BRIEFLY : L.A. PANEL PROPOSES FREEZE ON BORROWING.A Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. panel recommended Tuesday that a
moratorium be declared on new borrowing not tied to specific special
taxes until a new debt policy is adopted by the city.
The council's Budget and Finance Committee sent the recommendation to the council amid hopes that a debt management policy can be developed and adopted before the city adopts the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. ``We need to continue to apply pressure to get a comprehensive policy on our debt,'' said Councilman Mike Feuer, who proposed the moratorium. - Daily News Asian men sought in `racist' burglary WEST HILLS - Two men spray-painted ``white power'' racial graffiti during the burglary of a house, police said. The intruders, who police said were Asian, entered a residence in the 7500 block of Graystone Drive about 7:30 a.m. Monday by breaking a rear glass door, said Detective Susan Plummer of the 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. Police Department's Valley Bureau. While inside, the men ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the house, stole an undisclosed amount of property and spray-painted racist slogans, she said. They also defaced de·face tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es 1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure. 2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of. 3. a Philippine flag. - Daily News Night construction approved for arena The Los Angeles Police Commission granted a nighttime construction permit Tuesday to the developers of a downtown sports arena so that the project can be sped up to open in October 1999 in time for the Democratic National Convention in 2000 and that year's Lakers basketball season. In approving a variance from the city's noise ordinance Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Indiana I got a noise ordinance fine a couple of years ago. I didnt go to court because I moved before the summons got there. , commissioners warned the developers to take every step possible to avoid disturbing nearby residents. Commissioners Edith Perez and Gerald Chaleff faced conflicts of interest stemming from their law firms' involvement in the arena project and did not participate in the vote. - Daily News Tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. sentenced for repeat offense VAN NUYS - A Van Nuys tagger twice convicted of graffiti vandalism in the past six weeks has been sentenced to 120 days in jail and barred from associating with fellow taggers, officials said Tuesday. Omar Vargas, 18, a Central High School senior, pleaded no contest in Van Nuys Municipal Court on Monday to vandalism and also was found guilty of violating probation for a Feb. 11 conviction on the same offense, said Los Angeles City Attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. spokesman Mike Qualls. - Daily News Doctor raising bail on abortion charges A Studio City doctor was scheduled to be released on bail after pleading not guilty to felony charges stemming from an abortion that left a patient seriously injured, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Gordon Sean Goei, 57, was scheduled to be released from the Men's Central Jail after posting $70,000 bail, sheriff's officials said. Goei pleaded not guilty in Van Nuys Municipal Court on Monday to one count of practicing medicine without a license and one count of performing an illegal abortion. Both charges are felonies punishable by up to three years in prison, said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Brian Kelberg. The abortion was illegal because Goei was unlicensed, Kelberg said. Goei was arrested March 19 after police found a 26-week-old fetus in a trash bag at the Centro Mexico Family Planning clinic family planning clinic n → clínica de planificación familiar family planning clinic n → centre m de planning familial in Van Nuys. The patient had to undergo emergency surgery to stop uncontrollable bleeding caused by the abortion, police said. - Daily News 2 returned to board on issues of injured Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that reappointed two Southland women Tuesday to the Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. Appeals Board, which rules on disputes between applicants and the Department of Rehabilitation. Marilyn E. Graves, 71, of Sherman Oaks has served on the board since 1985. She has been president of the Crippled Children's Society of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, since 1979. Alice H. Spence, 60, of La Canada Flintridge also has served on the board since 1985 and has been its chairwoman since 1990. She is president of the Scholarship League of La Canada Flintridge. - City News Service |
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