Panel OKs Former Police Station as Kennel Remedy
A building that temporarily housed a Los Angeles police station could be remodeled and used as an animal shelter to relieve overcrowding at the busy South-Central shelter, according to a plan approved Monday by the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
The three-acre site on St. Andrews Place, formerly the LAPD’s temporary 77th Division facility, could accommodate up to 200 kennels, officials said.
Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas requested last week that the Public Safety Committee consider ways to ease crowding at the South Los Angeles shelter, where 54 kennels are used to house hundreds of dogs.
The site, in an industrial area about 4.5 miles from the South Los Angeles shelter, could be ready for use within six months, Ridley-Thomas said. The proposal is scheduled to be considered by the full council Friday.
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