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Council OKs, but bill still is a threat

Suzan Filipek · August 28, 2025

Last month the Los Angeles City Council voted 8-5 against Senate Bill 79, a state measure that would allow multistory buildings to be built near transit sites. Opponents of the […]

No to Senate Bill 79

Chronicle Staff · August 14, 2025

The following letter was sent to Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and the California State Assembly Committee on Appropriations. The Windsor Square Association has represented an historic Los Angeles residential neighborhood— Windsor […]

Neighborhoods are in jeopardy once again

Suzan Filipek · March 27, 2025

The community was still fresh from celebrating new safeguards passed to protect single-family neighborhoods when a state bill surfaced last month that could change everything. If approved, Senate Bill 79 […]

Neighborhoods seek removal of another proposed upzoning

Suzan Filipek · November 30, 2023

Score one for Hancock Park, Brookside, La Brea Hancock and single-family neighborhoods everywhere in Los Angeles. “We are taking a quick victory lap together, but we need to stay vigilant!” […]

Neighborhoods under threat, say homeowners

Suzan Filipek · October 26, 2023

Los Angeles’ residential, tree-lined streets have long been a treasured part of our city. But, according to local homeowners groups, those streets are under threat by a state-mandated City of […]

Rezoning not required to produce needed “affordable” housing

John Welborne · July 29, 2021

The Larchmont Chronicle and our readers, I hope, are grateful to Hancock Park neighbor Marilyn Wells for contributing six informative columns, over the past six months, dealing with the omnipresent […]

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