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For more information, call (626) 304-2727.
Mountjoy child custody bill passes
Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy's bill seeking to make it harder for registered sex offenders whose victim was a minor to be granted custody of a child was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday.
Mountjoy, whose district includes La Crescenta, said the new law will not allow a child to be placed in the home of a sex offender unless the judge issues a written finding that there is no significant threat to the child.
Sherman announces his wedding plans
Rep. Brad Sherman is engaged to wed a foreign-affairs officer in the U.S. State Department, his office announced.
The bride-to-be, New York-native Lisa Kaplan, lives in Washington, D.C., and works in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Kaplan has graduate degrees in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and international administration from the School for International Training at Brattleboro, Vermont.
Robert Kaplan, the bride's father, is a forensic psychiatrist and her stepmother, Peggy Kaplan, is a photographer.
An attorney and accountant by trade, Sherman was voted into the House of Representatives in 1996.
The Los Angeles-native graduated from UCLA and took a law degree at Harvard law school, where he also served as an instructor.
Sherman's mother, Lane Sherman, lives in Northridge and his late father, Maurice Sherman, worked as a corporate executive.
A wedding date has not been announced.
Margett's wiretap measure becomes law
State Sen. Bob Margett's bill designed to speed up criminal investigations and aid in prosecutions was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
SB 1714 requires a judge to accept faxed copies of a district attorney's signature on an application authorizing a wiretap. Under current law, orders authorizing a wiretap require the original signature of the district attorney or of an authorized representative, said Margett, whose district includes La Crescenta.
This has posed a problem for prosecutors whose schedules often have them out of the office when wiretap applications are submitted, and has concerned district attorneys who do not want to give up the ability to authorize a wiretap to a non-elected official.
The Major Narcotics Division in Los Angeles submits approximately 20 wiretap applications each month concerning murders, large-scale narcotics trafficking and gang-related crimes. Due to the time-sensitive nature of these investigations, immediate attention is required to ensure that evidence is gathered quickly.
If the district attorney were not available, then no wiretap could take place.
