A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week. : HOW THEY VOTED

How Westside City Council members voted on selected issues. * GRAFFITI: Approved spending $500,000 to continue citywide graffiti removal from public and private property. The funds will go to 13 community-based organizations for graffiti abatement services. Passed 12-0. Voting yes: Marvin Braude, Ruth Galanter, Nate Holden, Joel Wachs and Zev Yaroslavsky. John Ferraro and Michael Woo were absent.

* SETTLEMENT: Approved spending $275,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against the city by a man injured in 1987 when his car was struck from behind by a Department of Sanitation rubbish truck. The accident caused Mogamat Shukri Hendricks further complications from neck surgery that had been performed in 1984. He contended that because of the health problems caused by the accident, he lost his job as a toy store manager and had to seek more sedentary type work at lower pay. Passed: 12-0. Voting yes: Braude, Holden, Galanter, Wachs and Yaroslavsky. Ferraro and Woo were absent.

* BANK MERGER: Approved a motion requesting the Federal Reserve Bank to extend the 30-day comment period on a proposed merger of Bank of America with Security Pacific National Bank by another 30 days and convene at least one public hearing in the city. Mayor Tom Bradley and some council members have expressed concerns about the pending merger and the impact it would have on possible closures of branches and employees being laid off. They have also raised questions of the banks’ apparent poor record of providing home loans to minorities. Passed: 10-0. Voting yes: Braude, Holden, Wachs and Yaroslavsky. Ferraro, Galanter and Woo were absent.

* APPEAL DENIED: Denied an appeal by a watchdog group and approved a proposal to construct a 41-story commercial building at 1025 W. 6th St. in central downtown. The 914,000-square-foot building will include the new office building for Unocal. The group ALARM (A Local and Regional Monitor) is opposing the project for a number of reasons, including claims of an inadequate environmental impact study. Passed: 10-2. Voting yes: Holden, Galanter, Wachs and Yaroslavsky. Voting no: Braude. Ferraro and Woo were absent.