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"The state has so far received 74,108 applications for an allotment of 75,000 decals permitting hybrid owners to drive solo in HOV lanes." ~ L.A. Times
Blogging.LA does the math on hate crimes in LA: "...for every one hate crime in San Diego and San Francisco counties combined, there were five in Los Angeles. By any explanation, that's a lot of hate."
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In city politics and news, fines for parking illegally during rush hour on certain city arteries are increased, black politicians go beyond "safe districts," special people might be getting special treatment in the Building & Safety Department, a law firm wrote the controversial term limits measure and LAPD Chief Bratton is sought to consult for the war in Iraq.
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oh crap! i guess i'd better get that diamond lane app in the mail pronto or my prius is going to suffer from carpool lane envy. i hope i get one of the remaining 900. thanks for posting that article in the news roundup, zach!
The population of San Francisco and San Diego counties combined is roughly 4 million, while Los Angeles County has to be up around 11 million (official census figures significantly undercounting the illegal immigrants who make up perhaps 25% of the county's population). So, on a per-capita basis, hate crimes are still two or three times more likely here than in either San Diego or San Francisco, but that's a lot less than 5x more likely.
I would imagine that the majority of hate crimes in Los Angeles County are brown-on-black/black-on-brown violence, too. One good fight at a high school in South Central is gonna result in 10+ hate crime indictments.