To be the Mayor of Los Angeles is a great responsibility – treat it with respect! - Draiman

To be the Mayor of Los Angeles is a great responsibility – treat it with respect!

 

The position of a Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is an enormous undertaking and a great responsibility. It must be assumed with the yoke of great duty and humility; one must bear the weight of such a revered position and earn the trust and honor to serve the people of Los Angeles. Only with such state of mind and intent can an individual honestly lead the Great City of Los Angeles.

 

The Mayor must serve as an example to his staff and the people in honesty, integrity and fiscal responsibility. To serve the people of Los Angeles is no easy task and it must be performed in a manner that projects the Mayor as the leader of all the people of Los Angeles with no exceptions. The Mayor of Los Angeles must represent the aspirations and goals of the people he serves and not the special interests.

 

The Mayor should revitalize the City of Los Angeles and restore public faith and confidence in City Hall by taking actions that benefit the people. He should promote business and streamline bureaucracy, institute a strict financial responsibility, promote and enhance the education system, devise and implement systems to eliminate corruption and fraud, rebuild the infrastructure and expand public transportation. The Mayor should unify the transit system; direct the building of low-cost public housing, public playgrounds and parks; upgrade the airports; reorganize the police force; defeat the powerful special interests political machine; and reestablish merit employment in place of patronage jobs.

He should lead by example and implement reform politics that are carefully tailored to address the sentiments of his diverse constituency. He should defeat the corrupt political machine; he is presiding during an era of extreme economic depression and an era of foreclosures that have not been seen since the depression era. The mayor should make the city the model for welfare and public works programs and champion immigrants and ethnic minorities. The mayor will succeed with the support of the masses. He should secure his place in history as a tough-minded reform mayor who helped clean out corruption, bring in gifted experts, and instill upon the city a broad sense of responsibility for its own citizens. His administration should engage new groups that had been kept out of the political system, give Los Angeles its modern infrastructure, and raise expectations to the new levels of urban possibility. He should synthesize the human sympathy of the special interests with the honesty and efficiency of the good government reformers. The Mayor should embrace the Neighborhood Council’s advice, for they represent the cross-section of all the neighborhoods in Los Angeles. He should consider adding some voting power to the Neighborhood Councils.

The mayor should be tough on his staffers and leave no doubt that he is in charge. He should never lose control; he should utilize federal money and grants to the full extent. He should work with all concerned for the betterment of the people and the city. According to today’s political standards, the people would have to support the Mayor’s vision and actions.

• Restore the financial health and break free from the special interests & bankers'
• Implement and overhaul of our educational system
• Expand the federally funded work relief program for the unemployed
• Develop and implement an atmosphere of a business friendly city
• End corruption in government and racketeering in key sectors of the economy
• Replace patronage with a merit-based civil service, with high prestige
• Modernize the infrastructure, especially roads, transportation and parks

We need to rebuild the infrastructure - highways, bridges and tunnels, transform the physical landscape of the City Los Angeles. We need to address the wages, pensions and benefits for teachers, police and city workers without borrowing more and more until the City of Los Angeles is faced with bankruptcy. No juggling the books to pay the city's bills.

The mayor must restore the economic lifeblood of the City of Los Angeles during these hard economic times and initiate public works programs which would employ thousands of angelinos. The mayor should pursue a relentless lobbying for federal funds to upgrade and develop LA’s economic infrastructure.

There is no time like the present to start investigating in alternative methods of insuring the financial security of the City of Los Angeles, and in particular the people of Los Angeles don’t deserve procrastination and partisan gotcha politics. The people of LA need and demand real action and real results.

 

In closing The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles for 2013 must have courage, wisdom, honesty, and vision with an added tenacity and perseverance? What we need is gutsy political leadership and a realistic plan that includes sacrifices by everybody.

 

YJ Draiman

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PS.

If Los Angeles is to avoid the potential of Bankruptcy, like N.Y. in 1975.

The Mayor of Los Angeles must pull the stakeholders together and forced them to make sacrifices -- unions, banks, legislators, debt holders, community groups. The obstacle to that seemed to be the politics of getting everyone to make reciprocal concessions.

