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San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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t?ity attorney: Gates edmon: 312 8 191
recall effort valid
Daily
·City News Service
LOS ANGELES - A grass~·­
roots effort to recall Daryl
Gates is legally valid and could
force a special ballot to determine
if the police chief should
be removed from his post, CitY
Attorney Jim Hahn said
Wednesday.
In a 14-page opinion, Hahn
· said the City Charter provision
, that authorizes the recall of
;'city department h~ads is appli­
. cable to the position of chief qf
:police.
-'Community activists and religious
leaders - angered at
the March 3 beating of Rodney Daryl Gates
King by a handful of police offi-
. cers -· began a recall movement
last week to force Gates all city department heads are
despite a 1987 opinion that said
: out of office.
subject to recall. ~
But Assistant City Attorney Hahn . said Gates can face a
:Fred Merkin had ql1estioned - recall despite· Civil Service system
the validity of the recall effort, protection.
Title: CITY ATTORNEY: GATES
RECALL EFFORT VALID
CIVIL RIGHTS
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