Challenge
When the Grand Jury in Orange County and the Orange County Register demanded that the Orange County Board of Supervisors adopt the Los Angeles County Letter Grade system to show customers what grade the restaurant received during their last health inspection; Englander & Associates worked with the food service industry to educate the Orange County Board of Supervisors about the risks of adopting a system that was misleading.

Challenge
The environmental movement passed legislation which would prohibit the food service industry to use single use plastic or paper bags. The City of Santa Monica received pressure from environmental groups to ban single use plastic and paper bags in all foodservice establishments.

Challenge
In the summer of 2006 legislation was introduced in the State Assembly that would have reopened the Fred C. Nelles Correctional Facility for use by the State prison system. This action would create a functioning prison facility directly adjacent to homes, a hospital, schools, and businesses.

Challenge
Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) wanted the City of Los Angeles’ permission to reopen the City portion of Sunshine Canyon Landfill in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. This would be a difficult proposition since incumbent Councilman Hal Bernson was successful eight years earlier in his attempt to close the landfill. If BFI failed to execute the proper strategy, the landfill would again become a very controversial issue and face the wrath of Hal Bernson.

Challenge
In 2006, phone companies gained traction in their attempt to pass legislation creating a statewide cable franchising system. AB 2987, sponsored by the Assembly Speaker, would allow phone companies to avoid local municipal franchising processes when entering the cable business. Adopting cable franchise regulations would create an unfair advantage benefiting phone companies over local cable operators.

Challenge
CalMet Services is a waste hauling firm that has been in the southeast cities region for over 40 years. Formerly CalSan and Metropolitan Waste, the two firms merged in the 1990s to form one local family owned and operated company. The cities of Downey and Cerritos were coming up for a contract, and Calmet retained the bid.

Challenge
The South Lake Avenue Development proposal called for developing a new retail and entertainment complex while incorporating the historic Macy’s building in Pasadena, California’s famed South Lake Avenue district. Opposition to the proposal was fierce and local preservationists claimed the proposal would ruin the historic Macy’s building and cause other problems such as increased traffic congestion.

Challenge
The City of Long Beach passed anti-smoking legislation in 1994. The legislation was passed by the city council, and also approved by the voters in a 1995 ballot initiative that banned smoking throughout the city and also indoors. In 1998, the State of California passed a law which banned smoking in restaurants and bars but specifically exempted cigars inside cigar lounges, unless local municipalities passed or maintain stronger laws already on the books.

Challenge
The Beverly Hills City Council put a measure on ballot that would raise business, parking, and corporate taxes. The Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce was prepared to support this measure, with no organized opposition in their path. Representing the interest of small businesses in the city, Englander and Associates was retained by a group of property managers who were concerned about impact on their tenants.

Challenge
In 1993, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was considering diverting $30 million from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) into the City of Los Angeles’ General Fund.

Challenge
For several years, Eric Rose lead the account team that worked for the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) team, promoting the airport through an aggressive public relations program that targeted the community, elected officials, and the media and industry analysts. After the tragedy of September 11th, Rose lead LAWA’s external proactive media outreach efforts.

Challenge
In 2004, Eric Rose led a team of PR professionals to organize several hundred reporters to cover the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first privately developed spacecraft to reach sub-orbital space and the first ever civilian astronaut.

Challenge
In 2006, phone companies gained traction in their attempt to pass legislation creating a statewide cable franchising system. AB 2987, sponsored by the Assembly Speaker, would allow phone companies to avoid local municipal franchising processes when entering the cable business. Adopting cable franchise regulations would create an unfair advantage benefiting phone companies over local cable operators.

Challenge
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) retained Harvey Englander to conduct a communications audit to evaluate the effectiveness of CSUN`s internal and external communications systems and determine whether public perceptions of the university`s academic, cultural and athletic capabilities were consistent with its desired image.

Challenge
Eric Rose was hired to boost recruitment numbers for the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD needed a campaign that would make a big splash and reverse existing misconceptions that hiring had been frozen. Specifically, the campaign was developed to target the young men and women who turn to online media as their source for information.

Challenge
Co-founded by famed attorney Robert Shapiro, LegalZoom.com empowers users to prepare their own legal documents online through simple questionnaires and self-help menus.

