Hollywood Heritage Helps Expose Hollywood Center Project Lies

 

If you live in or around Hollywood and don’t know about Hollywood Heritage and their work, checking them out is a must!

  For nearly forty years, Hollywood Heritage has spearheaded the preservation, restoration and maintenance of early Hollywood treasures.  Their museum is home to archival photographs from the silent era of motion pictures, old Hollywood movie props, historic documents, historic photographs and postcards of the streets, buildings and residences of Hollywood during its golden age. … Read the rest

CHANNEL 11 NEWS CLIP “The Battle Over Building On A Fault Line In Hollywood”

Take 2 minutes to check out this Channel 11 NEWS clip about the Millennium Hollywood Center fraud.   Listen to our attorney’s amazing quote at the end.

 

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON CITY HALL & ON THAT NOTE:

The Department of City Planning has re-assigned Millennium’s Hollywood Center Project to different planners for the fourth time now. 
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

See this April 20, 2021 photo from one of our great supporters. It shows “trenching” on the east parcel of the Hollywood Center site. It looks impressive, right?

Nope. It’s another Millennium/City sham.

We need your voices heard. Please email (see addresses below) objecting to these issues:

1. The California Geological Survey’s scientists apparently get only 1-2 days to observe, not the unfettered access they were supposed to have.… Read the rest

LA Times Article: A lurking Earthquake Fault Has Blocked Hollywood’s Tallest Building….

Please see this article from the front page of the Sunday, April 25, 2021 print edition of the LA Times California section. Our attorney, Robert Silverstein, is quoted on page 1 about City Hall’s refusal to protect the public.

Keep the pressure on City Hall. Please send in comments today demanding full trenching of the Hollywood Center west site, and neutral, independent experts to oversee all work.… Read the rest

Millennium Is Trenching Right Now!

The above photo captures what a Los Angeles resident was met with when she saw what was going on at the Millennium project site and stopped to take some pics.

 

Reports are coming in from our supporters about the Hollywood Center site being fenced.   Bulldozers and excavators are at work now, apparently on a new earthquake fault trench as seen in the above and below photos.… Read the rest

Mayor Garcetti Allows Corruption To Flourish At LA City Hall

That is a fact.

His former Deputy Mayor and General Manager of LA Dept. of Building & Safety, Raymond Chan, is the latest example. Chan just fell in the FBI’s ongoing pay-to-play investigation of City officials.

How does this relate to Millennium’s Hollywood Center scandal?

Click on the CityWatch logo to check out this phenomenal article written by our attorney, Robert P.… Read the rest

Raymond Chan, Former LA Building & Safety Head, Charged in Indictment

“The scope of corruption outlined in this indictment is staggering,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna. “As the indictment alleges, Huizar, Chan and their network of associates repeatedly violated the public trust by soliciting and accepting numerous cash bribes and other financial benefits, turning Huizar’s City Council seat into a money-making criminal enterprise.”
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Public Comment of the Week – 10/26/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stood out to us most.… Read the rest

Public Comment of the Week – 10/19/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

Planning Commission Practices Earthquake Preparedness On Day Set For Hollywood Center Hearing!

 

Is it any coincidence Millennium’s public hearing was scheduled and then abruptly continued to an unknown date on International ShakeOut Day ?

Commissioners practiced earthquake preparedness when Commission President Samantha Millman ordered everyone to Stop, Drop and Roll!

Which is exactly what happened to Millennium’s hearing!

It stopped after 15 minutes, dropped from the City Planning Commission’s calendar and rolled right outta sight.… Read the rest

Hollywood Center: PUBLIC HEARING #2 on 10/15 – REMINDER

Only a few days remain before this important Planning Commission hearing.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

 

We want to remind everyone of the City Planning Commission public hearing for Millennium’s Hollywood Center Project, Thursday, October 15, 2020 “After 10:00 AM”.

Hollywood Center Project has three items on the Agenda:

  • #7. 
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Pantages Theater Owner Files an Appeal

 

One of the appeals filed in response to the Department of City Planning’s 9/14/2020 Letter of Determination approving Millennium’s Vesting Tract Map was filed by Pantages Theater owner, Ned Pan.

Aside from pointing out “the breakneck speed at which the EIR and the Project approvals are being processed by the City, and the sudden and very recent shift from the Project as described in the Draft EIR to Alternative 8”, the appeal emphasizes several important truths:

    • “The Project will add thousands of additional daily trips to the short segment of Argyle Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to the 101 Freeway, which is already heavily congested during much of the day.”
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Public Comment of the Week – 9/28/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

Hollywood Center Project – PUBLIC HEARING #2 – October 15, 2020

 

The Department of City Planning sent out a Notice of Public Hearing yesterday for the City Planning Commission to hear the appeals filed and more public comment.  Mark your calendar for October 15, 2020 “AFTER 10:00 A.M.”.

