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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2003
Volume 2, Issue 130
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
L O T T O
City Hall deficit means more taxes
Game playing
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(Editor’s note: This is the third article in an on-going series that examines City Hall’s current financial crisis.) BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON
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Daily Press Staff Writer
Closing City Hall’s growing deficit is a matter of simple economics — cut expenses and increase revenue. That means Santa Monica resi-
NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard
■ New Salem Missionary Baptist Church members voted 67-10 to fire pastor Stanley Hall, who had refused to reschedule his consecration service even though it conflicted with the telecast of the Super Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.). A 19-year-old woman learning to drive took a turn too fast and mowed down her two kids, her sister and her niece (all survived) (Santa Ana, Calif.). A 39-yearold driver, celebrating his car's 100,000th mile with a bottle of champagne, accidentally smashed into a tree (Boulder, Colo.).
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
INDEX Horoscopes Dinner for two, Pisces . . . .2
Local Booze, blues and views . . .3
Opinion Women on the streets . . . .4
State
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The chess park at Santa Monica Beach just south of the pier was hopping this past weekend with avid chess players dominating the boards.
BY JOHN WOOD
Santa Monica man currently detained downtown LA. BY JOHN WOOD Daily Press Staff Writer
A Santa Monica man who is accused of spying for North Korea could be up for bail as early as Wednesday.
International The global economy . . . .10
Associated Press Writers
Weir is master . . . . . . . . .11
Classifieds Calendar
See LANDLORDS, page 7
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Sports
Movie listings . . . . . . . . . .15
Control Board. “We’re still pretty early in the game,” said Doris Genga, an attorney for the rent control board. “But we’ve heard that the landlords at the Shores and Pacific Plaza are going to file a whole bunch (of petitions). We do anticipate heavier filings.” After landlords issue notices to tenants whose residency they wish to challenge, they must file a petition with the rent control board. Once the board reviews the petition, board members give tenants an opportunity to respond. If the renter challenges the landlord, a hearing is set. Some residents already have been hit by the first wave of notices. Tenants at the Shores, located on Santa Monica Beach near Hill
Seeking stability, coalition and Iraqis are cooperating
National NYC’s budget woes . . . . . .9
$3.50 a day! . . . . . . . . . . .13
Daily Press Staff Writer
Landlords are on the look-out for tenants who they say are misusing their rent-controlled apartments. Renters who use their units as offices, storage or vacation homes are being served with notices indicating that their days of paying low rent could be over. A law that went into effect last month allows property owners to See SPY, page 7 raise the rent on apartments that aren’t used as primary residences. Since March, notices have been showing up in doorways and in mailboxes across the city. So far, a dozen petitions have been filed with the Santa Monica Rent
Shopping local . . . . . . . . . .8
See BUDGET, page 6
Landlords look for rent control ‘abuses’
Alleged spy asks judge Notices landing in tenants’ mailboxes for bail this week John Joungwoong Yai, 59, is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. He goes before U.S. Magistrate Judge Victor Kenton on April 16 with a motion to grant him bail. A status conference is currently scheduled for early June, said Thom Mrozek, a U.S. Attorney spokesman.
dents and visitors will feel the pain in upcoming years as City Hall expects to face multi-million deficits through 2006. City officials have been strategizing on how to close a $12 million gap for this year. A proposed budget is expected to land in front of the Santa Monica City Council in the next two months with a final adoption in June.
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The home of John Joungwoong Yai was searched by FBI agents in Feburary. Yai is accused of spying for the North Korean government.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Manning roadblocks, Sgt. Steven Christopher found himself picking up Arabic phrases he’d never heard but suddenly needed: “You are a thief. Do you think I am stupid? If you steal, we can shoot you.” See IRAQ, page 10