Hollywood business people decry housing plan for Yucca Corridor.Some owners and managers of property along the Yucca Corridor in Hollywood are outraged over plans to bring more low-income housing projects to their neighborhood. They say the projects threaten to destroy all the efforts they've made in the past year to make their community safer. "Basically, we've been turned into a dumping ground," complained James DiIorio, president of the Yucca Corridor Property Owners Association. "This will basically kill us." The Yucca Corridor is a mostly residential area north of Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out , south of Franklin Avenue Franklin Avenue can refer to:
It has a history as a high crime area, but over the past year, property owners have banded together to install security cameras and put up warning banners that criminal activity will be recorded. Tenants have also gotten together on neighborhood watch programs. These and other efforts at fixing up the neighborhood have been fairly successful, but now the property owners fear that affordable housing projects will drive down market rents and turn the neighborhood back into a crime-ridden slum. The Yucca Corridor Coalition of Property Owners and Managers, Hollywood Stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. and Hollywood Damage Control & Recovery have all joined with DiIorio's group to fight against what they say are efforts by Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. to bring more projects to their neighborhood to assist the poor. But Goldberg said her office is not involved with any new affordable housing projects in that area - only earthquake rehab. Projects the property owners oppose include plans by Hollywood Community Housing Association to convert an old apartment building at 1805 Wilcox Ave. into a subsidized sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. affordable family housing project. Goldberg said that project is in Councilman John Ferraro's district. Jack Gardner There are two people named Jack Gardner:
"Taking the worst buildings and turning them into clean, respectable, affordable housing is a very positive alternative for that neighborhood," said Gardner. "Low income people already live in the Yucca Corridor. There is (government) money available right now to develop affordable housing, especially if the property is earthquake-damaged." Other plans opposed The existing property owners also oppose plans by a known "slumlord slum·lord n. An owner of slum property, especially one that overcharges tenants and allows the property to deteriorate. [slum + (land)lord.] " to convert an earthquake-damaged apartment building into a "very low-income" public housing project and to sell another apartment building to a social service group, which would work together with a developer to convert the apartments into 90 units of affordable housing. Meanwhile, the city plans to demolish de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. three dilapidated apartment buildings (6671 to 6689 Yucca) for possible sale of the property to another affordable housing developer or for use as a community center. "Everything is tilting toward making this a poor neighborhood. This is a special neighborhood. This is Hollywood," said Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Singer, president of the coalition. She pointed to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). Magazine that said Hollywood business people are concerned that Goldberg focuses her efforts on social issues and service groups instead of on economic development. Goldberg said that although she is not working to bring low income housing to the Yucca Corridor, she would probably support projects that involve rehabilitating damaged buildings. Gardner said that while affordable housing is not the sole answer to community problems, together with development of things such as community centers and retail stores, it can be part of a positive solution. "I do share a concern," he said, "that affordable housing is being made the answer for everything." |
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