The Los Angeles Theatre Center [Flickr]

Two council committees will get an update this week on the two-year-long lawsuit between the Latino Museum and the Latino Theatre Center over control of the LATC.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Today is Monday, August 15, and alcohol sales for Salvage Bar, the operation of neighborhood councils, a contract for bus benches and the lawsuit over control of the LATC are among the items at City Hall this week.

MONDAY: Only Budget & Finance committee meets.

Several items focus on the city's liability claims. The report for one item, CF 11-0600-S136 notes that LAPD's liability claims for 2009-2010 were almost $90 million, more than half of which went to workman's compensation.

TUESDAY: City Council meets, as does a joint session of the Information Technology and Government Affairs committee and the Budget and Finance committee.

Now that a property-owner lawsuit challenging its votes is resolved, the Arts District BID renewal continues to move through City Council. CF 11-0827 is up for a protest hearing on Tuesday and a final tabulation on Wednesday.

Council will hold a determination hearing for the "Public Convenience or Necessity" of Salvage Bar's alcohol sales as CF 11-1355. The bar is currently under construction on the ground floor of the Roosevelt Lofts.

A quartet of items related to the operation and finances of neighborhood councils goes to Council as CF 11-1017, CF 11-1018, CF 11-1019 and CF 11-1020.

A new contract for bus benches—and the advertising that goes on them—is the topic of CF 11-1068. Council wants to approve a contract with Martin Outdoor Media, but to also require at least 300 benches per council district and the ability to have a say in where those benches are placed.

A nearly two-year-long lawsuit between the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture and the Latino Theatre Company has been nasty and hard-fought. A joint session of the Information Technology and Government Affairs committee and the Budget and Finance committee will hear a report on settlement discussions even as legal wrangling continued. At a hearing on Monday, the court will hear a motion by the Museum to amend its original complaint a third time and a motion by a law firm for the Theatre Company to be relieved from the case.

WEDNESDAY: Housing, Community and Economic Development committee meets, as does the Personnel committee. Council has not yet filed an agenda.

LADOT is working to hire part-time traffic officers to handle parking enforcement, and CF 11-0600-S88 provides an update on that process. A July report said that the department planned to deploy the officers this past weekend after the completion of a two-week training program. The officers would be used for weekend enforcement.