SEVEN CITY PR CONTRACTS ALTERED, CANCELED.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. 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 announced Monday that the city was canceling seven contracts with private public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most firms at a value of $267,000. ``Right now, facing a tough national economy and a state budget that may remove local funds from our budget, I want to maximize the amount of the city's resources that are directed to core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. ,'' Hahn said in a statement. ``My focus is on putting more cops on the street, ensuring quality fire protection and improving our city's streets.'' In April, Hahn announced he was calling for an end to all private public relations contracts issued by the city, partly as a result of controversy raised by the multimillion-dollar contracts with the firm of Fleishman- Hillard. Fleishman-Hillard had announced it would be dropping its business with the city. The issue of private public relations firms came about as a result of the ongoing attention paid to whether there was a ``pay-to-play'' system in which companies were pressured to make political contributions to win city business. Hahn said the contracts being canceled represent a first step in tightening city policy on hiring private firms. ``We will continue to assess contracts to make sure they are in-line In-line Used in the context of general equities. (1) An order or market in a specific security within the inside market; 2) any announcement (earnings) that adheres closely to Wall Street analysts' expectations. with our goals,'' Hahn said. Agencies and contracts affected by the action include the Community Redevelopment Agency with Cerrell Associates for $45,000; Housing Authority with Bradfield Consulting for $37,368; Recreation and Parks and its contracts with Don Juan Don Juan (dŏn wän, j  `ən, Span. dōn hwän), legendary profligate. Productions that had no money remaining.
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