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2000

12-22-00 | Vehicle thefts soar in L.A | SIMI Reserve officers to offer mall supervision | LAPD Police to Halt Mall Holiday Sting Effort | LAPD Eliminating 3 of 4 Valley Units | LAPD Staffing | More cops, less crime
12-13-00 Board calls for new bids on Belmont | Ghost of Belmont | Nobody wants to do business with the city | Wasn't surprised | Nothing has changed | Replace them |Area companies join Fortune 500 |
11-18-00 See City OKs Rampart package deal | Police Staffing | Panel OKs lead officers | More Plaintiffs Climb Aboard Class-Action Suit Against LAPD | Our city government | Long, hot summer | Forget Pro Football! Bring Back Our Senior Lead Cops |
10-13-00 VOTE official praises law | State of our own | Democracy wins again | Everyone supports it | Secession path eased for 2002 | A fair share | Squeaky wheel | Secessions might be just the beginning |
10-8-00 LAPD will restore SLO program | Government we deserve! | Time to go | Our city government | Emasculating the LAPD | LAPD takeover | Federal conditions! | Spineless city surrendering to unjust Justice Department | Vote seeks senior leads' return | Cell phones link officers with area |
10-2-00 MTA talks break down | Driving blind | MTA strike | Toilets and Advertising | Trolley line | Time for breakup | Mean-spirited MTA | High-Speed Bus Route |
9-25-00 The publics comments on the consent agreement for the Department of justice to take control of the LAPD | Council OKs LAPD decree | RICO Viewed as Cop Suit Sidelight | Washington, D.C. West |
9-14-00 Social promotion | Most crime funds to bypass Valley | Proud of LAPD | Memory outage | Russian immigrant shot near home in American gangland | Riordan to fight decree |
9-1-00 | Hosting Dems every 40 years is much too often, too costly | DNC only profitable to select few | City restraining order denied | Suit filed over city's DNC help |
8-28-00 Governor to Get Bill on an Independent Valley Council | Hollywood closer to cityhood | Bill Gives Valley Redevelopment Controls in Event of Secession | A portrait of waste | Hollywood Cityhood Drive a Success, Organizers Say | Hollywood’s play | Hollywood secession qualifies for ballot | Maybe five cities
8-23-00 An accounting | Police, protesters schmooze in Square | Vet protesters |Cash surplus | LAPD's deft response | What a city | Hidden charges | We pay, they play | Spend it here! |August surprise | Council’s new ‘committee’ comes to rescue
8-17-00 Lots of letters to the papers about the Convention.
8-14-00 Streets to close before DNC | Judge to weigh city protest plan | Officials, LAPD spar over convention readiness | Protesters Say L.A. Will Be Used as Model of Injustice | Convention protest organizers prepared for mass arrests | Protest targets will be varied
8-8-00 Residents fear fallout from protest response | and various letter from residents about the Convention
8-4-00 | City shelves DNC traffic plan | DNC traffic plan released | Riordan says city is ready for DNC | Businesses distrust LAPD safety plan | Peril of Pershing |
7-28-00 | Given a choice | LAPD’s staffing shortages mean fewer Valley patrols | Police retreat temporarily from war on gang crime | Not much left | LAPD responding more slowly as crime rises | City mourns loss |
7-26-00 | What lies beneath | LAFCO gains power to alter L.A. breakup plan | Upon our backs | Real 'reality' | Corporate welfare | The gold rules | Planning Commission | Spirit of '76 | Insulting! | Drop us a line | Bill would boost Valley city's representation | Redeem the City | What does it take | L.A. owes us
7-19-00 | Council Scraps CRA's Northeast Valley Plan | Look to Alternative to Redevelopment to Aid Northeast Valley | Far from over | Good decision | Working together | It ain't over | Studio City, Van Nuys Parking Garages Proposed | Plan aims to add big attractions to downtown
7-16-00 | Fire officials blame budget cuts on mayor and Council | Fire stations face rolling closures in Los Angeles | Paramedic shortage hits L.A | Paramedic, firefighter shortage jeopardizes public safety |
7-13-00 | Conditional vote | Council to Review Designation of Plaza as Site for Protests | LAPD: Protests could paralyze downtown | Violent mob defies police | Stand-down policy |
7-7-00 | This issue is entirely letters to the editors of the LA Times and Daily News about crime in LA
7-5-00 | Various letters to the editors of the Daily News and LA Time expressing outrage at the City Council giving the DNC 4 Million dollars of tax payer money | Saving the city | Ambulance Staffing and the Convention | Council votes 8-5 to give Democrats $4 million
6-29-00 | Panel Votes to Postpone CRA Project | Padilla scraps Northeast Valley redevelopment plans | Coming clean | Taxpayer advocates concerned by Padilla allegations | Campaign may have used city resources wrongly
6-26-00 | Letters to the Daily News and LA Times about the CRA | Still No Deal on Project Near Subway | A kazoo for North Hollywood
