ADVISORY/Mayor Jim Hahn, LADWP and Community Leaders to Make Significant Arbor Day Announcement in Valley.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (April 25)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:    Mayor Jim Hahn and the Los Angeles Department of Water and
         Power (LADWP) will announce details of a community-based
         project aimed at improving the quality of life from Mission
         Hills to Westchester to Harbor City.

         Joining the Mayor at the press conference will be Los Angeles
         City Council Members, LADWP and Department of Public Works
         officials, city neighborhood and business leaders.

WHO:     Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn
         Annie Cho, Board of Water and Power Commissioner
         Angelina Galiteva, director of strategic planning, LADWP

WHEN:    Thursday, April 25, 2002
         10 a.m.

WHERE:   6600 N. Sepulveda Blvd. (between Haynes and Kittridge)
         Van Nuys, Calif.

PHOTO OP: Mayor Hahn, LADWP, elected officials and community leaders
          plant trees in honor of Arbor Day.