AHMANSON LAWSUIT DELAYED L.A. COUNCIL WILL WAIT TO SEE IF EIR CERTIFIED BY VENTURA COUNTY BOARD.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. decided Friday to further study a proposal rather than committing now to a legal challenge of the 3,050-home Ahmanson Ranch Project in neighboring Ventura County. A motion sponsored by Councilman Dennis Zine, whose west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. district abuts the project site, directed the City Attorney's Office to prepare a lawsuit in the event the Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. approves a revised environmental report that would allow work on the development to begin. The motion already had been endorsed in concept by Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California , who held a news conference with Zine in late October, where they vowed to stop the project. ``This is simply a matter of corporate greed,'' Zine said in asking the council to support him in opposing Ahmanson Ranch, which also would include thousands of square feet of retail and office buildings. ``(Developer) Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. has the land and wants to destroy the environment and tell the San Fernando Valley, you don't count.'' Opponents in the West Valley worry that the development would hurt the surrounding environment and exacerbate traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on surface streets and the 101 Freeway. But some council members were reluctant to commit to a lawsuit right now. In particular, Councilwoman Ruth Galanter Ruth Galanter was a city councilwoman from Los Angeles. She served as President Pro-Tempore and President of the city council. pointed out that the region is facing a housing crunch for people at all income levels and that the council should study its options before rejecting the development outright. ``The housing shortage is not going to be solved if we say no to every project,'' Galanter said. ``We have a serious housing problem here. We cannot solve it by creating a housing trust fund alone.'' Under an amended motion submitted by Zine, the proposal will be discussed by a number of council committees, including the Planning and Land Use Management, Environmental Quality and Waste Management, and Budget and Finance committees. It will return to the council in early December, after the Ventura County supervisors have voted on whether to approve the amended environmental report. |
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