6-21-00 | Private party | Stay away! | Don't think so | L.A. Council to vote on taxpayer bailout for Democrats | $4 million sought for convention | Panorama City | Milking the Valley
6-19-00 No welfare for Democrats | Fire Department Puts Ambulance Staffing Change on Hold | $4 million for Demos? | L.A. taking a crack at sidewalk repairs | Dog days of summer |
6-14-00 | Northeast Valley and the CRA | GAVEL TO GAVEL | Padilla Embroiled in Project Committee Brouhaha | Northeast Valley's Advisory Panel Disbands | Beware, Northeast Valley | Plans for N. Hollywood Project Scaled Back |
6-9-00 | City Looks at Levies if Areas Leave L.A | L.A. in worse shape than our leaders claim | Panel passes letter to LAFCO | Secession data requested | Riordan, Ferraro want to speed up fact-finding | Valley Gets 'Fairer Share,' Riordan Says |
6-6-00 | Northeast Valley and the CRA | CRA Looks for Cash Infusion in Northeast Valley | CRA Plan Risks Future Revenues in Northeast Valley | Lawsuit threatens validity of redevelopment agency |
5-30-00 | We pay and pay | Valley Getting Smaller Share for Street Repairs | $5 Million Sought for Sidewalk Work | City owes taxpayers millions | City Hall makeover to cost $299.8 million |
5-25-00 | Don't let Los Angeles big-wigs sell us all out | LAPD Should Bring Back Popular Senior Lead Officer Program | Fallen bridges | Move to revive police program gets boost | A crumby deal |
5-16-00 | Secession Group to Grade Candidates in Mayor's Race | Business as usual | Not influenced | Oath for office | Valley Secession |
5-11-00 | Welcome to D.C. West | 3 Valley-Area Cities Ranked in Top 10 of Nation's Safest | Senior lead officers | Sunshine Canyon | Downtown party | Hidden agenda | License to steal
5-8-00 | Secession Movement Leader Talks About the Plan for a New Valley City | Missing the Bus on the Route to Better Transit | Council votes to give agency timely data
4-22-00 | Testing our wings | Now I know | Doesn't surprise him! | Secession | Dirty Details Confront Secession Supporters,
4-3-00 | CRA and the Northeast Valley | NoHo: A Lesson in [failed] Public Spending
3-28-00 | Urges Slicing Valley Project in Half | To Take Action | Neighborhood Panels Need Your Street's Smarts | CRA Plans in Northeast Valley May Move Ahead
3-15-00 | L.A. shares Belmont responsibility | Times headquarters would be latest to leave downtown | Valley voters crucial in elections | N. Hollywood Redevelopment
3-6-00 | Greek Theatre lawsuit settled | Party to a farce | Riordan bars council members from news conference | The CRA's Record | Re "Election of Redevelopment Critic Nullified,"| Blighted Urban Renewal
2-24-00 | A greater Valley | Valley leaders launch effort to guide growth | Carwash Sign in Studio City | A 'Quirky' Business Sign in Studio City | City Orders More Subway Parking
2-19-00 | Hollywood signs on | Hollywood Secessionists Launch Their Petition Drive | Haulers May Have to Offer Recycling | Council vote on cityhood study could prompt lawsuit
2-12-00 | Not a hobby | Cities revel in windfalls | Cost of LAPD corruption may climb | LAPD scandal to cost millions
2-10-00 | Editor's note | City Council raise | C.O.D.: City Hall | L.A. lacks leadership | L.A. management rated lowest of state's cities
2-8-00 | City madness | BFI Dumped Almost $600,000 on Landfill Lobbying | Mining the dump | Van Nuys probation issue resolved | Controversial landfill grabs attention of state lawmakers |
2-6-00 | Secession | City Council raise | LAFCO to pick researcher for cityhood study | Greek theater pact rescinded | Ferraro retreats on Greek theater deal | MTA panel urges cost study for a Valley transit zone
2-2-00 | Hahn asks L.A. for study funds | The Cadillac life | No guarantee | Hertzberg chosen speaker with bipartisan support | Bill Seeks to Shift Control of Projects | Poison pill project | Community ignored - Seizing the Valley
1-28-00 | Incompetence pays | Council pay heist | LAFCO may get power | MTA panel urges cost study for a Valley transit zone | Report sought on well water safety | $275-Million Water Cleanup Is Planned
1-25-00 | State will probe Sunshine decision | By Approving Dump, Council Abandoned a Community| | Running off | Community ignored
1-21-00 | Corrupt troika | Council OK's CRA panel | Redevelopment raises Valley cityhood questions
1-18-00 | Valley Secession Forum Scheduled | Power to the hood | MTA lacking funds for Valley transportation |City urged to set up smaller planning districts

1-17-00 | Vote 'em out |To the courts, we go | Group sues over landfill decision
1-11-00 | Northeast Valley redevelopment debated | Contract opponents file petition about Greek Theatre | Landing fee plan falls flat
1-7-00 | Investment is key | Jay Leno lights up 'Tonight audience' | Glimpse of the future
1-3-00 | Greek Theatre revival launches referendum drive | Time is right | Hollywood boosters hope to make Tinseltown shine


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