Powerful industries and some government departments pushed back.
Originally slated for January, the moratorium was delayed for months as environmentalists and climate scientists pushed Mr. Yudhoyono's administration to increase the amount of land off-limits to new development, while powerful industries and some government departments pushed back.
That was not good enough for state Democrats, who have complained for years that an all-Republican cast, led by Christie Whitman, then the governor, and aided by her legislative leaders and the heads of departments, pushed through a plan to privatize an inspection system that state workers had been performing, at a much simpler level, since 1935.
"We have seen the white political establishment (which includes power in major institutions like the police department and the fire department) push back against the growing Asian majority in San Gabriel and similar cities," she said.
The sheriff's department pushed back on the story about Robert Bates records, but Ellerbach would not say whether the newspaper stands by the report.
But when the United States and China agreed last week that Feb. 14 would be the date for Vice President Xi's visit to Washington, the department pushed back its ruling until March 2. But small gestures may not overcome the shock among American trade officials and auto industry executives last month when China imposed the tariffs on American vehicles.
Importantly, this change was not uniformly observed across the department, as some in the department pushed back and argued that covering the entirety of the canon was of primary importance.
"The department pushed ill-prepared officers out there," Fullerton said.
I had some tough-guy cops in my department pushing for bigger and more hardware".
The rollout marked a significant moment for the department, pushing Los Angeles forward in becoming the largest U.S. city to use the devices on a widespread scale.
