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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
April 13, 2011 |
Los Angeles City Council delays vote on police, fire health care plans
Labor union leaders representing Los Angeles city firefighters and police officers Tuesday beat back an attempt to cut back their health care benefits. With health care costs soaring, L.A.'s City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana said firefighters and police officers have a choice - contribute more toward their retirement health care plans or see benefits shrink.
California Public Radio |
Gangland violence comes to Dodger Stadium
It's not that I don't enjoy baseball as much as I did when I was younger, it's just that I don't enjoy the experience of attending the games at Dodger Stadium like I used to. Putting it simply, I have to watch my back all day at work; I don't like having to do it at the ballpark, especially at the prices the Dodgers charge for tickets.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media |
LAPD pushes proper child-seat installation
Most everyone agrees that child safety seats are a great idea. However, they still have to be installed properly. A campaign to help parents make sure their kids are safe is under way.Los Angeles Police Traffic Division personnel are setting up child-safety inspection clinics throughout the Los Angeles area all week. Tuesday morning they were in North Hollywood. Officers pulled over parent after parent to inspect child-safety seats in their cars. No tickets were given, just advice on how to properly put the safety seats in place. |
Firehouses feel pinch of cuts in L.A. budget
Station 92's old, portable air-compressor system is useless for inflating firetruck tires, and fixing it or getting approval for a new one could take half a century. So when firefighters don't have time to drive all the way downtown to the Los Angeles Fire Department's maintenance yard, they fill tires with the air from breathing tanks they wear into smoky buildings.
Los Angeles Times |
Budget cuts funds for poor, police, environment, more
Democrats and White House officials acceded to deep cuts in programs for the poor, law enforcement, the environment and civic projects to reach a budget deal that averted a federal government shutdown, according to new details of the $38-billion spending cut package. The previously undisclosed reductions stunned advocates for community health centers, foreign aid and climate change research. Among the cuts is a $500-million reduction in funding for the federal health and nutrition program for women, infants and children, known as WIC.
Los Angeles Times |
Who's the secret billionaire group behind CFFR's California pension attacks?
The California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, headed by Marcia Fritz, is a group that's heading the effort to dismantle pension benefits for public employees. CFFR attempts to cast itself simply as a group of concerned Californians tackling an issue of public interest. Over the past several years, it has furiously churned out op-ed pieces and sued pension boards to gain access to the records of retirees. The group even hosts a website called "The $100,000 Pension Club," which features a searchable database listing the names of former California public employees who receive more than $100,000 in retirement payments. However, it turns out that CFFR is being funded not by a fiscally concerned Californian, but by an unnamed out-of-state billionaire foundation.
LAPPL Blog |
Calpers officer urges money manager pension-bashing donation disclosure
Wall Street firms seeking to invest for the $235 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System should disclose if they've supported groups critical of government pensions, one of the fund's board members said. Money managers trying to win business from the largest U.S. public pension should report contributions to groups advocating for dismantling public worker pension plans that guarantee benefit levels regardless of investment returns, said a Calpers board member, J.J. Jelincic, former head of one of California's largest state worker unions.
Bloomberg |
Villaraigosa to focus on education in his State of the City address
The mayor's emphasis on struggling schools comes as city officials are wrestling with a deficit of at least $350 million and trying to retain services even after deep budget cuts.
Los Angeles Times |
Limits on guns advance in California Legislature
Lawmakers seeking to revive two controversial gun bills made progress Tuesday, as an Assembly committee approved proposals targeting the "open carry" protest movement and requiring records on long gun sales. Assembly Bill 144, by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, would make it a crime to openly carry an unloaded handgun in public. A number of circumstances and activities would be exempt from the ban, including some ceremonies, hunting and gun shows.
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
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