LOS ANGELES : City Votes More Legal Fees to Oppose Canyon Landfill
After a passionate appeal to his increasingly doubtful colleagues, Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson won a skirmish this week in his bid to have the city continue to bankroll his fight against a new Sunshine Canyon landfill.
The council voted 10 to 1 to pay an additional $80,000 in legal fees to the private law firm it has hired to fight plans for a new dump just north of Granada Hills. The council previously had authorized spending $465,000 on legal fees. Council members also urged city officials to renew efforts to settle the case, giving them two weeks to report back.
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