December 2011 News

December 10th, 2011

Here are some news from the Norwalk City Council newsletter:

City’s Finance Department recognized for excellence: earned the “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR)

Report Street Light outages at www.sce.com/Forms/ReportStreetLightOutage.aspx or (800) 611-1911

Illegal Fireworks a minimum 6 months in jail and up to $1,000 fine

Firing a Gun into the air – a minimum 3 years in state prison and up to $10,000 fine

Household Hazardous Waste/E-Waste drop of at Rio Honda College Fire Training Academy on 1/21/2012 9AM-3PM

Operation Hometown Heroes – honor young men and women of our community – call (562) 929-5735 for more info

Recycle Christmas Tree – place trees on the curb on the same day as your trash collection

Community Food Drive – Norwalk Arts & Sports Complext until December 16, 2011

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Neighborhood Noise Complaints (Excessive Parties)

September 11th, 2011

A Norwalk resident e-mailed the regarding neighborhood noise problem:

I realize the economy has been bad for the last couple of years, so when more and more neighbors started having night time parties around here on a regular basis…we assumed that was why.

Well, it seems to be a weekly thing now. So much cheaper to turn your home into a nightclub. Booze, under-aged drinkers, cars parked everywhere and live bands! If it’s not a Mariache Band then it’s a live some kind of band and when they are done, they start the DJ. By then everyone is drunk as a skunk and they crank it up a little louder about every 15 minutes. Eventually the band starts singing and playing again.

This constant ‘boomp-boomp-boomp’ pounding my windows and eventually my head goes on from as early as 5pm to 2 or 3 am. Call the Norwalk Sheriff and 8 out of 10 times, they will say, it may take awhile because there’s other emergencies going on. If they do show up to have them turn down the noise, it’s back up within an hour.

If we can only have a limited number of yard sales a year- how much more annoying is it for everyone to listen to these parties going on from Fri Sat and Sun every weekend without regard to neighbors, even those living 2 blocks away, if they are disturbing their peace, or if their children are sleeping, or if someone is sick, has to work or want to get up for church Sunday!

We need a system that everyone knows about. Only so many parties, control how loud it gets, no under aged drinking, and if the police comes and asks you to turn it down- keep it down. It’s a residential neighborhood!!! Not zoned for a night club every flipping weekend. Doesn’t anyone care about their own neighbors anymore-that we are forced to call the police on them to just get some peace & respect? Something MUST be done SOON because some neighbors aren’t going to be so patient any more.

If you are a Norwalk homeowner and you are experiencing similar problems in your neighborhood, I urge you to write and address your concerns to the following City Councilmembers:

    Mayor – Mike Mendez
    Vice Mayor – Cheri Kelley
    Councilmember – Marcel Rodarte
    Councilmember – Leonard Shryock
    Councilmember – Luigi Vernola

And also visit the “Public Safety Commission” meeting to voice your concern(s). You will be heard.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
Meets 1st Monday, 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers
Advises the City Council regarding public safety problems in the community, including (but not limited to) earthquake and disaster preparedness, emergency management, street crossing, child abuse and neighborhood watch.

Please continue to send me e-mails that you would like to share on NorwalkCity.com, thank you.

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Homebuying Program Wait List Deadline

September 25th, 2010

The City of Norwalk is reopening a waiting list for potential first-time homebuyers interested in purchasing a single-family house in Norwalk. To be included on the waiting list, buyers must submit a completed application to the Housing Authority by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 8. Applications are available for pick up at the Housing Authority located at 12035 Firestone Blvd. and for download at www.ci.norwalk.ca.us.

For this program, the City of Norwalk is purchasing foreclosed and abandoned homes, rehabilitating them, and reselling them to qualified low-income buyers. Only a limited number of homes will be available for purchase. Applications received by October 8 will be entered into a lottery. Norwalk residents will receive preference on the waiting list. Applicants are required to make a minimum 1 percent down payment and acquire a 30-year fixed rate mortgage from a lending institution of their choosing.

The Homebuying Program is made possible by a grant from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program as part of the economic stimulus act. The purpose of the grant is to stabilize communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment through the purchase and redevelopment of foreclosed and abandoned homes and residential properties.

For more information about the Homebuying Program, please call the Housing Authority at (562) 929-5588.

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New Neighborhood Parking Restrictions

May 14th, 2010

The City of Norwalk is adding new restricted parking zones to streets in the neighborhoods north of the college and designating all such areas as TOW AWAY zones. The new TOW AWAY zone signs are expected to be posted by May 21. Enforcement will begin June 4. Towing can be IMMEDIATE for parking without a resident permit. Towed-vehicle costs can exceed $400.00. Towed vehicles can be impounded for 30 days, or more, under certain conditions, at very significant additional expense.

You have alternatives. Parking is available on campus. Daily parking permits (use yellow dispensers) cost $2.00. Summer, 2010 Term student parking permits cost $20.00. The campus is served by multiple public transportation authorities, including bus service from MTA, Norwalk Transit, Long Beach Transit, and Cerritos on Wheels, and multiple connecting bus lines to the Norwalk Green Line station.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

The Cerritos College Student Services Team

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DBA Doing Business As Registration

January 28th, 2010

If you are thinking of staring your own small business anywhere in Los Angeles County, you will be required to get a fictitious business name. To register your business name, you will need to download the DBA form, complete the application, and submit it to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office in Norwalk.

When you think you came up with a unique business name for your future company, make sure to do an internet name check here and find out if that particular name has been registered or not. You would not want to register a similar or same business name of another existing company as they will come after you through legal means and cease your new registered name. You also want to make sure to check whether your desired business name has an existing trademark. For example, you wouldn’t want to name your electronic retail business as “Best Buy Electronics” because the name Best Buy is a registered trademark.

Once you come up with a unique business name and has not been registered by anybody, complete the form and mail it in with a personal check. You may also decide to drive down to the Norwalk Registrar office to get it processed the same business day. After the form is submitted, you will get a receipt in return. You must then get the DBA name published with any local newspaper which is a required procedure. Almost all commercial newspaper have a section that displays columns of new DBAs that were registered within that months. Your registered DBA name is required to be published too for a total of four weeks. If you contact the newspaper company, they will instruct you and collect all the necessary information. After you pay the fees, the newspaper company will send you a receipt confirming the 4-week publication.

If you visited the Norwalk Registrar office before, you have probably seen several people front of the office shouting “DBA, get your DBA here.” They are employees of newspaper companies trying to your DBA forms processed and published on their newspaper. They will help you complete and submit your DBA application and immediately get your DBA published on their newspaper at a reasonable fee (haven’t checked their rates). Of course this service is optional and you can also do the DBA registration yourself.

The final step is to mail or submit the newspaper receipt in the office to finalize the registration of your DBA.

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