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Wendy Greuel took the oath of office Wednesday for the Los Angeles City Council's 2nd District seat and moved quickly to address neglect that the east San Fernando Valley incurred because it has not had an elected representative for five months.
On her first day in office, Greuel reopened a long-closed council field office in the Sunland-Tujunga area, named a Valley resident with experience at City Hall as her chief of staff and asked the council to restore funding for economic development along Commerce Avenue in her district.
"It was a very busy first day," said Greuel, who sat through a three-hour council meeting before going to a public inauguration celebration in North Hollywood attended by Mayor James K. Hahn and many of her council colleagues.
The celebration was held at Fair Avenue Elementary School, one of the campuses that offers the LA's BEST after-school program, which Greuel helped create as an aide to then-Mayor Tom Bradley.
Greuel won election...