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Council accepts $100,000 Trijicon job-training funds for Hollywood development; some members call amount insufficient
Summary
The council directed staff to accept $100,000 in job-training funds from the Trijicon-related developer for the Hollywood & Highland project and to work on local-hire efforts; the motion passed 14–0 after council debate about whether the community benefits package is adequate for a project valued at roughly $650 million.
The City Council on Tuesday voted to accept $100,000 in job-training funds from the developer associated with the Hollywood & Highland project and to direct staff to work with community-development partners to administer local-hire efforts.
Why it matters: council members debated whether the $100,000 commitment is adequate relative to the scale of redevelopment and the tax credits and public subsidies the project received. Supporters said the developer has made commitments to local hire and that the funds will…
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