The Region - News from Sept. 13, 1985
Final approval was given by the Los Angeles City Council to an ordinance requiring more than 56,000 businesses to register the toxic chemicals they store. The measure, touted by fire officials as a “model for the country,” was proposed by northeast San Fernando Valley Councilman Howard Finn. It is aimed at preventing the kind of problems encountered by firefighters in an April blaze at a Sun Valley chemical warehouse. Fire officials complained that they were unaware that the warehouse contained cyanide.
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