Los Angeles, CA
| February 14, 1954 | According, CoS, Church | According to CoS, the first official Scientology Church is founded "by community members in Los Angeles," without the direct participation of L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| February 18, 1954 | Church, Los Angeles, California. It, tax-exempt status | The first Church of Scientology is founded in Los Angeles, California. It is initially granted tax-exempt status. | |
| June 1, 1972 | Narconon New Life Program, Los Angeles, CA, out-patients. There, time | Narconon New Life Program begins in Los Angeles, CA as an office that deals with out-patients. There is no official funding at this time. [June 1972; exact date unknown] | |
| October 21, 1974 | Jane Kember, Guardian World Wide, Guardian Order 1361. Its | Jane Kember, the Guardian World Wide, issues Guardian Order 1361. Its "operating targets" include getting agents to infiltrate IRS offices in Washington DC and Los Angeles and obtaining all documents on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. | |
| September 1, 1976 | With, GO Scientologists, Michael Meisner, Richard Weigand's, Los Angeles, Jeff Marks. He's, appearance. GO, there's, Meisner's a | With the help of other GO Scientologists, Michael Meisner moves out of Richard Weigand's house and into a hotel in Los Angeles, registering under the name of Jeff Marks. He's ordered to change his appearance. GO executives know there's a warrant out for Meisner's arrest; they're now harboring a fugitive. | |
| September 10, 1976 | Michael Meisner, Los Angeles, authorities. At midnight, Guardian's Office, hotel | Michael Meisner moves to a different hotel in Los Angeles to continue to evade authorities. At midnight, other Guardian's Office members move him to yet another hotel. | |
| September 12, 1976 | Michael Meisner, Los Angeles, authorities | Michael Meisner moves to a different hotel in Los Angeles to continue to evade authorities. | |
| September 13, 1976 | Michael Meisner, Los Angeles, authorities | Michael Meisner moves to a different hotel in Los Angeles to continue to evade authorities. | |
| September 15, 1976 | Michael Meisner, Los Angeles, authorities | Michael Meisner moves to a different hotel in Los Angeles to continue to evade authorities. | |
| January 2, 1978 | Mary Sue Hubbard, Los Angeles | Mary Sue Hubbard moves to Los Angeles. | |
| February 1, 1979 | Hepatitis, Scientology's Cadet Org, Los Angeles. From, May 1979: | Hepatitis breaks out in Scientology's Cadet Org in Los Angeles. From an internal memo from May 1979: "Then in Feb. the hepatitis scene happened and we were swarmed over by County and State Health Inspectors." [Sometime in Feb. 1979; exact date unknown.] | |
| January 7, 1982 | Religious Technology Center, Los Angeles | The Religious Technology Center is founded in Los Angeles. | |
| February 1, 1983 | Enid Vien, Church, Scientology's Flint, Michigan, mission, Church, Church, Los Angeles. In, letter, said, ''I, parishioners, sta | Enid Vien, director of the Church of Scientology's Flint, Michigan, mission, resigns from Church and sends a scathing letter to Church officials in Los Angeles. In her letter, she said, ''I can no longer support a church that bleeds its parishioners, abuses its staff, uses fear tactics to ensure everyone at least pretends to agree and engages upon coercive tactics to sew its missions up.'' Despite the criticism, Ms. Vien said she still believes in Scientology technology and in Scientology as applied religious philosophy. [Sometime in February 1983; exact date unknown.] | |
| December 20, 1983 | Clearwater Police Department Report Number SR3.1 RA5b: "This, Australian Government, Los Angeles Consulate General Office. Mr. M | Clearwater Police Department Report Number SR3.1 RA5b: "This report is concerning conversations with police officials of the Australian Government, Los Angeles Consulate General Office. Mr. Millwird was inquiring about the Scientology organization and its practices. After a conversation concerning some Scientology activities, I, (Lt. Emmons), advised Mr. Millwird on what documents to obtain and where to get them. Most of these documents mentioned are public policies of the Scientology organization." | |
| December 2, 1986 | Rodney Rimando, Los Angeles | Rodney Rimando dies after his body plummets from the top of a Scientology building in Los Angeles. | |
