 2015 reveals some serious problems! It, the audit, is a guide towards the changes that must be made and the best practices that should be enacted at the West Covina City Hall.
We the people need to become actively involved, make intelligent use of our constitutional rights, strengthen our memory and our resolve to verify what our leaders advocate! Know that Taxes, Funds and Franchise Fees are synonymous dollars taken from residents and transferred to the City; so, when a W.C.C.C. candidate told you in a fancy and also expensive campaign brochure "no new tax" they lied!
We must “Vote”! Vote by mail; because, should you have an emergency on election day you may not be able to vote! Prepare to vote today; so, that when election day arrives you will have already voted by mail or that you will not forget to cast your very important vote. Constituents, please change to a lifestyle of voting, verify issues, platforms (must read the fine print on circulars/mailers/flyers), the candidate's integrity and vote with high propensity!
Voting by mail allows you to vote from most anywhere, a cruise ship, jail, your sick bed and you start voting 30 days prior to the people who vote at the polls on election day until 8PM (at the closing of California election day voting). Please know that at in the U.S. there are some law makers who are attempting to take away your ability to vote; so, please 'VOTE"!
Please, help me to help you (us, our community).
Create a compartment in your life for community and government; by means of that, you will improve our condition and oversee your tax dollars.
First, I serve West Covina as a Community Activist, Appointed Commissioner, Former Elected West Covina City Councilman and Mayor. I also serve and work as a member of various Community Service Organizations for the betterment of the Community. I am not able to know your dreams for our City; therefore, I knock on your door, I ask for your informative communication, I contact many in public, I ask for involvement, participation and support.
My work is about our future, our quality of life and the direction of our City. At this time West Covina needs every resident working to solve our problems. The most important part of Democracy is you, "The People", showing up and having a presence!
"Because I'm living here, I want to keep the city in the most favorable conditions for us." Lucia Su of Monterey Park, CA 91754
The City of West Covina was incorporated in 1923 and it has well over 110,000 (per California State Controller's Office) residents that are living in an area of approximately 17 square miles; we have varying demographics and geographies, eight water districts and seven school districts plus the Los Angeles County Office of Education's International Polytechnic High School, with many diverse cultures and concerns.
Not voting and engaging your Local Government is to disregard and undermine your rights, your vested interest, the value of your property, your quality of life and the future of our City.
Let us look at what happens when residents fail to vote in the General Municipal Elections; the results are we get the government we deserve. The City of West Covina has a large silent majority that is not paying attention to their local Government (Tax Dollars). The cost is probably higher than most of us care to think. To see what we pay in salaries plus their benefits to our California Public Employees, Elected City Council (Community Development Board Members/ Successor Agency) and City Staff/ Personnel please visit: www.sco.gov.
Our budget deficit is an ever-growing force of destruction to our City! When you fail to balance the budget you are not able to govern. Presently West Covina City Services are funded by attrition. Most of our problems are connected to decisions by former Super Majority of Four City Council, voter apathy and our City has lost a great deal of tax dollars due to the economic downturn of 2008 and in 2018 the City West Covina is in bankruptcy mode ! So please whenever possible, shop, recreate, eat, work, conduct and create your business in West Covina and pay attention to your City Hall.
Please remember to encourage everyone to frequent our City because every penny of revenue is needed. When you spend your money in West Covina the attached taxes helps to pay for City Services, staff salaries and benefits! At this time the City of West Covina budget deficit is somewhere approximately $9 Million. Our most important City Departments (Police, Fire, Code Enforcement and Public Works) are under staffed and insufficiently funded; therefore, West Covina is no longer a full service City!
Neils Bohr (Physicist) > "The best weapons of dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapons of openness".
The residents of the City are appointed by the City Council to the present list of Citizens' Commissions - Community and Senior Services Commission, Human Resources Commission and Planning Commission. The City Council is the Successor Agency to the Former West Covina Redevelopment Commission.
Apathy and Campaign Money will allow a few to control our Boards of Government and for our local, County, State and Federal Governments to take your tax dollars and disregard the majority (of the people).
Apathy is very costly!
Idiocracy combined with a gross lack of community engagement/involvement has allowed our local government to become very weak in its ability to serve the residents and all the stakeholders in the City of West Covina!
A West Covina Government of the people, for the people and by the people also means a Government that is reflective of its constituents. While the majority was sleeping (not paying attention) the City of West Covina has now become West (Athens) Covina, also the 2013 and 2015 elections have presented a WCCC that is without Hispanics, Filipinos, Black Americans and females.
