BRIEFLY FIRE DEPARTMENT AIDED BY '92 VOTE.A little-noticed 1992 vote by 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:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study being released today. The $65 million annual transfer of property tax revenue was intended to pay for firefighting in foothill and mountain areas. It has allowed the Fire Department to avoid deep budget cuts facing other county services including health care and welfare, according to the report by researchers for the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies. - Daily News Garcetti to head L.A. ethnics panel 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. city Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. on Monday unanimously elected Gil Garcetti, former Los Angeles County district attorney, as the panel's new president for a one-year term. He fills the leadership position left by Miriam Krinsky, whose five-year term on the board ended last month. - Daily News Man is sentenced for bomb Web site SHERMAN OAKS - A 20-year-old Sherman Oaks man was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for running an anarchist Web site where visitors could click to find recipes for bombs. Sherman Martin Austin was sentenced to more than the prosecutor recommended by a judge who had indicated that he thought a plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the Austin worked out with the government was too lenient. According to the transcript of an interview FBI agents did at his mother's Sherman Oaks home in January 2002, Austin told agents he wanted his Web site to educate people about police brutality. - City News Service MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. to discuss changes for buses VAN NUYS - An update on recent bus service changes, as well as additional changes expected later this year, will be discussed Wednesday at the MTA's San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Service Sector Council meeting. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Valley council will meet 6:30-8 p.m. in the community room of the Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd. Call (818) 701-2810 or go to www.mta.net. - Daily News DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection opens new water pipeline The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. opened a five-mile, 96-inch pipeline Monday to serve as the city's main water artery. ``The installation of the new water line is an enormous undertaking that exemplifies the city's commitment to improving what is already the highest quality water ever provided to Los Angeles residents,'' said David Wiggs, general manager of the DWP. The pipe was installed in 500-foot increments along Sepulveda Boulevard between Rinaldi and Parthenia streets in the San Fernando Valley. - City News Service Woman gets term in crash deaths A Van Nuys woman driving without a license when her sport utility vehicle smashed head-on into a van carrying six people - killing two - was sentenced Monday to five years and four months in state prison. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Michael R. Hoff imposed the sentence on Bonnie Lee, 29, after hearing from family members of Robert Hawthorne and Tauheedah Brown, said Deputy District Attorney Andrea Thompson. Hawthorne, 38, and Brown, 25, died in the May 23, 2002, crash. - City News Service |
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