The Mayor of LA has to come up with a plan that looks realistic. This includes sacrifices from everybody. Which maintains the economic viability of the city because you can also tax yourself out of existence, LA already has high taxes and fees? Which probably puts in a control structure that oversees budgets? You just have a big economic plan that stretches out between six and 10 years that will be acceptable to the markets and not be destructive to the economy.

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"Made in USA" - Draiman

"Made in USA"

 

"Made in USA" syndrome. It is no longer just where a product is made, it is also where is the company headquartered and are they using double Irish to avoid paying US taxes. I don't blame the corporations such as Google and Accenture and Microsoft for serving their taxpayers but I am blaming us the American citizen for not understanding the loss of this income to the US government.

Many items are made on US soil but the corporate headquarters where the majority of the jobs are located as now in Europe. The loss of marketing, accounting and administrative jobs is a huge loss to the US.

Celebrate made in US is not about just where a product is made, it is about the support of the US economy - the jobs it provides, the corporate taxes paid.

American citizens need to read this discerning trend but also consider the other ramifications of the company behind the product they are buying.

A purchase, even the tiny purchase such as bubble gum, chocolate, moisture cream can provide economic benefits to the United States.

Cocoa is not "made" in the USA, but the companies who market, distribute MAY be more American than some candy bars that you and I grew up with. The names in the game have not changed but in many cases, the corporate ownership HAS CHANGED.

Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles – YJ Draiman

 

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American Economy and the Global Economy

 

Never before has it been more important for leaders, corporations, economists and governments to unite and invest in human capital and rebuild The American Economy and the global economy. But creating a new paradigm for prosperity in the face of economic hardship will require perseverance, determination and a collective effort.

We need to gather some of the world’s most prestigious business leaders & economists, to come together to address the most pressing questions facing the global community today: How can we turn intentions into action? How can corporations apply free-market solutions to the world's most dire needs, and can we turn investment ideas into global solutions for the world's problems?

These questions and more to be presented: The Future of The American Economy and The Global Economy.

We should assemble some of the world’s most prestigious business leaders, to come together to address the most pressing questions facing the global community today: How can we turn intentions into action? How can corporations apply free-market solutions to the world's most dire needs, and can we turn investment ideas into global solutions for Americas and the world's problems?

 

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America faces horrific economic problems - Draiman

America faces horrific economic problems

 

America faces horrific economic problems that are fairly clear, but all the possible solutions are unpalatable. So Elected officials and our leaders will probably try to avoid getting too specific or, alternatively, divert discussions into debates over technicalities. But even where technical questions are important, basic decisions about policy — and values — have to be made first. To see this in practical terms, it is worth taking a quick look at seven of the most daunting financial issues that need to be dealt with.
The National Debt. Federal government debt now stands at 73% of annual GDP, not counting money the government owes to itself, such as the Social Security Trust Fund. The national debt will reach 93% within a decade, and will go into the danger zone in 15 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. In 25 years, it will reach nearly 200%, at which point the Federal debt will be insupportable, unless it is devalued significantly through inflation.
Taxes. Total federal taxes are around 18% of GDP today, roughly what they’ve been since the 1950s. State and local taxes, however, have increased substantially over that period. The total taxes are now a bit more than 34% of GDP, up from a low of 26% in the mid-1950s, but below highs of more than 36% reached several times in the past 15 years. So by historical standards, total taxes are not especially low. On the other hand, there is room to raise taxes a bit without going into unprecedented territory. To have a substantial impact, however, tax increases would have to fall on the middle class as well as the affluent. Extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class and allowing taxes to rise to Clinton-era levels only for households with incomes over $250,000 (and singles over $200,000) would raise enough money to cut the deficit by just around 10% over the coming decade.
Social Security. Benefits are paid mostly from current Social Security payroll taxes. The Trust Fund is largely an accounting device of money the government owes to itself. In any event, the Trust Fund will be exhausted in less than 25 years, well before today’s youngest workers retire. All monies barrowed by the government, must be returned with interest.

Pension Funds. Everyone knows that many pension funds for public-sector employees are in trouble. The shortfall between the amount that should have been saved to pay for future benefits and the amount that actually has been saved totals hundreds of billions of dollars. But even that is a massively understated figure – the real shortfall is probably more than five times as big, or more than $4 trillion.

