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CITY OF LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION Gregory D. Moon WHEREAS, Gregory D. Moon was born in 1969, a Hoopa Valley Tribal Member raised in Redding, CA and resides in Riverside, CA; and WHEREAS, Gregory D. Moon attended Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS and later received Technical Fire Management Certificate Washington Institute Bothell, WA; and WHEREAS, He served as a natural resources student intern for U.S. Forest Service at EI Dorado N.F. and Six Rivers N.F., before starting as a warehouseman at the Hoopa Fire Department in Hoopa, CA; and WHEREAS, Gregory worked his way through the ranks up to Battalion Chief and after fifteen years, took a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Southern California; and WHEREAS, Gregory has served for four years as the Southern California Agency Fire Management Officer; and WHEREAS, He is currently working with Aztecs Rising, City of Los Angeles, City of San Bernardino, Southern California Tribes and other cooperators to establish careers for people who are interested in becoming wild-land firefighters: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council, along with the Mayor, hereby salute and recognize GREGORY D. MOON for his dedication to the communities of Los Angeles and for making the City of Los Angeles a safer and better place in which to live, work and play. AOOP1EO Presented by: Mf1..'1 220\4 Seconded by: lOS~"Gf.ltSem COU~C\l All Members , " '..J '! • ~ ",., r::.-, RESOLUTION Senior Fraud Awareness Day WHEREAS, as the population ages and more Americans become serious citizens with "nest eggs," they become greater targets for fraud and deception. The ease of access for criminals to contact seniors through the internet and telephone increases as more creative schemes emerge; and WHEREAS, senior fraud is a growing concern as millions have fallen victim to Medicare scams, sweepstakes and lottery scams, investment and work at home scams, bereavement scams, identity theft, charity scams, granny scams and home repair scams. Seniors average one scam-type letter and two telemarketing phone calls per week; and WHEREAS, senior fraud is under reported due to older adults' embarrassment and lack of information on where to report such fraud; and WHEREAS, approximately 5 million cases of financial exploitation of the elderly in the U.S. occur each year and the financial loss by victims is more than $2.9 billion annually; and WHEREAS, caregivers, con artists and unscrupulous salespersons are the primary instigators of senior fraud. The tactics used are intimidation, fear, friendliness, authority and control to get the victim to send money or share private financial information to; and WHEREAS, senior citizens own more than half of all the financial assets in America and are consequently the primary targets for fraudulent practices. It is estimated by the U.S. Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care that seniors represent 30% of scam victims; and WHEREAS, the "Stop Senior Scams Program" is made up of35 students from the Los Angeles Unified School District's Programs for Older Adults who perform educational skits at numerous venues in order to inform the public about current scams that target the older adult population: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council hereby declares May 15,2014, as "Senior Fraud Awareness Day" in the City of Los Angeles. _"it!e,,~ ADOPTED ~*~;}i:ir P="'OO~. ~'1f!~1;:':'1"li MAY 22014 fJAULKORETZU Councilmember, 5th District m;,"'-;'./;; ....',",~ " lOS ~NGREScm COUNCIL fiU"'" CITY OF LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION Katy Sullivan WHEREAS, shortly after Katy Sullivan was born without either of her lower legs a doctor told her mother that, "the world didn't need another athlete, but she would find other things she'd be good at." At the time there was no way of knowing what had happened to her legs or if she was even going to be able to use them at all. But with the support of her family. she grew up believing that she could do anything and everything that wanted to and was never treated like I was any different than them. That doctor was right about sports for quite sometime as it was very difficult for Katy to 'keep up' with the other kids and she started to look for those other things that she might be good at; and WHEREAS, as a young adult she discovered theatre and decided to dedicate her life to acting, including attending Webster University's Theatre Conservatory, where she spent four years training in acting, voice, movement, improv, dialects, and even gymnastics. She was involved in numerous productions in starring and supporting roles, she even performed in a production where one character was an amputee; she didn't play that role. Her acting career has taken her all over the country doing Stage in Chicago, Film in New York and TV in LA; and WHEREAS, she continues to act and has appeared in numerous independent films, including the festival bound Recalculating, has been featured on many television shows, including NBC's pilot, I'm with Stupid, their hit show, My Name is Earl, ABC's Last Man Standing starring Tim Allen and the new comedy on FX called Legit. She recently starred in The Long Red Road directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. She also appeared in the upcoming Warner Bros sci-f project called Rise; and WHEREAS, the move to sunny California not only brought her success in her acting career, it has opened the door to an athletic chapter in her life that she never saw coming, through the support of Hanger Clinic, she began running on custom made carbon fiber sprinting legs. It took a while and a lot of training but she learned how to run in these high tech legs and it has been a whirlwind ever since; and WHEREAS, upon completing her first event, the 100m, in 2007, Katy has been blazing a trail for women amputees around the world. She is the first bilateral above knee amputee to compete internationally in track in the world, male or female, which means she has to compete against women who have one leg. In a very short amount of time, Katy qualified for the US Paralympic Track Team and has represented the USA at multiple International events. She is the three time US Champion in the 100m, the fastest woman in the Western Hemisphere and ranked 5th in the world among women who have a whole 'leg up' on her. She was among the first bilateral above the knee amputees to compete in the Paralympics in ambulatory track when she ran in the 100m in London 2012. She set a new American record of 17.335 and finished 6th in the World: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council hereby salute and congratulate KATY SULLIVAN for her exceptional work and dedicated commitment to the students of the Ready, Set, Gold! (RSG) program. We wish her many years of continued success on all future endeavors. ADOPTED Presented by: MAY 22014 Seconded by: lOS ANGElES CITYCOUNCil All Members CITY OF LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION Sally Field WHEREAS, Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California and raised in a show business family, Ms. Field began her career in 1964 in the television series Gidget. She went on to star in the The Flying Nun in 1967. She starred in three television series by the age of twenty-five. She received Emmy Awards for her title role in the landmark miniseries Sybil and for her performance on ER. She also received Emmy nominations for her role in Showtime's A Cooler Climate and the NBC miniseries A Woman oj Independent Means which she co-produced and for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Ms. Field co-starred in the ABC series drama Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2011 and for her role as "Nora Walker," Ms. Field received a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award as well as two Golden Globe nominations; and WHEREAS, Sally Field, a two-time Academy Award winner, most recently starred in Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed Lincoln as Mary Todd for which she won the New York Film Critics award for best supporting actress and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice, BAFTA and Academy Award. Field previously won Academy Awards for her performances in Robert Benton's Places in the Heart, for which she also received a Golden Globe, and Martin Ritt's Norma Rae, for which she received a Golden Globe, along with the New York Film Critics prize, the National Board of Review Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, the National Society of Film Critics honor and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival; and WHEREAS, Ms. Field has also received Golden Globe nominations for her work in Smokey and the Bandit, Absence of Malice, Kiss Me Goodbye, Steel Magnolias and Forrest Gump, Her many film credits include An Eye for An Eye, Mrs. Doubtfire, Soapdish, Not Without My Daughter, The End, Hooper, Stay Hungry (her first major film role), as welland as Punchltne and Murphy's Romance, both of which were produced by her production company, Fogwood Films; WHEREAS, Ms. Field made her directorial debut in 1996 with the ABC telefilm The Christmas Tree which she co- wrote and which starred Julie Harris. She directed an episode of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon" and in 2000 made her feature film directorial debut with Beautiful starring Minnie Driver; and WHEREAS, In 2002, Ms.

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