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“More than 200 of the Los Angeles region’s top civic and business officials — many of them adversaries back home — delivered a unified civic message and pleas for more dollars to members of Congress and federal bureaucrats today. The delegation sought funding for gang intervention programs, port security, education and affordable housing. ‘All of us are coming together with a common message,’ Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference next to the Capitol. ‘Southern California’s challenges are America’s challenges.’ Villaraigosa was joined by several members of the Los Angeles City Council, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Marlene Canter, schools Supt. David L. Brewer and David W. Fleming, chairman of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.” (03/27/07)