Medicare. Is projected to rise from 5.4% of GDP to 7.2% in a decade and to at least 9.6% of GDP in 25 years. The Affordable Care Act tries to prevent even faster growth partly by trying to make the American health-care system more efficient. But it also shifts some costs to the states, which will not reduce the total tax burden over the long term. And it reduces payments to doctors and hospitals, which could lead to fewer doctors, longer waiting times or a two-tier system in which people who can pay cash receive significantly better care. Even if the positive aspects of the new health-care law succeed in containing costs as planned, Medicare and Medicaid are projected to consume more than 40% of Federal revenues in 25 years, substantially outpacing the growth of tax receipts even if all of the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire — including those for the middle class.

Building the Manufacturing industry. We must rebuild our manufacturing base with innovative knowledge and cutting edge technology. Every person added to the workforce reduces the dependency on government support and adds revenue to the government. We must reduce outsourcing of work outside the United States. We have the knowledge, resources, technology, workforce and the will to succeed. Our Water and Energy resources must be expanded to meet current and future needs.
Defense. Military spending was more than 10% of GDP in the 1950s and hit a low of 3.7% in 2000 before the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Since then, the figure has more than doubled in dollar terms, after adjustment for inflation.

 

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Energy sources and the economy - Yehuda YJ Draiman

Energy sources and the economy - YJ Draiman

Our efforts to lower energy costs, invest in renewable energy resources, promote energy independence and create a stronger more secure economy. Increasing the nation's overall energy efficiency requires a multifaceted approach. The National Resources Defense Council reports that America's energy bill will increase by $420 billion annually within the next five years if we do nothing to reduce our dependence on oil and fossil fuels. That amounts to $3,500 annually for every family in the nation.

 

It is also important to address the issue of skyrocketing gas prices. There is a misconception that simply increasing production by allowing more drilling is going to magically lower gas prices. However, since 2000, the amount of drilling has increased dramatically over the past four years. In fact, since 2003, the federal government has issued far more drilling permits than the oil companies have acted on. Nearly 80 percent of offshore oil is in areas that are already open for exploration. We have to enact legislation to force oil companies to drill on the more than million acres of land that they have leased, yet remain unused.

 

We must also develop a comprehensive plan to address the serious energy crisis that this country faces.  We cannot drill our way out of this problem given that the U.S. contains 2.2 percent of world oil reserves and consumes 25.9 percent of the world's oil consumption. Rather than invoking our brawn, we must utilize our brains and innovate, as Americans have done for generations. We can no longer afford to throw our limited federal dollars at the feet of oil giants, and must begin investing in American ingenuity and create an American clean energy economy.

 

For the United States the choice is clear, either we can drill our way further into oil dependence, turn a blind eye to the destruction of the environment while we suck out and burn every last drop of oil, and we can exacerbate public health and wellness with the extraction and consumption of dirty fuels; or we can create a new energy economy that creates millions of jobs and protects the environment and public health of future generations.

 

People have to take into account that the price of oil prices is set globally taking into account demand and the economy, therefore additional production of oil in the United States will not affect oil prices substantially. People have to remember that in Europe the cost of a gallon of gas is approximately $7-$9.

 

The United States must build new refineries to address demand and reduce interruptions in refining capacity. We can also shift more energy consumption to natural gas which is cleaner. At the same time continue the development of Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency.

 

We must also address the conservation of Water and utilize and develop new technology for water resources. We must remember "Water is the source of life, treasure it".

 

Can we drill our way to economic recovery?

 

YJ Draiman

 

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"When will "ENOUGH BE ENOUGH?" - Draiman

"When will "ENOUGH BE ENOUGH?" 

