SOUTHLAND BRIEFLY\Margolin firm wins L.A. lobbying post.Byline: Daily News The law firm led by former 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. Assemblyman Burt Margolin on Tuesday officially was hired as 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. County's lead lobbyist in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., with a contract worth $35,000 a month. The contract with Brady & Berliner was approved by the Board of Supervisors on a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke opposed. Burke said she believed Margolin had done an excellent job as the county's chief representative in seeking a $364 million federal and state waiver of Medicaid rules. But she said she objected to the hiring of Margolin and his firm without competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. . - Daily News Feuer gets tough on code violators Concerned that building code violators in Los Angeles have not paid $3.6 million in fees, City Councilman Mike Feuer called Tuesday for an audit to look at the problem and develop recommendations for improving collections. "It is imperative that the city of Los Angeles
failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance fees due the city," Feuer said in a motion submitted to the City Council for consideration at a future meeting. |
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