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Council approves revised Cornfield/Chinatown Yards site plan after heated public debate; opponents press for full EIR
Summary
The City Council approved, after amendments, a site plan for a proposed 32-acre Majestic Realty project at the Cornfield/Chinatown Yards site while opponents and several council members pressed for a full environmental impact report and alternatives such as parkland and mixed uses.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve a site plan for the Cornfield/Chinatown Yards project after adopting amendments intended to tighten construction schedules, mitigation measures and protections for cultural resources. The decision followed a lengthy public hearing in which neighborhood groups, environmental and civil-rights advocates, and park-rights supporters urged the council to require a full environmental impact report (EIR) and to consider park or mixed-use alternatives.
After procedural motions, a substitute motion by Councilmember Wax to require broader changes failed (2 ayes, 9 noes). Councilmember Hernandez's amending motion, which added conditions including more stringent mitigation, reporting, and cultural-resource protections, was approved (amendment 11 ayes), and Hernandez's primary motion as amended passed 9 ayes, 2 noes.
Speakers opposing the project urged an EIR and…
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