We keep electing our political leaders from the same parasitic pool of privileged families. I challenge anyone to name the congressperson, or senator in Washington, or your state that was brought up in a middle income, middle class family, or had to work a real job to pay the bills. I'm not talking about attorneys, or corporate top level managers. These people are not what I consider workers! Show me the person in our government that has had to borrow money to send his kids to college, or take out an "inflated interest" loan to buy a house! Do any of them really care that we are mortgaging our children's future to China? How many of them have had to go to war, or serve in the military other than be an officer with the elitist mindset that permeates our armed forces? We as voters are getting exactly what we have reaped because we fail to elect any leaders that actually know who we are, and what we think. Our salvation can only come from our votes, and we should vote the man, not the party! Vote for the person that has proven his way from a humble beginning, and succeeded...oh yeah! That's right! You won't find any such person because unless they sell out to a special interest group with money, fat chance they will be able to afford to compete in the arena of the privileged elite! Money actually buys our leaders even before they are elected!
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"I have a vision for Los Angeles a vision of economic prosperity"

"I have a vision for Los Angeles a vision of economic prosperity"   "Los Angeles is a great city, but our economy was leaving too many behind even before we were hit hard by the recession. Now we are facing a recovery marred by unacceptably high unemployment. With more than a third of Angelenos struggling to make ends meet, and most of our growing industries providing low-wage jobs and polluting our city, we face a potentially bleak future. Los Angeles’ congestion crisis is costing businesses and the government billions of dollars, hampering economic growth and regional prosperity, damaging our environment, causing health problems, and robbing people of both time and money. For most of the past century, the Los Angeles region was the land of the American Dream come true. Our factories, ports, businesses and malls were the engines of a booming American economy, and they helped lift us out of the Great Depression and into shared prosperity. Los Angeles and its neighboring cities and suburbs were home to a broad middle class that included business owners, health care providers, truck drivers, grocery clerks, construction workers and countless more. Broad-based prosperity wasn’t an accident of history or purely the creation of the invisible hand of the market. It was thanks in part to an active government that fueled key industries and subsidized developments that would benefit local workers and families. It was also due to certain business owners who saw their interests as linked to those of the whole community, including workers. And it was the result of working people who expected and demanded that they share in the prosperity their work created. Over the past few decades, that prosperity dwindled and the middle class shriveled. Los Angeles, like America, has become a land of haves and have-nots. In housing as well as other basic expenses, Los Angeles rates as one of the least affordable cities in the country. Los Angeles County is home to more people without health insurance than any other, while many communities deal with severe pollution and nutrition-related health epidemics. In short, the dream is slipping away, and we must change course if we are to reclaim it. This is a critical moment for Los Angeles. The recession hit Los Angeles hard. Southern California was one of the epicenters of the housing crash, so the fallout was particularly hard in real estate, construction and finance. Economists see a slow recovery, but are we on track for yet another jobless recovery, leaving working families further behind and hollowing out the middle class even more? Or will we manage to recover and grow in ways that broaden prosperity and result in a healthier, more dynamic economy? In order to have a broad-based recovery, Los Angeles needs more good jobs that pay enough for families to sustain themselves and to contribute to the local economy. By definition, poverty-wage jobs won’t lift families out of poverty and into self-sufficiency. And high unemployment drags the economy down even for those with jobs. Increasing wages and employment move us in the right direction. People in the new or improved jobs benefit directly, but many more benefit indirectly as families spend more locally, become self-sufficient and provide a stable foundation for our communities." YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles http://yjdraiman.org

Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
Y.J. "Jay" Draiman. - Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles

YJ Draiman who ran last year for councilmen at District 12 in Los Angeles,

Draiman has formally filed paper to run for Mayor of Los Angeles – March 5, 2013.

Y.J. "Jay" Draiman. - Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles

Draiman is an Energy Efficiency Advocate and the lead elected official with the goal of Energy Conservation for the Northridge East Neighborhood Council - NENC, from Northridge, California. Draiman is also the liaison between the NENC and LADWP. Draiman is known for his advancement of implementing Energy efficiency, Renewable energy and Water conservation in the Los Angeles Area. Draiman is promoting the theme of Made in America, bringing back Los Angeles's industrial base, increase employment and reduce government with fiscal responsibility. Draiman ran for Los Angeles City Council in 2010. A recent ambitious goal by Draiman is to create in Los Angeles an innovative renewable energy zone approach which will create 200,000+ new jobs with billions in investments over the next 5-10 years.

Draiman is a former Real Estate developer with over 20 year’s experience. Draiman has extensive experience in the deregulation of Utilities and implementing energy and water conservation.

In January 1996 Draiman was asked to run for U.S. Senate, but He declined.

Draiman is currently working on his PHD in energy conservation.

                  Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013