"Any friend who cool with being cool with the enemy ain't realy your dawg". ∼ Quincy Miller (an American Professional Basketball Player)
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." ∼ Plato
Many of us have come to these United States of America from abroad
seeking a greater freedom of choice about how we live. Now that we are here
we all must understand that the Freedom we enjoy is not free. The strength of the United States of America is fortified by
our ability to vote. America is a Republic! A group of indivisible
states in which the supreme power rests in the group of engaged and
involved citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives
chosen directly or indirectly by them. Active non-constituents can
also make West Covina better! Know that it (Freedom) was made possible by
hard work and sacrifice and that our freedom will be lost if we fail
to protect it with that same type of dedication, hard work and sacrifice!
Fredrick Sykes
Fred has
spent his entire adult life working for the public:
Always working to:
Ø Improve Our City's Budget to better serve the residents, Live City Council Meeting Broadcasts, YouTube and Internet Access to promote education, communication and transparency.
Ø Use equitable, comprehensive governance and serve with honor, accountability and integrity.
Ø Fair and equal representation Citywide.
Ø Prioritize Public and School Safety! Provide a safe community with clean and safe streets to and from school and safe campuses for our future leaders! Our public areas should be without Graffiti, Blight and Homelessness! Our City must retain and maintain our public schools, parks, green infrastructure, libraries and every place where people and their pets frequent to build strong minds and bodies, hold community meetings and recreate.
Ø Reduce crime, including Conflict-of-Interest, Profiteering and White Collar/non-violent taking and or misappropriation of money from public resources by anyone elected or appointed, campaign kickbacks, donations, false information/negative campaigns via independent expenditure funds and Incumbent Schemes! Voters should know of a candidate's criminal and record of wrongdoing prior to voting, not after a person is elected and or appointed!
Ø Partner with School Officials and Businesses to ensure that the highest quality of education and internships are in our City and all our connected Colleges.
Ø Vote to contract City Services with the best bid for the residents by eliminating inordinately extensive years/terms "Contract Traps" (i.e. "Evergreen/Rolling Clauses" and a $300,000 Utility (Stealth/hidden Tax), self-enrichment and other hidden taxes/fees on the Taxpayers passed through utility bills to the City Budget!
Ø Focus on protecting our City's good name and reputation, large and small business retention and assistance, expansion and recruiting new businesses and services into our City.
Ø With fairness protect and serve every resident and all the stakeholders; including homeowners, renters, youth, seniors, business owners and all non-constituents who positively contribute to our community.
Fredrick Sykes
West Covina City Council term of office is for four years. The offices of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are ceremonial with a one-year term and shall be filled in accordance with a rotation procedure.
"West Covina"
What will our City look like if we fail to maintain high standards in the maintenance of our City, our Municipal Code Laws and the planning of what we want our City to be in the future? For the many residents who have said to me that they do not pay attention to local elections I say that, "the people who are elected to the City Council have the sphere of control that affects your pocket book, your local tax dollars, the safety of where you live, the value of your property, the quality of your lives, the allocation of city resources, the future for you, our children and our City!"
Shadow Oak/South San Jose Hills community is again very underrepresented and our interest (money/resources) is too often disregarded at the West Covina City Hall:
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/07/06/west-covina-ponders-resident-exodus-from-landscape-maintenance-districts-to-form-their-own-hoa/
The 2018 West Covina Voting District Map is designed by the South Hills area Majority City Council (gerrymandered and not community based)! The area south of Francisquito Avenue, where the majority of the people in the City live, is currently represented by two City Councilmembers that live north of South Hills High School. In 2020 three of the Councilmembers live east of Azusa Ave, north of Fairgrove Ave and south of the San Bernardino Freeway. Vote for people who want fair and equal representation citywide and only then the voting districts can be established so that every part of our City is better represented at City Hall! Currently there is no one on the West Covina City Council who lives in the Woodside Village/Shadow Oak/South San Jose Hills Community, again!
The technical process requires the formation of nearly equal districts based on population (ideally within 5 percent from smallest to largest). However, other factors also play a major role including: topography, geography, cohesiveness, contiguity, compactness, integrity of territory, communities of interest and significant and sensitive land uses.
