BRIEFLY.Ripston is backed for spot on board A City Council panel endorsed the controversial nomination of the executive director of the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. of Southern California on Wednesday to serve on a joint city-county homeless services agency. The Housing, Community and Economic Development Committee voted 2-1 to support the nomination of Ramona Ripston to serve on the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority board. Her appointment to the board requires a vote of support by the full council. The local American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. chapter has sued the city numerous times over homelessness policy. Some council members say the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. tied the hands of police and helped keep the mentally ill on the street. Ripston defended the suits, saying homelessness should not be treated as a crime and that jails are not the appropriate places for those who need social services. - Daily News LACCD LACCD Los Angeles Community College District to be cited for 'green' efforts Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will present the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. with a certificate of commendation for its efforts to complete its $2.2 billion construction bond program with environmentally sensitive methods. The mayor will present the award at the US Green Building Council gala after the 2005 LACCD Sustainability Conference Dec. 2 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel The Biltmore Hotel is a hotel located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built by John McEntee Bowman, it opened in 1923. At the time, it was the largest hotel west of Chicago and designed by architects Schultze and Weaver. It is now named the Millennium Biltmore. . The district is undertaking the largest sustainable building program in the United States. Funded by Propositions A and AA, which provide $2.2 billion in voter-approved funds, the LACCD has set a goal of self-producing 25 percent of its energy needs with 10 percent utilizing photovoltaic cells. For more information, visit the Web site at www.propositiona.org. - Daily News Masry steps down from city council THOUSAND OAKS - Attorney Ed Masry, who is best known as Erin Brokovich's boss at his Westlake Village law firm, has resigned from the Thousand Oaks City Council, officials announced Wednesday. Masry said he was leaving his position on the council to concentrate on his family and his health. Masry has been suffering from the effects of diabetes and lost part of his right leg in October. He was elected to the City Council in November 2000 and served as mayor from December 2001 to December 2002. - Daily News 18 winter shelters set to open today Eighteen emergency homeless shelters will open today in Los Angeles County, including one in the 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. . The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted 10-0 Wednesday to allow nonprofit organizations to keep seven of nine city-funded shelters open through March 15. The total of 908 beds at the emergency winter shelters will supplement more than 800 beds that operate year-round in the city. Two of the nine are not on city property and did not need the council's approval, including one at the National Guard Armory at 12860 Arroyo St., Van Nuys, officials said. That shelter, with 125 beds, is operated by the Volunteers of America Volunteers of America, national nondenominational organization providing a wide variety of human services as part of a Christian ministry of service. Founded (1896) by Ballington and Maud Booth (see Booth, family) after their withdrawal from the Salvation Army, the and funded by the state. The other nine shelters in the county are operated by a variety of nonprofit groups. Countywide, a total of 1,838 beds will be open at the emergency shelters for the winter. - Daily News USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. getting grant for fossil energy USC was one of 26 universities from across the country chosen Wednesday to take part in federal research projects exploring the use of fossil energy to produce electricity, fuels and chemicals. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy will provide nearly $3 million to the various schools involved in the University Coal Research Program, billed as the department's longest-running student-teacher research grant initiative. The program has been in place since 1979, and more than 1,700 students and their professors have taken part. The Department of Energy will provide a nearly $200,000 grant to the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission help fund the three-year study. - City News Service |
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