Challenge
Although it had made significant strides in achieving significant reduction in crime and an enhanced quality of life, the city of Hawaiian Gardens continued to have difficulty shaking its past image as crime-ridden, gang-infested town.

Challenge
Eric Rose was retained to help the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) – the organization that represents the more than 9,800 rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles Police Department – promote its members’ interests, contain certain crises and defeat measures that would undermine law enforcement. Specifically, the client sought to increase awareness of, and public support for, compressed work schedules, pension reform and the need to improve morale.

Challenge
Cities and counties in California were being forced to require new strict regulations be placed on restaurants on how they deal with storm water runoff.

Challenge
In the summer of 2006 legislation was introduced in the State Assembly that would have reopened the Fred C. Nelles Correctional Facility for use by the State prison system. This action would create a functioning prison facility directly adjacent to homes, a hospital, schools, and businesses.

Challenge
Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) wanted the City of Los Angeles’ permission to reopen the City portion of Sunshine Canyon Landfill in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. This would be a difficult proposition since incumbent Councilman Hal Bernson was successful eight years earlier in his attempt to close the landfill. If BFI failed to execute the proper strategy, the landfill would again become a very controversial issue and face the wrath of Hal Bernson.

Challenge
In 2006, phone companies gained traction in their attempt to pass legislation creating a statewide cable franchising system. AB 2987, sponsored by the Assembly Speaker, would allow phone companies to avoid local municipal franchising processes when entering the cable business. Adopting cable franchise regulations would create an unfair advantage benefiting phone companies over local cable operators.

Challenge
Catholic Healthcare West was formed in 1997 when the Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity and Sisters of Auburn incorporated their health care ministry under one brand – Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). The newly organized non-for-profit hospital system purchased several hospitals from UniHealth, a secular hospital system throughout Southern California, bringing the total number of CHW hospitals to 48. As result of these changes and acquisitions, Eric Rose to lead a team to handle labor relations, public affairs and community outreach for hospital chain.

Challenge
In January of 2001, Californians were forced to quickly learn the definition of a “rolling-blackout.” The energy crisis dominated newspaper headlines, consumed the evening news and had the state government working overtime. Power plant construction quickly became a hot topic and the energy crisis was creating a political climate geared toward building power plants no matter what the monetary or environmental costs. One such proposal was in the City of South Gate, located South East of Los Angeles.

Challenge
The South Lake Avenue Development proposal called for developing a new retail and entertainment complex while incorporating the historic Macy’s building in Pasadena, California’s famed South Lake Avenue district. Opposition to the proposal was fierce and local preservationists claimed the proposal would ruin the historic Macy’s building and cause other problems such as increased traffic congestion.

Challenge
Eric Rose was hired to boost recruitment numbers for the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD needed a campaign that would make a big splash and reverse existing misconceptions that hiring had been frozen. Specifically, the campaign was developed to target the young men and women who turn to online media as their source for information.

Challenge
On the heels of a referendum attempt to stop a large development in Beverly Hills, Englander & Associates was retained by the developer of 8 acres of property that was formerly a department store in the heart of Beverly Hills would be a daunting task under any circumstances.

Challenge
Although it had made significant strides in achieving significant reduction in crime and an enhanced quality of life, the city of Hawaiian Gardens continued to have difficulty shaking its past image as crime-ridden, gang-infested town.

Challenge
In 1993, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was considering diverting $30 million from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) into the City of Los Angeles’ General Fund.

Challenge
We managed litigation communications following a horrific traffic accident involving our client, a publically traded transportation company, nearly 50 vehicles and multiple fatalities.

Challenge
After a competitor misrepresented their product, sweeping up a large portion of the market, our client brought suit in federal court seeking damages and an injunction against false advertising.

Challenge
Survival was the issue when a very exclusive private school discovered potentially carcinogenic materials invaded their campus from underground wastes buried 50 years earlier by previous property owners.

Challenge
We managed litigation communications following a horrific traffic accident involving our client, a publically traded transportation company, nearly 50 vehicles and multiple fatalities.

Challenge
When an environmental organization brought a California Proposition 65 (which requires the state to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects) case against most major manufacturers of chocolate products we helped ensure that the announcement was a ‘one day wonder’ that gained no media traction.

