Campo and Metro Will Be Split Between Districts in Compromise

Los Angeles City Council Members Tom LaBonge and Paul Krekorian have agreed to split the Metro Station and the Campo de Cahuenga along Lankershim Boulevard between two districts.

The motion, signed by both council members, was introduced in the discussions of the redistricting at City Hall to amend the maps at the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Krekorian's public relations official Jeremy Oberstein confirmed at about 1 p.m. that the compromise was about to be presented to the City Council and that representatives from neighborhood councils in Toluca Lake and Studio City have signed off on the compromise.

Generally, if the City Council members of the disputed areas offer a joint compromise, the rest of the council will go along with it. Speakers on have laid claim to the Metro Station and the historic. Most of the property will be in the Studio City area, with the dividing line at Lankershim Boulevard.

"It's a compromise," Oberstein said.

The agreement would keep the residential Island area near South Weddington Park in the Studio City area.

The agreement reads that it would:

• Move the area between Lankershim Boulevard, the Los Angeles River, both sides of Willowcrest Avenue and Valleyheart Drive from CD 4 to CD 2 and
• Move a portion of the Metro Station and Camp de Cahuenga along Lankershim Boulevard from CD 4 to CD 2.

It means, essentially, that both properties will be split with parts of it in both districts.

Studio City Neighborhood Council Vice President Lisa Sarkin, still in City Hall after five hours of public comment, said, "I'm lukewarm to this compromise, but at least we get some representation in one of the most influential areas in our community. No, I don't want to accept it, but we need some kind of control of what happens to the land around the Campo and the Metro station."

Check back for more as today's redistricting meeting develops.