League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
	Don Knabe Answers Questions Candidate for Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 4

The questions were prepared by the the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. Please provide a brief list of your qualifications in bullet format, using an asterisk (*) to represent a bullet. (No more than 25 words for this section.)

• 12 years experience as Los Angeles County Supervisor, Fourth District.

• 30 years total public service experience, including Cerritos City Commissioner, Councilman, and Mayor.

2. If it were entirely up to you and not the Legislature, what measures would you take to address Los Angeles County’s fiscal crisis? (No more than 150 words total for questions 2 and 3.)

One thing we can do to ensure our fiscal position remains strong is to keep Proposition 1A from being rolled back. Voters overwhelmingly passed this Proposition in 2004, which ensured local funds could not be raided by the state. This very practice had been going on for years and had cost Los Angeles County over $1 Billion in lost revenue in the decade leading up to the passage of Proposition 1A. Unfortunately, there is a little known loophole in Proposition 1A that allows the Legislature to override it every few years in order to use the money to balance their books. This solution is unacceptable. Local dollars need to stay local.

3. What are the most important criteria for evaluating new development in the unincorporated areas of the county? (No more than 150 words total for questions 2 and 3.)

The unincorporated areas I represent include some of the last remaining widespread tracts of undeveloped nature areas in our County. Any proposed development in these areas must be carefully balanced between growth and the preservation of open space.

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Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Until 5:00 p.m. on April 4, 2008, candidates for County Supervisor must limit their answers to 175 words total for all questions so that a paper Voters Guide may be published. Specific word limits are as follows: 25 words for question 1; 150 words total for questions 2 and 3. |After 5:00 p.m. on April 4, 2008, word limits will no longer apply.

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