The below map should be our 2020 objective because it has compactness, cohesiveness, the integrity of territory, communities of interest, significant and sensitive land uses (such as the toxic dump, hills, major streets, the freeway, other communities and Cities ) that was all ignored by the City Council in 2018! More information is at http://www.westcovina.org/residents/council-districts/faq
Residents need to be watching City Hall because presently we are having difficulty paying our employees and bills (bankrupt)!
What are the West Covina residents getting in return for paying $67 Million ($57M for Morgage Debt and $10M for L.A. Co. Deferred Tax Agreement) for a baseball theme park (six baseball fields - Big League Dreams) without any profits or return until 2011? This was done when we have a Police Station and five Fire Stations that have aged and dilapidated, pluse every City Department is understaffed and the un-funded California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERS) debt for the WC Tax Payers has grown past $30 Million!Apathy
is very costly and we cannot afford it. This is evidenced by the more than
15,000 residents in Shadow Oak/South San Jose Hills Community who pay taxes and
get under served by our City.
To improve West Covina public safety and quality of life citywide please form a Neighborhood Watch (and a joint powers Neighborhood Watch is even stronger) in your area and consider using the Nextdoor and City of West Covina mobile apps.
The Next Regular City Council Meeting is Tuesday, November 03, 2020 cancelled with new date of November 17, 2020 at 7 PM, open to the public.
Location: West Covina City Hall Council Chambers.
Planning Commission Meeting:
The next Regularly Scheduled Planning Commission Meeting:
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7 PM at West Covina City Hall
Can BKK save the City of West Covina? Please study the Benjamin Kazar Kazarian, Jr. (BKK) Landfill and Toxic Waste Site!
https://www.livablewestcovina.org/bkk-landfill
West Covina Youth Soccer
Visit > www.wcysc.com
West Covina Youth Soccer has been active in
Support the
Make your life better than super, volunteer and become a member the West Covina Lions Club! We serve our community and beyond. The Lions help in the community with the vision exam programs for our children to the meals on wheels for our senior citizens and much more.
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at 6 P.M. was a great night at the Lakes Business Area of West Covina. The Night On The Town (NOTT). The West Covina Lions Annual “Night On The Town” we hope to see you all again at the Regal/Edwards Cinemas, 1200 Lakes Dr, West Covina,Ca 91790 after the Coronavirus (Covid-19) has been put in control!
v All you can eat from various local Restaurants.
v Silent auction for vacations, event(s) tickets, merchandise and all sorts of wonderful items.
v Your choice of any movie that night or any time at your convenience to visit Regal/Edwards Cinemas. Tickets are $25.00 ($16.00 is Tax Deductible), live entertainment and beverages included. See more information at:
www.westcovinalionsclub.com
Registration by Political Subdivision by County -
As of Friday, July 03, 2020:
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/123day-gen-2020/politicalsub.pdf
Registered Total - 59,277
Democratic -28,334
Republican -12,121
American Independent - 1,498
Green - 183
Libertarian - 353
Peace and Freedom - 471
Unknown - 397
Other - 517
No Party Preference - 15,403
See the West Covina City Clerk:
Request FPPC 460 and 700 Forms (Sources for Campaign funds and Income)!
See L.A. County Register-Recorder/County Clerk at www.lavote.net
Steve Herfert (total votes 3609): Campaign and Electioneering Funds = $2 Million Dollars Plus!
Fredrick Sykes (total votes 3282): Campaign Funds = $13,000 plus a walk Citywide.
Please See: The L.A. County Cities
Almanac 2011
Edition by Los Angeles
Newspaper Group> langnews.com
The City of West Covina Ethnic Breakdown
African-American 4%
American Indian &
Alaskan Native 0.2%
Asian 26%
Hispanic 56%
Multi-Racial 1.7%
Native Hawaiian &
Other Pacific Islander 0.1%
Caucasian 15%
Other 0.2%
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy Class #162 November 1973
The U.S. Census Bureau map:
) Dark Green is where most people live (high density); due to the development of Small Single Family Homes that are four houses per One (1) acre of land, Zero Side Yard Homes (Patio Homes) and Multi-Family Housing Products (Duplex, Triplex, Quadruplex, Townhomes, Condominiums, High Density Apartment Complexes and a large Mobile Home Park (Friendly Village of West Covina, 3033 E. Valley Blvd, West Covina, CA 91792)). Light colors indicate large lot homes, former City dump and business district area where few people reside.
Equity & Grace
Fredrick Sykes