Los Angeles
Frank Angel Speaks at Coalition to Preserve LA’s Sunset Gordon Press Conference
Frank Angel speaking at the Coalition to Preserve LA’s press conference at the Sunset Gordon (5929 Sunset Blvd.), supporting the Coalition’s demand that the city of Los Angeles acquire the vacant 300-unit Sunset Gordon apartment complex by eminent domain to provide housing for Hollywood’s elderly homeless. Many of Hollywood’s elderly wouldn’t be bereft of proper…
City of Los Angeles May Not Grant “Adjustments” from Zoning Limits on Mansionization without Making the Findings Required by the City Charter for Variances, Court Rules
Back in the year 2000, the Los Angeles City Council passed a comprehensive zoning ordinance making numerous changes to the city’s Municipal Code to implement the 1999 city charter reform. One consequential change, however, had nothing to do with the charter reform. City officials quietly slipped it into the ordinance. The change, for years, allowed…
Lawsuit Filed after Los Angeles City Council Gives Nod to the Elimination of Affordable, Rent-Controlled Housing Units in Hollywood
A newly formed nonprofit association, Hollywoodians Encouraging Rental Opportunities (HERO), Sylvie Shain, a displaced tenant of the Villa Carlotta apartment building, and Max Blonde, a displaced tenant of the 1850 North Cherokee Avenue apartment building, have filed suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeking a court order to set aside a decision of…
LA Times: Judge deals major blow to Hollywood growth plan
“It’s a clear-cut victory for all three plaintiffs and the community,” said Frank Angel, one of the attorneys for Save Hollywood.org, one of the three groups. […] The decision, Angel said, means the city will need to start over with its approval process, provide more accurate population data and improve the analysis of alternatives.
LA Weekly: Playa Vista Quicksand
“It’s a very thorough, well-supported opinion,” says Frank P. Angel, a highly regarded Santa Monica–based environmental lawyer, who is not involved in the case. “It requires definite measures that need to be followed up.” Angel believes construction will be delayed several months, at a minimum, to fix the environmental-impact report and then guide it through…
