Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control Draft
of Amendments to Title 10 (Animal Care). Read carefully. A meeting is scheduled for March 4, 2010 with Director Marcia Mayeda, Animal Care Counsel, Supervisor Anotonovich Representative and members of SCKBA. Click Here for DACC Title 10 Amendments Draft

Southern California Kennel And Breeders Association

By Stormy Hope

On September 29, 2009, L.A. county decided that they were going to ban people who have been living on their property, properly licensed and permitted, from continuing to engage in their livelihood of boarding, training and breeding dogs and cats, and also to decrease their property values by possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars.

As I wrote earlier, the kennel owners activated, and the result was that 28 days later, the L.A. County Planning Commission completely dismissed the proposed ordinance. The many attending kennel owners noted grumpy frowning faces on the supporters of the ordinance and felt gratified that their logical and polite arguments convinced the commissioners what a farce the ordinance was.

At that point, the kennel owners realized that those who, because of their agenda and philosophy, wanted to disallow the breeding of dogs or cats would not stop at this. Indeed, a letter received by one of the kennel owner group showed that that agenda was still being worked full force.

The next obvious step was to organize and legitimize the kennel owners, not only in L.A. county, but also moving on to all the Incorporated cities of L.A. county, the biggest one being L.A. City itself. On November 12, 2009, a meeting was held in Canyon Country, (near Santa Clarita, Ca) where the group met and immediately went to work appointing an interim organizational Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Before an hour was up, an incorporating committee, a legal committee, a kennel contact committee, a fundraising committee and a website committee with chairs and members were formed. Every person attending volunteered to either chair or be a committee member on one or more committees. Discussed were various means to contact community politicians, media and raise public awareness.

It was decided that the organization would be named the Southern California Kennel and Breeders Association, that the concept would center around the freedom and right to own and breed dogs and cats as a business or personally. There is an open invitation for other groups in southern California to join in a coalition with SCKBA, aimed at halting the progression of those using the political arena for their own extremist agendas.

While not all who have joined this organization were able to attend the meeting, the group has new members joining daily and the energy is building to become an activist group for positive growth.

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Click Here To download the LA Board of Supervisors Meeting of March 3, 2009 transcript - Warning LONG

Click Here To download the LA Board of Supervisors Meeting of March 3, 2009 Motion

SCKBA meets with County D-5 Field Director - On Friday, December 4, 2009
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Update of 3/4/2010 meeting

A meeting with many of Los Angeles County’s kennel owners and breeders, Norm Hickling (Supervisor Antonovich's AV Field Deputy), Marcia Mayeda (Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control/DACC), and Diane Regan (Deputy County Counsel), was held on March 4, 2010 in Lancaster, to discuss proposed changes to the ordinance regulating the care and breeding standards for companion dogs and cats in LA County. Mr. Hickling arranged this meeting at the request of the Kennel Owners at a prior meeting.

The exchange of information was valuable to all concerned, with the experienced breeders educating DACC regarding the many variables in correct and responsible breeding practices and care, as well as the necessary components of proper kennel operations.

DACC discussed their concerns regarding some of the Department’s needs to safeguard animals in the areas that the Department serves.

Public meetings to discuss proposed ordinance changes will be held in:

Commerce, March 9, 2010
10 AM to 12 PM
Child Support Services Philip Browning Room
550 S. Eastern Ave 1st Floor
Commerce, CA 90040

Palmdale, March 10, 2010
2-4 PM
City Council Chambers 38300 Sierra Hwy
Palmdale, Ca 93550