WHEN:  Thursday, October 15, 2020

TIME:   “AFTER 10:00 a.m.”

CALL NUMBER: The meeting’s telephone number and access code will be provided no later than 72 hours before the meeting on the meeting agenda published here and/or by contacting cpc@lacity.org… Read the rest

Millennium’s Notice of Delinquencies

Following the release of the Final EIR, and speaking of tragi-comic documents, we had to share these with you.

The City sent Hollywood Center Developers Millennium a delinquency invoice for almost $150,000 for unpaid bills.  Another one, recently sent for over $76,000.

 

 

So not only is the City breaking the law and enabling an insanely dangerous and illegal project by this disreputable developer, but we the taxpayers are forced to subsidize them.… Read the rest

Public Comment of the Week – 9/21/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

Public Comment of the Week – 9/14/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

To ZOOM, Or Not To ZOOM – It’s No Longer A Question

 

According to City Planner Mindy Nguyen’s 8/13 email to our team, “there is no video Zoom available for public hearings at this time.  Please be advised, however, that the Department of City Planning is transitioning to ZoomWebinar for public hearings beginning in September, which will allow the public to watch the hearings online, similar to the CPC meetings.”… Read the rest

Public Comment of the Week – 9/7/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) – Published Today 9/3/2020

 

The City announced the Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) today.

If the City and Millennium appear to be doing everything they can to push their way through the approval process, it’s because they are, disregarding the public process all along the way.

One reason might be the impending expiration date of former Governor Brown’s certification of Millennium’s phony Environmental Leadership Development Program (ELDP) application.… Read the rest

Public Comment of the Week – 8/31/2020

 

The Public Comments section of the Administrative Record is jam packed with letters from us, from you, from everyday citizens who live in the city, demanding that this insanely dangerous and illegal project by Millennium, be shut down for good.

Keep a look out each week as we share some of the comments that stuck out to us the most.… Read the rest

Millennium’s 8/26 hearing: What A Mess!

 

If we learned anything at the nearly 5 hours of the public hearing that took place via telephone yesterday, August 26, it’s how much people do not understand about this project.  But, we’ve also learned that many of you are very aware of the shell game being played by the City officials and this developer.… Read the rest

Hollywood Center: PUBLIC HEARING #1 – REMINDER


 

We want to remind everyone of the first public hearing for Millennium’s Hollywood Center Project being held tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 9:30am.

In a manner that further prejudices the public, even though City Planner Mindy Nguyen stated that the city will have video conferencing capability as early as next month, the Department of City Planning is holding this hearing entirely by telephone. … Read the rest

Councilmember David Ryu On Millennium


 

We are pleased to share an email and attachment from City Councilmember David Ryu.  In it he opposes the Millennium Hollywood Center Project.  We applaud him for that.

↓  (click on the below image to read email in its entirety)  ↓

 

Ryu notes the California Geological Survey report that is highly critical of the Draft EIR. … Read the rest

Our Latest Objection’s To The City


Our latest communication with the City relates to the inappropriateness of the scheduling a telephonic-only hearing to speed things along for Millennium, when the Final EIR has not even been issued.

As we note:

We object to the “bum’s rush” that the City and Millennium are giving the public regarding this dangerous and illegal project.… Read the rest

Important article on the Millennium Hollywood Center scandal. Although the title is:

Hollywood earthquake faults make proposed skyscrapers unsafe, says opposition group


it’s not just us, the “opposition group,” saying this. Take it from the Federal government and the State of California.

On May 8 and July 16, 2020, the United States Geological Survey and the California Geological survey issued official reports showing multiple active earthquake fault lines running through the Millennium Hollywood Center site.… Read the rest

Can You Keep A Secret? Millennium Partners Can! * UPDATED AGAIN! *

**  UPDATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 **

[ Note that the link to the California Geological Survey original email and letter has been put back into the administrative record as of yesterday ]

**  UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 4, 2020 **

[  Note that the link to the California Geological Survey letter to the City on their website is broken as of August 4, 2020.  … Read the rest

City Council, Raymond Chan and Millennium


 

Raymond Chan, was the Mayor Garcetti appointed General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS).   After resigning, Chan served a year as a Los Angeles deputy mayor for economic development until June 2017.    It was under Chan that Millennium’s improper seismic studies were accepted and approved by LADBS. … Read the rest

STMH & Attorney Robert P. Silverstein Won the 2013 Millennium Case, but the Community Needs to Rally Again!

 

 

In April 2015, STMH was victorious in our trial against the Los Angeles City Council and  Millennium Partners, LLC.  The Honorable James C. Chalfant threw out the EIR and all of Millennium’s project approvals, agreeing with us that the EIR was fatally flawed on 5 different grounds.  Chalfant states in part: “There were many aspects Caltrans wanted you to look at, that you didn’t look at.””… Read the rest