I just received the following communication from the City of Lancaster … Please contact your local representative to stop this from becoming reality! Lancaster has been working hard to decrease its crime rate. We don’t need the added stigma of high-risk criminals moving into our back yards. Along with the inmates comes their friends to visit … Help keep our valley safe!
Dear Citizens:
The City of Lancaster has recently enjoyed tremendous cuts in our crime rate as we continue to aggressively combat criminal and gang activity. This has been a community led battle which has achieved lasting results and restored calm to our neighborhoods.
As we speak, however, state agencies are looking to compromise Lancaster’s fight to restore safety to the Antelope Valley by advancing plans to increase the concentration of sex offenders and violent criminals at the California State Prison in Lancaster. This is being done with blatant disregard for our community’s safety, compromising the efforts we have all made to end violence in City neighborhoods. As the Mayor of Lancaster, I implore all residents and members of the greater Antelope Valley to help protest these actions and stop this unfair targeting of our community.
The California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation plans to convert the C Yard at the California State Prison – Los Angeles County in Lancaster into a Level Four Special Needs yard, a move that will make the prison home to some of the worst inmates in the entire state. Please help combat these plans by forwarding letters to your elected officials in opposition to these horrific plans.
You may access a letter opposing the proposed prison conversion by clicking here . You may copy the content of the letter, and paste it into the body of your email. Using the email addresses provided, please sign and forward the opposition letter to your elected officials and representatives.
Be sure to provide a closing to the letter with your name, and feel free to personalize the letter in any other way you see fit. You may also choose to print the letter for standard mailing. For more information on the prison yard conversion, please read the City’s press release or watch a special video message regarding this issue.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the City at (661) 723-6000 or log onto www.cityoflancasterca.org . Also, make sure to sign up for CityLink updates to receive breaking news regarding this and other City issues.
Thank you again for your help. I am confident that together we can fight this injustice and continue our efforts to make the Antelope Valley the safest community in America.
Respectfully,
R. Rex Parris,
Mayor of Lancaster
Send your emails and letters to the following individuals:
Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
matt.cate@cdcr.ca.gov
1515 S Street, Suite 502 South
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: (916) 323-6001
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
governor@governor.ca.gov
Los Angeles Office:
300 South Spring St, Suite 16701
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 897-0322
Fax: (213) 897-0319
Senator George Runner
senator.runner@sen.ca.gov
Lancaster Office:
848 W. Lancaster Boulevard, Suite 101
Lancaster, CA 93534
Phone: (661) 729-6232
Fax: (661) 729-1683
Congressman, Howard "Buck" McKeon
http://mckeon.house.gov/contact.shtml
Palmdale Office:
1008 W. Ave M-14, Suite E-1
Palmdale, CA 93551
Congressman, Kevin McCarthy
http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/showpage.asp?ID=69
4100 Empire Drive, Suite 150
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Assemblyman Steve Knight
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/member/36/?p=email
Antelope Valley District Office:
41319 12th Street W, Suite 105
Palmdale, CA 93551
(661) 267-7636
(661) 267-7736 fax
Senator Dianne Feinstein
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUS.EmailMe
Los Angeles Office:
11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Senator Barbara Boxer
http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm
Los Angeles Office:
312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1748
Los Angeles, CA 90012
