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A summary of selected City Hall actions last week that affect the Westside.

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CITY COUNCIL

* REWARDS OFFERED--Approved offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any of the following three slayings: the Feb. 14 shooting of Paul Medina at 1400 Electric Court in Venice, the April 10 shooting of Manuel Hernandez in the Mar Vista housing project and the April 24 shooting of Harold McDaniel in an alley near 727 S. Lincoln Blvd. in Venice.

* EARP MEMORIAL--Approved a motion recognizing that 4004 West 17th St.--the address of Mount Vernon Junior High School--once was the site of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp’s summer home. The motion asks that the Los Angeles Unified School District install a commemorative marker at the site. Earp, who died in 1929, spent the last 25 summers of his life in Los Angeles. Councilman Nate Holden, who presented the motion, said: “We need more Wyatt Earps today to make our city safer.”

HOW THEY VOTED

* HOPE IN YOUTH--Approved the Community Development Department’s selection of Catholic Charities, a 75-year-old nonprofit organization, to administer the city’s Hope in Youth Project. The main objectives of the project are to provide alternative activities for gang members, create independent parent organizations that will be involved with school functions and build a support network for parents whose families have been hurt by gang violence. The plan also calls for Catholic Charities to select up to eight sub-contractor organizations to assist it in operating the Hope in Youth Project. Passed 12-0. Voting yes: John Ferraro, Marvin Braude, Ruth Galanter, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Nate Holden, Jackie Goldberg.

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