A summary of significant Los Angeles City...

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

CITY COUNCIL

HISTORIC LISTING: Approved placing the Janss Investment Co. building at Western and Maplewood avenues on the city’s list of historic and cultural monuments. The Byzantine-design building’s most striking feature is a pointed dome that rises about 10 feet above the roof line. The building was constructed in 1928.

AMATEUR SPORTS: Councilman Nate Holden is requesting that $7,268 in fees be waived to allow the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles to display banners throughout the city announcing the 10th anniversary of the group’s financial assistance program for a variety of youth sports activities in Southern California. The banners will be displayed from March to August.

HOLLYWOOD LIVE: Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg is requesting that $2,300 in fees be waived to allow the display of banners identifying Hollywood as a center for live theater and informing the public where the area’s theaters are located. The banners will be displayed around the city for one year.

APPOINTMENT: Approved the appointment of Dr. Tadeusz Wellisz to the Los Angeles County Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital Authority. Wellisz lives in the Wilshire area.

HOW THEY VOTED

How Westside representatives voted on selected issues.

DWP AUDIT: Approved a proposal to hire a consultant firm to audit the Department of Water and Power’s management practices. The final report is anticipated in the spring and is not expected to cost more than $250,000. The council hopes the examination will identify ways to make the department more efficient and competitive with other utilities. PASSED: 10-0.

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

ABSENT: Marvin Braude, John Ferraro and Zev Yaroslavsky.

POLICE MUSEUM: Approved accepting the Mobile Police Museum as a gift from the Los Angeles Police Historical Society Inc. The museum, a trailer and truck, is used to display police artifacts at public events for educational and recruitment purposes. The museum will become part of the city’s vehicle fleet and will cost an estimated $3,200 per year to maintain. PASSED: 10-0.

VOTING YES: Galanter, Goldberg, Holden and Ridley-Thomas.

ABSENT: Braude, Ferraro and Yaroslavsky.