BRIEFLY; AUDIT ORDERED IN L.A. PARTY FLOP.Byline: City News Service Still embarrassed at the city's lackluster New Year's Eve party, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city panel on Monday called for an audit on how $1 million of municipal funds were used in staging the events. Councilwoman Ruth Galanter Ruth Galanter was a city councilwoman from Los Angeles. She served as President Pro-Tempore and President of the city council. had called for the audit, saying officials needed to know what went wrong in the overall $4 million program so it can be avoided in the future. The City Council's Arts, Health and Humanities Committee asked for the report in 30 days. - Daily News MEETING TODAY ON CIGARETTE TAX The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The commission recently released a plan on how to spend the taxes from the voter-approved Proposition 10, a 50-cents-per-pack tax on cigarettes that has generated a $670 million windfall statewide. The public meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 381 B at the Kenneth Hahn Kenneth "Kenny" Frederick Hahn (August 19, 1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years from 1952 to 1992. Prior to his election, Hahn served on the Los Angeles City Council. Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple St. - Daily News WACHS TO TAKE PANEL ON ROAD A third Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. member announced plans on Monday
to begin holding committee hearings around the city.
Councilman Joel Wachs, an announced candidate for mayor in 2001, said he plans to soon take the Public Works Committee he chairs to various areas around the city. The first meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Arminta Street Elementary School auditorium, 11530 Strathern St., North Hollywood. - Daily News SITE FOR LIBRARY ON THE AGENDA CHATSWORTH - The community is invited to attend a second meeting to discuss the potential site for the new Chatsworth Branch Library today at 7 p.m. at the current branch, located at 21052 Devonshire St. - Daily News 40 HOMEOWNERS SUE DEVELOPER A group of 40 Palmdale homeowners filed a class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax against Kaufman & Broad, accusing the developer of using cheap materials and shoddy workmanship. In court documents released Monday, homeowners in the Marquis development claimed they have been the victim of numerous construction defects. Kaufman & Broad spokeswoman Amy Friend declined comment, saying her company has not seen the lawsuit. - City News Service POLICE PROBING SHOOTING CASE OXNARD - A man was dead and a woman was in critical condition Monday after a shooting that police called a possible attempted murder and suicide. Oxnard police Detective Sgt. Lee Wilcox said the shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. in front of an apartment complex in the 5300 block of Perkins Road. ``It appears the male individual shot the female individual and turned the gun on himself,'' Wilcox said. - Daily News COUPLE DENIES EMBEZZLEMENT embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. A Chatsworth couple pleaded innocent Monday to charges that they embezzled em·bez·zle tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust. more than $250,000 from the estate of a multimillionaire mul·ti·mil·lion·aire n. One whose financial assets are worth several million dollars. multimillionaire Noun a person who has money or property worth several million pounds, dollars, etc. . Isabel F. Bernstein, 56, and her husband Paul, 57, were arrested in April and charged with 43 counts, including grand theft, forgery, income and sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. fraud and unemployment insurance fraud. They face up to 10 years in state prison if convicted. - City News Service |
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