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City Council directs revenue analysis by census tract after debate over regional engines
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council approved a directive for staff to analyze revenue generation by census tract, a change pushed by Council member Hernandez and adopted over objections that the analysis could fuel division between neighborhoods. Vote: 12–1.
The Los Angeles City Council on Feb. 4 directed city staff to prepare an analysis of revenue generated by geographic area using census-tract boundaries, following a debate about how to treat regional economic engines such as Los Angeles International Airport.
Council member Hernandez urged staff and consultants to switch from zip-code or planning-area analyses to census tracts, saying census-tract mapping would better align with the city's GIS and planning processes and allow more accurate cross-comparisons of revenue…
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