Here's a chance to help keep Narconon from invading another community. They're trying to get a permit to open a new facility in Leona Valley, outside Los Angeles. Two recent stories appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News. Highlight:

Sam Dea, supervising county regional planner, said Narconon Southern California was also asked to hold open houses and meet with the Leona Valley Town Council on a regular basis to provide information about the center to residents.

So it's not too late to stop this. Please, help us to contact members of the town council and the county Regional Planning Commission. Tell them that Narconon is dangerous quackery, a ripoff, and a cult recruiting operation. Tell them Narconon is banned from the San Francisco and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. Send them to Stop-Narconon.org and Narconon-Exposed.org. Let them HEAR FROM YOU, and let's get 2006 off to a properly suppressive start.

Write to the town council:

LEONA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL
P.O. Box 795, Leona Valley, CA 93551
Valley Community Building, 8367 Elizabeth Lake Road

Write to Sam Dea and James Bell of the County of Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission:

Sam Dea / James Bell
Department of Regional Planning
320 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

jbell@planning.co.la.ca.us, tel. 213-974-6443
sdea@planning.co.la.us, same phone

Write the to LA Daily News reporter, Sue Doyle:

sue.doyle@dailynews.com
(661) 257-5254

The next meeting of the Leona Valley Town Council is February 9. Let's make sure these folks have all the information they need. The final decision is made by the regional planning commission, so we need to educate them too, and let them know that people will be watching their decision.

-- Dave Touretzky

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Proposed drug rehab facility causes stir
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - Jan 4, 2006
By Sue Doyle, Staff Writer. SAUGUS - A Scientology-based treatment
facility hopes to soon open shop on Bouquet Canyon Road to treat ...

http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_3368531

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Planners OK Scientology rehab center
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - January 5
By Sue Doyle, Staff Writer. Doors to a Scientology-based drug
rehabilitation center are expected to open near Leona Valley after ...

http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_3371905

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<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: Help needed in Leona Valley (stop Narconon!)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <43bde29a$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 5 Jan 2006 22:23:06 -0500

The ARSCC(wdne) elves are on the case! Here's a very interesting document they turned up from the regional planning commission concerning Narconon's application:

http://planning.co.la.ca.us/CUP04_023_stf_rpt.pdf

And here's some background info on the town of Leona Valley, about 60 miles north of Los Angeles:

http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Leona-Valley-California.cfm
http://www.theav.org/leonavalley/index.htm

The town doesn't want Narconon setting up shop there. Let's help the Regional Planning Commission find the justification they need to turn down this application.

-- Dave Touretzky: "This neighborhood isn't zoned for quackery or fraud." http://Stop-Narconon.org http://Narconon-Exposed.org

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: Help needed in Leona Valley (stop Narconon!)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <43bde8e7$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 5 Jan 2006 22:49:59 -0500

Here is the Narconon of Southern California conditional use permit for Leona Valley. Guess who owns the property? It's not Narconon, and it's not ABLE. It's Church of Scientology Religious Trust!

http://planning.co.la.ca.us/CUP04_023_fact.pdf

The planning commission's next meeting is January 11, but Narconon is not scheduled to be discussed there:

http://planning.co.la.ca.us/drp_rpc1.html

The commission should understand that Narconon:

* makes fraudulent claims about success rates http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/doesitwork.htm

* promotes medically dangerous "treatments" http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/safety.htm

* is a lousy neighbor and commits endless zoning violations: http://stop-narconon.org/Newport-Beach/

* engages in many other kinds of fraud: http://stop-narconon.org/Documents

* physically and mentally abuses its clients: http://stop-narconon.org/Personal

Let the planning commission know that there are good reasons for listening to the Leona Valley town council and rejecting Narconon's application.

-- Dave Touretzky: "No wonder Scientology hates the Internet." http://Stop-Narconon.org http://Narconon-Exposed.org

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: IMPORTANT!! Re: Help needed in Leona Valley (stop Narconon!)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <43be0259$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 6 Jan 2006 00:38:33 -0500

In article <ls3193-0hl.ln1@news.TQMcube.com>, David Cary Hart <Use_the_contact_form@TQMcube.com> wrote: >
>Dave, are you sure it's not January 9. Here's a response that I received from
>someone on the Town Council :

The newspaper article by Sue Doyle says:

Savage is expected to attend the Leona Valley Town Council's next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. The council meets at the Leona Valley Improvement Association Community Building, 8367 Elizabeth Lake Road.

http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_3371905

I suppose that "Feb" could be a typo.

Anyway, the town council is already objecting to Narconon's application. The problem now is the regional planning commission.

California recently passed more stringent staffing requirements for rehab facilities; based on the number of clients, they have to have a certain number of certified staff with specific training. Narconons are mostly staffed by their own recent graduates (i.e., ex-druggies), many of whom have no academic degree, or even a high school diploma. They can't possibly be meeting the new staffing requirements, and that might be enough reason to reject the application.

-- Dave

<p><hr><p> Subject: fax the Leona Valley town council (stop Narconon)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <43c09cc5$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2006 00:01:57 -0500

You can fax the Leona Valley Town Council, if you get it to the local office of 5th District LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, no later than mid-day Monday (Jan 9th) at 661-942-5069.

The next town council meeting is scheduled for 7:30 that evening.

The town council is already opposed to the Narconon facility opening in their area, but they need better ammunition to support their arguments. Let's give them some.

Fax your polite letter to 661-942-5069, explaining why the people of Leona Valley should oppose the opening of a Narconon facility adjacent to their town. Include some URLs in your letter.

Note that the actual decision is made by the LA County Regional Planning Commission, but the town council does have input. And make sure Supervisor Antonovich understands that support of a Scientology-controlled drug rehab scam by *any* California politician will not go unnoticed.

By the way: it looks like the location for this proposed Narconon facility is the former site of Mace Kingley Ranch, the Scientology reform school for "troubled" kids, a.k.a. the "Little Ranch of Horrors". The property is currently owned by Church of Scientology Religious Trust.

-- Dave Touretzky: "Democracy in action." http://Stop-Narconon.org http://Narconon-Exposed.org

<p><hr><p> Subject: Re: fax the Leona Valley town council (stop Narconon)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Message-ID: <43c0a03b$1@news2.lightlink.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2006 00:16:43 -0500

Correction to my previous post: the Scientology school formerly occupying the premises in Leona Valley was the Canyon Oaks Ranch, not the Mace Kingsley Ranch.

Here's a post about the Canyon Oaks Ranch:

http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?t=369

-- Dave