Neighborhood Councils and Communities Take Action.. For Millennium Hollywood Center DEIR Comment Period Extension During Pandemic Crisis
In three weeks, June 1, 4:00 PM The window will close.
"(Millennium) Hollywood Center Project" DEIR comment period will end.
Please email Mindy.Nguyen@lacity.org and ask for an extension to the 45 day comment period.
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vince.bertoni@lacity,org
councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org
Even though the Mayor has put the City on lock-down, the Planning Department does not consider that COVID-19 an extenuating ("unusual") circumstance to the 45 day comment period. Planning is moving ahead with closing the comment period on June, 1 at 4:00 PM.
Even before the courts had finished shutting down the prior project, developer Millennium Partners (which is responsible for the Leaning Tower of San Francisco disaster) had released its newest version of this monster project, now named The Hollywood Center. The Draft EIR was released on April 16 to the public during the COVID-19 lock-down. The City Planning Dept. insists it stick to a minimal 45 day comment period. As stated in a letter by The Silverstein Law Firm, and as part of the public record:
While Mayor Garcetti announces that “LA is ‘under attack’ and will need to furlough thousands of city workers”(LA Times, April 19, 2020), the public is doubly under attack by a process so transparently designed to harm community members and groups under attack not only by COVID-19, but by a cynical DEIR comment process meant to elevate the interests of a developer over the rights of the public that City officials were elected to serve.
During this lock-down:
Libraries where hard copies of the DEIR have been distributed for viewing are closed due to City mandate.
Some people cannot drive. Taking public transit to view a copy downtown is not a choice for some, if they could even get into the building
Your choice, hoping that the USPS will get to a mailbox your $6.00 copy of the DEIR in time to comment, or download 100s of pdfs to review.
Some of you receiving this email have already requested an extension. Thank you for doing so. If you have not, please write to Mindy.Nguyen@lacity.org today to add your request to extend the comment period on the Hollywood Center Project DEIR.
If you can get your comments in on the DEIR by the window closing, and the project, please do so.
You will find access to the DEIR Administrative Record (where the 100s of pdfs can be found) as well as all correspondence from The Silverstein Law Firm HERE.
Thank you.
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Communities and Neighborhood Councils are taking action.
Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC),Virtual Board Meeting..tonight, Monday May 11th...will be addressing Planning Dept. refusal to extend public comment period for the controversial Millennium Hollywood Center (thousands of pages) DEIR ..Planning Dept. says they only extend 'under unusual circumstances' ...A PANDEMIC crisis isn't 'UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES' to them.
If you'd like to join in,or just listen, the Board Meeting agenda is here..item is under 'PLUM Committee':
http://hollywoodunitednc.org/wp/2020/05/08/board-meeting-5-20/
http://hollywoodunitednc.org/
Info. numbers to join the teleconference meeting is on the agenda.
Behind our backs , right under our nose. This is so corrupt.