COUNCIL APPROVES PARK PROPOSALS.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Despite concerns that affluent areas of 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. are benefiting most, the City Council approved another wave of park bond projects Tuesday, including the $235,000 purchase of property for a Canoga Park Junior Arts Center. The council also approved $5.6 million from the Proposition K bonds to buy open space in Deervale and Runyon canyons. With other projects facing delays, the council reduced this year's funding for a North Hollywood multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective center from $1.5 million to $300,000. In addition, the city scaled back a roller-hockey rink at the Studio City Recreation Area so that only an existing part of the property will be paved, cutting the project's budget from $75,000 to $30,000. Although money was also approved for the Slauson/Compton Park and sports fields at Gilbert Lindsay Gilbert Lindsay (d. 1990) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1963 until 1990, becoming one of the most powerful and respected African-American political figures in city politics. Several public facilities such as plazas and parks are named in his honor. Park in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , Councilman Mike Hernandez complained that the first year funding is skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data in favor of areas that ``had more affluence.'' Hernandez said those areas were better organized and prepared to apply for the park funds. ``I didn't feel this was a very balanced allocation,'' Hernandez said. Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. agreed, complaining projects in her Hollywood-based district were not given sufficient notice to prepare environmental studies so they could be eligible for funding this year. The funding for the arts center in Canoga Park will go toward the purchase of the former Pacific Bell building at the intersection of Remmet Street and Sherman Way while an additional $1.5 million will be considered for next year to complete work on the project. Councilwoman Laura Chick said the arts center in Canoga Park will include youth classes in visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → and theater. ``We need a dedicated center that provides a place for young people to be exposed to and learn about arts and culture,'' she said. ``This will be a hands-on center for kids.'' |
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