COUNCIL DENIES PADILLA'S BID FOR FEDERAL JOB-TRAINING FUNDS.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. 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 failed Wednesday to get the City Council to include 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. in an application for $12 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve for job training. Padilla did secure a loose commitment to get an undetermined amount of other city funds if available to build a job training center in Pacoima next year. ``This was not a complete victory, but I do appreciate what we got commitments for,'' Padilla said. ``It's still got a long way to go and I hope this doesn't happen again.'' Padilla had been attempting to get Pacoima, which is part of a federal empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. zone, included in the Community Development Department's youth jobs grant program. However, Councilman Mike Hernandez fought that off, saying it could jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. the entire city application. The funds originally were intended only as a project in South Central but Hernandez succeeded in getting East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. included. ``The problem is we are competing with other cities and if we include Pacoima, it could jeopardize the entire application,'' Hernandez said. Padilla won support from Councilwoman Laura Chick chick abbreviation for chicken (1). in trying to have Pacoima included in the new grant application. ``Part of this is a systemic problem,'' Chick said. ``What I'm concerned about is that Pacoima wasn't included in the first place in being considered for funds. That's been a problem for the Valley for years.'' Another aspect of the problem, Padilla said, is that the application was being developed between the time former Councilman Richard Alarcon left office for the state Senate and Padilla's taking office in July. ``Some things were done that won't happen again,'' Padilla said, adding he has learned a great deal over the past two weeks of how City Hall operates and in stepping forward to advance the interests of his Northeast Valley district. ``We'll see what happens next,'' Padilla said. Parker Anderson, head of the city's Community Development Department that oversees such federal programs, said he is unsure how much will be available for the Pacoima job training center. ``We have a number of programs out there now and we would want to look to see how they could be consolidated,'' Anderson said. ``We will be working with the councilman to see what he wants and what is available.'' |
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