A summary of selected City Hall actions...

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

CITY COUNCIL

PARKING RESTRICTION--Reduced from two hours to one hour the time drivers without special parking permits can park on Veteran Avenue between Pico Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Residents had complained that their streets were being taken over by shoppers going to the nearby Westside Pavilion.

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HANCOCK PARK LIGHTING--Gave preliminary approval to a plan to install ornamental street lights in the area of Hancock Park bounded by Wilshire Boulevard, South Rossmore Avenue, Third Street and South Highland Avenue. The cost of the system is expected to be $1.43 million.

ARTS, HEALTH AND HUMANITIES COMMITTEE

LIBRARY DONATIONS--Gave preliminary approval to a Library Department plan that will honor individuals or corporations that donate $1 million to branch libraries and $2 million to regional branch libraries by adding their names to the title of the libraries. Under the plan, if a million-dollar donation is received, 25% would go toward improvements to the library specified by the donor and the remaining portion would go to the Library Foundation, the department’s fund-raising arm. The foundation would dispense the funds to libraries throughout the city.