| December 5, 1986 | Gerry Armstrong, Los Angeles, Scientologists, Scientology, agreement. To Armstrong's, dismay, possible. Attorney Michael Flynn, | Gerry Armstrong flies to Los Angeles, along with several other former Scientologists who are suing Scientology, to participate in a settlement agreement. To Armstrong's overwhelming dismay, he learns that the settlement contains a strict gag order preventing him from saying anything at all about his experiences in Scientology and requiring him to avoid testifying in court cases whenever possible. Attorney Michael Flynn assures Armstrong that these parts of the agreement are unenforceable and that Armstrong cannot sign away his right to speak about his experiences. | |
| June 6, 1988 | Leroy Bridges, Oklahoma Department, Mental Health, Oklahoma Secretary, State's, Treatment Development Corporation. Treatment Dev | Leroy Bridges, an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, files a document with the Oklahoma Secretary of State's office in which he applies to reserve the name Treatment Development Corporation. Treatment Development Corp. was hired by Narconon International to help the Los Angeles based firm with its certificate of need application to open a Narconon center in Oklahoma. Bridges denies any wrongdoing, but his activities are probed by federal investigators. | |
| February 2, 1991 | Tom Voltz, Marcelo Vine, WISE International, Los Angeles. Vine, WISE Europe, Copenhagen. They, Voltz, Hubbard, German. Voltz wri | Tom Voltz receives a visit from Marcelo Vine, one of the leading powers from WISE International in Los Angeles. Vine is accompanied by a staff member from WISE Europe in Copenhagen. They ask Voltz to hand over his translation of Hubbard materials into German. Voltz writes: "I knew the meaning of the apparently accidental appearance of the gentlemen: it would hardly be possible to realize a fair price for the translations and layouts of over a hundred pages. If WISE had wanted to make an honest deal, then WISE would have, as is customary in the business world, made previous written contact with me and imparted to me that WISE themselves now wished to undertake the sale of course documents and would have asked me to make a bid. In order to avoid the danger of coming out of this completely empty-handed, I looked over my books for expenses and income for this order and calculated the difference. I determined that I was about $10,000 short of breaking even. (Making a profit was out of the question.) I offered Marcello Vine, the management member of WISE International, the computer disks with the translations and the layouts, ready for publication, for $10,000. He had a short telephone conversation with another person from WISE and told me that he could agree to that. ... Besides that I was to receive a one-year membership, free. I did not need it, and WISE could give them out easily, since it cost them nothing to confer. I have never received or signed that sort of membership contract. We agreed as to the payment. ... I sat behind my computer for two days and two nights, practically without sleep, and worked up the documents in accordance with the wishes of WISE. Then I awaited my first check, as the publication of the order would surely be a huge success." | |
| August 21, 1995 | Elliot J. Abelson, Los Angeles, Church, Scientology, Shelley Thomson, e-zine **Biased Journalism**, Kim Baker, Scientologist, Ca | Elliot J. Abelson, a Los Angeles lawyer representing the Church of Scientology, sends snail mail letters to Shelley Thomson, editor of the e-zine **Biased Journalism**, and to Kim Baker, a former Scientologist in Cape Town, South Africa, who was then serving as a director of FACTnet. | |
| October 1, 1996 | Los Angeles City Council, Berendo Street, L. Ron Hubbard Way. 8, 3, street, vote, later | The Los Angeles City Council votes on a resolution to rename part of Berendo Street to L. Ron Hubbard Way. The vote is 8 to 3 in favor of renaming the street, but without a unanimous vote, the issue will come up again a week later. | |
| November 1, 1997 | IAS (International Association, Scientologists) Anniversary, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles | IAS (International Association of Scientologists) Anniversary event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles | |
| March 10, 1998 | Harassment: Bob Minton, Los Angeles | Harassment: Bob Minton suffers a mysterious theft in Los Angeles | |
| March 19, 1998 | Harassment: Scientologists, German Embassy, Los Angeles | Harassment: Scientologists picket the German Embassy in Los Angeles | |
| September 9, 1998 | Garry Scarff, Los Angeles | Garry Scarff, followed in Los Angeles | |
| November 29, 1998 | Kady O'Malley, Snefru, OSA, Los Angeles | Kady O'Malley and Snefru are followed by OSA in Los Angeles | |
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