Posts Tagged ‘public safety’

Neighborhood Noise Complaints (Excessive Parties)

Sunday, 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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Attracting Hundreds of Visitors

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Based on the occasional e-mails and the traffic report on norwalkcity.com, the website is attracting fresh visitors on a daily basis. Thus a new blog entry with the City of Norwalk blog.

The Vandalism Report I wrote on April 2009 was viewed numerous times and we can assume that Norwalk residents are concerned for the safety and well being of the neighborhood especially for the homeowners. There is not a single homeowner that would want neighbor vandalism and hate crimes occurring in their neighbor and irresponsible homeowners that neglect maintaining their properties either. This morning, I received an e-mail from a gentleman named Marco that showed deep concern with Norwalk city’s public safety.

Hi there – My name is Marco, I’m a native son of 90650. I moved back to Norwalk after being gone for about 15 years or so, a little over a year ago. Since then I’ve taken up a committed interest in the community (my family is all here) and as such I serve as a Public Safety Commissioner.

I’m well aware of the evolving technology that people are using nowadays. I had a similar thought, that using media such as Twitter, Facebook, etc, was one of the more effective ways to get the message out and reach more people.

For my own part, I created a Facebook group called “Norwalk Rocks!” and I’m using it as my own vehicle for communication. You have the upper hand on me, however :)

Two thumbs up for running this blog. I’d love to maybe chat sometime about issues that you clearly have first-hand experience with. Maybe there is something we can do.

Thanks for your time.
Marco A Guzman

Mr. Guzman took the initiative to look out for the Norwalk residents by serving as the Public Safety Commissioner. Residents like Mr. Guzman are proud homeowners and residents of Norwalk, and take great effort for the betterment of their neighborhood and community. If everyone participates and actually cares to make their neighborhood a safer and peaceful place, progress will be visible everywhere you drive. Unfortunately Norwalk residents are being apathetic about neighborhood vandalism, graffiti problems, noise control issues, and other public safety problems.

If you find relevant news and information regarding the city of Norwalk, please do not hesitate to contact me and factual news and info will be posted on a regular basis to inform the residents of Norwalk. Neighboring cities like Downey and Cerritos are also welcome if the news might have an effect on the Norwalk residents too. Thank you.

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