BRIEFLY TENANT EVICTIONS DEFERRAL SOUGHT.Dozens of tenants facing evictions and rent increases are expected to turn out this morning for a Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. hearing on a
proposed moratorium on a city law that allows tenants to be evicted when
major renovations are done.
Tenants at Magnolia Park Apartments in Sherman Oaks are among hundreds of tenants citywide facing eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. . City law allows landlords to evict tenants when at least $10,000 in repairs are made to a unit, and when the repairs require the unit to be vacant for at least 45 days. Landlords can then raise rents to market value. City officials have recommended a six-month moratorium on the law to allow time to study the issue. City Council is expected to vote on the moratorium this morning. The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. - Daily News State law protects display of U.S. flag Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill Monday that the Legislature passed unanimously to halt any condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. and homeowner association from banning appropriate displays of the U.S. flag. ``That's the last thing that should happen in America after the events of Sept. 11,'' Davis said at the bill-signing ceremony when asked if action against such patriotism displays surprised him. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Calif. insurers fail to block relief act California insurance companies that are affiliated with firms that issued Holocaust-era policies to people in Europe must disclose information related to those policies, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . The ruling comes after insurance companies doing business in California and an insurance company trade association sued the state insurance commissioner to stop him from enforcing the Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999. - Associated Press Clemency Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner. Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. sought for cop videotaper The Rev. Al Sharpton Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American Baptist minister and political, civil rights, and social justice activist.[1][2] In 2004, Sharpton was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. presidential election. is calling on Gov. Gray Davis to grant clemency to the man who videotaped a white Inglewood policeman slamming a black teen-ager's head against a car during a traffic stop. Mitchell Crooks, who was picked up on outstanding warrants for drunk driving, hit-and-run driving and petty theft after the videotape was broadcast, performed a ``national service,'' Sharpton told a rally outside Inglewood City Hall on Sunday. - Associated Press City seeks to ease return of officers A 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 panel signed off Monday on two proposed ordinances that would streamline the rehiring process for former Los Angeles police officers who wish to return to the department. The ordinances are the result of a motion from Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. , who suggested returning officers be allowed to start at the Police Officer II rank instead of the low Police Officer I rank, as now required. The proposed ordinances would also remove the requirement that returning officers reimburse the department for their training costs and would shorten the probationary period for returning ex-LAPD officers to six months. - City News Service Insurance team stops fraud ring One of the largest auto insurance fraud rings in the history of Los Angeles County was broken up Monday, the state Department of Insurance announced. The ring is responsible for hundreds of staged crashes and tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. department officials. ``This is the largest bust of its kind since the task force was organized,'' said Henry Avina, the Department of Insurance's chief fraud investigator. The action was the product of an undercover investigation by the Los Angeles County Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction INTERDICTION, civil law. A legal restraint upon a person incapable of managing his estate, because of mental incapacity, from signing any deed or doing any act to his own prejudice, without the consent of his curator or interdictor. 2. Task Force, a multiple-agency law enforcement team. - City News Service |
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