Local News in Brief : Holden Will Push 2 Library Measures
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Los Angeles Councilman Nate Holden, blamed for the defeat of a library bond issue on the Tuesday ballot because of his lone opposition among city leaders, announced Thursday that he will try to put two other library measures on the municipal ballot in April.
One measure, Holden said, would essentially be a repeat of Proposition L, which would have authorized a $90-million commitment to expand and restore a library system severely damaged by earthquakes and fire. That measure collected 62.4% of the vote Tuesday, falling short of the two-thirds needed for victory.
The second measure, Holden said, would leave it up to voters to decide whether to sell, then lease back, the historic Central Library as a method of raising money. It was that funding idea, still in conceptual stages, that so rankled Holden that he campaigned against Proposition L even though it would have provided his own south-Wilshire district with one new branch and paid for the renovation of three others.
City officials say the sale-leaseback plan is a proven method of funding and is unrelated to Proposition L.
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