After an effort that wound through the National Park Service, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, a state naming board and, finally, the federal naming board, it was changed in 2009.
Mayor Andrew FoFoo" Gilich said that when workers return on Tuesday, the city council should move to update its laws to reflect the federal name of the holiday.
"We tell them and they say, 'Oh, O.K.' " To secure an official federal name change, the petitioner must convince first a state board and then the federal government that a new name is better, based on factors that include historical significance and local acceptance.
Like Ready for Hillary, the Stop Hillary PAC, a provocative hybrid PAC for which Backer is also treasurer, is also for now in compliance with federal naming laws.
The federal suit names the same five counties as defendants, and adds Collier and Walton Counties.
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Mr. Mineo's federal lawsuit names the three officers accused in the criminal trial and another officer, Noel Jugraj.
The federal lawsuit names as defendants the Philip Morris Companies; the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Corporation the Brown && Williamson Tobacco unit of British American Tobacco P.L.C.; and the Lorillard Tobacco unit of the Loews Corporation.
The 35-page, eight-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors names a lone defendant: Joseph L. Bruno, the former president of the State Senate and former Republican majority leader.
