Would "Ranger Joe" benefit from Ed "Density" Reyes latest land-use scheme??
Beware of this bear-size man lurking near your hillside property.For this is the former Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown appointee Joe Edmiston, "self-appointed ranger with gun" who reigns over his creation known as the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy/Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA).
No level of deceit in raising revenues (through confusing ballots) or lateness in defending his deceitful behavior on late-night talk-radio shows, keeps "Ranger Joe" from his goal of growing his empire through "deposits of land" into his personal "Land Bank of Joe".
"Ranger Joe's" latest effort to "grow deposits" may have him linking up with Councilman Ed "Density" Reyes who knows no bounds in his quest to unite rich and poor alike in his vision of "density in the community".
The former "density planner" latest creation dubbed the "I.C.O." or Interim Control Ordinance places new onerous restrictions on development of hillside parcels and have drawn the ire of hillside property owners across the city.
From Highland Park to El Sereno, public meetings have been standing-room only affairs where criticisms of the I.C.O. has been paramount in the public discourse. Property owners, especially ones with undeveloped lots, see these restrictions as roadblocks in developing their investments.
Some critics of the I.C.O. see more sinister motives in the Councilman's plans.
If property owners were to not have the capital to develop their properties under the mandates of the I.C.O., then they would be force to sell their lots at a lower than market prices. Thus public entities such as the SMMC/MRCA are set to pounce on the opportunity to grow their domains.
Maybe that is why this I.C.O. comes on the heels of the SMMC's Northeast Los Angeles Open Space Master Plan completed in March of 2006.
Interesting timing??? One must think so...................
The "I.C.O". Debate Continues
LINCOLN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
Thursday, October 16, 2008
6:00- 8:00 pm
Lincoln Heights Library
Community Room
2530 Workman Street, L.A., CA 90031
Thursday, October 16, 2008
6:00- 8:00 pm
Lincoln Heights Library
Community Room
2530 Workman Street, L.A., CA 90031
1. Welcome/Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Minutes (10/2/08)
2. Non-Agenda Related Public Comment (10 minutes total)
3. Community & Board Announcements
4. City Reports
MAYOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 LAPD DONE
5. Committee Reports
Executive Finance & Budget Outreach, Communication, & Events
Election Programs & Services City & Government Liaison
Grievance Annual Holiday Parade Planning & Land-Use
6. Treasurer’s Report
Hazard Park Bike Ride for $450
7. Community Presentation – Victim Assistance (6:30 pm)
-- Brewery Art Walk
-- Hillside Ordinance (Pro/Con 10 minutes each side)
8. Old Business
9. New Business
Health & Safety Committee
10. Public Comment
11. Adjournment
2. Non-Agenda Related Public Comment (10 minutes total)
3. Community & Board Announcements
4. City Reports
MAYOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 LAPD DONE
5. Committee Reports
Executive Finance & Budget Outreach, Communication, & Events
Election Programs & Services City & Government Liaison
Grievance Annual Holiday Parade Planning & Land-Use
6. Treasurer’s Report
Hazard Park Bike Ride for $450
7. Community Presentation – Victim Assistance (6:30 pm)
-- Brewery Art Walk
-- Hillside Ordinance (Pro/Con 10 minutes each side)
8. Old Business
9. New Business
Health & Safety Committee
10. Public Comment
11. Adjournment
Labels: Councilman Ed Reyes, I.C.O., Joe Edmiston, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council, SMMC/MCRA
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 10/15/2008 12:50:00 PM
11 Comments:
Looks like Bart Reed.
The initial ICO was enacted to "put the brakes" on zealous developers and their buddies in City Hall who profited from them via donations. The original ICO was temporary needs to be made permanent before any new restrictions or areas are discussed. I think its pretty sneaky that new restrictions and an expanded area are now up for decision before the original ICO was made permanent, because that was the original deal.
One thing to remember is that while the original ICO put some limitations on the SIZE of the project, it forced those who would build either one house or many to come before the Neighborhood Council and obtain NC approval before the next part in the planning process could be undertaken. This was to insure that the locals had a chance to (a) actually be notified of what was going on and (b) have a chance to hear about it and/or ask questions in an open forum...in other words, it made transparency and communication the norm instead of the exception. Knowing how councilpeople feel about NC's and their willingness to actually be advised by them, this whole new ICO is a sham designed to totally ignore the citizenry and freeze out NC's in the planning process.
