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Council sends Pico Union library design back to commissions after community objections
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 March 27 to assert jurisdiction over the selected design for the Pico Union branch library and to send the design back to the Library Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission, asking the architect and community to work together on revisions.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 on March 27 to assert jurisdiction over the design selected for the Pico Union branch library and to send the matter back to the Library Commission and the Cultural Affairs Commission for further work and community involvement.
Councilman Hernandez told the council the community had not been given meaningful choices in the design process and asked that the commissions reconsider the selection and allow stronger local participation. “I just ask that this council today unanimously support the motion to send this particular design for reconsideration back to the…
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