Suzan Filipek · January 2, 2025
The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote as early as the first week of this month on the TVC 2050 Project proposed at the historic CBS Television City property at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The upcoming vote would be the final step in a five-year entitlement and approval process. It follows the […]
Suzan Filipek · October 24, 2024
•Jim McDonnell to take helm at LAPD, pending vote by City Council A seasoned policeman and former Long Beach police chief and Los Angeles County sheriff, Jim McDonnell, has been selected to be the new chief of police for the City of Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass selected McDonnell, 65, last month after a monthslong […]
Suzan Filipek · October 24, 2024
By the Oct. 15 deadline, there were six appeals filed of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission’s recent approval of a major real estate development project proposed at the former CBS TV studio at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. “The process has been opaque and poorly managed. The project is out of scale and out […]
Suzan Filipek · June 27, 2024
The City Planning Dept. gave the go-ahead to the owner / developer of a controversial six-story building last month, pending compliance with conditions that include a maximum 64 total units with 51 of those for low-income households. The project, at 800 Lorraine Boulevard, is located in the Windsor Village Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Its […]
