Redevelopment Project Stopped.The L.A. City Council shelved plans to create the city's largest redevelopment project area, a controversial proposal targeting 6,635 acres in the northeast 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. . Reflecting deep community divisions, the council voted to disband dis·band v. dis·band·ed, dis·band·ing, dis·bands v.tr. To dissolve the organization of (a corporation, for example). v.intr. 1. an elected citizens panel overseeing the project. The Project Area Committee had become deadlocked dead·lock n. 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. 2. Sports A tied score. 3. over redevelopment, which would have allowed the city to acquire land through eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in . The council also voted to bar the city's Community Redevelopment Agency from condemning land in the targeted neighborhoods -- which include Sylmar, Pacoima, Sun Valley and Arleta -- even if the proposal is revived. |
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