CITYHOOD MEETING IN SOUTH CENTRAL SECESSION FANS GET A COOL RECEPTION.Byline: Erik N. Nelson Staff Writer If advocates of 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. cityhood were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. supporters 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. , they did not find any at a hearing Saturday before the county panel weighing secession issues. Proposals for the Valley, Hollywood and the Harbor Area The Harbor Area is the area along the Port of Los Angeles. It contains neighborhoods of Los Angeles (including Wilmington & San Pedro). Los Angeles City neighborhoods in the Harbor Area
``Are we really going to be providing new services, better services, or are we going to be creating another level of government?'' asked Harold Greenberg, president of the Apartment Association of Greater 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. . He and others at the meeting questioned the motives of secession leaders. ``When you cut to the chase, are they really trying to create their own fiefdoms?'' Greenberg asked. Mary Crute, a resident of the area, expressed similar concerns. ``Often the people who are helping secession are concerned about being the newly elected officials of the newly created city,'' she said. ``It's not about concern for the citizens' welfare that people do this.'' But commission member Richard Close, chairman of Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment, said he was encouraged by the small number of people who showed up. ``The mayor keeps saying that the rest of Los Angeles is opposed to the Valley becoming a separate city. The fact that only a dozen people spoke against it indicates that the mayor is not correct.'' To some, turnout is no gauge of public sentiment, however. ``I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. what they say, the outreach is not that strong,'' said Dora Leong Gallo, chief deputy to City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas. LAFCO LAFCO Local Agency Formation Commission LAFCO Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative Executive Director Larry Calemine said the commission had advertised, posted notices on its Web site and contacted Ridley-Thomas' offices in an effort to get people to the hearing. ``This is pretty good, frankly,'' said Calemine of the turnout. Some secession advocates have been encouraged by recent polling results that show nearly half of the city's electorate favor the idea, and by disenchantment dis·en·chant tr.v. dis·en·chant·ed, dis·en·chant·ing, dis·en·chants To free from illusion or false belief; undeceive. [Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, among African-American officials with Mayor James Hahn over his attempt to oust Police Chief Bernard Parks. While a stand on secession may be a bargaining chip against Hahn for the moment, when it comes time to vote, people in the inner city will consider issues such as city services and the tax base, said Dorothy Fuller, a member of the Eighth Council District Empowerment Congress and Water and Power Associates. ``If the issue of secession gets on the ballot,'' she said, ``by that time the issue of the police chief will be over.'' A citywide election on the secession issue is tentatively set for Nov. 5 of this year. |
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