Background

TACF Founder and President - Chuck Sun, an Engineering Professional, has an illustrious career of almost 38 years retired from Boeing. He planned to travel and do community work in his spare time. He saw the worsening safety trend in February 2021 and recognized his beloved community was faced with increased hate crimes aimed at Asians, rising assaults and robberies in his community, and home break-ins in the neighborhood. In addition, there was a string of purses snatching at the supermarkets and parking lots, forceful removal of handbags at stores like one bakery on Colima Road. The frequency of occurrence has increased to a point it affected our daily lives and activities in our community. Chuck felt strongly that something must be done to reduce the negative impact in our community.

Chuck discussed the matters with his good friend Alice Hsiao and they concluded that they would do something to take back the community. They called on their friends and together they formed a community group consisting of mostly local people in early March 2021. The group first started with about 30+ friends and began to collect signatures at the 99 Ranch Market to voice people’s concern about the safety of the community is facing. Chuck and the team also met with Janice Hahn, our County Supervisor to express concerns about the increased crimes in our communities and offered some possible suggestions for her to consider. This was the beginning of our very first attempt to counter crimes in our community.

Milestone

·We officially started in early March as a grass-roots group with 30+ friends, and it grew to about 900 affiliates today. In pursuing community safety, our group has been very active.

·On March 18, 2021, more than half of the board members participated L.A. Hate Crime Summit meeting hosted by Sheriff Alex Villanueva. We are against discrimination and advocate racial equality.

·On March 21, 2021, we had a very constructive meeting with County Supervisor Hahn, there were suggestions that included installing surveillance cameras on Colima Road to catch criminals. County Supervisor Hahn agreed with the ideas and immediately went to work.

·On April 3 and 4, 2021, our group conducted an Anti-Crime outreach event at 99 Ranch Market to meet many community residents and to raise voices opposing proposition SB82.

·On April 5, 2021, in response to our proposition, County Supervisor Hahn authored Motions 5 (AAPI Initiative) and 55A (Cameras on Colima). Our Board Members were invited to speak in the public meeting to support both motions. In the end, we were thrilled to see both motions were passed.

·On April 10, 2021, many board members joined our friends in Walnut to support the Anti-Hate Crime event hosted by the City of Walnut.

·On May 22, 2021, all Board members unanimously agreed to form our foundation “Together Against Crime Foundation”.

·On June 5, 2021, TACF held a Community Meeting with Walnut / Industry Sheriffs at STC Center in Rowland Heights. Captain Rector in the City of Industry Station, Captain Tousey in Walnut Station, and Nick Holden representing County Supervisor Hahn attended this meeting. We had a pretty good turnout estimated at around 180- 200 attendees at this event. Notably, the synergy between Sheriffs, Nick, and our local attentive residents was remarkable!

·On July 21, our group met with Tzu Chi Foundation in San Dimas, we had a fruitful discussion on community involvement and contribution to the well-being of our society as a whole.

·On July 21, 2021, to protect the safety of our Hacienda Heights members, we participated in the public meeting and openly opposed the homeless facility set up in the residential populated area. Because of the outcry from the community, the lease signing event for the facility was postponed and sent back to the School Board for reconsideration.

·On July 28, 2021, at the School Board meeting, we joined the rally with roughly 180 people at Stimson Learning Center. In the end, the School Board decided to reverse the decision and not lease the facility to the homeless organization. This decision is in the best interest of all Hacienda Heights residents.

·On August 12, 2021, County Supervisor Hahn approved our request and agreed to work with both Industry and Walnut Diamond Bar Sheriffs Stations to identify locations for 44 license plate reading cameras on Colima and other strategic locations. County Supervisor Hahn has agreed to fund the cameras for both Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights as well.

·On August 25, 2021, TACF donated funding for Catalytic Converter Etching equipment to Diamond Bar / Walnut Sheriff Station.

·On September 23, 2021, our Board Members joined Community Conversation hosted by Sheriff Alex Villanueva to talk about the need to deploy Chinese Deputies in the Diamond Bar / Walnut / Rowland Heights areas. We also discussed homeless issues, and how to inspire young people to join Law Enforcement.

·On September 25, 2021, TACF hosted a zoom meeting with Deputy Louise Denver and Deputy Claudia Maldonado to talk about Neighborhood Watch and Crime Prevention.

·On October 19, 2021, in the spirit of serving the community, TACF donated sweets to the Los Angeles Park Administration. It is hoped that the people who come to participate in the festive event will feel more joyful on Halloween.

·On November 16, 2021, TACF had a meeting with Walnut Mayor Eric Ching and Commander Alfred Reyes of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department to talk about community safety topics.

·On November 22, 2021, In recognition of the Sheriff’s hard work for safeguarding our communities, TACF and Rowland Heights Chinese Association have joined hands to carry out the "Send Warmth in Cold Winter" meal serving event at the Walnut Diamond Bar Sheriff Station. The two main associations in the Eastern District, jointly delivered a warm meal to every sheriff on duty, thanking them for their efforts to maintain community safety.

·On December 05, 2021, TACF serves as a bridge between, two victims of theft and robbery crimes met with Deputy Louis Denver and Deputy Claudia Maldonado, so they can understand additional details and actively solve the cases as soon as possible.

·On December 28, 2021, TACF and Hacienda Heights Chinese Association joined hands to carry out the "Send Warmth in Cold Winter" meal serving event at the City of Industry Sheriff Station. The two main associations in the Eastern District, jointly delivered a warm meal to every sheriff on duty, thanking them for their efforts to maintain community safety.

·On January 19, 2022, In order to express our gratitude to the public officials before the Chinese New Year, TACF held an appreciation luncheon in Rowland Heights with Walnut City Mayer Eric Chin, Commander Alfred Reyes of L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, Walnut-Diamond Bar Sheriff Station Captain Steve Tousey, Lieutenant Maurizio Avola, Deputy Kevin Wu, Deputy Claudia Maldonado, City of Industry Sheriff Station Lieutenant Mike Del Real, Lieutenant Tri Hoang, Sergeant David Chi, and former Diamond Bar Mayor Steve Tye.

·On February 16, 2022, TACF hosted a zoom meeting with LA County Sheriff David Chi to talk about fraud prevention, gang crimes, drugs, and police cases. The whole meeting was communicated in Chinese and more than 150 people participated.

·On February 22, 2022, TACF joined LAHSA for the Homeless Count Project of Rowland Heights. 30+ people from TACF participated and found a slight increase in the number of homeless people in Rowland Heights. Homeless statistics is a large-scale census conducted by Los Angeles County to understand the number of homeless people. This number can be used as a future policy direction and plans to prepare a budget to improve the lives of homeless people.

·On 03.26.2022, TACF's First Year Anniversary Celebration and President Installation for our Incoming President John Hsu were held at STC Center in Rowland Heights. Under the leadership of Past President Chuck Sun, many things have been concretely implemented. The government and public official representatives who came to participate in the evening included California 39th District Congresswomen Young Kim, California 55th District Assemblyman Philip Chen, California 32nd District Senator Bob Archuleta, Los Angeles County 1st District Chief of Staff Cindy Chen, Los Angeles County Undersheriff Tim Murakami, Los Angeles County Sheriff Commander Al Reyes, Deputy Fire Department Assistant Chief Gerald Gonzales, Walnut Mayor Eric Chin, Former Monterey Park Mayor Lily Chen, Diamond Bar / Walnut Sheriff Station Captain Steve Tousey and many more.

And Many Many more activities TACF has engaged, please see our Events Webpage…