Local News in Brief : LOCAL LAWS of 1987 : San Gabriel
Among the strongest images of the year in Los Angeles County were those of furious smokers temporarily banned from Beverly Hills restaurants and a would-be gunman holding what turned out to be a toy gun on consumer reporter David Horowitz during a live broadcast. Both incidents spawned action by local authorities. Here’s a sampling of what local legislative boards decided during 1987.
MORATORIUM--In December, voters in San Gabriel approved by a wide margin a one-year moratorium on commercial and multi-unit residential construction. Pushing for the ballot measure was a citizens group that contended that rapid development was increasing traffic, taxing city services and destroying the city’s small-town character.
Compiling these laws were Times staff writers Greg Braxton, Gary Gorman, Scott Harris, Roxanna Kopetman, Julio Moran, Victor Merina, Mike Ward, and researcher Cecilia Rasmussen.
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