League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
	Delaney "Doc" Smith, Jr. Answers Questions Candidate for Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 2

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.)

Physician/Pharmacist/Educator

Created:

• First Urgent Care Center -Los Angeles; & Thousand Oaks.
• First Healthcare Cooperative Plan "Co-op" in California
• Plan To Prevent County Clinic Closures

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.)

Reduce Wasteful Spending:

• Metropolitan Psychiatric State Hospital now at 25% capacity should be fully funded to care for homeless with psychiatric problems, many of whom fill the prisons; costing taxpayers as much as $100,000.00/yr(each).
• "Three strikes" jail term designations should only be applied to violent offenses; and all past "three strike offenders" should have their sentences reviewed by an independant public review board.
• Uniformity in prison sentencing guidelines... ie. years for crack cocaine possesion; days for cocaine possesion??? Rehabilitation instead of incarceration for drug use would save billions.
• Foster care "Kids For Cash" reform would save billions. * Over 76,000 children in foster care in LA alone (2006)
• It is estimated that 50% could have remained with a reasonable family member.
• Federal monetary incentives to counties for foster placement need revision.

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.)

Impact Upon:

• Environment
• Existing Infrastructure
• Traffic
• Economic Impact on adjacent areas
• Potable water
• waste management

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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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