COUNTY SUBSIDIZES JAILING ILLEGALS SHERIFF SAYS FEDS FAIL TO FULFILL RESPONSIBILITY.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. FRIEDMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- With Congress poised to shortchange short·change tr.v. short·changed, short·chang·ing, short·chang·es 1. To give (someone) less change than is due in a transaction. 2. California and other states that jail high numbers of criminal illegal immigrants, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is preparing to testify before a federal panel on the need for adequate funding. Legislation headed for the U.S. Senate includes $415 million nationwide for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, repaying states for some of the incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. costs. California spends more than $600 million annually on what it views as a federal responsibility. ``This is an issue of fairness, responsibility and public safety,'' said Rep. David Dreier, R-Glendora. He and other members of the Southern California delegation have pushed for increased funding even as the Bush administration has annually tried to slash it. Local officials say Los Angeles County spends about $90 million more annually than it receives from Washington. That shortfall is among the points Baca plans to address Wednesday before a congressional panel on illegal immigration convening in San Diego. According to Dreier, California has received $1 billion over the past six years from the program. Los Angeles County has received $118 million and San Bernardino County, $3 million. The House, voting 393-23, passed the spending bill for the program and $59.8 billion for other programs in the Commerce and Justice departments. The entire Southern California congressional delegation voted in favor of it. The measure includes funding to expand a 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. substance-abuse treatment program, though the exact amount has not yet been set. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, said he and other lawmakers have asked for $1.5 million for the Phoenix Academy in Lake View Terrace, the only local facility that provides long-term residential treatment for teens fighting substance-abuse problems. The money will be used to increase the number of beds at the facility. Congress put Phoenix Academy on a list of programs that will get a slice of a $115.2 million grant program, with the size of the slice to be determined later in the year. Also expected to receive money through that grant are the Los Angeles city and county Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program; the Los Angeles County community policing program; and the Domestic Abuse Response Team of Los Angeles. NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , which is funded through the same bill, came out with $16.7 billion, a $462 million increase over last year. That includes $700 million for Mars missions and $98.5 million for the Space Interferometry Mission This article or section documents a scheduled or expected spaceflight. Details may change as the launch date approaches or more information becomes available. at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. . There also is $10 million for another JPL program, the Terrestrial Planet Finder The Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) is a plan by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States for a telescope system that will be capable of detecting extrasolar terrestrial planets. . Dreier, who secured the funding for the Pasadena-based laboratory, called it a ``shining example of hard work, dedicated research and true discovery.'' Also slated to receive as-yet to be determined funding: 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. for a program to help kids at risk for trouble; Friends of Child Advocates of Los Angeles County; regional fingerprint identification programs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties; the East Valley Justice Communications Center in Redlands; a crime analysis system for the city of Redlands; and an unspecified law enforcement initiative in Ventura County. lisa.friedman(at)langnews.com (202) 662-8731 |
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