Mansionizaton ACTION ALERT 01-03-08

ACTION ALERT-MANSIONIZATION ORDINANCE 1/03/08

On Tuesday, January 8th, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee ("PLUM") is scheduled to decide about forwarding the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance to the full City Council for a vote. If you support the Manisionization Ordinance, limiting the size of homes that can be built, please continue to call and/or write the PLUM councilmembers and attend the meeting. We have included our councilmember Jack Weiss's phone number and a sample letter and email addresses, below.

Let your voices be heard and thank you for your help in preserving the quality of our neighborhood.

Please call Jack Weiss @ 310-829-0353, and/or

Write to the PLUM councilmembers, whose contact information is listed, below. Please remember that all communications must include your home address.

Dear Councilman xxx

We have been anxiously awaiting the anti-mansionization ordinance for over 18 months, ever since the Council motion by Councilman LaBonge in June 2006. We understand that it took time for public input from the various stakeholders, but an acceptable compromise Baseline Mansionization Ordinance was passed by the Planning Commission and sent to the PLUM on June 14th. It's been six months and the proposed ordinance still has not been forwarded to the full City Council. Compromise home sizes for each zone were established by extensive interactions of the various stakeholders, there is a menu of ways for a community to modify the baseline provisions and the City Attorney has released the formal version of the proposed ordinance. The final public comment hearing was held on December 18th.

It is time to forward the proposed ordinance to the full City Council for action. We ask that you do so at your January 8th meeting.

Very truly yours,

XXXCX

Here is the contact information for the three PLUM members and the president of the Planning Department:

Councilman Ed Reyes

City Hall Office

200 N. Spring Street, Rm 410

Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213)-473-7001

councilmember.reyes@lacity.org

Councilman Jack Weiss

City Hall Office