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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
July 1, 2016 |
LAPD commander alleges retaliation after leak of agency's purchase of horse owned by chief's daughter
A Los Angeles Police commander is suing the city, alleging he was the victim of retaliation after top police brass falsely concluded he leaked information to a blogger for a story that said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck approved the department's purchase of a horse from Beck's daughter. The suit alleges the LAPD subjected Smith to fabricated internal affairs complaints, searched his office and took files from him, including one he planned to give to the department's inspector general. The file contained his handwritten notes questioning whether the sale of the horse by Beck's daughter was legal and ethical.
Los Angeles Times
Initiative to speed up the death penalty process qualifies for the November ballot
An initiative that aims to speed up executions in California qualified for the Nov. 8 ballot on Thursday, making it one of two competing measures voters will weigh on the death penalty. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, co-chair of the Californians for Death Penalty Reform and Savings Campaign, called it an important day for public safety and said the organization would work to kill the opposing ballot measure. "Death row killers earned their sentences recommended by juries and imposed by judges across California," Schubert said. "Justice demands that those sentences be carried out. These killers should not be rewarded by repealing the death penalty."
Los Angeles Times
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to revamp prison parole rules qualifies for the November ballot
California voters will consider expanded opportunities for state prisoners to be paroled under Gov. Jerry Brown's initiative that qualified for the fall ballot on Thursday. Brown, who unveiled his proposal at the end of January and successfully fought back a legal challenge that he had waited too late, has insisted the proposal is both an important fix to sentencing laws he helped loosen in 1977 and necessary to help the state comply with federal court orders to shrink the prison population.
Los Angeles Times
Man Doused In Gas, Set On Fire In Valley Glen Carport, LAPD Says An argument lead to one man dousing another man in gasoline and setting him on fire in a Valley Glen carport Thursday evening, according to Los Angeles police. Police said the two men, one sitting in a car and the other outside the vehicle, were arguing in the carport in the 6600 block of Woodman Avenue at about 7 p.m. That's when detectives said the man outside the vehicle doused the man inside the car with gasoline and set him on fire. The car and the carport went up in flames, injuring both men.
ABC 7
Man Sought in Series of Armed Robberies Targeting Parking Lot Attendants in Hollywood
Police were asking for the public's help Thursday in identifying a man involved in a series of armed robberies in the Hollywood area targeting parking lot attendants. Surveillance video provided by the Los Angeles Police Department on June 30, 2016 shows a man wanted in a series of armed robberies in Hollywood. The robberies occurred between June 11 and June 25 at all hours of the day and night, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The man, armed with a handgun, confronted the victims and demanded money from each of them, police said in a statement. After the robbery, the man fled on a mountain bike, which was described as red and/or black in color.
KTLA 5
Homeless Man Sentenced to Prison for Attacking Boy Outside Walt Disney Concert Hall
A homeless man was sentenced Thursday to six years in state prison after pleading no contest to attacking an 11-year-old boy outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Raul Villalba Ocampo, 33, entered his plea to one count of child abuse before being sentenced, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Authorities respond to an attack on a child outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2015. The fifth-grader was on a school field trip on Dec. 10, 2015, when Ocampo placed the boy in a chokehold and punctured his neck with a sharpened key, the DA's office stated.
KTLA 5
LAPD Handing Out Fewer Speeding Tickets Because Of Survey Backlog
Hampered by a city backlog, Los Angeles police are handing out fewer speeding tickets these days, even as the number of fatal collisions on city streets has increased. Laser speed guns can only be used on city streets where transportation officials have conducted surveys to help determine safe speed limits. But those surveys expire after about 10 years. The Los Angeles Police Department says about 75 percent of the 680 surveys they need have reached that point without being renewed. As a result the number of citations has dropped from about 99,000 in 2010 to only 16,000 last year.
ABC 7
Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission
An attorney and public policy strategist could become the latest member of the Los Angeles Police Commission, replacing a longtime commissioner whose second term is expiring. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that he had nominated Cynthia McClain-Hill to the five-person police oversight panel, taking the seat of Robert Saltzman, who has served on the board since 2007. McClain-Hill cofounded Strategic Counsel, which describes itself as a firm that blends “legal and lobbying expertise with strong public policy outreach and strategic communications capabilities.” McClain-Hill's focus is land use, environmental law and regulatory practice, according to her company's website.
Los Angeles Times
Syringes in woman's underwear lead to arrest at Hollywood Burbank Airport
A passenger at Hollywood Burbank Airport, who was found to be hiding syringes in her undergarments, was taken into custody Tuesday night for an outstanding felony warrant, authorities said. A Transportation Security Administration officer noticed “a suspicious item” in the woman's underwear in the body scanner and asked her to remove it, said TSA spokesman Nico Melendez. She stated she was hiding medication “because she was severely diabetic,” he said. When she was asked to remove the items, she said they could not be removed in public, Melendez said.
