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NEWS
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- August 19, 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 ...
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From
the LA Times:
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Westwood Project Gets City's OK
Compromises pave the way for the council's unanimous approval of
the $100-million commercial and housing development.
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story>
Bill to Ban Fake Guns in Public Gets Assembly OK
Lawmaker tells of deputies drawing their guns on his son, who had
a fake weapon.
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story>
Pet Owners Could Be in the Doghouse
The Los Angeles City Council, looking to give dogs a boost in their
standard of living, voted Wednesday to draft an ordinance that would
set strict standards for doghouses and outlaw the practice of permanently
chaining the animals in yards.
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story>
L.A. Looking Into Return of Downtown Trolley Line
More than 40 years after the last Pacific Electric Red Car clanged
to a stop in Los Angeles, city leaders are weighing a proposal to
resurrect the trolley system with a five-mile loop that would connect
downtown landmarks from Chinatown to Staples Center.
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story>
Federal Monitor Praises, Criticizes LAPD
Car theft suspect Stanley Miller was complying with orders when
an officer struck him repeatedly with a heavy flashlight, the federally
appointed monitor overseeing reforms of the Los Angeles Police Department
has said.
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story>
L.A. Names Street After Longtime AME Pastor
He has been head pastor at the First African Methodist Episcopal
Church for 27 years, helping transform his Mid-City church into
a center for social activism.
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story>
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From
the Daily News:
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Shaking up downtown
Nearly 18 months after taking the helm, Robert "Bud" Ovrom faces
a major test today of his efforts to massively overhaul and streamline
the Community Redevelopment Agency long criticized for its emphasis
on downtown at the expense of the blighted neighborhoods.
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Waste officials mull Sun Valley gravel pit
Los Angeles sanitation officials are weighing a bid on a 125-acre
gravel pit in Sun Valley as the site for trash-transfer facility
-- which would put the garbage-loading and -unloading operation
adjacent to an equestrian community.
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story>
Silence on bus project
California's Court of Appeal failed to deliver an expected ruling
Wednesday on whether construction could resume on the Orange Line,
leaving both the MTA and busway opponents in limbo.
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City behind in pension funds
The city of Los Angeles underpaid its employees' pension fund by
more than $40 million in the past two years -- money that taxpayers
will have to reimburse, officials said Wednesday.
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Toy guns no fun on the street
SACRAMENTO -- Saying police officers increasingly face split-second
decisions regarding children with realistic-looking toy guns, the
state Assembly passed legislation Wednesday to hike penalties for
carrying or waving imitation guns in public.
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story>
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From
othes sources:
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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Urges Legislature To Pass Bill To Help Domestic Violence
Victims
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story> (pdf format)
Mayor Hahn Announces Fontayne Holmes To Be City Librarian
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story> (pdf format)
Mayor Hahn Creates Enterprise Fund
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story> (pdf format)
From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Decline in Substance Use among
Students, Even Excessive Users
Tenth Biennial Study Sees Abstinence Go Up; But Teen Dating Violence
Up
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story>
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