Yearly Archives: 2010

Irrigation Overhaul Planned At Downey’s Los Amigos Golf Course

More than $4.2 million will be invested in renovating the irrigation system at the County’s Los Amigos Golf Course in the City of Downey, Supervisor Don Knabe announced today.

The existing irrigation system is more than 30 years old and has exhausted its useful life. The County will be replacing the old system with a new automated system and establish a reclaimed water connection and pump house to irrigate the golf course. Two lakes will be drained, renovated and relined so they can be used as reservoirs for excess reclaimed water.

The golf course will remain open during construction. The contractor will coordinate the construction schedule with the daily functions and act ivies of the golf course. Construction is scheduled to be completed in August of this year. The project is funded by Golf Course Capital Improvement Project Funds, which are collected with every greens fee and can only be used on the course where it is collected. Additional funding comes from the Fourth Supervisorial District Capital Project funds and from a grant by the Central Basin Municipal Water District.

The project supports the County’s Sustainable Design Program by providing a reclaimed water irrigation system that will eliminate the use of potable water for landscape irrigation. Additionally, it will use Smart Water Controller technology to irrigate the course and maintain proper conditions while minimizing over watering.

Knabe Calls For Reinstating Body Armor Ban

The Los Angles County Board of Supervisors, on a motion by Supervisor Don Knabe, will support the District Attorney’s efforts to seek new legislation to reinstate the ban and use or possession of body armor for violent felons.

On December 17, 2009, the California Court of Appeals overturned a decade-old law banning the possession of body armor by violent felons. The California legislature banned felons from having body armor in 1998 after a nationally televised shootout in North Hollywood between Los Angeles police officers and two heavily armed bank robbers who were equipped with ballistic vests. The confrontation left the robbers dead and ten police officers along with five civilians injured.

This is a common sense public safety issue; violent felons shouldn’t have body armor said Supervisor Knabe. We all remember the terrible tragedy that occurred in our backyard just a decade ago. This Board pledges its full support to not only our District Attorney, but also to the State Attorney General in their efforts regarding this important issue.