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Council approves Jefferson/Rodeo development with requirement for traffic signal to ease neighborhood impact
Summary
A mixed‑use economic development project was approved after councilmembers and neighbors secured a motion requiring the Department of Transportation to install a traffic signal to mitigate impacts on the adjacent Cameo Woods condominium community; council approved the project as amended.
The Los Angeles City Council approved an economic development project near Jefferson and Rodeo Road, adding an instruction that the Department of Transportation install a traffic signal to mitigate traffic impacts on the adjacent Cameo Woods condominium community.
Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas introduced the project and moved an amendment asking the Department of Transportation to install “at least one traffic signal” to reduce traffic impacts on nearby residents. Ridley-Thomas told the council the project is an economic development opportunity but acknowledged adverse impacts on nearby residents and asked for the mitigation.
Multiple residents from the Cameo Woods homeowners association said they had limited notice and expressed concerns about building height, traffic and sewer capacity. Kathy Winteringham, president of the Cameo Woods Homeowners Association, said residents first saw letters in the mail and received substantive project documents only months later; she highlighted three concerns — building height (about 230 feet), traffic (an estimated 8,000 additional car trips cited by residents), and sewer capacity.
Resident speakers, including Percy Akins and Ruth Mansfield, asked the council to delay approval to allow more study of traffic and sewer impacts. Percy Akins provided diagrams and said Cameo Woods is uniquely without a traffic signal and would be vulnerable to increased cut‑through traffic.
Councilmember Nate Holden, the district member, said the developer and council had addressed the traffic concern and supported the traffic‑signal amendment. Members also noted that Culver City had approved related mitigation and that the Target project referenced by residents will also affect traffic patterns in the corridor.
The council voted to approve the project as amended to include the Department of Transportation traffic‑signal installation; the clerk recorded 12 ayes and the project was approved as amended.
What this means: The council approved the development but required transportation mitigation (an added traffic signal) to address neighborhood concerns about access and safety. Staff will coordinate the installation and any further mitigation as the project proceeds.
