Going after Hahn

In today's Times, the rivals to Jim Hahn's reelection next year signal their intention to attack his record on making Los Angeles "the safest big city in America," one of his key promises. The nominal peg for the story is a call by councilman and ex-LAPD chief Bernard Parks, one of the challengers, for official hearings into why this year's homicide rate is climbing. The Daily News story is much less about the mayoral politics and confines itself to the Parks call for hearings, which got some support in the council, even among Hahn backers.