Former Mayor Richard Riordan joined Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday in chiding the federal government's disaster response and calling for more local self-sufficiency. Villaraigosa also announced a new panel of homeland security advisers, including Riordan, who will be charged with developing better ways to protect residents, deliver aid and evacuate the city in the event of a terrorist strike or natural disaster. "We need a new set of eyes to review what we do," Villaraigosa said in introducing the 42-member panel of government, law enforcement, business, religious and think-tank leaders. Villaraigosa blasted the White House last week, accusing federal officials...
