Letter: Casden Downsizing A Victory For Neighborhood Councils

As you can see from the recent Los Angeles Times article, [Casden’s decision to reduce its West LA commercial/residential project from 160,000 to 15,000 square feet] is a perfect example of a project that the City of Los Angele's City Planning Committee rubber stamped because the soon to become Venice resident – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - wanted to see it approved.

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Despite the outcry from neighbors that would be affected by the density and the traffic gridlock on a project of this size, local city officials were willing to make a deal with the developer, but the neighbors stood their ground, rallied support and did not back down.

If you ever want to know what your Neighborhood Council members do for you, this is it in a nutshell.

A victory for the home team!

Sincerely

Steve Wallace

Mar Vista Community Council Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) co-chair.

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