LOS ANGELES COUNTY : 2 Courthouses to Be Built; Plans for 6 Others Put Off
Faced with a shortage of funds for courthouse construction, Los Angeles County supervisors agreed Tuesday to indefinitely postpone six projects on which they have already spent millions of dollars and to complete only two buildings--one in Chatsworth and the other near Los Angeles International Airport.
The 4-1 vote came despite the objections of Supervisor Mike Antonovich and local judges and attorneys, who had lobbied for an $80-million courthouse in the Antelope Valley to replace a severely crowded facility there. The decision also displeased residents of Chatsworth, who have sued the county to block construction of a $51.5-million facility in the western San Fernando Valley.
Construction of the courthouses in Chatsworth and in Westchester near LAX is scheduled to begin in September and be completed in two years.
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