CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 30, 1988 | TED VOLLMER, Times Staff Writer
Despite charges of cronyism, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley signed legislation Monday approving the selection of a business partnership that includes six of his longtime supporters as the builders of a $200-million project in Little Tokyo. In a message to the City Council, Bradley acknowledged that "questions were raised" about the selection of First Street Plaza Partners by several council members favoring another developer.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 13, 1988
The Los Angeles City Council will be selecting in the next few days a developer for the last large open tract in the Civic Center. It is a choice of significance. It is a decision that will test the council's commitment to its fundamental responsibility to appropriate planning and financial responsibility. But extraneous political considerations already threaten to intrude in the decision process.