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1863 - Gen. Edward F. Beale loans money to A.A. Hudson and Oliver P. Robbins to erect toll house in Newhall Pass [story]
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Note: The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and a law firm representing a group of Christian, Jewish and Muslim officials filed suit Thursday in federal court to block the restoration of a small Latin cross to the seal of the County of Los Angeles.

 

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File photo

[Supv. Antonovich] – “Once again, the ACLU storm troopers are attempting to rewrite history,” said Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.  “However, just as other California municipalities have missions on their seals, Los Angeles County will prevail.”

The action by the Board of Supervisors last month updated the seal with an accurate rendering of the current mission.

Missions on municipal seals are not unique to Los Angeles County.  Accurate depictions of California missions exist on the seals of other municipalities, including the counties of Ventura and San Benito, and the city of San Luis Obispo.

losangelesCountySealThe history of Los Angeles County began with the founding of the San Gabriel Mission by Father Junipero Serra in September, 1771.  Also known as the “Pride of the California Missions,” its doors opened directly to the El Camino Real which connected all of California’s great missions, pueblos and presidios.

For hundreds of years, the mission has been the historic center for culture and art in our region and has had a vital influence on the expansion and development of Los Angeles County.  It was the site of the area’s first hospital and the birthplace of the last Spanish governor of Alta California, Pio Pico.

Learning about the missions is part of the California 4th grade curriculum where students are asked to build model missions and complete reports on one of the California missions.

 

Supervisor Don Knabe

Supervisor Don Knabe

[Supv. Knabe] – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairman Don Knabe released the following statement regarding today’s news that the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles:

“It is disappointing that the ACLU has chosen to file a lawsuit against Los Angeles County regarding the updating of the county’s official seal.  Our motion to add the cross to the County seal was in the name of historical correctness, not political correctness.

While the ACLU has chosen to engage in this issue, today I am up in Sacramento working with a bipartisan group of elected officials to protect our most vulnerable, the young victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking. If ever there were an issue threatening individual liberty, certainly it would be the heinous crime of minors, as young as 10-years-old, being bought and sold in the streets of communities across California. That is where I think our attention and resources should be focused, rather than on frivolous lawsuits.”

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4 Comments

  1. More wasted time over these silly social issues. Why can’t people and the reps they elect concentrate on matters of real importance?

  2. Wait for theme to come after the official song of Los Angeles County http://www.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/b0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOItDCDAyMInxNjAyCfQ0i80wNHA3dNUvyDbUREArv4uIQ!!/?1dmy&page=lac.home.government.aboutlacounty.hidden&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A/lacounty+content/lacounty+site/home/government/about+la+county/categorylink_song

  3. Mandy says:

    Thank you gentlemen for representing the majority of Californians,

  4. WARD JOHNSON, MPA says:

    Once again government crumbles to the fear of the almighty ACLU who have pulled out their latest rabbit in the hat with the cross on the Los Angeles County Seal. A good chance since it has been in the seal since 1957 and designed by a Democrat, Kenneth Hahn, that many of these ACLU warriors were not even born then nor did they live within Los Angeles County in the first place. Presently, we have an increasing homeless population, increasing illegal alien population and decreasing sales tax revenues across the board and no way to fund all these entitlement programs being sought after by these two groups. Here’s one for the ACLU to consider: How about without dipping into the taxpayer’s paychecks any further than is already being done in many ways the ACLU come up with a plan to provide homes for the homeless and the variety of entitlement programs for the illegal aliens through alternative viable programs or policies? Let’s quit beating a dead horse over the Los Angeles County Seal. Ladies and gentleman, County government has much bigger obligations and responsibilities to look after than wasting money to fix something such as the seal which was not broken in the first place. Think about it ACLU. You want to make a difference, I have just given you an assignment to look into. Good luck.

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