BUILDING GUIDELINES PROPOSED : ST. VIBIANA'S STATUS MAY REQUIRE REVIEW.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Nate Holden Nathaniel "Nate" R. Holden (1929-) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002. He previously served a term on the California State Senate and was Assistant Chief Deputy to then Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. called Friday for tougher requirements in naming buildings as historic cultural monuments to avoid future problems similar to those involving St. Vibiana's Cathedral. Holden said he believes the city should be required to perform an environmental impact review before any new properties are placed on the list of monuments. Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien said such a study must be performed before the city can remove the cathedral from the list of historic monuments. ``If this is the case, then it would be equally appropriate to impose the same requirement on any action to include a facility on the city's list of historic and cultural monuments,'' Holden said. Holden's proposal, which was sent to the council's Arts, Health and Humanities Committee for review, asks the City Attorney's Office to draft the language necessary to change the present city law. Such a review would give officials additional time to consider whether to give such a designation to a building, Holden said. The City Council is scheduled to consider Tuesday whether to overrule The refusal by a judge to sustain an objection set forth by an attorney during a trial, such as an objection to a particular question posed to a witness. To make void, annul, supersede, or reject through a subsequent decision or action. its Cultural Historic Commission's recommendation to keep St. Vibiana's listed as a historic monument. Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. wants to demolish the 120-year-old facility and replace it with a $45 million cathedral square Cathedral Square is often the name of the square located in front of the main cathedral of a city. Among others, Cathedral Square can refer to:
He has been stymied in his effort by O'Brien's order as the result of a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Conservancy The Los Angeles Conservancy is the preeminent historic preservation organization in Los Angeles, California. It works to document, rescue and revitalize historic buildings, places and neighborhoods in the city. . There were no new developments in the dispute Friday as attorneys for the archdiocese waited for Mahony to return to Los Angeles to discuss the options available to the archdiocese. |
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