Cardenas hires Freehling

Councilman Tony Cardenas has hired Rabbi Allen Freehling, who headed the city's Human Relations Commission, as a deputy chief of staff.
The commission was a victim of this year's budget problems and combined into a new city agency with the Children, Youth and Families Commission.
Aides to Cardenas said Freehling, who was head rabbi at the University Synagogue in West Los Angeles for 30 years before taking on the city post, will be involved in a variety of projects designed to take advantage of his experience.
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