1 Kristina Santana
From: Mt Baldy Area League <[email protected]>
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Good afternoon,
Please see the attached letter to be added to public comment on non-agenda items. We appreciate your attention.
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League of Women Voters -Mt Baldy Area
PO Box 1532
Claremont CA 91711
909-624-9457
www.lwvmtbaldyarea.org
LWV Mt. Baldy Area; P.O. Box 1532; Claremont, CA 91711; [email protected] July 25, 2025
City Council
City of Diamond Bar
21810 Copley Drive
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Via Email: [email protected]
Re: Protection of our Constitutional Rights
Honorable Mayor Teng and Council Members,
The League of Women Voters of the Mount Baldy Area is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We neither support nor oppose candidates or political parties at any level of government but always work on vital issues of concern to members and the public. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.
Local government is a critical part of the constitutional democracy we celebrate every July. A functioning democracy must ensure that we the people can hold our government accountable without fear of violence from the government. The League of Women Voters has supported the right to peacefully protest for over 100 years. Brave women suffragists staged protests demanding something radical at the time – the right to vote.
Peaceful protest, like voting, is a constitutional right deeply rooted in American democracy.
In recent weeks, we have seen a California U.S. Senator wrestled to the ground and handcuffed while seeking to question a Cabinet official about federalized National Guard and U.S. Marines in our streets of our county, placed there over the objections of our duly elected California Governor. Raids by masked federal officers have included arrests of community members exercising their First Amendment rights to observe and protest. These tactics seek to terrorize anyone who would stand with their neighbors or participate in democratic discourse.
The League of Women Voters condemns the federal use of force in response to largely peaceful protests.
We ask this city council, the democratically elected leaders of Diamond Bar, to condemn this federal use of force and to affirm their support of all in Diamond Bar, in California, and in America who exercise our constitutional rights, including peaceful protest. Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Jeena Trexler-Sousa, President
League of Women Voters of Mt. Baldy Area
1 Kristina Santana
From: Amedee Garispe <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 3:06 PM
To: Kristina Santana; Chia Teng; Steve Tye; Andrew Chou; Ruth Low; Stan Liu Cc: Grace Lee; Greg Gubman; Gabriela Fernandez; Esmeralda Magallanes; Sandi Jimenez; Raymond Tao
Subject: FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
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We humbly submit the following for public comment for the August 05, 2025 Diamond Bar City Council MeeƟng:
Dear Esteemed Members of the Diamond Bar City Council,
My name is Amedee Garispe. My family and I are residents of District 3. I previously sent an email to each council member, as well as representaƟves from the ciƟes’ Building and Safety department. There has been no follow up from anyone at the city level regarding our open ceilings, disturbed asbestos, months-long asbestos exposure, and failure of the property manager and property owner to act. The owner has been cited by the SCAQMD for opening up popcorn ceilings without a valid asbestos survey, but they have no enforcement power. We have reached out to the LA County Department of Public Health, and they do not have jurisdicƟon in this maƩer. Both agencies specifically stated that it is up to the CITY to compel acƟon upon the property manager/owner, and we are asking the city to get involved and protect the health and well-being of its residents and neighbors. The property address is 1344 S Diamond Bar Blvd, Unit B, Diamond Bar Ca 91765. My phone number is 626-373-8285.
The property manager hired a company to complete an asbestos survey in May that was deemed invalid by Cal/OHSA and the SCAQMD due to fraud, and now the property manager refuses to communicate to re-start the process. I was just diagnosed with colon cancer, my wife is immunocompromised, and our health is in jeopardy the longer we are exposed to the open ceilings and disturbed asbestos. We are asking the city council to direct city staff to invesƟgate why no acƟon has been taken on this maƩer, and to get Building and Safety and/or Code Enforcement to the property right away so containment and abatement can be done correctly and in accordance to all local and state laws. We need the landlord and property management to have outside supervision, so that all steps of the remediaƟon process, from tesƟng to abatement, get done with licensed and cerƟfied companies. They have a history of cuƫng corners, minimizing the scope of work to avoid geƫng permits, and improperly applying the owner-builder exempƟon for repairs at the unit.
Sincerely,
The Garispe Family
1344 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. Unit B
Diamond Bar, CA 91765