Hundreds of Residents Assail Tax for Improvement of Parks
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Hundreds of homeowners from the harbor area to the San Fernando Valley packed the chambers of the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday to protest a proposed assessment on the November ballot that would raise $25 million a year for parks improvements.
Members of the boisterous crowd--drawn not by lobbyists, activists or organizers but outrage over notices of the assessment that had recently been received in the mail--decried ever-rising tax burdens and said they do not use parks because they are not safe. In all, 62 people approached the podium during the two-hour hearing.
“My daughter has never been in the parks in my city. That’s because I fear, not only for my daughter’s life, but for my life,” Arleta resident Janna Brewer said as she stood at the microphone, hoisting 3 1/2-year-old Jordan on her hip.
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