HOLLYWOOD SECESSION BID WINS 2ND PETITION ATTEMPT.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer The Hollywood secession movement, after initially failing to gather enough valid signatures, has now qualified for a cityhood study, county officials said Monday. Hollywood Voters Organized Toward Empowerment officially joins similar movements in 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. and Harbor area The Harbor Area is the area along the Port of Los Angeles. It contains neighborhoods of Los Angeles (including Wilmington & San Pedro). Los Angeles City neighborhoods in the Harbor Area
Hollywood VOTE founder Gene La Pietra La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls, also referred to as La Pietra or Hawaii School for Girls, is a private school for girls in grades 6–12 located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1964 by Lorraine Cooke, it moved to the current La Pietra campus in 1969. said he never doubted that the group would qualify. ``We're a lot happier than I'd say Gore or Bush are right now,'' La Pietra said. ``This has been a great process we've gone through. It's been a difficult one, but we never doubted or wavered. We knew we'd succeed.'' Hollywood VOTE's initial signature drive fell short after the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office 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. more than half the 38,003 signatures submitted. The group was required to have 19,848 signatures from people who live in the proposed new city's boundaries. The group was allowed by state law to have an extra 15 days to collect signatures, and on Monday, the Registrar-Recorder said enough of those signatures were valid. While Hollywood VOTE submitted an additional 7,291 signatures, the Registrar-Recorder stopped counting at 19,867, so it is not certain what the final valid total would have been. Most of the City Council and Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. oppose the cityhood movements, arguing they will leave behind more impoverished neighborhoods, and that the new city charter will improve neighborhood representation. But Valley VOTE chairman Richard Close welcomed Hollywood's inclusion, saying it will increase pro-secession voter turnout. |
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