Another call to arms for all Veterans and their supporters. Please effort to amark your calendars and make every effort to attend the following Neighborhood Council meetings re the Sepulveda VA this month. It is our sincere hope that both of these NCs will vote to support the Veterans and join the Coalition of Opponents to the proposed New Directions (ND)/A Community of Friends (ACOF) apartment complex at the Sepulveda VA: Please come and speak up for the Veterans! Help us save the Sepulveda VA from private sector development. Please also contact all the Veterans and Supporters you know in both Winnetka and Sylmar and ask them to attend these meetings.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6:30 PM – Winnetka Neighborhood Council (WNC), at Valley Village, 20830 Sherman Way, Winnetka (Just off the corner of Sherman Way and Desoto)
Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:30 PM – Sylmar Neighborhood Council (SNC), at Sylmar Park Recreational Center, 13109 Borden Ave., Sylmar, 91342
We’re on a roll now, Folks, with nine neighborhood councils already voting to oppose the New Directions/A Community of Friends apartment complex, and all private sector development, at the Sepulveda VA but we’ve only just begun. We must get all the SF Valley neighborhood councils to join the Veterans and Coalition of over 593,000 Opponents to this project in order to make the most dramatic impact and force Congressman Brad Sherman, Senators Boxer and Feinstein and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to take action to stop this theft of Veterans’ land. They must pressure the VA to rescind the Enhanced Use Leases, refurbish and staff buildings 4 and 5 (formerly the psychiatric unit) as medical buildings, rebuild the hospital and restore the Sepulveda VA to the full service hospital-medical center it was designated to be, starting with buildings 4 and 5.
Thank you for all your past support and looking forward to seeing you first on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Winnetka NC meeting.
Peggy Burgess
Stakeholder, member North Hills West NC Land Use Committee