While we agree with you in principle, we were scratching our heads when reading the zoo’s expansion plans.
An example: how does a climbing wall further their mission?

Los Angeles Zoo Mission: Through the passion of our team, the Los Angeles Zoo is leading the way in saving wildlife and connecting Angelenos to the natural world by providing exemplary animal care, delivering distinctive and diverse learning opportunities, and creating unforgettable experiences.

When Walt Disney (remember him) was looking for a location, he originally looked at Griffith Park, then looked north at Burbank before finally looking down to Orange County.
Perhaps looking north, like you suggested, isn’t such a bad idea since visitors could do a two-fer… Magic Mountain… and the LA Zoo. Would you like to propose this to City Council?

I agree. The park is not managed as Griffith would like. For instance, there should be no golf courses at all. They consume enormous amounts of water just to entertain a few select golfers that should be at a driving range instead.
Think about how much the non-golfers subsidize the golfers!
Plus, the private courses get tax breaks or no one could afford to play golf in a city. Why not close ALL golf courses?

LA should consider moving the zoo to the north county area, near Magic Mountain would be best, and build a modern zoo that does not force the animals suffering captivity to live in such small spaces. The current space is an abomination. Adding a few acres won’t help.

We would agree that the budget for maintenance in this Park should be increased.
We would also acknowledge that, yes… roads are closed, not because of staffing, but because of abuse. In that respect more interior roads should be closed.

Thanks for your response to our article about the Zoo expansion

And in response to your point about hundreds of dollars spent to expand the zoo’s features that don’t contribute to youth education or public health…

We’ve heard this might become a bond issue in order to fund some of the items on the zoo’s “wish list.” So this could get very interesting.

The hours… currently (according to your point) the hours are 10-5 so animals can rest at night. However, the zoo expansion would include venues with expanded hours so the venue could host more “fundraising” events ‘