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Ben Kawaller of The Free Press skewers opponents of the West Hollywood development project at 910-916 Wetherly Drive in a video segment released today, calling out the “NIMBY” motives of residents who failed to stop the 78,425 square-foot, seven-story, 89-unit, 100% affordable multi-family apartment building from being built. City Council denied an appeal to the project in February.Â
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That was great reporting. Loved the music and humor. and yeah, the tag on the end was not something I saw coming either. Well done!
That was a well put together report and struck a great tone. Nonetheless I found myself relating to the valid concerns of the “NIMBY’s” aka real residents, and resistant to the State’s imposition of hyper density micro units as a forced solution to the very problems caused by their own failed economic policies. Whatever your take, Meister has been consistent on this— protect local control.
Wasn’t expecting that ending!
That project required approval by-right due to its use of the state’s density bonus law. I don’t think people quite understand the amount of legal liability CM Meister could have potentially caused the city if she had been able to convince any of her colleagues to vote with her. It would have been more expensive than a John Duran sexual harassment lawsuit.
Thankfully the four other CMs had a better understanding of state housing law than she did.
If anyone on Council knows land use, it’s Councilmember Meister.
“Forcing workers to commute”
OK, who’s responsible for forcing people to work in WeHo?
There were obvious issues with this project. It started with an underhanded deal. Just because the state has deemed it ok to build and removed the city’s ability to deny the project, it doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do. After all, this state is so f*cked up…does anyone believe the state knows the right thing to do? Please. Most of the homeless are on the street because they have drug or alcohol addiction or mental health issues or you have a great deal of them that don’t want to contribute to society and would rather just live where… Read more »
To say our city has a NIMBY problem would be an understatement. It seems like ANY effort at redevelopment of even the most dilapidated properties is met with a fight from neighbors. We are in the midst of a desperate housing shortage & our businesses are suffering from a lack of foot traffic. Instead of giving the NIMBYs a voice, we should be giving a voice to those on the other side of the issue.
Brilliant!