COMMITTEES ENDORSE PURCHASE OF BUILDING.Byline: Daily News Setting the stage for a possible decision today on a permanent home for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , City Council members Tuesday
endorsed a proposal to buy a South Broadway building for $35 million.
The 10-story Transamerica building could become the future home of the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. or the home of city Bureau of 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. offices now housed in rented buildings. On Tuesday, two City Council committees recommended buying the Transamerica building from the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, a real-estate consortium that includes basketball legend Earvin ``Magic'' Johnson. But the committees did not take a position on which city departments should occupy the building. The choice has become controversial as LAPD leaders agitate to leave the aging and earthquake-damaged Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on December 30, 1952 . Many police leaders say they would be happy to use the Transamerica building temporarily while a new police headquarters is built, but Chief Legislative Analyst Ron Deaton has recommended housing other city departments there to save money on rent. City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. , who chairs one of the two committees that recommended buying the Transamerica building, said she and other council members decided to proceed after an outside auditor concluded that the city had done its homework on the purchase. The auditor, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , received about $40,000 for its report. ``We all felt it was very, very necessary to have a third-party review,'' Greuel said. The full City Council is scheduled to vote today on the purchase and also on which city departments should occupy the building. |
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