What Parks Ballot Measure Would Fund
A proposed ballot measure would ask Los Angeles County voters to approve the creation of a park assessment district that would raise $520 million for improvements to beaches, parks, the Hollywood Bowl, the Los Angeles Zoo and Santa Monica Bay. Los Angeles County supervisors have scheduled a March 3 hearing on placing the proposal on the June 2 ballot. If passed, the measure would levy a $12.52-a-year assessment on the average single-family home. Voters failed to pass a similar measure in November, 1990, that required two-thirds voter approval. The new measure requires only a simple majority for passage. Here’s a look at the ways in which the money would be distributed in the South Bay:
PARKS
* Catalina Island Interpretive Center: $500,000
Remodel and expand the center.
* Friendship Park: $4 million
Development of a visitor center in San Pedro.
SUBTOTAL: $4.5 million
CITIES
* Avalon: $2.48 million
Renovation of Avalon waterfront on Santa Catalina Island.
* Gardena: $850,000
Development of 10-acre natural water preserve.
* Hawthorne: $1.5 million
Rebuilding of Hawthorne Youth Camp Lodge in the Big Pines area, about: $500,000.
Development of Eucalyptus Recreation Complex, about: $1 million.
* Hermosa Beach: $3.98 million
Purchase of 20 acres to create a greenbelt, about: $2.48 million.
Renovation of the municipal pier, about: $1.5 million.
* Manhattan Beach: $1.74 million
Conversion of a former railroad right-of-way into a recreation area,: $1.24 million.
Repair of pier,: $500,000.
* Palos Verdes Estates: $1.24 million
Purchase of land for coastal access, trails and open space.
* Rancho Palos Verdes: $6.82 million
Development of amphitheater on Palos Verdes Peninsula,: $2.4 million.
Purchase and preservation of wildlife habitat in the city,: $4.34 million.
* Rolling Hills Estates: $1.24 million
Purchase of land for a wildlife habitat.
* Torrance: $3.36 million
Restoration of the Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve,: $1.5 million.
Construction of a gym and swim complex at the Charles H. Wilson Regional Park.
TOTAL: $27.71 million
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