Mayors speech highlights council power and reform plan
Clark accuses city charter of concentrating power in non elected officials and vows to push a full time mayor and charter revision. He cites reforms including citizen task force, stronger committees, longer budget hearings, open auditor process, and nationwide search for a new city manager as steps to restore independent policy making.
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Death ruling links Schreiber transfusion error to UCLA surgery
The Los Angeles coroner’s office closed the case on Taft B. Schreiber’s death, citing an incompatible blood transfusion during prostate surgery on June 4 at UCLA Medical Center. Schreiber, MCA president and Republican fundraiser, aided Reagan and Nixon campaigns and was a key Jewish community donor.
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Transit tax measure moves toward November ballot
Southern California RTD directors voted 7-2 to draft a half cent sales tax ordinance for a rapid transit starter line with a showdown session set for Aug 17 before the November ballot deadline. A prior June vote rejected a one cent tax to fund the longer Sunset Coast Line, and cities Pomona Claremont and La Verne seek to exit RTD for possible ties with West Valley Transit.
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