$319 MILLION PARK BOND DRAWS SUPPORT AT SUPERVISORS' HEARING.

Byline: David Bloom Daily News Staff Writer

A proposed $319 million bond measure to finance park and recreational improvements received a warm welcome from most of about 50 speakers during a public hearing Thursday before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

``I am perfectly willing to do without seeing `Grumpy Old Men' for the third time and do without popcorn to give my $6 a year for parks,'' said Ginger Bremberg, a former Glendale mayor. ``Let's have the opportunity to put it on the ballot.''

The board put off a final decision on the bond measure until Tuesday to give supervisors time to review last-minute amendments. If the board gives its approval, the measure would go on the Nov. 5 ballot countywide, with a majority vote needed for passage. It would cost the average homeowner an additional $6.76 per year for 22 years to pay off the bonds.

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said the proposal is ``a progressive measure'' that provides $173 million for local projects in every city in the county, including $26.5 million for the San Fernando Valley area and $21.2 million for the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

An additional $146 million would finance improvements to regional facilities such as beaches, museums, the Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Zoo as well as purchases of parkland in the Santa Monica and Santa Susanna mountains and other undeveloped areas.

The proposal did face some criticism, largely from Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who maintained that it didn't provide enough money for his sprawling district.

Yaroslavsky said Antonovich's district is getting slightly more than other supervisorial districts of local project money and that it is wrong to break out dollars spent on regional projects based on district contributions.

``I don't think that's a good public policy approach,'' Yaroslavsky said. ``The L.A. Zoo is not in (Antonovich's) Fifth District, it's across the street from the Fifth District. But I bet your constituents use it as much as mine do.''

Members of Save Open Space, an Agoura Hills group, complained that the measure doesn't specify that money will be spent to buy land around the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Instead, $38 million has been set aside for purchases that could come in several areas of the county, including in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Bond supporters said that while more money for such wilderness purchases would be preferable, they were trying to provide a balanced, affordable package of projects that would appeal to people throughout the county.