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From the LA Times:

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Why Supervisors Let Deadly Problems Slide
Fearful of provoking black protests, they shied away from imposing tough remedies on inept administrators. 'We have failed the community,' one board veteran acknowledges.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kdday5dec09,0,6376506.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Taking Inventory of History
The City Council votes for a survey as a way to determine what's worth preserving in L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-history9dec09,0,5805133.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Audit Faults City's Travel Expenditures
Officials have paid too much for lodging and flights, says controller, who asks council to adopt major reforms.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-travel9dec09,0,1510815.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Man Hit by Police Is Sent to Prison
Stanley Miller gets three years after pleading guilty to evading arrest. His beating by an LAPD officer sparked probes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beating9dec09,0,2677753.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn's Replacement of Public Works Commissioner Decried
Supporters of the ousted Cynthia Ruiz, who has ties to a candidate for the mayor's job, call the move a political gambit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cynthia9dec09,0,6666269.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Housing Plan for Old Tunnel Site Gains
A Los Angeles City Council committee on Wednesday rejected an appeal meant to block the construction of apartments on the old Belmont Tunnel lot downtown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-belmont9dec09,0,7522839.story?coll=la-headlines-california

3 School Board Incumbents to Run Unchallenged in March
City Atty. Delgadillo, and Councilmen Padilla and Garcetti will also make uncontested bids for reelection, as the filing deadline passes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elect9dec09,0,211525.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Plan to Bus Homeless Criticized
Los Angeles City Council members on Wednesday officially condemned Santa Clarita's plan to bus some of its homeless residents to shelters in Los Angeles.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless9dec09,0,3378022.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Valley parents feel betrayed on bonds
Los Angeles school officials' plan to move 5,500 promised classroom seats out of the San Fernando Valley could jeopardize the Valley's support for a fourth bond proposal in 2006, community leaders said Wednesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585394,00.html

LAUSD wants to raze 8 homes for school
VAN NUYS -- The Los Angeles Unified School District has backed away from plans to build an elementary school on land destined for an animal shelter, but now wants to demolish eight homes to make way for the campus, officials said.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585149,00.html

Hahn appointment called political ploy
Mayor James Hahn's shake-up of city commissions triggered another controversy Wednesday with several City Council members accusing him of playing politics with the Board of Public Works by removing a respected member who has not endorsed his re-election bid.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585101,00.html

Races now official as deadline passes for city candidacy
The field of candidates qualified for the March 8 city election took shape with Wednesday's deadline to submit nominating petitions.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585121,00.html

Officials assail plan to bus Santa Clarita homeless to L.A.
The Los Angeles City Council rebuked Santa Clarita officials Wednesday over their plan to bus homeless people to North Hollywood and downtown L.A., although that proposal may be axed in favor of a county shelter.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585136,00.html

Parking meter readers finding hot cars
Los Angeles parking meter readers helped recover 72 stolen cars in the first week of a pilot program that allows them to check the status of vehicles parked on city streets, officials said Wednesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585174,00.html

Molest victims sought by police
BURBANK -- A man suspected of being a child molester was being held Wednesday in lieu of $1.1 million bail, and authorities said they were searching for additional victims.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2585393,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Detectives Need the Public's Help in Identifying the Owner of Diamonds
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/12/pr04599.htm

Detectives Request Assistance in locating Sexual Assault Suspect
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/12/pr04601.htm

From Attorney General Lockyer
Attorney General Readies Court Challenge to Fight Federal Attack on Women's Right to Choose
Boxer, Feinstein and Pelosi Also Oppose Move To Block Funds If State Enforces Abortion Laws
http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-138.htm

From Senator Boxer
Senate Passes Intelligence Reform Bill
Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) voted in favor of the intelligence reform bill today, saying that it is "an important step forward in defending our country against the new threats that face us."
http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=229730