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

CITY COUNCIL

APPEAL DENIED: Upheld the ruling of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee and denied an appeal to convert an audience “preview house” at 7655 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood to a 400-seat theater for live stage performances. The conversion would have disrupted the residential neighborhood, causing traffic and parking problems, according to some residents.

HUNGER FOOD DRIVE: Councilman Michael Woo has requested that motorists delivering food to the Columbia Square Studios employee parking lot in Hollywood today, for the KCBS-TV and radio stations KNX and KCBS-FM Fight Hunger Food Drive, be allowed to park on El Centro Street between Sunset Boulevard and Selma Avenue without charge. Bags will be placed over parking meters in that area from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

TRANSPORTATION STUDY: Approved spending $25,000 toward a $300,000 Los Angeles County Transportation Commission study of transportation in the Crenshaw area.

APPOINTMENT: Approved the appointment of Earl V. Pollard to the Board of Library Commissioners. Pollard replaces Frank W. Terry, who resigned. Pollard lives in the West Adams-Baldwin Hills area.

HOW THEY VOTED

How Westside representatives voted on selected issues.

AIRPORT DIRECTOR: Rejected a proposal by Councilwoman Ruth Galanter to have the council review the Airport Commission’s selection of Jack Driscoll as manager of the Airport Department, which includes Los Angeles International Airport. Failed: 2-9.

VOTING YES: Ruth Galanter.

VOTING NO: Marvin Braude, John Ferraro, Nate Holden, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Woo and Zev Yaroslavsky.

IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE: Approved a proposal to create the Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, which will take testimony from residents, businesses and community organizations on finding solutions to illegal immigration. The commission will include representatives of city and county governments. Passed: 12-0.

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

FOLK ARTS GRANT: Accepted a $27,000 grant from the California Arts Council for a Folk Arts Program in the city’s public libraries. The program will include artists and artisans performing works with multicultural themes for children. Passed: 13-0.

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