COUNCIL DELAYS VOTE ON GARAGE HOUSING.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Fearful of the dangers but concerned about pushing people into the streets, the City Council on Wednesday delayed imposing a crackdown crack·down n. An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime. Noun 1. on garages illegally converted into residences. Eight people have died in fires in recent months and city officials estimate converted garages house as many as 40,000 people citywide. As a result, the council is considering launching an aggressive inspection and citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. program, requiring the owners of such properties to provide relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. costs to the tenants. ``Without any kind of interim program to provide housing, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what we're doing here,'' 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. . ``I don't know where people are living now and I don't know where they're going to live if we do this. ``I have no love for these units,'' she said. ``But what we will have is people thrown out of their apartments and have nowhere else to go.'' Councilman Richard Alarcon, who had been pushing efforts to close down the garage units, agreed with the need for further study as long as it returned to the council for quick action. The council approved spending more than $200,000 on a public information campaign alerting people to the dangers of living in structures that have been built outside city codes. |
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