CITY COUNCIL OKS $300,000 GRANT FOR VALLEY JOBS STUDY.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer The city of Los Angeles
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 City Council on Tuesday approved a two-year, $300,000 grant to the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley as part of an overall effort to study the needs of business and to link employers with people seeking work. ``This won't do the entire job, but it certainly helps get us started,'' said David Fleming
David Fleming of the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. The alliance has begun a five-year effort to study the needs of businesses, particularly in the entertainment industry, and find and train workers in the skills best suited for them. ``In effect, we are going to become a huge job placement service,'' Fleming Flem·ing , Sir Alexander 1881-1955. British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for this achievement. said Wednesday. ``This started out because of the hue and cry hue and cry, formerly, in English law, pursuit of a criminal immediately after he had committed a felony. Whoever witnessed or discovered the crime was required to raise the hue and cry against the perpetrator (e.g. in the entertainment industry that it hasn't been able to find people with the skills in digital and computer equipment.'' Originally, the study - which has yet to officially begin - was to focus solely on the Valley. However, Fleming said, Burbank and Glendale officials asked that their cities be included in the program. The Daily News has agreed to commit a total of $500,000 during the next five years to assist in the study. |
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