Councilman Bill Rosendahl

May 2 2013

Stage 4 cancer of the ureter

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced today his cancer is in remission, crediting marijuana as a major factor in his recovery.

Rosendahl revealed last July he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer of the ureter, located between his kidney and bladder. He later announced he wouldn’t be running for a third term.

“Frankly I was given a death sentence,” he said, with doctors telling him he would not be alive for last November’s election.

Sep 26 2012

road crews will begin closing access roads to the 405 between the Santa Monica 10 Freeway and the Ventura 101 Freeway

 The extra hands will include motorcycle teams capable of weaving through gridlocked traffic in an emergency.

City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, whose district includes the affected 10-mile section of the San Diego (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, saidextra personnel will be deployed at three fire stations serving the Mountain Gate community, Encino Hills, Bel-Air, Beverly Glen and West Los Angeles.

Oct 28 2011

Lack of quorum

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—For the third time this year the Los Angeles City Council today was forced to cancel its meeting because not enough members showed up.

Another meeting was canceled less than a month ago on Sept. 29.

Council President Pro Tem Jan Perry apologized to the public for not having enough members to legally hold a council meeting and said the items on today’s agenda would be added to Tuesday’s agenda.

Oct 5 2011

Rampant unchecked consumption

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles City Council moved today to support a group of demonstrators camped on the lawn of City Hall as part of a nationwide series of demonstrations aimed at calling attention to the gap between rich and poor.

Seven of the 15 council members signed a resolution to support “peaceful and vibrant exercise in First Amendment Rights carried out by ‘Occupy Los Angeles.”’

Aug 2 2011

Support federal legislation

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 today to support federal legislation that would allow same-sex couples the legal right to marry.

The Senate version of the Protect Marriage Act, introduced by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, would require states to recognize same-sex marriages granted by all other states.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.