As predicted by just about everyone, a lawsuit has a number of lawsuits have been filed by opponents of the recently adopted Hollywood Community Plan Update challenging the City’s approval of the plan. Via email we’ve learned that, as of today, at least three lawsuits have been filed against the plan:
- Fix The City, Inc. filed on July 13, 2012 (Case No. BS138580)
- SaveHollywood.Org, et al filed on July 18, 2012 (Case No. BS138370)
- La Mirada Neighborhood Association filed on July 18, 2012 (Case No. BS138369)
Here’s a report from the Daily News on the lawsuit filed by La Mirada Neighborhood Association:
On Wednesday, the La Mirada Neighborhood Association of Hollywood filed a lawsuit in L.A. Superior Court over passage of the Hollywood Community Plan, a blueprint that guides planning and development in Hollywood.
The suit alleges that plan, which would allow for taller buildings in some areas of Hollywood, violates the California Environmental Quality Act, the landmark state law governing development.
Among other things, the lawsuit claims the city failed to consider the effects of traffic, air quality, and land use in approving the Hollywood Community Plan.
Should be fun.
This post has been updated throughout.
2 comments:
The community plan was based on a fraud -- that the Hollywood was increasing in population so we had to up-zone to prepare for 250,000 persons by 2030. The truth known to everyone that knew anything about Hollywood was that Hollywood has been losing population for 20 years. We went from 213,883 ppl in 1990 to only 198,228 in 2010. The population exodus became a flood after the subway and the CRA Projects were built. The census tracts contiguous to the subway stops lost 4,800 people.
Nonetheless, the Garcetti Plan continues with the big lie and refuses to admit the truth and change course even though the City Atty proposed that the City not adopt the flawed plan but instead re-write it based on truthful and accurate information.
The essence of the plan is to cram as many development entitlements on to the very narrow strips of land called TOD's so that Garcetti's friends can hog whatever development might possibility take place in the next 30 years. Like the defunct CRA, the TOD's are a scam to transfer wealth to the mega-super-wealth who own the city council as well and the land inside the TOD's. After CIM Group and Philip Aarons get their superduper entitlements, growth is directed onto their properties. It's like building a walmart and wondering whether the local businesses went. It is a form of Gresham's law that the corrupt drive out the honest.
The developers' problem is that they have been unable to force people to live in their monstrosities. Families are leaving and Hollywood is becoming a place for young unmarried renters. Meanwhile, the corrupt city council continues to give away tax dollars like a drunk sailor. They just gave $67 M to a hotel near Staples Center. The same will happen with any Hollywood Project. They will find ways to funnel hundreds of millions of tax dollars from federal, state, and local levels to construct projects which will stand empty like the W Hotel condos where only 15% have sold after two years.
Garcetti's hubris got AB 2531 vetoed and his arrogance was a major factor in the CRA's being developed, and now we see major litigation against the fraudulent Garcetti Hollywood Community Plan. With these gigantic disasters for devlopers, one would think they'd select a competent stooge to run for city council. Maybe competence isn't a trait the 1% seek in their puppets.
To all the slick, pompous, arrogant, money grubbing developers NONE of whom live in Hollywood and are thankful they DON'T... it's MUCH more difficult to line the pockets of a JUDGE than it is Los Angeles elected officials. Garcetti, LaBonge and the bunch are chimps with good haircuts. A judge will make this right.
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