Countywide Initiative Set to Tackle Y2K Issues
Mayor Richard Riordan is scheduled to announce a countywide initiative today linking county and city officials with private industry to ensure that Southern California does not suffer major disruptions in the rollover to 2000.
The Millennium Management Leadership Team will develop a plan to prepare government agencies, businesses and residents throughout Los Angeles County for the new year, when some computers may malfunction because of a problem with misreading the date based on the last two digits of the year.
Riordan is to be joined at today’s announcement by John Koskinen, chairman of the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion.
On Thursday, a week after a Y2K readiness test triggered a massive sewage spill in the San Fernando Valley, the mayor met with more than 50 managers of city departments, who assured him the city’s major computer-dependent systems will function properly on Jan. 1.
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