Like many of you, we have been stonewalled by the City when trying to get answers to our questions regarding the status of the dangerous and illegal Hollywood Center Project.
Over the last 45 days or so, our attorney Robert Silverstein has sent letter after letter to City Planner Mindy Nguyen. … Read the rest
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
In response to our attorney Robert Silverstein’s CPRA request made October 9, 2020, the Mayor’s office sent a response as seen below:
Note the Mayor’s office offers no explanation as to why an extension is needed. This is most likely due to the problems this would create for the City if they followed CA Government Code 6253.,… Read the rest
Did you hear that Councilman Mitch O’Farrell mysteriously wrote a letter saying “additional seismic review should occur before this project advances any further in the entitlement process”?
Could LA City Hall finally be facing the truth? Did city officials realize their conduct could cost taxpayers billions of dollars when those skyscrapers come crashing down?… Read the rest
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
You may have heard us mention Millennium’s Leaning Tower of San Francisco; the tallest residential high rise on the West Coast when it opened in 2009 consisting of 419-unit luxury condominiums. What you may have not heard, until today is:
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
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
The Department of City Planning posted and distributed their 2nd Revised Agenda for the October 15, 2020 CPC hearing last night due to what appears to be a last minute whim by Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell.
Up until yesterday, we hadn’t heard from Councilmember O’Farrell regarding the Hollywood Center Project.… Read the rest
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:
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 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
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
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
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
The Department of City Planning sent out the Letter of Determination for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 82152 accompanied by the Appeal Filing Procedures.
City Planning Commission meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 15, 2020 for the related case numbers: CPC-2018-2114-DB-CU-MCUP-SPR and CPC-2018-2115-DA.
The Department has given the public 10 CALENDAR DAYS from today to file an appeal.… Read the rest
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
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
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
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
As you know, the City held a telephonic-only public hearing on August 26, 2020 to hear testimony and consider the Vesting Tentative Tract Map Application and Final EIR (that has not yet been released to the public). Offering a final opportunity for City Planning to do the right thing, our attorney Robert Silverstein sent in this objection letter prior to the hearing.… Read the rest
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
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
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
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 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
The Department of City Planning sent out a Notice of Public Hearing today scheduled for August 26, 2020 at 9:30am.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
TIME: 9:30am
CALL NUMBER: (213) 338-8477
when prompted enter this meeting ID number: 924 8586 5202, #
In a recent STMH Post we dared to ask the question if City Officials intended to drive over the cliff with Millennium Partners. … Read the rest
See our attorney Robert Silverstein’s latest letter about the Millennium Hollywood Center scandal.
New reports from the United States Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey find multiple active earthquake fault lines cross the Millennium Hollywood Center site. They basically say that approving skyscrapers there would be illegal and insane.… Read the rest
“I would be disgusted if we had to drive through downtown Los Angeles for generations and see buildings marking the city skyline that were achieved through bribery and corruption.”
Does Krekorian believe this plague of corruption stops in downtown LA?… Read the rest
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
[ Note that the link to the California Geological Survey original email and letter has been put back into the administrative record as of yesterday ]
[ 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
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
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
On April 16, 2020, the Department of City Planning dropped the 13,000-page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), kicking off the 45 day window for public comments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Garcetti had nothing to say when the flood of requests were made by residents to extend the public comment period – during the pandemic.… Read the rest
A November 4, 2015 article by Variety writes: “Hollywood will be looking more “Star Trek” than “L.A. Confidential” in the next few years. . .”
Mixed-use and mega-sized projects like Millennium’s Hollywood Center Project threaten our already over-burdened infrastructure. Creates additional traffic and brings worlds of problems to the surrounding neighborhoods.… Read the rest
LA Times writer Patt Morrison profiles our attorney Robert Silverstein in a well conducted interview. It highlights the moral and ethical values that guide Robert in his quest to bring justice and a level playing field to the battle between the citizens and the politicians.
A few highlights from the article:
“In this county, the power to rezone property involves the power to create great wealth, and the effect of
corrupt action by a public official in these matters, in my opinion,is just as reprehensible as taking money from the public treasury.”
Here’s the good news. The judge doesn’t care what the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) says about the earthquake studies submitted Millennium Partners, LLC. Judge Chalfant determined that the City violated CEQA when it disregarded the concerns of Caltrans,
pursuant to Pub.… Read the rest
There was a fascinating debate on KCRW’s Which Way L.A., moderated by Warren Olney on the disparity between residents and developers and shown in the following quotes from developer Mott Smith and our community-advocacy attorney, Robert P. Silverstein.
“A recent study … looked at Environmental Impact Reports that had gone to court under challenges like the ones we’re talking about here.… Read the rest
Dear Friends,
Please see this May 26, 2015 Wall St. Journal article about our Millennium battle.
“If you are doing development within any proximity to a freeway-which includes a great deal of development in Los Angeles-you’re now going to have to consider Caltrans in your process in a greater way than before,” Mr.… Read the rest
By Jonathan Van Dyke, 5/07/2015
Today the Hollywood Community won an important victory reaffirming the ability of the people to direct the future development of Hollywood. We have demonstrated to our elected officials and to the City Planning Department that they will not be allowed to impose upon us the failed “Transit Oriented Development” planning model and the destructive “Regional Center, Commercial” planning policy.… Read the rest
On Saturday, April 25, the devastation that comes from massive earthquakes was on front pages around the world. A 7.8 near-surface quake hit rural Nepal resulting in thousands dead. The implication is clear for us living in a dense urban area near the surface-rupture Hollywood Fault which Dr. Dolan estimates last broke conservatively (that’s the low end of the range) with magnitude 7.0.… Read the rest
