A summary of selected City Hall actions last week that affect the Westside. : CITY COUNCIL
REMEMBRANCE MARCH--Approved the closure of Pico Boulevard from Century Park East to Roxbury Drive from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today for the Holocaust Remembrance march. An estimated 3,000 people are expected to march along the route to the Museum of Tolerance at 9786 Pico Blvd.
* REWARD OFFERED--Approved offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the April 5 slaying of Richard Dunbar in Westchester. Dunbar, 33, was shot to death apparently after resisting an attempted carjacking while parking his 1987 BMW at 7077 Alvern St. Police believe the crime may have been witnessed by people in nearby apartments. Anyone with information on the case should contact Detective James Ellis at (310) 202-4506.
HOW THEY VOTED
* MTA PEACE OFFICERS--Approved a motion urging state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would grant full peace officer status to Metropolitan Transportation Authority police, which would give them law enforcement authority anywhere in the city.
Currently, MTA officers can only enforce laws on city buses and subway lines. The Los Angeles Police Department opposes the bill and asked the council to help defeat it. Sharon Papa, chief of the 425-member MTA force, said her officers support the bill partly because such a change in their status would entitle their families to survivor benefits in case they are killed in the line of duty, and would make the killing of an MTA officer a crime subject to the death penalty.
The bill, which is pending before an Assembly committee, would also affect Bay Area Rapid Transit officers in San Francisco. That city’s police support the bill.
Passed: 12-1.
Voting to oppose the state bill: Marvin Braude, John Ferraro, Ruth Galanter, Jackie Goldberg, Nate Holden, Mark Ridley-Thomas.
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