A plea to the new president

Councilman Richard Alarcon is wasting no time in getting a message to the next president _ no matter who it is.
Alarcon has called a news conference for Wednesday morning with a coalition of non-proift agencies, service providers and asking calling on President-elect Obama or President-elect McCain to press for a change in federal poverty guidelines.
Alarcon long has been promoting an updating of hte guidelines, which he said do not take into account regional differences such as the cost of living in Los Angeles compared with a rural area of Wyoming.