The Northeast ICO was sorely needed as monsterous houses were being built next to bungalows. The ICO needs to be finalized and it shows Councilmember Reyes's and Councilmember Huizar's leasdership. The developers are telling whooping lies to lot owners and some are whipped up over it. The City should promptly approved these new rules which bring sanity to the vulnerable green hillsides of Northeast LA.
What "public meetings" (or "pubic meetings" maybe), have you been at Red Spot, where the criticisms of the Hillside ICO have been anything worth rambling on about.
I've been to several now, if fact I've stopped going, because they're all the same -- and there's nothing new under the sun there.
There's always a VERY small group (a dozen, at most) of angry hillside developers cloistered in the corner crumbling and complaining, in a room filled with 10-20 times times as many people who are tickled pink that the ICO is being codified. And, if you go to more than one of these, you'll see that the same angry dozen are at every meeting.
You just have to be making this shit up. For every owner of undeveloped hillside property in the Northeast, there are thousands of delighted people who already have homes built there, or nearby, or who are just tired of seeing the San Franisco-ization of what's left of NELA greenspace taking place. They're always the vast majority, whenever this is discussed with the city.
Get out more (or stay in entirely), dude! You're really in the tiny, tiny minority on this.
Out-of-scale McMansions are bad for everyone - even the owners, especially in the current economy. With half the homes in L.A. currently for sale being at or near foreclosure?? Get real.
The angry group of "developers" are from Proh-LA. Co founded by Bradley(GPNC fame) and Tony Butka(Paula Bagasao's other half).
Does this mean there will be more pic-a-nic baskets for me to swipe?
Wet Spot, you're generally right about TJ in the Hills Reyes. But in this case, he's being forced to push forth an ordinance for the hills that just matches what they've done in the flats under public pressure, that is, reducing the McMansions which are ruining quality of life.
Personally, I think the reductions in the flats are too much in some cases, but the huger sizes benefit developers who build monsters for max profit and don't care about the neighbors. OR certain social groups who build multi-family, multi-generational dwellings which then are filled with too many people and cars and noise.
Ranger Joe wanting to preserve open space is generally a good thing. But go after Reyes for pushing "affordable housing" schemes which increase the project density and increase the very low income units to 20% from 10% in all neighborhoods that have a bus stop within a couple of blocks.
That's the real scam: he wants to come across as a good guy by agreeing to reduce sizes of homes, single family homes, but then has been pushing to increase multi-unit density even right next to single family homes, so that he can move his illegals into them AND have them subsidized by you, dear taxpayer citizen.
Isn't the Santa Monica Conservancy an agency without any elected official running it?
I seem to recall some stories about its ability to confiscate property without much recourse available to the "confiscatee".
Another feature present along the same lines, is that in the course of the agency’s operation, it has, in effect, flipped property and has made some sizeable money in the process.
I would suggest avoiding any involvement with that agency in deciding the way that the hillside density issue is to being handled on the east and northeast areas of L.A.
And if you reply that we have no say in the matter of what the Conservancy decides to do, then I would add that the suspected threat of another out-of-control agency is no longer simply a suspicion.
In CD-14
Tujunga was opposed to the newly enacted zoning ordinance, supported by Wendy Greuel and her crooked Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council. It has been protested and will be litigated. Those who don't understand the minutia think that it's an anti-mansionization ordinance.
Opposed to the Sunland-Tujunga Residential Floor Area District
Red Spot,
Don't you understand? The City Council doesn't care. You need to get massive public pressure on this and demonstrate at the City Planning Commission.
For the Tujunga Zoning Ordinance, it passed at the City Planning Commission, they bypassed the PLUM Committee, by the consent of Council Pres Garcetti and PLUM Chair Reyes, and they pushed it through the CIty Council with a bogus Urgency Clause.
You had better check whether the current ICO is actually about to expire. In the TUJUNGA case, it was a lie (in legal terms, do you realize the implication of a lie on a legal document?). The Tujunga related ICO didn't actually expire on the date, which was the justification for Urgently pushing it through the system quickly. IT WAS A FALSIFICATION.
Do not trust Ranger Joe for a minute...he has more power than the Pope, President and Al Queda combined. If you cross him, he will call in City Project and they will call you a racist to get rid of you. Watch out.
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