The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative for a Livable Los Angeles gives YOU the Power to Stop Oversized Development
The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative:
- Sets a 2-year moratorium on exceptions which allow developers to build taller and denser projects greater than what the zoning and the General Plan allows
- Halts back room deals that award "spot rezoning" to developers
- Forces the City Council to create a rational long-term plan for growth, via a new citywide General Plan
- Prevents developers from significantly cutting the parking spaces they normally must provide
- Bans developers from writing their own Environmental Impact Reports, an obvious conflict of interest
Megaprojects are worsening traffic and destroying neighborhood character
Today, cozy "density" deals between developers and politicians are destroying community character from Boyle Heights to Brentwood. Developers buy exemptions from the rules by contributing to City Hall. They make a ton of money on luxury mega-projects - we get terrible traffic and congestion.
The Initiative Creates a Timeout That Halts Overdevelopment, not Development
The Initiative will halt for 2 years (or until the City creates a new General Plan, if earlier) the building of any project that requires an exception to build at a taller height and/or with more density than allowed. It doesn't stop normal development that abides by density and/or height rules. It does stop runaway development and luxury megaprojects.
Neighborhoods Should Have a Say in What's Built Around Them
Communities are outgunned - that's why we need the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. During the timeout, this initiative forces City Hall to adopt a comprehensive citywide zoning plan, a public process they have been avoiding for decades.
L.A. is a special city; You have the right to prevent it from becoming another Manhattan!
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Click on the image for the interview with Jill Stewart. |
This is a video the Miracle Mile Residential Neighborhood Association filmed and put up on its website for informational purposes.