BRIEFLY CITY SUPPORTS BILL TO BAR GUN PARTS.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 officials announced plans on Tuesday to seek tougher state laws regarding the carrying of gun parts and fake grenades at airports. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
- Daily News Courthouse given Antonovich name Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to name the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley courthouse in honor of Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . The $109 million courthouse near Avenue M and 10th Street West is scheduled to open in mid-2003, replacing the overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. , 37-year-old facility at Avenue J and 10th Street West. - Daily News Zine wants group effort vs. blight Councilman Dennis Zine called Tuesday for new community efforts to combat graffiti and illegally posted signs. ``I want to bring in people who are concerned about this in a group called People Organizing Safe and Secure Environments,'' Zine said. Members of the group will patrol their neighborhoods and report any problems to officials to try to correct problems and take down illegal signs, Zine said. - Daily News L.A. school board may add members A new effort to increase the size of the Los Angeles Board of Education was proposed on Tuesday, with a city official saying a seven-member board is inadequate to deal with a district of more than 635,000 students. Councilman Ed Reyes asked the council's Ad Hoc Committee ad hoc committee A committee formed with the purpose of addressing a specific issue or issues, which theoretically is disbanded once its raison d'etre is finished on Redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. to examine placing a measure before voters that would add an undetermined number of school board members to provide better representation. - Daily News Council to review budget forecasts WESTLAKE VILLAGE - The City Council today will review preliminary budget projections for the next two fiscal years that include a $10.2 million proposed spending plan for 2002-03 and $7.4 million for 2003-04. Although the city's financial health is good, staff recommends the council look at diversifying its revenue source because of the fiscal woes up in Sacramento and the city's heavy reliance on 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. . - Daily News Seminars to help with property tax GLENDALE - Los Angeles County will hold two free seminars to help local property owners who feel their taxes should be lowered due to a decline in the value of their buildings. The seminars are scheduled for 10 a.m. May 28 and June 4 at the Glendale Central Library, 222 East Harvard St. - Daily News Fund-raiser to aid uninsured minors GLENDALE - The Glendale Healthy Kids Organization, which assists children of uninsured families, will host a A Taste of Downtown Glendale fund-raiser 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight. For $20 per person, ticket holders can stroll to 20 downtown eateries to sample a variety of food. Tickets are available at Glendale Healthy Kids, 223 N. Jackson St.; the Glendale Chamber of Commerce, 200 S. Louise St.; and the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, 3131 Foothill Blvd. For more information, call (818) 248-2271. - Daily News |
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