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Council orders immediate safety measures after City Hall elevators fail
Summary
After all City Hall elevators unexpectedly stopped working, the council passed an amended special motion directing General Services to implement immediate safety measures, require clearer testing schedules, and assess emergency egress across city buildings.
The Los Angeles City Council on May 1999 adopted an amended special motion directing the Department of General Services to implement immediate safety measures for City Hall after a sudden, unexplained failure of the building’s elevators during the meeting.
The council first voted on findings that an urgent need to act had arisen; the clerk recorded the finding vote (12 ayes). The substance of the motion asked General Services to carry out the elevator safety steps listed in the motion and…
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