Parks runs for supervisor

Los Angeles City Councilman and former Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks announced today that he intends to run for county supervisor. He pulled the paperwork necessary to fundraise for the June 2008 primary and November 2008 election to fill retiring Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke's seat.

Parks, who is the council's budget watchdog, said he is eager to work on the county's health care, human services and foster care. And despite the challenges _ including potentially overseeing the reform of King-Drew Hospital _ Parks, 63, said he is willing to postpone retirement.

"I have some relaxation scheduled somewhere about 2012," Parks joked. "The last thing I want to do is not use the time and energy now, when I can, and look back and see that there was something I could have done but didn't."