BRIEFLY : L.A. COUNCIL ORDERS PARTIAL HIRING FREEZE.Faced with a $53 million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Friday to impose a hiring freeze Noun 1. hiring freeze - a freeze on hiringfreeze - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" for all nonemergency agencies while council members and the mayor consult on how to close the gap. Councilman Richard Alatorre Richard Alatorre is a politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Alatorre has served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. He was the first Latino to serve on the council in 23 years. said his Budget and Finance Committee will also meet with Mayor Richard Riordan's representatives next month to try to find funds to resume the ambitious police hiring program proposed by Riordan. The council cut this year's budget so the police force could be expanded by 450 officers, rather than the additional 710 officers sought by Riordan. Because efforts to find funds to restore the mayor's plan have been unsuccessful, the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. has begun scaling back hiring from the 143 recruits hired in September to 75 this month. ?13- Daily News More area streets will get sweepings Reversing a trend of cutting government services, the Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Friday to increase the number of miles of streets to be cleaned. ``This is a major step in terms of our city catching up to provide street sweeping on a regular basis to all our city residents who want it,'' Councilman Richard Alarcon said about the increase to 900 miles. ?13- Daily News City receives grant to combat abuse The U.S. Justice Department has awarded a $385,000 grant to the city of Los Angeles
The funding will be used to train police officers to identify and arrest suspects in domestic abuse cases and to respond better to victims. ?13- Daily News Private attorneys approved in probe Moving to avoid a potential conflict of interest, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday authorized City Controller Rick Tuttle Rick Tuttle (born 1940) was Los Angeles City Controller from 1985 to 2001. He stressed the importance of creating a strong democratic influence at UCLA, which was in his words "the best large public university in a major city. to hire private attorneys to advise him in an inquiry involving former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell Webster Lee Hubbell (born 1949), known as Webster L. Hubbell and Webb Hubbell, was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a lawyer in Pulaski County before serving as Mayor of Little Rock from 1979 until he resigned in 1981. . Acting without comment, the council agreed with the request from Tuttle and City Attorney James Hahn as the controller's office looks into contracts with Hubbell and the role played by then-Airport Commission President Ted Stein. Stein is challenging Hahn in next year's City Attorney's race. ?13- Daily News Forecasters say expect cool holiday Southern California is not expected to have a white Christmas - but you better watch out, and you better have snow tires or chains if you are venturing into the Sierra Nevada on a holiday trip. Southern California's weather outlook through the coming weekend to Christmas Eve includes increasing cloudiness and cool temperatures. Weekend rain and snow is expected only on the northern fringe from Santa Barbara County to the Owens Valley. ?13- Associated Press Teen shot 3 times outside restaurant RESEDA - A 17-year-old boy was shot three times in front of a restaurant in an apparently gang-related drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang Friday night, a Los Angeles police official said. The shooting happened about 7:25 p.m. in front of a restaurant in the 18400 block of Vanowen Street. Lt. Timothy Moss, of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Station, said the teen-ager was shot in the chest, neck and arm, and was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. . ?13- Daily News |
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