Officials urge privatizing the Zoo

The city should move ahead with creating a public-private partnership to operate the Los Angeles Zoo, to increase revenue and reduce the city's subsidy, a report released late Friday said. Daily News.

City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, in a report to the City Council's Arts, Health, Parks and Aging Committee, said the city should issue a request for proposals to see the level of interest in developing a new management structure for the zoo's operation. The report is scheduled for Tuesday's meeting.

"Without an alternative model, the city's general fund subsidy is very likely to be reduced further or eliminated, resulting in the continual increase of admission fees and the possible eventual closure of the L.A. Zoo," Santana said in his report.