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From the LA Times:

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Cash Rolls In for Bid to Add Police
Supporters of a ballot measure to boost the sales tax in Los Angeles County to pay for more police officers and sheriff's deputies have raised almost $2 million, much of it from interest groups and businesses with a stake in the outcome.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baca6oct06,1,6997302.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Nursing Dispute Worsens at County-USC Hospital
Officials say lives are endangered by a refusal to treat patients. Union blames staffing levels.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-county6oct06,1,2106399.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Council Candidates Oppose LAX Plan
Contenders to succeed termed-out Cindy Miscikowski speak out against the airport modernization proposal she has championed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-airport6oct06,1,194391.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Candidate Chips In Funds for Measure
L.A. mayoral hopeful Villaraigosa could boost his own cause by using money from his state campaign kitty to back hiring more officers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-antonio6oct06,1,5310791.story?coll=la-headlines-california

5-Year Plan for Smaller Schools OKd
L.A. Unified approves the conversion of 131 middle and senior high campuses to 'learning communities' of 350 to 500 students.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-convert6oct06,1,1767255.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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LAPD close to consent decree compliance
In the most optimistic report to date on the Los Angeles Police Department's progress toward federal reform goals, LAPD leaders said Tuesday that they have achieved compliance on more than 80 percent of the goals.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2448195,00.html

Green power mandate OK'd
Despite warnings of higher rates, the Los Angeles City Council decided Tuesday to require the Department of Water and Power to get more of its energy from "clean" sources than state law requires.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2448146,00.html

Villaraigosa backs Measure A
Councilman to give $500,000 for passage
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2448368,00.html

Knowing when to intervene
Bratton says training not result of incident
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2448120,00.html

Prop. 59 would beef up right to get public data
SACRAMENTO - The basic democratic right of citizens to request and receive information from government has became a tarnished ideal in California, weakened by court rulings and everyday practices in public offices.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2448369,00.html

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From other sources:

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From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Urges Federal Incentives To Prevent "Runaway Production"
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423863_10052004.pdf

Mayor Hahn And Chief Bratton Announce New Training Curriculum For LAPD Recruits
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423855_10052004.pdf

From Senator Boxer
Senate Passes Boxer's First Responder Communications Initiative
http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=227139

From Senator Feinstein
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Bill to Limit
Supply of Chemical Used to Produce Methamphetamine
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-meth.htm

Senate Approves Feinstein Amendment To Improve Intelligence Functions of FBI
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/04Releases/r-911comm-fbiamndt.htm