This year I might ditch the scary movies altogether, because there’s something even scarier happening right before our eyes – a proposal to create a municipal “Bank of Los Angeles” that will expose the city of Los Angeles to an enormous amount of cost and risk. Read more

Alex Kasendorf, Treasurer of VICA, is a lawyer and lobbyist with Alpert, Barr and Grant, APLC in Encino. His practice focuses on litigation, dispute resolution, advocacy and lobbying. Licensed as an attorney since 2001, Kasendorf has worked on matters from beginning to end, ensuring his clients are an active participant in every step of the process. His broad involvement in the San Fernando Valley connects his clients with various organizations and individuals which can, at times, assist in efficiently accomplishing their goals. Alpert, Barr and Grant has been involved in VICA for many years, and Kasendorf has been active in VICA since joining the firm 10 years ago. Read more

This election year, the business community can’t afford to procrastinate. As twelve statewide ballot measures and even more local measures head to voters, the time to pay attention is now. Read more

VICA President Stuart Waldman on the importance of preserving choice for consumers. Read more

Imagine, if you will, being able to ride a rail line on Van Nuys Boulevard in the northeast San Fernando Valley to the West Valley along Sherman Way and across the Cahuenga Pass to Downtown Los Angeles. No, I’m not talking about a distant future, but rather, the recent past. The year is 1911, the community of Van Nuys had just been established in February, and in December the first trolleys operated by the Pacific Electric Railway Company rolled into the San Fernando Valley from Downtown Los Angeles. Read more