Posted: June 19th, 2007

Elephant Hill Environmental Review and Justice

The Los Angeles City Council will vote June 20 on a supplement environmental impact report (EIR) for a luxury housing project on Elephant Hill in El Sereno in Tract 35022.

To help achieve equal access to open space throughout the Los Angeles region, we urge the City Council to require a supplemental EIR, in light of new information and changes to the project since the prior environmental analysis.

As the Los Angeles Times has emphasized in a recent article and editorial, East L.A. is entitled to open space protection, just as West L.A. is.

The public comments letter from the Anahuak Youth Association, The City Project, Mujeres de la Tierra, and William C. Velazquez Institute is attached.

You Can Help:
Attend the City Council hearing on Elephant Hill at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in Room 340, City Hall, 200 S. Spring Street (enter on Main).
Call or email City Council Members and staff and urge them to vote IN FAVOR of the motion for a Supplement EIR for Elephant Hill Tract 35022 (File Number #04-1413).
Phone numbers and email addresses appear below.

Ed Reyes (CD 1) (213) 473-7001
Wendy Gruel (CD 2) (213) 473-7002
Dennis Zine (CD 3) (213) 473-7003
Tom LaBonge (CD 4) (213) 473-7004
Jack Weiss (CD 5) (213) 473-7005
Tony Cardenas (CD 6) (213) 473-7006
Richard Alarcon (CD 7) (213) 473-7007
Bernard Parks (CD 8) (213) 473-7008
Jan Perry (CD 9) (213) 473-7009
Herb Wesson (CD 10) (213) 473-7010
Bill Rosenthal (CD 11) (213) 473-7011
Greig Smith (CD 12) (213) 473-7012
Eric Garcetti (CD 13) (213) 473-7013
Janice Hahn (CD 15) (213) 473-7015

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Urban Land Institute RÍO Los Angeles Master Plan
Development Opportunities in Mixed Use, Commercial and Residential Panel
Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan and Economic, Environmental and Equity Issues

Tuesday, June 26, 2007. from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
570 West Avenue 26, Los Angeles, California, 90065

Speakers
Ed Reyes, LA. City Councilmember, District 1
Vaughan Davies, Principal, EDAW
Robert García, Executive Director and Counsel, The City Project

See more information on the ULI website.

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