RESIDENTS, BERNARDI FILE SUIT FIGHTING REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer A residents group joined former City Councilman Ernani Bernardi Ernani Bernardi (October 29, 1911-January 4, 2006) was a politician in Los Angeles, California. He represented District 7 on the Los Angeles City Council from 1961 to 1993, a district that covered the east San Fernando Valley. in filing a lawsuit Thursday to block the City Council's recent action extending the North Hollywood redevelopment program for 11 more years. Bernardi and the group North Hollywood Concerned Citizens asked a Superior Court judge to invalidate in·val·i·date tr.v. in·val·i·dat·ed, in·val·i·dat·ing, in·val·i·dates To make invalid; nullify. in·val the council's actions and issue an injunction blocking redevelopment efforts in North Hollywood. The lawsuit alleges that the council approved the extension of the plan based on faulty financial projections by the Community Redevelopment Agency and outdated information on the existence of blight blight, general term for any sudden and severe plant disease or for the agent that causes it. The term is now applied chiefly to diseases caused by bacteria (e.g., bean blights and fire blight of fruit trees), viruses (e.g., soybean bud blight), fungi (e.g. in North Hollywood. ``What the agency used as examples of irreparable ir·rep·a·ra·ble adj. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin blight isn't there anymore,'' said Mildred Weller, president of the North Hollywood group. The lawsuit also says that the city failed to allow the public to propose alternatives to the plan. The 740-acre North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area was created 17 years ago to divert increases in property tax revenue to encourage development in economically distressed area. However, opponents say there is no justification for continuing the program. In addition to extending the program for 11 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time council also has increased the cap on using property taxes 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. development from $89 million to $535 million. Bernardi, who recently won a major court victory against the downtown redevelopment program, could not be reached for comment Thursday. |
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