CAC made a California Public Records Request for a full accounting of the current balance in the Athens Community Benefit and Environmental, Education Trust Fund: $4.4 million as of August 31, 2017! These are funds designated to support projects that directly benefit the residents of Avocado Heights. Why? Because the Athens Services materials recovery facility on Valley Boulevard had been such a bad and noxious neighbor for so long that community members demanded Athens put $1 in a fund for every ton they take in to help mitigate the negative impacts of their facility on our quality of life.
We had to make a public records request for this accounting because the office of Supervisor Solis refused to provide it to us, despite repeated requests in person and in writing to her and despite the fact that this is the community's money! Do you have a great idea for a project that will benefit Avocado Heights? We encourage you to fill out the attached grant application and send it to the Supervisor's office--and please send CAC a copy, too.
We had to make a public records request for this accounting because the office of Supervisor Solis refused to provide it to us, despite repeated requests in person and in writing to her and despite the fact that this is the community's money! Do you have a great idea for a project that will benefit Avocado Heights? We encourage you to fill out the attached grant application and send it to the Supervisor's office--and please send CAC a copy, too.
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