HAHN TO HAND OVER $2 MILLION CITY COUNCIL BALKS AT SHORTCHANGING VALLEY.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer Yielding to complaints that he had shortchanged 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. , 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 agreed Friday to allocate $2 million more in federal grants to local projects, officials said Friday. City officials also offered a fuller accounting that shows the Valley gets 21 percent of federal Community Development Block Grant funds - still below its per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. share. ``They made a good step toward bringing more money to the Valley,'' said East Valley Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. . ``But I'm still trying to get them to 25 percent.'' Two weeks ago, Hahn angered angered City Council members by proposing to give the Valley just 9 percent of $5.8 million in grants earmarked for specific projects - a quarter of the Valley's per capita share. That proposal was one part of the mayor's initial spending plan for more than $116 million in block grant funds in 2003-04. Council members also asked for a breakdown showing the Valley's share of the total outlays. After a number of meetings, officials in the Mayor's Office agreed to find more money for Valley projects and showed that total block-grant funds slated for the Valley are about 21 percent, counting the Valley share of citywide programs such as AIDS prevention, small-business assistance and aging services. ``I'm pleased,'' Greuel said Friday during a joint meeting of two City Council panels to discuss distribution of federal grant money. Deputy Mayor Eric Brown Eric Brown is the name of several people:
But with more than one-third of the city's population and a quarter of the city's poor, the plan still shortchanges the Valley, Greuel said. CDBG CDBG Community Development Block Grant dollars aid programs for the poor and needy. Figures from the 1990 census showed that a quarter of the city's poor reside in the Valley, and Greuel predicted data from the 2000 Census will show a higher figure, perhaps as much as 35 percent. Edward Baker Edward Baker may refer to:
Eastside Councilman Ed Reyes Ed P. Reyes has served on the Los Angeles City Council since April 2001. A native of Northeast Los Angeles, Councilmember Reyes represents many of the neighborhoods he grew up in including Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park. agreed with Greuel that the money should be disbursed more fairly. ``Things have changed throughout the whole city. Poverty has spread everywhere - the harbor, Eastside, northeast, the Valley,'' Reyes said. He suggested that they take it one step further and look at how the rest of the city money is spent. ``We need to look at the general fund more equitably because these areas that are poverty-stricken are not getting their share,'' Reyes said. |
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