When Did Social Services Go Wrong?

The implementation of Professional Standards in Social Services and Non-Profits

Los Angeles City Council President and County Supervisor, 2nd District Candidate, Herb Wesson, Jr., is one Buckeye who is no deer caught in the headlights. A native of Ohio, "Herb", as he insists on being referred to as, is very concerned as to when Social Services in Los Angeles went wrong. "When I got into this business, landlords were begging to be Section 8, residents were begging to be. Now its shifted, landlords don't want it. When did it all go wrong?", Herb asked Jeff Michaelson, Board President and Chief Labor Negotiator of grassroots labor union The APDSE. "I'll tell you what happened", replied Jeff, "No enforcement. Non-Profits have no Housing Specialists. What is needed is aggressive, zealous advocacy, trust, incentives, competition of non-profits."

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Herb is a self described "people person" who gets to the bottom of problems one on one. "If I'm talking to two people or two million, it doesn't matter how many people are there." He is looking for heroes in a city of potential leaders. His mother was a republican whose hero was Eisenhower, until she became a Democrat and supporter of Kennedy. " I've always wanted to be a hero. May be I'll die trying to be one."

"Enforcement of professional standards, as advocates, to comply with the Law. Advocacy skills are needed to compell property owners, housing authorities to comply with standards which are violated at will because theres no public guardian, a hero, to meet those standards. Whats the reason to comply with the law if there are no consequences?", asks Jeff

The Association of Professional Serbvice Employees Labor Union, Desiree M. Gambos and Jeff Michaelson, endorse Herb Wesson for 2nd District Los Angeles County Supervisor

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