CLEANUP COMPLETE OF 10 MORE CITY PARKS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer 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. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California celebrated the completion Wednesday of the cleanup and refurbishment re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur of 10 more parks, citing the work as an example of why the city should remain together. ``There are people out there talking about breaking us up,'' Hahn said at a news conference at Costello Park in Boyle Heights. ``If they leave the city they will not be able to do things like this - to make our parks safe and offer alternatives to crime, gangs and drugs.'' Hahn also used the news conference to announce he is nominating Manuel Mollinedo as the new Recreation and Parks Department general manager, to take over for Ellie Oppenheim, who took a similar post in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Mollinedo, whose appointment requires City Council approval, has been hailed for his work in turning around the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. , seeing it improve its exhibits and conditions to where it now is fully accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. . One of his top priorities will be improving parks conditions, Mollinedo said. ``It is wonderful to have programs like the mayor is announcing today, but we shouldn't have to do that,'' Mollinedo said. ``All our parks should be safe and clean and places where children can be children.'' Three 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. parks are among the 10 parks that received new equipment and cleanup - they are Sepulveda Recreation Center in Panorama City; Sylmar Recreation Center in Sylmar, and Valley Plaza Recreation Center in North Hollywood. In all, 47 parks across the city have been cleaned up. Leaders of Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment have praised the mayor for his efforts, but have said a new Valley city would be able to provide better care for its park system. Hahn said he has designated an additional 50 parks for the special cleanup programs in his proposed 2002-03 budget. Also, the mayor has stressed the need to beef up security at city parks and met with the Police Commission this week to develop a program to increase police patrols. |
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