BRIEFLY.Social workers' lawsuits settled 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. County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to pay social workers and their bosses nearly $1.5 million to settle lawsuits claiming they were owed overtime pay. The settlement must be approved by a federal judge overseeing the two class-action lawsuits filed in February by attorneys representing Adult Protective Services In the United States, Adult Protective Services (APS) are social services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited older and/or disabled adults. APS is typically administered by local or state health, aging, or regulatory departments and includes a multi-disciplinary employees in the county Department of Community and Senior Services. The 128 social workers and a dozen supervisors said they worked as many as 60 hours a week but did not report the overtime on time cards. They said the requirements of the job led them to keep working after an eight-hour workday. They sued in federal court under the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound . They had said they would seek at least $24.75 million from county government if the cases went to trial. - City News Service Council majority endorses Huizar A majority of City Council members endorsed Jose Huizar on Tuesday, adding to the formidable roster of supporters for the candidate seeking the Eastside council seat vacated by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. . Huizar, a lawyer and Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board member, has already been endorsed by officials including Villaraigosa and former Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. . Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City joined in Tuesday, as did council members Tony Cardenas, Wendy Greuel, Tom LaBonge, Ed Reyes, Greig Smith and Jack Weiss. The council members announced their support at a press conference at City Hall where most of them focused on Huizar's work on the school board. A former councilman, Nick Pacheco, is among other candidates vying for the 14th District seat in the Nov. 8 election. - Daily News Hispanic, black leaders coalesce co·a·lesce intr.v. co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing, co·a·lesc·es 1. To grow together; fuse. 2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: The Latino and African-American Leadership Alliance, a coalition aimed at calming tensions between the two communities amid racially charged violence in Los Angeles schools, announced the members of its steering committee on Tuesday. The alliance includes commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Marqueece Harris-Dawson of the Community Coalition, Sharmaine Parker of the National Coalition for African-American Parent Involvement in Education, Arturo Ybarra of the Watts/Century Latino Organization, Leonardo Vilches of Union de Vecinos and Ozzie Lopez of the Roybal-Allard Family and Youth Center. Rabbi Allen Freehling of the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission and commentator Kerman Maddox will be senior advisers to the coalition. The group, co-chaired by local activist Najee Ali, national civil rights figure the Rev. Al Sharpton, Oscar Gonzales of the National Hispanic Environmental Council and Christine Chavez of the United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of , is planning a Unity March in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. on Thursday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Watts riots. - Daily News Judge orders trial in worker killings A man who police said showed up at a police station in a suit and announced that he shot and killed his supervisor and a co-worker at a city maintenance yard was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on murder charges. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Samuel Mayerson found sufficient evidence to require Thomas Clarence Sampson to proceed to trial in the Feb. 24 assault-rifle shootings of his 54-year-old supervisor, Rene Flores, and 49-year-old co-worker Ricardo Garris. Sampson showed up at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollenbeck Division shortly after the killings at the city yard at 2474 E. Olympic Blvd. Officers testified that he said he had killed two people. - City News Service Crisis pro to head FBI office in L.A. J. Stephen Tidwell, who supervised the FBI's security at last year's Summer Olympics in Athens, will head the FBI's Los Angeles office, it was announced Tuesday. Tidwell will replace Richard Garcia, who retired July 31, said Laura Eimiller of the FBI. Tidwell currently heads the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group The Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) is the part of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation which facilitates the FBI's rapid response to, and the management of, crisis incidents. , which handles rapid response and crisis-situation management. The group was established in 1994 to integrate tactical and investigative resources and expertise for critical situations. - City News Service |
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