CITY PANEL WANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION ON NEWS RACK LIMITS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer With conflicting complaints from community groups and the newspaper industry, a city panel called Wednesday for further negotiations on ways to control and limit news racks on Los Angeles' streets. ``There has to be a common ground here,'' Councilman Tom LaBonge Tom LaBonge (b. Los Angeles 1953), member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 4th district. He has served since 2001, taking over the position upon the death of John Ferraro. said after members of the council's Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Committee said they would revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re the issue in mid-January after further discussions are held. The city has been working for more than eight years on a variety of proposals to control newspaper vending racks, and most of the industry has worked to develop a common code of conduct. However, new proposals that would mandate a similar style and color - ivy green Ivy Green is the name for the childhood home of Helen Keller. It is located in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The house was built in 1820 and is a simple white clapboard house. [2] The actual well pump where Helen Keller first communicated with Anne Sullivan is located at Ivy Green. for all news racks, along with a new permit fee and limitations on the number of racks in a location drew criticism from industry representatives. Sue Laris, publisher of the weekly Downtown News, said the city's regulations would place a severe hardship on small businesses such as hers. In addition to the fee costs - undetermined so far - she would face an immediate cost of $80,000 to replace her existing news racks. ``It seems to me a great irony,'' Laris told the panel. ``We are in a period of time when neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. and the attitudes of local neighborhoods are extremely important. And one of the vehicles of getting that out are neighborhood newspapers. ``If this proposal passes, it would have this huge impact in keeping newspapers from opening.'' Several representatives of community groups, however, complained there are too many news racks at the same location, with no effort being made to keep them - or the surrounding area - clean. Several residents from Sherman Oaks and Studio City complained that the number of news racks along Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. had grown from 159 to nearly 180 as the new ordinance has neared adoption. ``We have an existing ordinance that no one is following,'' said Ray Frankel Ray Frankel (born September 15 1982) is a Dutch professional footballer, who plays for Haarlem FC. He plays the position of defender and is 1.83 m tall and weighs 80 kg. of Studio City. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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