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How Eastside council members voted on Convention Center expansion

There are big financial risks, but the City Council on Friday nonetheless voted 11-2 to approve a $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion. Nithya Raman split from her Eastside colleagues in voting no , saying, "What I fear is that we’re going to have a beautiful new Convention Center surrounded by far more homelessness than we have today, which will drive away tourists, which will prevent people from coming here and holding their events here," the L.A. Times reported.

Eunisses Hernandez voted yes , despite having favored a less expensive plan during a budget committee meeting earlier in the week. Hugo Soto-Martinez voted yes, as did Ysabel Jurado , whose district includ