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Monday, August 27, 2018

Joint Custody?

Koretz
From the BruinThe Westwood Neighborhood Council wants a Los Angeles City council member to veto the decision on the official borders of a new neighborhood council. 

The WWNC created a motion Aug. 8 requesting Councilmember Paul Koretz of District 5 to veto a motion on the decision of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners hearing Monday. The BONC, which oversees neighborhood councils in Los Angeles, will hear prospective bylaws from the North Westwood Neighborhood Council and decide the final borders of the subdivision of Westwood. 

The NWWNC was approved following a May 22 vote to subdivide the area currently overseen by the WWNC. The borders of the new council would include UCLA, Westwood Village and the North Village. 

Code 245 in the LA City Charter allows council members to veto decisions made by any board of commissioners if the decision receives a two-thirds majority approval from the city council. If passed, the motion could nullify the result of the hearing. 

The WWNC submitted a proposal on the boundaries of the two neighborhood councils, in which the two councils would share jurisdiction of Westwood Village. The WWNC argues that without Westwood Village, the jurisdiction of the WWNC is almost exclusively residential...

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