{"id":67,"date":"2023-06-28T21:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:21:21","slug":"immigration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/index.php\/immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCAL CONTROL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"67\" class=\"elementor elementor-67\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-788d0cfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"788d0cfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e3a438f\" data-id=\"1e3a438f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4145bf57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4145bf57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-786\" style=\"width: 840px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toomim4congress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Resilient-Palisades.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>To those of you still coping with the chaos and devastation wrought by the Palisades Fire, please know this, I don\u2019t just stand with you. I will help you in every way I can to achieve independent status. Had Pacific Palisades been an independent city when the Santa Ana winds blew in this past January, you would have had a greater ability to protect yourselves and your community from<br \/>catastrophe.\u00a0 It is my firm belief that no one makes that many catastrophic errors by accident.\u00a0 Our California communities are under attack \u2013 by arsonists with blow torches; by a county health department running a needle exchange operation adjacent to our business district; by the failure to clear dry brush and dead trees; through onerous taxation; glacially slow permitting; the upzoning of single family home neighborhoods and densification mandates; and the combination of these factors has led to major insurance companies to abandon California.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>LOCAL CONTROL IS KEY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0will do everything I can from Washington to pressure\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sacramento and Los Angeles County into allowing Pacific Palisades and other\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">struggling communities, such as Venice, Marina del Rey, Westchester and Playa\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">del Rey to become charter cities. We must have local control!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">This pressure will include working with the Environmental Protection Agency to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">ensure that densification mandates (a\/k\/a \u201chousing elements\u201d) do not\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">overburden water, gas, electricity, drainage and transportation infrastructure and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Though Pacific Palisades is not part of my district, I have long considered it a part of my extended neighborhood. I spent many years working there and countless Sunday mornings at the corner of Sunset and Swarthmore volunteering with Star Paws Rescue. I will push for legislation to ease historic designation of single family home neighborhoods, including Pacific Palisades. The Palisades has a rich history and should have long ago been granted historic overlay status and protection, despite the devastation caused by the January 2025 fire. Moreover, it is clear that the Palisades and Altadena both need a stronger advocate in Washington to pressure the City of Los Angeles and the County to speed up the<br \/>\u00a0recovery process for both communities.<\/p>\n<p>I will work with both federal state agencies to ensure that dry fuel is removed from forests and brushlands.\u00a0 I will facilitate the funding of regional fire departments in our district to lessen Southbay and Palos Verdes\u2019 dependence on Los Angeles County in times of crisis. When I am your Congresswoman, Californians will have a real friend in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uD32L3JYCzQ\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uD32L3JQ<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:embed --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d19872 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3d19872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.anedot.com\/toomim-for-congress\/donate\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Please Donate<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1b1c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c1b1c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contact me, Melissa, directly.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>email: candidate@toomim4congress.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>text\/phone: 310-593-3987<\/p>\n<p>Please send donation checks payable to\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toomim for Congress<\/p>\n<p>1112 Montana Ave. 3-88<\/p>\n<p>Santa Monica, CA 90403<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To those of you still coping with the chaos and devastation wrought by the Palisades Fire, please know this, I don\u2019t just stand with you. I will help you in every way I can to achieve independent status. 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