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NEWS
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- June 23, 2004 |
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on
some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood
activist
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following group of articles from local
newspapers and other sources constitutes but a small percentage
of the information available to the community policing and neighborhood
activist public. It is by no means meant to cover every possible
issue of interest, nor is it meant to convey any particular
point of view ...
We present this simply as a convenience to our readership ...
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From
the LA Times:
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Asbestos Removal Lacked Safeguards, Workers Claim
Members of Housing Authority crew say they removed hazardous tiles
without use of protective gear. Official admits 'disconnect' in
projects.
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story>
Bandit Tow-Truck Drivers to Face Jail
Police Commission proposes sting operations in areas with frequent
illegal car seizures.
Bandit tow-truck drivers who illegally seize vehicles from Los Angeles
private parking lots then demand motorists pay for their return
could soon be jailed and their trucks confiscated.
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story>
DWP to Give City More of Its Funds
Shift of $60 million will aid police, fire services. But the
board says such bailouts must stop.
Although complaining that Los Angeles elected officials have
repeatedly raided the Department of Water and Power, the agency's
board reluctantly agreed Tuesday to transfer a $60-million surplus
to help pay for police and fire services.
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story>
Belmont High Project Wins Board Approval
The campus, now called Vista Hermosa, will have two new buildings
and a community park.
An East L.A. high school is OKd too. As part of its efforts
to ease overcrowding in center-city schools, the Los Angeles school
board gave final approval Tuesday to the long-troubled Belmont High
School Project and approved plans to build a high school in East
Los Angeles.
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story>
Campus Checkups Improve, City Says
L.A. Unified revamps inspections after cafeteria and restroom
conditions are criticized.
Months after city officials scolded Los Angeles Unified School
District officials for deplorable conditions at some campus restrooms
and cafeterias, a city report released Tuesday said the district
is on the right track with a program to ensure clean and safe buildings.
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story>
County Bans Smoking at 2 Beaches
Following the lead of Santa Monica, Malibu and other coastal cities,
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban
smoking at two county beaches this summer.
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story>
County and Cudahy Feud Over $65,000
Los Angeles County is pursuing an unlikely scofflaw that it says
failed to pay a $65,000 bill: the city of Cudahy.
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story>
County OKs Mine Consent Decree
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 Tuesday
to approve the terms of a federal consent decree allowing a 56.1-million
ton gravel and sand mine near Santa Clarita.
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story>
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From
the Daily News:
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Officials offer tips as virus hits Valley
With efforts already under way to eradicate mosquitoes, vector control
officials said Tuesday that they are beefing up their public education
programs to help stop the spread of the potentially deadly West
Nile virus.
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story>
Council committee OKs airport panel nominees
Mayor James Hahn's three nominees to the Los Angeles Airport Commission
won the blessing of a key City Council committee Tuesday, despite
concerns that they would represent Hahn and not residents near Los
Angeles International and Van Nuys airports.
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story>
DWP to pay city $60 million Funds needed to balance municipal
budget
With one member declaring that "the gravy train is coming to an
end," the commission overseeing the Los Angeles Department of Water
and Power reluctantly agreed Tuesday to give the city $60 million
to balance the municipal budget.
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story>
'Green power' urged for DWP
Saying Los Angeles should increase its reliance on clean energy
sources even if it costs ratepayers more, members of a City Council
committee Tuesday endorsed a move to require the Department of Water
and Power to obtain 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources
by 2017.
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story>
Local councils may win more control of budgets
A plan to give neighborhood councils greater control over their
annual budgets -- while at the same time dealing with complaints
of reckless spending -- gained support on Tuesday.
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story>
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From
Mayor Hahn:
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Mayor Hahn Helps Break Ground
on More Than 500 Units of East Los Angeles Housing
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story>
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