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Reseda business improvement district faces protests; council holds ordinance for second reading
Summary
Supporters urged the council to approve a Reseda business improvement district; opponents presented protest forms and financial concerns. The city clerk reported about 20% protest by assessed dollars (roughly 142 of ~740 businesses), a boundary modification that may reduce protest to ~17%, and an additional $3,108.83 from a door‑to‑door survey. Council moved the ordinance to a May 5 second reading.
The Los Angeles City Council heard a contested public hearing on a proposed business improvement district (BID) for Reseda, where organized supporters and a vocal group of opponents presented competing accounts of local business sentiment.
Carl Percival, who identified himself as a Reseda resident and BID supporter, told the council the organizing committee had worked for years and that thousands benefit from BIDs elsewhere. Anne Kinzel, identified as director of the Reseda Chamber of Commerce, and…
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