MARCH ARCHIVES
Yaroslavsky Wins Approval for Plan to Establish Domestic Partner Registry - On March 23, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky won preliminary approval to establish the Los Angeles County Domestic Partner Registry. The roster, to be maintained by the Registrar-Recorder, will afford unmarried couples an opportunity to formally register their committed relationship with a neutral, third-party government agency to facilitate eligibility for domestic-partner benefits that may be offered by public and private-sector employers. The fee-based service will be entirely self-financing, relieving employers of the burden of maintaining such registries or verifying the status of potentially eligible partners. Click here for a copy of the press release, motion and the accompanying ordinance. The ordinance takes effect 30 days after its anticipated approval on second reading on April 6, 1999. Yaroslavsky Announces Hollywood "DASH" Shuttle - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky announced approval by the MTA Board for his proposal to establish a special Hollywood Boulevard Shuttle to carry Metro Red Line subway passengers to various tourist and business destinations between their last stop at the Hollywood/Vine station and Hollywood Blvd./La Brea Ave. Yaroslavsky explained that when the Hollywood segment of the subway opens in June 1999, it will stop short of some of the major Hollywood Blvd. attractions, such as Mann’s Chinese and the El Capitan movie theaters, which won’t be accessible by subway until the final Red Line segment opens to the Hollywood/Highland station in May, 2000. Yaroslavsky said that the estimated $450,000 cost of the shuttle would be covered by available HCIP (Hollywood Construction Impact Program) mitigation funds. Click here for release. Board Awards Red-Light Photo Enforcement Contract - Spurred by a Yaroslavsky motion approved in September 1998, the Board of Supervisors on March 23, 1999 approved a $4.9 million consulting contract with Lockheed Martin IMS for a three-year pilot project to install and operate an automated red-light photo enforcement system to improve traffic safety. The program, to be financed entirely by ticket revenues at no cost to County taxpayers, entails photo-surveillance installations at five intersections throughout the County (in the Third District, at the intersection of Wilshire and Sepulveda Boulevards in West Los Angeles.) The Board also approved an agreement with the California Highway Patrol, not to exceed $200,000 per year and similarly financed out of ticket revenues, to provide enforcement. In his September motion, Yaroslavsky cited red-light running as a primary cause of automobile accidents, fatalities, injuries and property damage. Nationwide, red-light running causes an estimated 22% of all automobile crashes at a cost more than $7 billion. Data from the cities of Oxnard and Beverly Hills suggests that red-light photo enforcement has reduced red-light running by at least 42%. Click here for the release. Yaroslavsky, Molina Win Approval for Plan to Ease Intergroup Tensions - Spurred by the alleged racially-motivated beating of Principal Norman Bernstein at Burton Street Elementary School in Pacoima, Supervisors Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina won approval on March 16 for their motion directing the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission to develop a proposal to anticipate and identify potential intergroup conflicts, and to develop a "quick-response" approach at schools deemed "at-risk" for such conflicts. The measure also calls for the Commission to refine its process for reporting and investigating hate crimes and releasing such findings to the public. Yaroslavsky Urges Phone Book Recycling - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky is reminding residents of the Beverly Hills, Culver City and Santa Monica areas to recycle, rather than discard, their old telephone books as new directories are landing on their doorsteps. Through April 30, Pacific Bell phone customers will be able to participate in the Telephone Book Recycling Program through their curbside recycling program. Click here for more information. Yaroslavsky Wins Approval for Slum Housing Hotline - Outraged by news reports of tenants denied running water for more than a month while Los Angeles city officials ignored their complaints, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky won approval for his motion directing County health officials to establish a toll-free hotline to report health and safety code violations and obtain referrals to the appropriate enforcement agency. Click here for release.
03/30/99 Janice Kamenir-Reznik, + Judicial Procedures Commission 03/16/99 Denis Weber, Los Angeles County Board of Retirement 03/09/99 Leticia Muniz, Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission
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