The proposed Gehry Partners design of the new SELA Cultural Center in South Gate, Los Angeles, is moving forward with approvals from the L.A. Board of Supervisors. The project forms a major part of the Rio Hondo portion of the Lower Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan, which is contained in the.
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Developers of an upcoming project at 3701 North Pacific Place are looking to build a three-story, 152,745-square-foot commercial building for personal storage as well as RV parking space on a plot of land wedged in among the Los Angeles River, 405 Freeway and the Los Cerritos neighborhood. But a group of locals living in close proximity to the site, the Riverpark Coalition, is pushing back against the project and arguing that the space should be used to develop a park along the river.
So far though, the storage project appears to be on track. On Dec. 17, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposal and gave it the thumbs up, adding recommendations such as zoning changes from light industrial to commercial storage, which the Long Beach City Council will have to vote on at a later date. The recommendation from the Long Beach Development Services Planning Bureau determined the empty lot has been a nuisance area with blight and trash that allowed for homeless encampm