CITY PUTS OFF VOTE TO CONCENTRATE DOWNTOWN INTO `DIAMOND' PLAN.Byline: Beth Barrett 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 officials this week delayed action Noun 1. delayed action - a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture on a $3 billion downtown plan - called the ``10-minute diamond'' - saying the proposal to create a vast government and cultural downtown core
The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare urban planning area in the south of the city-state of Singapore. needs more study and public airing. Councilwoman Rita Walters Rita Walters (1930-) is currently the commissioner of the Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to this position, she served on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 9th district. During that time, she chaired the Arts, Health & Humanities Committee. on Friday pulled the diamond off the City Council agenda, saying she believes the public doesn't have a clear enough understanding of it. She said she wants an opportunity to explain how the plan ``strengthens all of the city'' before the council considers it Sept. 30. Daniel Rosenfeld Daniel Rosenfeld (born in Palestine, October 19, 1929) is a writer and expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His father was an official in the British Mandate's Government from 1921–1948, and he was educated in Hebrew and English schools. , who has been the city's point man on the diamond, said a fact sheet on the plan is being prepared. He added that concerns that the diamond might have a negative impact on the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. or other city neighborhoods will also be addressed. ``This benefits all government, all citizens,'' he said. ``If that hasn't come across, I assume we're not communicating and we have to do a better job.'' The city planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. commission Thursday forwarded the diamond plan to the City Council, without a recommendation, asking its planning staff to review it further. The decision by the commission came after some in the audience questioned the wisdom of concentrating more public agencies in downtown, already the second-largest government hub after Washington, D.C. Gordon Murley, head of the Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations, which includes 51 homeowner groups, told commissioners the plan placed too much emphasis on downtown at taxpayers' expense. State Sen. Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles, also issued a statement against the plan. Walters said Friday that the diamond will save taxpayers' money in the long run as governments consolidate some of their operations and function together more efficiently. The Daily News on Aug. 3 provided details of the diamond plan, which would concentrate city, county, school, state and federal offices and cultural centers in a 1-square-mile area around City Hall. Supporters want local governments to adopt the plan as a guiding document, which would help set the direction and policy for the future development of the downtown core. |
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