Council Rejects Use of Bond Money for Suit
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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to oppose the use of park bond money to settle a lawsuit over the Hansen Dam Equestrian Center near Lake View Terrace.
The vote, at the behest of Councilman Richard Alarcon, was intended to put an end to suggestions within the city attorney’s office that $2.3 million of the bond money be used for the suit.
Proposition K, approved by voters in November, was intended to raise $25 million annually to build and expand parks in Los Angeles.
But Alarcon said Deputy City Atty. Marcia Kamine suggested that some bond money be used to settle a suit filed by Eddie Milligan, operator of the Hansen Dam Equestrian Center.
Milligan claims the city has failed to provide him a 30-year lease as promised. The city leases the property from the Army Corps of Engineers.
Alarcon said the unanimous vote sends a message that any other use of Prop. K money besides building and expanding parks would be wrong.
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