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Council adopts reports objecting to fast‑track and citing location concerns for proposed Baldwin Hills power plant
Summary
The City Council adopted two committee reports on a proposed power‑generation site, endorsing objections to a fast‑track approval process and urging pursuit of alternative sites. Members said the Baldwin Hills location is inappropriate and that the Air Quality Management District had not completed its work,
The Los Angeles City Council on June 19, 2001 adopted two committee reports that together objected to fast‑track approval and urged that alternative sites be pursued for a proposed power‑generation facility, a move that signaled council opposition to siting the plant in the Baldwin Hills area.
Committee debate exposed two complementary positions: the Environmental Quality Committee recommended rejecting the fast‑track process and pressing regulators to pursue alternative sites, while a Commerce/CE/NR chair recommended flat opposition to siting the facility at the identified…
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