EDITORIAL HOLLYWOOD RIP-OFF ANOTHER BUM DEAL FROM CITY HALL.IF misery loves company, then 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. residents can take comfort knowing that their community isn't the only one in 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. that routinely gets ripped off by City Hall. A consultant's report for the Local Agency Formation Commission confirms that Hollywood also sends more money downtown than it gets back in services. In fact, Hollywood gets an even rawer deal than the Valley, using as much as 6 percent to 14 percent of its budget to subsidize sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. the rest of L.A., as opposed to 5 percent for the Valley. The report also found that Hollywood, like the Valley and San Pedro, could function as an independent city. That could clear the way for all three communities' 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. movements to go before voters on the November ballot. In total, that's half of L.A. seeking to break away into new cities. And if other communities could see what kind of deal they're getting, that number would probably grow greater still. |
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