CITY PANEL BACKS MEMORIAL IN VALLEY.Byline: Daily News 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 on Monday Monday: see week. recommended the city proceed with efforts to get $200,000 in state funding to build a memorial for slain police officers and firefighters 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 City Council's Arts, Health and Humanities Committee urged the filing of the application as part of the project first proposed by state Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys, when he served on the City Council. Councilman 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 , who succeeded Alarcon, said he wanted his office also involved in the work with a community advisory panel on where the memorial should be located. The advisory panel is composed of police and fire representatives as well as members of the Recreation and Parks Department. The committee was told no permanent site has been selected for the memorial, although aides to Alarcon said they are looking at placing it in the Van Nuys Civic Center. |
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