Region gets $69 million anti-terror grant
The Los Angeles-Long Beach region received a $69 million federal grant on Monday to help boost local homeland security programs and avert terrorist activity.Daily News.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa and Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster voiced appreciation for the Department of Homeland Security grant, which they said will be used to improve regional communications.
"We have learned a lot since Sept. 11, 2001," Foster said during a news conference with Villaraigosa at Los Angeles City Hall. "What these funds are being used for is to make sure we communicate with each other. Nothing is more important than for intelligcence to flow back and forth."
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