Tony Villar: Worst Mayor Ever (Los Angeles, San Fernando: apartments, zoning, work)

[James T]

The vote is a victory for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and others who have argued that Los Angeles needs significantly denser zoning to keep up with the rapidly rising demand for housing.

The city is in the midst of a building boom that has seen high-density housing projects rise in downtown as well as Century City, Mid-Wilshire, the Westside and pockets of the San Fernando Valley. But these projects have also sparked a backlash from some residents, who say the new housing is worsening traffic and eroding the low-rise, suburban quality that has defined much of Los Angeles for decades.

L.A. moves toward more N.Y.-style downtown - Los Angeles Times

Is Villar doing ANYTHING that's going to benefit Los Angeles and increase our quality of life? Or, does he simply care about socially engineering Southern California in order to make a bid for the governorship?

[CHATTY CATHY]

Originally Posted by James T

L.A. moves toward more N.Y.-style downtown - Los Angeles Times

Is Villar doing ANYTHING that's going to benefit Los Angeles and increase our quality of life? Or, does he simply care about socially engineering Southern California in order to make a bid for the governorship?

well, he cares enough about having control over LAUSD in that the Board suddenly came into an enormous raise in pay ! Imagine that !!
Pulling out all the stops to get his way.
Sort of like his girlfriends rise in the networks.
gee, having an illicit affair with a married public official...whata you do? give her a promotion !

[RedNC]

What did you think Viavavoso was going to do?
He is making LA into his own Mexican kingdom.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by James T

L.A. moves toward more N.Y.-style downtown - Los Angeles Times

Is Villar doing ANYTHING that's going to benefit Los Angeles and increase our quality of life? Or, does he simply care about socially engineering Southern California in order to make a bid for the governorship?

Good article.

Article in 'The Weekly' several weeks ago pointed out that most of these LA politicians, who want dense multi unit living for the rest of us, live in traditional single family homes in neighborhoods with wide streets. Hypocrites.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by RedNC

What did you think Viavavoso was going to do?
He is making LA into his own Mexican kingdom.

Pretty much. The more slums he can get built, the more illegals can pile into them and the more votes he'll get.

[katenik]

can't they understand that many of us are here precisely because LA isn't a concrete jungle? i don't want to live in that kind of city.

[katenik]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Pretty much. The more slums he can get built, the more illegals can pile into them and the more votes he'll get.

this is depressing.

[greggd]

Why do you think he was endorsed by everyone and their brother?

I knew he was in the developer's pocket when he was endorsed by Richard Riordan and a few of the other major developer's and consultants here in Los Angeles.

The downtown area is ripe for major, major re-development with tax deductions and bond money from the local govt. I am for redevelopment, but in a way that increases the quality of life for the citizens. Setback requirements allow for vegetation and street trees. Proper transportation and services, park areas & views are not in line with what was passed into law.

I really can't say there is an substantial issue he has taken on with a positive and completed outcome. Like Ive mentioned in the past, his pothole repair program is smoke and mirrors to avoid necessary repaving and increasing the quality of the road surfaces to handle the increased and heavier traffic we now have.

Look at the apartments in playa vista, not the ones along jefferson, but the ones along lincoln. They look like prison barracks.

[TheRealAngelion]

I don't mind the development downtown. It's needed and is key to that area's revitalization. But to expand it to the rest of the city is no good. There seems to be no leadership or direction whatsoever on a real urban plan for LA and its future that deals with everything from zoning, traffic mitigation, public transportation and commercial development/redevelopment. Everything is done in bits and pieces and its just build, build, build from City Hall. LA is suffering its greatest leadership vacuum, perhpas in more than 50 years.

[RedNC]

There won't be any problem finding cheap labor.