Challenge
We were hired after the client had been hit by a multi-billion dollar compensatory and punitive damages award. Until the verdict, the media had ignored the case. As a result, all the subsequent media coverage focused on the size of the award while assuming the truth of the allegations against the company.

Challenge
After a competitor misrepresented their product, sweeping up a large portion of the market, our client brought suit in federal court seeking damages and an injunction against false advertising.

Challenge
Accusations of attempted monopolization and price fixing made by federal regulators led to charges filed against our client by numerous state attorneys general and private attorneys.

Challenge
Survival was the issue when a very exclusive private school discovered potentially carcinogenic materials invaded their campus from underground wastes buried 50 years earlier by previous property owners.

Challenge
Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) wanted the City of Los Angeles’ permission to reopen the City portion of Sunshine Canyon Landfill in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. This would be a difficult proposition since incumbent Councilman Hal Bernson was successful eight years earlier in his attempt to close the landfill. If BFI failed to execute the proper strategy, the landfill would again become a very controversial issue and face the wrath of Hal Bernson.

Challenge
The South Lake Avenue Development proposal called for developing a new retail and entertainment complex while incorporating the historic Macy’s building in Pasadena, California’s famed South Lake Avenue district. Opposition to the proposal was fierce and local preservationists claimed the proposal would ruin the historic Macy’s building and cause other problems such as increased traffic congestion.

Challenge
On the heels of a referendum attempt to stop a large development in Beverly Hills, Englander & Associates was retained by the developer of 8 acres of property that was formerly a department store in the heart of Beverly Hills would be a daunting task under any circumstances.

Challenge
In November 1996, California voters passed a statewide initiative entitled Proposition 218. This proposition was the further evolution of the famous Proposition 13 passed by tax weary voters back in 1973. Proposition 218 created a law that stated, henceforth, any new local tax would have to be decided by voters and not politicians. Powerful anti-tax organizations like the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association were instrumental in the passage of Prop 218.

Challenge
R. Rex Parris, a successful attorney in Lancaster, CA, hired E & A to run his campaign for Mayor of Lancaster. Running as an outsider who would clean up city government, Parris was opposed by the existing power structure.

Challenge
The Beverly Hills City Council put a measure on ballot that would raise business, parking, and corporate taxes. The Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce was prepared to support this measure, with no organized opposition in their path. Representing the interest of small businesses in the city, Englander and Associates was retained by a group of property managers who were concerned about impact on their tenants.

Challenge
Although it had made significant strides in achieving significant reduction in crime and an enhanced quality of life, the city of Hawaiian Gardens continued to have difficulty shaking its past image as crime-ridden, gang-infested town.

Challenge
For several years, Eric Rose lead the account team that worked for the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) team, promoting the airport through an aggressive public relations program that targeted the community, elected officials, and the media and industry analysts. After the tragedy of September 11th, Rose lead LAWA’s external proactive media outreach efforts.

Challenge
In 1993, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was considering diverting $30 million from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) into the City of Los Angeles’ General Fund.

Challenge
In 2006, phone companies gained traction in their attempt to pass legislation creating a statewide cable franchising system. AB 2987, sponsored by the Assembly Speaker, would allow phone companies to avoid local municipal franchising processes when entering the cable business. Adopting cable franchise regulations would create an unfair advantage benefiting phone companies over local cable operators.

Challenge
GLOBAL 360 is a Texas-based document and software company that wanted to create a presence and business practice in Los Angeles. The company hired Englander & Associates to build that profile and create the relationships necessary to earn work throughout Los Angeles County.

Challenge
Co-founded by famed attorney Robert Shapiro, LegalZoom.com empowers users to prepare their own legal documents online through simple questionnaires and self-help menus.

Challenge
The South Lake Avenue Development proposal called for developing a new retail and entertainment complex while incorporating the historic Macy’s building in Pasadena, California’s famed South Lake Avenue district. Opposition to the proposal was fierce and local preservationists claimed the proposal would ruin the historic Macy’s building and cause other problems such as increased traffic congestion.

Challenge
On the heels of a referendum attempt to stop a large development in Beverly Hills, Englander & Associates was retained by the developer of 8 acres of property that was formerly a department store in the heart of Beverly Hills would be a daunting task under any circumstances.

