County looking for federal help

Three Los Angeles County supervisors are in Washington, D.C., today to attend the presidential inauguration, and while there, they hope to press their case for a chunk of the $800 billion stimulus package proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

Although the supervisors did not travel specifically to ask for money, the trip is expected to be the first in a series to lobby the new administration and Congress for some $2.7 billion.

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said Monday in a telephone interview while touring Capitol Hill that the stimulus package should accomplish two things.

"One, it will infuse some economic activity into our economy that will increase jobs and address a frighteningly high rate of unemployment.