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Upcoming Community Meetings: Mid-City West CC, Greater Wilshire NC, Metro, Housing Bills

The nice thing about community meetings during a pandemic is that they’re all virtual, so you don’t have to drive to them, and it’s easier than ever to attned and speak up on issues you’re interested in.  Here are a few key meetings coming up in the next few days and weeks, where your presence and comments will be very valuable.

 

Mid City West Community Council

 

The proposed Mirabel development, at 5411 Wilshire Blvd., will be voted on at tonight’s MCWCC meeting.

The August meeting of the Mid-City West Community Council will be held tonight, Tuesday, August 11, at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom.  The major item on the agenda will be a vote on the big mixed-use Mirabel development proposed for 5411 Wilshire Blvd. (between Cloverdale and Cochran).  After lengthy community comments both in favor of and in opposition to the project at its July 21 meeting, the MCWCC Planning and Land Use Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the MCWCC board support the project (with five specific conditions).  There will likely be a lot more community comment at tonight’s full board meeting, before the big vote.  The meeting will be held online, and is open to all who are interested.  Other items on the agenda include three policy motions regarding the reshaping of policing in Los Angeles, and the relationships of other community organizations with LAPD.   To connect, click the Zoom link above or join via phone at (669) 900-6833, (253) 215-8782, or (346) 248-7799

 

Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council

 

Street improvements proposed for the 4th Street Greenway route will be discussed and voted on at Wednesday’s GWNC Board meeting.

The August meeting of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, August 12, at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.  The agenda for this month’s meeting includes votes on several project recommendations from the GWNC Land Use Committee, and votes on several motions related to the proposed 4th Street Greenway project, which received extensive discussion, both for and against, at a recent GWNC Transportation Committee meeting.   Supporting and background documents for Wednesday’s board meeting can be found here.  To join the event, click the Zoom link above, or call (669) 900-6833 and enter Webinar ID 966-7700-1434, followed by the pound sign (#).

Metro NextGen Bus Plan

 

Back in February, Metro debuted a first draft of its big new NextGen bus plan, which will re-work bus routes and service throughout the city, with the goal of making bus travel faster, more efficient, and more accessible for all riders.  After collecting feedback through a series of workshops presenting the plan to stakeholders (back when in-person workshops were still possible), Metro has now used the more than 1,500 comments received on the first draft to further tweak the plan. The updated plan will now be presented in a series of  six telephone-based NextGen Bus Plan public hearings, taking place between August 19-27.  The individual events are targeted to riders in different parts of the city, but the two most appropriate for stakeholders in our area are the “All Regions” session on Saturday, August 22, at 10 a.m., and the and the Westside Central session on Wednesday, August 26, at 6 p.m.  (Note, though, that all sessions are open to anyone who’s interested)  Click here for call-in instructions and other options for submitting comments.  The plan website mentioned above also contains bus stop consolidation maps that highlight lines with proposed bus stop changes. (The consolidations are designed to reduce overall travel times for most riders.) To learn more and see the maps, click here and go to the Stop Consolidation Maps tab.  For more information, or to comment on the revised plan, you can e-mail [email protected] or visit http://www.metro.net/nextgen

 

Housing Production Bills in the State Legislature

 

Back in June, we wrote about the new Housing Production Package of bills now making their way through the state legislature.  The five bills – SB 902, SB 995, SB 1085, SB 1120 and SB 1385 – pick up where last year’s failed SB 50 left off, and propose new statewide rules that would significantly affect residential zoning and encourage more and denser housing construction in almost all neighborhoods close to public transit.  On Saturday, August 15, a group called the SouthLA Alliance for Locally Planned Growth, which opposes the statewide bills, will host an online town hall meeting specifically on SB 1120, which could allow up to eight housing units on lots currently zoned for single family use near transit.  See the flier below for the Zoom link and call-in information if you’d like to attend.

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Elizabeth Fuller
Elizabeth Fuller
Elizabeth Fuller was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN but has lived in LA since 1991 - with deep roots in both the Sycamore Square and West Adams Heights-Sugar Hill neighborhoods. She spent 10 years with the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council, volunteers at Wilshire Crest Elementary School, and has been writing for the Buzz since 2015.

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  1. The author writes, ”The nice thing about community meetings during a pandemic is that… you don’t have to drive to them…”
    I’ll remind her that walking, biking, scooting, and taking public transportation, not just driving, have been options all along for many. It’s incumbent on the press not to push the narrative that cars are the only means to get around.

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