BRIEFLY INEFFICIENCY CITED IN STATE DRUG FIGHT.California annually spends billions of dollars to fight or respond to drug addiction drug addiction or chemical dependency Physical and/or psychological dependency on a psychoactive (mind-altering) substance (e.g., alcohol, narcotics, nicotine), defined as continued use despite knowing that the substance causes harm. - but not very effectively, the Little Hoover Commission Hoover Commission (1947–49, 1953–55) Advisory body headed by former Pres. Herbert Hoover to examine the organization of the U.S. executive branch. The first commission, officially titled the Commission on Organization of the U.S. said Tuesday. The commission cited a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) was established in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. The stated, official goals of the organization, now called the National Center on Substance Abuse at Columbia University, are - Associated Press Officer arraigned in gun-theft case A Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officer from the West Valley was arraigned Tuesday on suspicion of stealing an assault rifle and two assault pistols, which are illegal in California but were being stored in Las Vegas, officials said. Richard Piffard, 30, faces seven felony charges: one count of grand theft of a firearm, three counts of 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. by a public officer and three counts of possession of an assault weapon, according to the District Attorney's Office. The seven-year LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. veteran pleaded not guilty to the charges and is due back in court April 11 for a pretrial conference A meeting of the parties to an action and their attorneys held before the court prior to the commencement of actual courtroom proceedings. A pretrial conference is a meeting of the parties to a case conducted prior to trial. . - City News Service Base cuts feared in Ventura County VENTURA - County supervisors blasted Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday for cutting the state office that supports military bases. Supervisor Judy Mikels said the decision couldn't come at a worse time because base closures are scheduled for 2005. ``Naval Base Ventura County contributes $1 billion to our county,'' Mikels said. ``In Simi Valley, 99 businesses contract directly or subcontract on the base.'' - Daily News Mental patients' woes stir action Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to seek more monitoring of boarding houses after last week's arrest of four people suspected of transferring mentally ill people from institutions to squalid, unlicensed facilities and stealing their disability checks. - Daily News Rogues gallery urged on Internet Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to support state legislation directing the state Department of Justice to create a Web site providing photos and other information on convicted sex offenders throughout the state. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 5 that photos of convicted sex offenders may be posted on the Internet. - Daily News 2 men deny rape in girl's initiation VENTURA - Two Ventura County men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to statutory rape Sexual intercourse by an adult with a person below a statutorily designated age. The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex. charges that authorities said stemmed from a teenage girl's initiation into a Thousand Oaks gang. Damian Gamez, 20, of Simi Valley and Hector Martinez, 18, of Newbury Park pleaded not guilty to having sex with a minor. ``It was an initiation into a gang,'' said Sgt. Mike De Los Santos De Los Santos is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning of the saints.
- Daily News Court hearing set on Angels Flight A judge will hear arguments next month on the possible consolidation of numerous lawsuits stemming from the deadly Angels Flight crash in 2001. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jane L. Johnson said Tuesday that she thinks consolidation might be the most efficient way. - City News Service Controlled blaze planned in brush If weather, air quality and fuel conditions are appropriate, the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La will burn 75 acres in the hills above La Canada Flintridge between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, officials said Tuesday. The proposed burning would significantly reduce the potential impact of a wildfire in the area, fire department officials said. - Daily News |
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