BRIEFLY.Mayor appoints charities adviser Looking to coordinate the work of various charities and foundations with city programs, 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. announced the appointment Tuesday of a special adviser to work with the philanthropic community. Villaraiogsa said he was naming a longtime community activist, Torie Osborn, to the new post, designed to coordinate charitable and foundation giving with various programs the city is promoting. Osborn had served as executive director of the Liberty Hill Foundation Liberty Hill Foundation is one of the nation’s leading social justice foundations. Liberty Hill was launched with $100,000 and a commitment to change, not charity -- a commitment to making lasting changes in people’s lives, not just offering short-term relief. and before that with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots organizing and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. Founded in 1973, NGLTF works to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local levels while . The mayor announced the post at a meeting with members of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Grantmakers, an association of foundations. Villaraigosa has already used his position to tap into charitable donations, raising some $2 million at his inaugural gala for the L.A. BEST after-school program. He also has pledged to raise $36 million during the coming year to boost health care for children. The mayor said there are more than 2,000 foundations in Los Angeles County, with assets of more than $25.8 billion. - Daily News Council approves Hollywood shuttle Visitors to Hollywood's nightclubs and restaurants will have a new transportation option available beginning next month, thanks to a pilot bus program approved Tuesday by the City Council. The council voted 14-0 to provide buses to take people from restaurants and nightclubs to the Metro Red Line stations at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue and at Hollywood and Vine boulevards. Councilman Greig Smith was absent from the meeting. The council agreed to the one-year pilot program without discussion. The bus service begins Dec. 22 and will operate Thursdays through Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. It is not expected to interfere with existing bus lines. - City News Service LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. asks Glock why gun misfired The 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 . is waiting for Glock Inc. to
determine what is causing one of the company's pistol models to
misfire, an LAPD spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Technicians with the Austrian gun manufacturer were scheduled Monday to begin an investigation into what causes the Glock 21 pistol to misfire, according to Officer Kristi Sandoval of the LAPD's media relations office. Officials at Glock's U.S. headquarters in Smyrna, Ga., could not be reached for comment. Officers were told to stop using the Glock 21 model on Nov. 17 after the LAPD's Armory discovered that there may be a mechanical flaw with about 2 percent of the .45-caliber guns, according to Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell. - City News Service County to look at homeless policies County supervisors agreed Tuesday to look into overhauling the way homeless people receive public help after allegations that some hospitals were dumping them on downtown's Skid Row. ``These actions are unacceptable,'' said Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . 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:
In addition, the county will look into a pilot program that would provide some mental health and other services to the homeless inside the hospitals. - City News Service Sentence upheld for major madam A state appeals court upheld a nine-year prison sentence for the ringleader ring·lead·er n. A person who leads others, especially in illicit or informal activities. ringleader Noun a person who leads others in illegal or mischievous actions Noun 1. of what prosecutors characterized as the largest prostitution ring in Los Angeles County history, court papers show. In a three-page opinion, a panel of the Second District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled Monday that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry did not abuse his discretion in handing down the sentence for Rimma Fetissova on Jan. 27, 2004. Perry also ordered her to pay a $250,000 fine, along with $10,000 in restitution. Fetissova, now 45, was convicted in November 2003 of eight counts, including money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. , pimping pimping Academia See Pimp. Cf Pumping. and pandering. Fetissova headed the ``biggest prostitution agency (the) LAPD has ever seen,'' Deputy District Attorney Marcia Daniel said after the sentencing. The operation was ``leaps and bounds bigger than (those of) Jody Babydol Gibson and Heidi Fleiss,'' who were both convicted in high-profile trials, Daniel said then. - City News Service |
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