COUNCIL MAKES BOND VOW; MEASURE SPELLS OUT PROPOSED PROJECTS.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer With the election just days away, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. sought Wednesday to offer legal assurances that the $744 million police
and fire bond issue will be spent as promised.
Without any debate, the council voted 13-0 to approve a measure spelling out which projects will be built and creating oversight committees to make sure the work is done on time and under budget. ``This is a significant step in telling voters we are serious about how the money will be spent,'' Deputy Mayor Jennifer Roth said. The bond measure, which will be on the ballot Tuesday, requires approval by two-thirds of the voters to pass. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. said he is not sure about the measure's prospects despite the campaigning he and other city officials have done on its behalf. The mayor has said the measure is necessary to replace 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 police headquarters as well as numerous other facilities, some of which are more than 50 years old. In all, the measure would pay for 18 fire stations and six police stations along with construction of a helicopter facility at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. . The council's measure spells out which facilities would be built - for the Valley it would mean an additional police station as well as a new West Valley Division station, a new traffic division and six fire stations. It also creates a citizen oversight committee of professionals in the construction industry. Two of those would be from 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. . In addition to the citizen committee, a panel with representatives from the Mayor's Office, the Chief Legislative Analyst's Office, the city administrative officer, and police and fire chiefs will meet monthly to review the work's progress. The bond measure has undergone difficulties recently, with opposition from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association helped sponsor Proposition 13, the property tax-cutting initiative in California in 1978 which slashed property taxes by fifty-seven percent and initiated a national tax revolt. It was founded by California republican Howard Jarvis. and a new committee called No Bonds Now, questioning the proposal at a time when the San Fernando Valley is considering secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. from the city. If the measure is approved by voters it would add $32 a year for 25 years to the average property tax bill of a home valued at $160,000. |
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