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Council delays vote on proposed fire-station bond after questions on prioritization and geographic balance
Summary
Council members pressed the Fire Department to explain why the proposed bond list concentrated projects in certain areas and asked for clearer prioritization criteria; the item was continued to allow further review and district-level consultation.
The Los Angeles City Council paused action on a proposed fire-station bond at its July 14 meeting after a series of council members questioned the project list and the selection criteria used by the Fire Department.
Council Member Goldberg, among others, asked why several council districts (including the first, 13th and 14th as noted in the meeting) did not appear in the initial list of priority station replacements. John Callahan of the Fire Department told the…
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