NO BVLGARI BULLDOZERS DESTROYING OUR MOUNTAINS
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In spite of extraordinary community opposition and Councilmember Koretz’s emphatic statement that he does not support this project, the developer is unrelenting in his pursuit of his commercial hotel project — and LA City Planning is advancing his application through the review and approval process. This project is outrageous and we cannot allow it. Now more than ever, we need to make our voices heard.
With just one email, you can reach all the important decision makers -- and tell them we do not support them destroying our neighborhoods, our canyons, our mountains.
In the past few years, the developer has spent literally one million dollars in lobbying to get his project to this point. This is not hyperbole, this is publicly available information. He has been trying to buy influence with the city and he has clearly been successful if his egregious application has gotten this far. But we have something more powerful than money. We have each other. With our collective voices, we can stand up to this developer — and make a statement that echoes across the whole region.
Our voices need to be loud and clear. Government only works when it knows we’re watching. The public comment period for this critical phase of the Planning process is only 30 days, ending December 9th. If you have specific thoughts, feel free to personalize your email and let them know how much you care.
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Subject: Support CF 21-0777-S1
Dear Members of the Los Angeles City Council,
I urge you to support Katy Yaroslavsky’s motion asking the Director of Planning to rescind his inappropriate commencement of the General Plan Amendment for a project that never should have started to begin with.
Our community is deeply troubled by what appear to be clear Conflicts of Interests surrounding the acceptance of the Request to Initiate a General Plan Amendment to change our City’s laws in order to allow an inappropriate commercial hotel in a residential area:
1. The fact that in 2016, the developer of the proposed hotel contributed $8,400 to the State Senate campaign of Shawn Bayliss, CD5’s Planning and Legislation Deputy.
2. The fact that at the start of 2017, Stacey Brenner, the wife of Shawn Bayliss, began lobbying for the hotel while her husband was one of the key City Officials related to the project is both alarming and outrageous.
3. The fact that lobbyist Brenner, wife of Paul Koretz’s longtime Planning Deputy, was paid over $174,000 to influence both City Council and City Planning creates the unsettling appearance of inappropriate Conflict of Interests.
4. The fact that the Request to Initiate an Amendment to the City’s General Plan was signed by Stacey Brenner — then accepted by the Director of City Planning only 24 hours later. This contradicts the Department’s own policies requiring in-house review (as confirmed by a Public Records Act request which produced no evidence of any deliberative process). This raises substantial and troubling questions about Ethics, the functioning of our City Government, and the Land Use Process in Los Angeles.
Is this the way we conduct business in our city? Would you permit your senior Planning Deputy’s wife to receive payments to influence you and City Planning for an inappropriate project in your district? Is this the process you choose to reward and perpetuate?
At this time when so many LA public officials are being indicted, implicated and incarcerated, Los Angeles needs you to restore our faith in City Government. No more Conflicts of Interests! No more business as usual! Please vote to support Councilmember Yaroslavsky’s motion 21-0777-S1.
Sincerely,
[add your name]
[add your address]
[add your own thoughts and concerns]
Share this with anyone who opposes ten years of construction, the demolition of trees and hillsides, the destruction of our wildlife corridor. If you are concerned about greater fire danger, increased traffic seven days a week, noise every night and weekend, please stand with TreePeople, stand with your Councilmember, stand with your community, and spread the word today.
If you have questions, visit our website or hit reply to this email. If you want to see the Initial Study and official Notice Of Preparation from LA City Planning, click here. Sign our petition and join the 12,000 who already have. If you want to register with the city officially as an interested party, click here. We will be in touch in the coming days and weeks regarding important update meetings, actions and updates.
Lock arms with your neighbors and say **NO HOTEL**. We will never retreat.
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