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A summary of selected Los Angeles City Hall actions affecting the Westside in the last week.

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CITY COUNCIL

WALK OF FAME: Approved adding the names of actor Rip Taylor and radio talk host Ray Briem to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A ceremony for Taylor is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 15 at 6626 Hollywood Blvd. A ceremony for Briem is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22 at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.

APPEAL DENIED: Denied the appeal of opponents and allowed 10,876 square feet of office space to be developed in a mixed-use project that will include a hotel, retail stores and condominiums at 1060 Glendon Ave. in Westwood. Opponents believe the project will result in increased traffic and could create safety hazards during fire emergencies.

AIDS PROJECT: Approved an agreement that provides a $594,000 loan to the Minority AIDS Project organization to buy and renovate a building at 5147 W. Jefferson in the Baldwin Hills area. The building would be used for an adult day-care center for people with HIV or AIDS.

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HISTORIC: Approved including the May Co. Department store building at 6067 Wilshire Blvd. on the city’s list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. The five-story, Streamline Moderne-style structure at Fairfax was built in 1939.

HOW THEY VOTED

How Westside representatives voted on selected issues.

SETTLEMENT 1: Approved spending $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought against two police officers for assault and battery by Christopher D. Williams, then 18, in 1988. Williams said he was injured on two occasions after being stopped and questioned in the Pico/Aliso Housing Project area by officers who beat and chased him. Passed: 10-0.

VOTING YES: John Ferraro, Ruth Galanter, Nate Holden and Mark Ridley-Thomas. Marvin Braude, Michael Woo and Zev Yaroslavsky were absent.

SETTLEMENT 2: Approved spending $59,071 to settle a lawsuit by Los Angeles Police Officer Martha Moran who was injured in February, 1991, when her private automobile collided with a city Recreation and Park truck driven by a city employee. Passed: 10-0.

VOTING YES: Ferraro, Galanter, Holden and Ridley-Thomas. Braude, Woo and Yaroslavsy absent.

COMING UP AT CITY COUNCIL

FEES: On Friday, the council will discuss charging fees for providing traffic control officers to work during events that would draw more than 3,000 people. Private businesses such as the Dodgers and Raiders would pay have to pay for traffic control services.

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