RESIDENTS RESIST BUS TERMINAL IN THEIR VICINITY.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer MISSION HILLS - Citing increased noise, traffic and fears of more crime, Mission Hills and San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. residents complained to city officials Tuesday about a new Greyhound bus terminal in their neighborhood. ``We were being stepped on. We were not being paid attention to,'' said Joe Lozano, a Mission Hills resident who has led opposition to the terminal that moved to the new location about two months ago. ``This is not fair,'' said Lozano, speaking before about 60 residents in a hall at Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. Catholic Church in San Fernando on Tuesday night. Residents said they would consider appealing to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Department of Building and Safety and attempt to rezone re·zone tr.v. re·zoned, re·zon·ing, re·zones To change the zoning classification of (a neighborhood or property, for example). re the neighborhood in question to maintain the residential character. Los Angeles Councilman Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City , who was invited to the meeting by the residents, expressed his support for efforts to resolve their problems. ``We are trying hard to find a vehicle to put an end to to destroy. - Fuller. See also: End it,'' he said. ``You can count on my support.'' Padilla told the residents, however, that Greyhound was not required to go through a public hearing before moving the terminal from San Fernando to Mission Hills. The terminal opened Feb. 1, moving from a Truman Street location in San Fernando after the lease there expired. Greyhound now has a 10-year lease with La Rinda Plaza for the new terminal. The bus company has invested $300,000 in its new free-standing, adobe-style building at Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and Rinaldi Street, backing up to Rincon Avenue. Shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into representatives have noted that the property is zoned to allow a bus terminal, and a Greyhound spokeswoman said the new terminal will benefit the community. They point out that buses now spend less time on local surface streets because of the new terminal location, because the new depot is closer to the freeway. But residents, who collected more than 400 signatures on petitions against the new terminal, have continued to protest. ``You are homeowners,'' said Valerie Basham of Mission Hills, who spoke at Tuesday night's meeting and said she lives about 1,000 feet from the new bus depot. ``You are being imposed upon by this business.'' CAPTION(S): map Map: Former bus station New bus station |
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