Challenge
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) retained Harvey Englander to conduct a communications audit to evaluate the effectiveness of CSUN`s internal and external communications systems and determine whether public perceptions of the university`s academic, cultural and athletic capabilities were consistent with its desired image.

Challenge
Survival was the issue when a very exclusive private school discovered potentially carcinogenic materials invaded their campus from underground wastes buried 50 years earlier by previous property owners.

Challenge
In January of 2001, Californians were forced to quickly learn the definition of a “rolling-blackout.” The energy crisis dominated newspaper headlines, consumed the evening news and had the state government working overtime. Power plant construction quickly became a hot topic and the energy crisis was creating a political climate geared toward building power plants no matter what the monetary or environmental costs. One such proposal was in the City of South Gate, located South East of Los Angeles.

Challenge
Catholic Healthcare West was formed in 1997 when the Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity and Sisters of Auburn incorporated their health care ministry under one brand – Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). The newly organized non-for-profit hospital system purchased several hospitals from UniHealth, a secular hospital system throughout Southern California, bringing the total number of CHW hospitals to 48. As result of these changes and acquisitions, Eric Rose to lead a team to handle labor relations, public affairs and community outreach for hospital chain.

Challenge
In January of 2001, Californians were forced to quickly learn the definition of a “rolling-blackout.” The energy crisis dominated newspaper headlines, consumed the evening news and had the state government working overtime. Power plant construction quickly became a hot topic and the energy crisis was creating a political climate geared toward building power plants no matter what the monetary or environmental costs. One such proposal was in the City of South Gate, located South East of Los Angeles.

Challenge
Although it had made significant strides in achieving significant reduction in crime and an enhanced quality of life, the city of Hawaiian Gardens continued to have difficulty shaking its past image as crime-ridden, gang-infested town.

Challenge
Eric Rose was retained to help the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) – the organization that represents the more than 9,800 rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles Police Department – promote its members’ interests, contain certain crises and defeat measures that would undermine law enforcement. Specifically, the client sought to increase awareness of, and public support for, compressed work schedules, pension reform and the need to improve morale.

Challenge
Eric Rose was hired to boost recruitment numbers for the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD needed a campaign that would make a big splash and reverse existing misconceptions that hiring had been frozen. Specifically, the campaign was developed to target the young men and women who turn to online media as their source for information.

Challenge
When the Grand Jury in Orange County and the Orange County Register demanded that the Orange County Board of Supervisors adopt the Los Angeles County Letter Grade system to show customers what grade the restaurant received during their last health inspection; Englander & Associates worked with the food service industry to educate the Orange County Board of Supervisors about the risks of adopting a system that was misleading.

Challenge
The environmental movement passed legislation which would prohibit the food service industry to use single use plastic or paper bags. The City of Santa Monica received pressure from environmental groups to ban single use plastic and paper bags in all foodservice establishments.

Challenge
Cities and counties in California were being forced to require new strict regulations be placed on restaurants on how they deal with storm water runoff.

Challenge
The City of Long Beach passed anti-smoking legislation in 1994. The legislation was passed by the city council, and also approved by the voters in a 1995 ballot initiative that banned smoking throughout the city and also indoors. In 1998, the State of California passed a law which banned smoking in restaurants and bars but specifically exempted cigars inside cigar lounges, unless local municipalities passed or maintain stronger laws already on the books.

As Director of Communications for Waste Management Western Region, Eric Rose implemented a strategic plan to place positive news reports about Waste Management in newspapers across the Western United States.

Challenge
Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) wanted the City of Los Angeles’ permission to reopen the City portion of Sunshine Canyon Landfill in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. This would be a difficult proposition since incumbent Councilman Hal Bernson was successful eight years earlier in his attempt to close the landfill. If BFI failed to execute the proper strategy, the landfill would again become a very controversial issue and face the wrath of Hal Bernson.

Challenge
CalMet Services is a waste hauling firm that has been in the southeast cities region for over 40 years. Formerly CalSan and Metropolitan Waste, the two firms merged in the 1990s to form one local family owned and operated company. The cities of Downey and Cerritos were coming up for a contract, and Calmet retained the bid.