THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES COUNCIL DENIES PADILLA'S BID FOR FEDERAL JOB-TRAINING FUNDS Thursday, September 16, 1999 Section: News Edition: Valley Page: N10 牋牋燣os Angeles Councilman Alex Padilla failed Wednesday to get the City Council to include the San Fernando Valley in an application for $12 million in federal funds for job training. Padilla did secure a loose commitment to get an undetermined amount of other city funds if available to build a job training center in Pacoima next year. 牋燻`This was not a complete victory, but I do appreciate what we got commitments for,创 Padilla said. ``It磗 still got a long way to go and I hope this doesn磘 happen again.创 牋牋燩adilla had been attempting to get Pacoima, which is part of a federal empowerment zone, included in the Community Development Department's youth jobs grant program. 牋牋燞owever, Councilman Mike Hernandez fought that off, saying it could jeopardize the entire city application. The funds originally were intended only as a project in South Central but Hernandez succeeded in getting East Los Angeles included. 牋燻`The problem is we are competing with others cities and if we include Pacoima, it could jeopardize the entire application,创 Hernandez said. 牋牋燩adilla won support from Councilwoman Laura Chick in trying to have Pacoima included in the new grant application. 牋燻`Part of this is a systemic problem,创 Chick said. 牋燻`What I磎 concerned about is that Pacoima wasn磘 included in the first place in being considered for funds. That磗 been a problem for the Valley for years.创 牋牋燗nother aspect of the problem, Padilla said, is that the application was being developed between the time former Councilman Richard Alarcon left office for the state Senate and Padilla's taking office in July. 牋燻`Some things were done that won磘 happen again,创 Padilla said, adding he has learned a great deal over the past two weeks of how City Hall operates and in stepping forward to advance the interests of his Northeast Valley district. 牋燻`We磍l see what happens next,创 Padilla said. Parker Anderson, head of the city's Community Development Department that oversees such federal programs, said he is unsure how much will be available for the Pacoima job training center. 牋燻`We have a number of programs out there now and we would want to look to see how they could be consolidated,创 Anderson said. ``We will be working with the councilman to see what he wants and what is available.创 root [RETURN to Main Page]

THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES COUNCIL DENIES PADILLA'S BID FOR FEDERAL JOB-TRAINING FUNDS Thursday, September 16, 1999 Section: News Edition: Valley Page: N10 牋牋燣os Angeles Councilman Alex Padilla failed Wednesday to get the City Council to include the San Fernando Valley in an application for $12 million in federal funds for job training. Padilla did secure a loose commitment to get an undetermined amount of other city funds if available to build a job training center in Pacoima next year. 牋燻This was not a complete victory, but I do appreciate what we got commitments for,创 Padilla said. ``It磗 still got a long way to go and I hope this doesn磘 happen again.创 牋牋燩adilla had been attempting to get Pacoima, which is part of a federal empowerment zone, included in the Community Development Department's youth jobs grant program. 牋牋燞owever, Councilman Mike Hernandez fought that off, saying it could jeopardize the entire city application. The funds originally were intended only as a project in South Central but Hernandez succeeded in getting East Los Angeles included. 牋燻`The problem is we are competing with others cities and if we include Pacoima, it could jeopardize the entire application,创 Hernandez said. 牋牋燩adilla won support from Councilwoman Laura Chick in trying to have Pacoima included in the new grant application. 牋燻`Part of this is a systemic problem,创 Chick said. 牋燻`What I磎 concerned about is that Pacoima wasn磘 included in the first place in being considered for funds. That磗 been a problem for the Valley for years.创 牋牋燗nother aspect of the problem, Padilla said, is that the application was being developed between the time former Councilman Richard Alarcon left office for the state Senate and Padilla's taking office in July. 牋燻`Some things were done that won磘 happen again,创 Padilla said, adding he has learned a great deal over the past two weeks of how City Hall operates and in stepping forward to advance the interests of his Northeast Valley district. 牋燻`We磍l see what happens next,创 Padilla said. Parker Anderson, head of the city's Community Development Department that oversees such federal programs, said he is unsure how much will be available for the Pacoima job training center. 牋燻`We have a number of programs out there now and we would want to look to see how they could be consolidated,创 Anderson said. ``We will be working with the councilman to see what he wants and what is available.创