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City Council approves Pico Plaza project after neighborhood protections added
Summary
The City Council approved a long-disputed redevelopment of the former Sears site on Pico Boulevard — including Home Depot and Costco — after requiring traffic mitigations, a $300,000 neighborhood protection fund and DOT-led driveway controls. The vote followed hours of public comment from residents and business groups.
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday approved the redevelopment of the blighted Sears site on Pico Boulevard, a project that will include large-format retail (Home Depot and Costco), after adding conditions intended to limit traffic impacts on adjacent residential streets.
Council members voted to adopt the Planning and Land Use recommendations as amended after a lengthy public hearing in which opponents and proponents each were given equal time to present their positions. The council approved the project as amended by a roll-call vote of 10 ayes, 0 nos recorded at the time of final tabulation (three members previously recorded noes during discussion), following an earlier amending motion approved 13–0.
The amendment adopted by the council requires: a physical barrier (described in the meeting as a “pork‑chop” or similar curb/median treatment) at the project driveway on Pico Boulevard to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting the site by going straight across into Rimpau…
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