A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week. : CITY COUNCIL

* BUS ROUTE: Authorized the Bureau of Street Maintenance to make minor road repairs on Bonsall Drive on the grounds of the Veterans Administration in Westwood to accommodate Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines. The line provides service to many Westside residents going to the Veterans Administration. The County of Los Angeles must approve.

* GANG FUNDS: Gave the Community Development Department approval to apply for $750,000 in federal funds for the Youth Gang Drug Prevention Grant Program. The funds are used to counsel and provide job training and jobs to youths between 8 and 16 who live in city housing developments. The program is in five of 21 housing developments, including the Mar Vista development in West Los Angeles. About 750 youths are in the program.

OFFICE OF ZONING ADMINISTRATION

* ARTIST QUARTERS: Approved a conditional-use permit allowing artists and artisans to live and work in a new building at 13440 through 13454 Beach Avenue in Venice. The building includes 10,300 square feet for industrial use, 11,500 square feet for an artist studio and 5,100 square feet of residential space.

HOW THEY VOTED

* RECALL: Approved a motion for amendments to the City Charter that will regulate the raising and spending of funds in recall attempts. The funding restrictions will apply equally to recall targets and those attempting the recall. The council asked its Rules and Election Committee and the City Ethics Commission for amendment recommendations. Passed: 12 to 0.

Westside representatives voting yes: Marvin Braude, John Ferraro, Nate Holden, Joel Wachs and Michael Woo. Ruth Galanter and Zev Yaroslavsky were absent.

* ANTI-CRIME MARCH: Approved the temporary closure of Park View Street from 6th Street to Wilshire Boulevard on Sept. 14 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for an anti-crime march and rally in MacArthur Park. The event is sponsored by Help Every Angeleno Live Better in LA (HEAL LA), a coalition of community organizations. Passed: 12 to 0.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Holden, Wachs and Woo. Galanter and Yaroslavsky were absent.

* SETTLEMENT: Approved spending an additional $200,000 for attorney fees and other costs to conclude the proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed by Southern Pacific Transportation Co. against the city and other government agencies over the use of the Santa Monica Boulevard right of way. The council previously approved paying a private law firm $500,000 to represent the city. The suit was filed in 1985 after the city rezoned the Santa Monica median, which contains a stretch of long-unused train tracks, from residential and commercial to permit only surface parking. The area runs from Beverly Hills city limits on the east to the San Diego Freeway on the west. Passed: 10 to 0.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Holden, Wachs and Woo. Yaroslavsky and Galanter were absent.

* JEWISH SUPPORT: Approved a resolution urging Congress to pass legislation to guarantee $10 billion in loans to Israel to assist with resettling 1 million Soviet and 15,000 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants. Passed: 13 to 0.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Galanter was absent.

* APPOINTMENT: Approved the appointment of Nicholas Stonnington to the Board of Fire Commissioners. Stonnington replaces Ann Reiss Lane, who was appointed to the Police Commission. Stonnington, who is vice president of Merrill Lynch, lives in the 5th Council District. Passed 13 to 1.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Galanter was absent.

* HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Council members celebrated the city’s 210th birthday Wednesday with a cake and candles. Council President Ferraro ask the newest member, Mike Hernandez, to lead the group in singing “Happy Birthday.” Ferraro asked Ernani Bernardi, the longest-serving member, “to blow out the candles, because I’m sure you were here when they opened City Hall.”