Dogfight Looms Over County Animal Control Chief Choice
A dispute erupts over selecting a new county animal control director. Supervisor Hahn questions top candidates lacking animal control experience, citing expertise and executive ability as essential for a role overseeing dogs and cats.
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Ward to shift oversight of key offices on board
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairman Baxter Ward proposed new committee assignments passing up direct control of the sheriff department. Elected offices for sheriff district attorney and assessor move to the committee of the whole with the full board. Changes affect Air Pollution Control and facilities and personnel departments while consumer affairs shifts to Edelman. Ratification due Tuesday.
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Sheriff's Department
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Schabarum
Ed Edelman
Janes Hayes
Hayes
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Edelman Peviously
Consumer Affairs
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Supervisor proposes county transit development department
Baxter Ward asked Wednesday to create a county department of transit development to oversee a proposed multibillion-dollar 285 mile rapid transit system. He wants county control as prime contractor to assure routes to Glendale Torrance Long Beach Santa Monica and other points, with a June ballot plan and RTD approval or an initiative if blocked.
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Santa Monica
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County aid rolls rise on welfare program totals
The county reported 935,571 people on welfare in October, up 23,958 from September. Officials attributed the rise to adverse economic conditions, with 632,301 receiving cash grants under Aid to Families with Dependent Children and 303,287 on food stamps and Medi-Cal Aid.
Doctors replant two fingers after industrial accident
In San Francisco, Ralph K. Davies Medical Center reported two of three fingers lost by a warehouseman were successfully replanted. Michael E. Soares, 27, of San Jose, had left index and middle fingers amputated at the Leslie Salt plant in Newark on December 10. Surgeons performed a 13 hour microsurgery operation reconnecting vessels and nerves barely 1-25th inch in diameter.
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Ralph K. Davies Medical Center
Michael E. Soares
San Jose
Leslie Salt
Newark
Summer school funds cut as four‑hour days eyed
Legislative Analyst Alan Post urged a 43 percent cut in summer school funding, saying teachers' work days average about three percent shorter than during the year. The move would save about 41.8 million and could lower property taxes. districts may raise the gap via taxes, but state should reduce summer school revenues from all sources.
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FE Alan Post
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