BRADLEY’S AGENDA

When Mayor Tom Bradley won reelection to a fifth term in spring 1989, these were among the major initiatives that the mayor and his top staffers said they planned to accomplish.

TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL: Reduce truck traffic by 70% on surface streets during peak traffic hours through a permit system STATUS: Won initial council approval. Noise study under way; enforcement questions unresolved PROPOSAL: Extend the Metro Rail subway line to the San Fernando Valley STATUS: Still seeking federal funding PROPOSAL: Increase participation in a city employee ride-sharing program STATUS: National search planned for a ride-sharing coordinator PROPOSAL: Set up public hot-line phone number for information on buses, vans and ride-sharing STATUS: Hot line, 1-800-2LA-RIDE, established PROPOSAL: Launch a USC-downtown shuttle system STATUS: September start-up planned

HOUSING AND THE HOMELESS PROPOSAL: Increase spending for affordable housing construction by $100-million a year with Community Redevelopment Agency revenues STATUS: Still negotiating to lift the CRA’s spending limit PROPOSAL: Establish a fee under which new commercial developers would pay per-square-foot fees to be used for the construction of affordable housing STATUS: Study under way to determine fee level PROPOSAL: Halt demolition of low-cost single-room occupancy hotels on Skid Row through a five-year moratorium STATUS: Signed into law last summer PROPOSAL: Create a housing commission to coordinate citywide housing policy STATUS: Established following City Council approval last week

CRIME PROPOSAL: Hire 500 new police officers STATUS: Hired PROPOSAL: Evict tenants arrested for selling drugs at their rental apartments or homes STATUS: City attorney report not yet completed

ENVIRONMENT PROPOSAL: Establish a four-employee air quality management office STATUS: A much larger Department of Environmental Affairs created by City Council PROPOSAL: Require auto repair shops to recycle Freon in order to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons STATUS: Referred to South Coast Air Quality Management District PROPOSAL: Provide logistical assistance to environmental group TreePeople in planting 5 million trees in Los Angeles during the next five years STATUS: Mayor’s office helped organize a tree planting ceremony on Martin Luther King Boulevard in February PROPOSAL: Create an office of water reclamation to recycle (for non-drinking uses) water from city sewage treatment plants STATUS: Office director hired and three-person staff hired PROPOSAL: Establish a citywide recycling program requiring homeowners to separate bottles and cans, newspapers, yard waste and regular trash STATUS: Signed into law in January. Due to begin on a limited basis in September

CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION PROPOSAL: Expand the L.A.’s Best after-school education and child-care program citywide STATUS: Still negotiating to lift the CRA’s spending cap PROPOSAL: Offer financial incentives to spur the establishment of new child-care centers STATUS: Still awaiting City Council action

PLANNING PROPOSAL: Require landscaping on all new development projects STATUS: Ordinance drafted but not yet considered by city Planning Commission PROPOSAL: Landscape and develop bicycle paths, horse trails and parks along the Los Angeles River STATUS: Conference on river’s future held in June PROPOSAL: Build parking structures in overcrowded shopping districts along Melrose Avenue and Ventura Boulevard STATUS: Two Melrose Avenue property owners currently working on a private plan

OTHER PROPOSAL: Hire a city AIDS coordinator STATUS: Hired PROPOSAL: Enlarge the Children’s Museum downtown STATUS: Still in early planning stages PROPOSAL: Maximize city airport revenues, including possible sale or long-term lease of Los Angeles International Airport to a private utility STATUS: Still in earliest discussion stages SOURCES: Interviews with mayor’s staff and other City Hall officials