HAHN BLASTED FOR BLUNDER ON STEM CELL BID.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer A City Council panel gave Mayor James Hahn's office a drubbing Thursday for the city's failed proposal to house the state's $3 billion stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research agency. ``The mayor's office blew it,'' said Councilman Jack Weiss, who chairs the Information Technology & General Services Committee, which met in a special joint meeting with the Conventions, Tourism, Entertainment Industry and Business Enterprise Committee to find out how the city lost the bid. ``The city of Los Angeles
In a closely held corporation, the same people often act as shareholders, directors, and officers, and no outside investors exist. , rather secretive process - blew it and they were disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. by the state of California. ``The mayor took the credit when the bid was submitted so the mayor ought to be a man about it and take the blame for the bid's failures.'' Council members questioned whether the bid could be resubmitted or whether other options were available, but Chief Assistant City Attorney David Michaelson said the city had no legal basis to appeal or resubmit Verb 1. resubmit - submit (information) again to a program or automatic system feed back return, render - give back; "render money" the bid. Tim McOsker, Hahn's chief of staff, said decried the tone of the hearing, complaining that it was more about the ``politics of the mayor's race'' than promoting economic development in the city. ``Sadly, we had two committee members working against the public's interest in a public forum for their own reasons,'' McOsker said. ``We found it shameful.'' The city's last-minute bid to become home to the state's new California Institute for Regenerative Medicine The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created by California's Proposition 71 (2004), which authorized it to issue $3 billion in grants, funded by bonds, over ten years for embryonic stem cell and other biomedical research. failed Tuesday to meet the minimum requirements as San Francisco, San Diego, Emeryville and Sacramento made the short list of finalists. The bid included the free use of 17,000 square feet of office space at City National Plaza - formerly Arco Plaza - as well as free access to the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. . The institute will award grants and oversee the state's stem cell research program, which officials hope will help find cures for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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