Put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others.
The City of Los Angeles is currently exploring the expansion of the artist live/work loft area into more industrial areas south of the current area. The expansion would allow increased conversion of existing industrial buildings in the area to joint live-work uses. A public hearing was held last week at SCI-Arc on 3rd Street.
Only obsolete industrial buildings should be allowed to be converted.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $50 million to settle an eminent domain dispute with Meruelo Maddux Properties over 23 acres of land in Cypress Park which is located north of Downtown Los Angeles. The site is commonly referred to as Taylor Yard. Meruelo Maddux originally purchased the site for $31.8 million, snatching it from the claws of the LAUSD.
Here is another example of the misdirected LAUSD board removing more industrial zoned land from the city. They should take residential properties for schools not industrial as industrial properties create the sorely needed jobs for L.A. denizens, especially the lower classes that live in Cypress Park.
Government sponsored programs are not the primary solution to urban decay such as drug trafficking and crime. To restore a city and its neighborhoods, fight crime successfully and everything else will start to fall into place. Just ask Los Angeles Police Commissioner Bill Bratton because he understands this concept. It appears Mayor Villaraigosa is also taking this notion to heart while making an increase in the police force a top priority. L.A.’s troubled neighborhoods will welcome more officers.