A summary of significant Los Angeles City...

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

CITY COUNCIL

ROAD WORK: Approved spending $75,000 to repair a portion of Nichols Canyon Road above Hollywood, which was damaged by recent rains. The road is currently closed to traffic because of unsafe conditions. Also approved spending $1.9 million to repair Porto Marina Way west of Lecco Lane and Castellammare Drive east of Tramonto Drive in Pacific Palisades. The streets, which remain closed, were also damaged by the recent storms.

BOOKS: Councilman John Ferraro is requesting that the Connie Martinson Talks Books program be aired over the city’s Cityview 35 cable channel. The program, which features interviews with prominent authors, encourages viewers to read and visit their local library, Ferraro said.

STREET FAIR: Approved the temporary closure of the 900 block of Schumacher Drive in West Los Angeles from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 7 for a street fair sponsored by Temple Beth Am.

HOW THEY VOTED

How Westside representatives voted on selected issues: GOLF TOURNAMENT: Approved waiving a $10,514 fee for overtime for traffic officers working during the annual golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. The council also informed the event sponsor, the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, that the city will not waive cost in the future. A number of council members said they did not favor waiving the fee for an event that would probably raise more than $3.1 million. Passed: 10-5.

VOTING YES: John Ferraro, Ruth Galanter, Nate Holden, and Mark Ridley-Thomas.

VOTING NO: Marvin Braude, Michael Woo and Zev Yaroslavsky.

HOMELESS FUNDS: Approved submitting an application to the federal government for $924,000 to be used to provide services and shelter for the homeless. Passed: 15-0.

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

GENERAL MANAGERS: Approved a request for City Atty. James Hahn’s office to prepare a measure for the June 8 election asking voters to decide if general managers and assistant general managers of city departments should be exempt from civil service. If the measure passes, the council would be able to recruit, select and remove these employees. Passed: 9-5.

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

VOTING NO: Holden.

NEW LEASE: Approved a five-year renewal of a lease for about 1,680 square feet of office space at 5220 W. Washington Blvd. in the West Adams area. The building houses the city’s Housing Preservation and Production Department, one of nine such offices that provide federally subsidized loans for the rehabilitation of affordable housing for low-income tenants. Rent for the first year is $19,958. Passed: 11-0.

VOTING YES: Ferraro, Galanter, Holden, Woo and Yaroslavsky.

ABSENT: Braude and Ridley-Thomas.