Los Angeles Daily News
$250,000 Worth Of Counterfeit Major League Baseball Jerseys Seized From El Monte Shop
Counterfeit pro sports team jerseys worth about a quarter of a million dollars were seized Thursday at an El Monte tattoo-supply business. The seizure was made after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Counterfeit and Piracy Enforcement Team served a search warrant at TNS Tattoo Supply at 9866 Garvey Ave. The team had spent a month investigating sales of counterfeit jerseys throughout the San Gabriel Valley area, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
CBS 2
State attorney general investigating potential price collusion by oil producers
California's top prosecutor is investigating whether major oil refiners defrauded consumers by colluding to boost gas prices above what the rest of the country paid last year after the shutdown of the ExxonMobil refinery. The inquiry by Attorney General Kamala Harris comes in the wake of a report by the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog that accused refiners of improperly hiding market data and blocking imports that would have stabilized soaring gas prices after the 15-month shutdown at ExxonMobil in Torrance.
The Daily Breeze
California Legislature Approves 12 Gun-Control Measures Before Break
The California Legislature on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown 12 gun-control measures as Democratic lawmakers try a last-ditch effort to persuade Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to drop a proposed ballot initiative. Legislative leaders hailed the move as the nation's most aggressive gun control effort and proof that firearm restrictions are politically viable. Their measures earned a sharp rebuke from gun-rights advocates who say the Legislature is shredding constitutional gun-ownership rights. Associated Press
California governor denies parole for ex-Mexican Mafia chief
Gov. Jerry Brown again blocked parole Thursday for a former leader of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who now helps law enforcement, discounting claims that the double murderer intended to enter the federal witness protection program. The governor similarly rejected parole for Rene "Boxer" Enriquez last year after concluding he is at risk of being killed if he is freed. His release also would endanger those around him who might be caught in the crossfire, the governor said in his latest decision. "He remains an active target for the Mexican Mafia and there are many who would go to great lengths to attack Mr. Enriquez because of his high-profile status as a gang dropout," Brown wrote.
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City Government News
Lawsuit: DWP Contractor Paid for Prostitutes and Bachelor Parties in Vegas
Attorneys for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power filed court papers Thursday alleging the contractor that handled the troubled rollout of the utility's billing system three years ago intentionally over-billed the city and spent the money, in part, on prostitutes and two lavish bachelor parties in Las Vegas. An attorney for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, however, flatly denied the allegations, saying the company did not submit any false invoices to the city and "never received a single dollar from LADWP to which it was not due." The DWP originally sued Pricewaterhouse Coopers in 2015, accusing the company of mismanaging the rollout of the billing system in 2013. The court papers filed Thursday seek to amend the lawsuit to add allegations of conspiracy and fraud.
NBC 4
$54 million wasted on 'unnecessary' interest payments, city controller says
Los Angeles has, for years, stockpiled millions of dollars in funding meant to pay for various bond programs, forcing taxpayers to shell out at least $54 million in “unnecessary” interest payments on that dormant money, according to an audit released Wednesday by the city controller's office. In launching an audit of Proposition O -- the voter-approved 2004 measure that financed stormwater cleanup -- Controller Ron Galperin found that the city often issued bonds for construction projects before the bills came due, leaving money idle in bank accounts. Taxpayers then had to pay “excess” interest on that borrowed money, Galperin said.
Los Angeles Times
Garcetti second-highest paid mayor in California
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was the second- highest-paid mayor in California in 2015, while Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia ranked fourth, according to government salary data released by the state Controller's Office Wednesday. According to the state figures, Garcetti was paid $237,453 and received more than $11,000 in health and retirement benefits. Garcia earned $155,756, with around $37,000 in benefits. The state's top-paid mayor was Ed Lee of San Francisco at $288,964. According to the Controller's Office, average wages in city governments increased by more than 3 percent from 2014 to 2015, from $61,724 to $64,058. For counties, pay rose by almost 5 percent, from $60,831 to $63,823.
MyNewsLA.com
New LA Minimum Wage Kicks In Friday
Starting Friday, Los Angeles area employers with more than 25 employees will have to start paying their employees at least $10.50 per hour, 50 cents higher than the state minimum wage. Employees of those businesses will also get at least six days of paid sick leave, double the three days required by state law. Smaller businesses will get an extra year to comply with both provisions. The increases are mandated under a combination of city and county ordinances, that will increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. Future increases will be pegged to the Consumer Price Index.
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State Government News
November ballot crowded with weighty measures California voters will face a long and weighty list of statewide ballot measures this November — 17 measures in all made Thursday's fall election deadline and they include big decisions on the death penalty, marijuana use and taxes on the wealthy. “It's incredible the amount of substance and complexity on the November ballot,” said Mark Baldassare, president of the Public Policy Institute of California. “It's going to be overwhelming for voters to deal with.”
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