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July 21, 2008
Councilman Opposes Smart Planning in Van Nuys
What? So, Metro is set to vote this week on a mixed-use residential/commercial development that will literally be feet from the Orange Line Sepulveda station in Van Nuys (you know, in that huge parking lot no one uses). "When they first came to me about it, it was supposed to be all residential," Councilman Tony Cardenas, who represents the area, is quoted saying in the Daily News. "Now they are talking about having commercial development." Cardenas also voted against a sales tax increase that could go towards public transit projects such as the "Subway to the Sea."
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These suburban politicians are so out of touch, it's laughable. I bet he also drives a Hummer.
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Well, he's not from the suburbs. That's still the city of LA over there. And secondly, he's obviously a total jackass that has no idea what the city needs for future growth.
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While The Valley is indeed part of the City of Los Angeles, it's still the suburbs.
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While much of the Valley is suburbs-like and often was referenced to as "America's Suburb," it's still not the suburbs, it's just suburban.
And I wouldn't say the East Valley south of the 101 Freeway is the suburbs either. Sherman Oaks and Studio City still have the density layout and heavy transit corridor to make it as much as Los Angeles as "over the hill."
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*sigh*
You both are arguing semantics, when you know exactly what I'm talking about.
The Valley has a very suburban mentality, which is why someone like Tony Cardenas cannot see the obvious advantages to this project.
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His name is Tony CARdenas, after all...
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If a community is suburban, it is a suburb! As resolved here (sorta).
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He is arguing against it because another "all residential" building in the valley would be a good thing? I guess the endless generic strip malls are much better than a mixed use development. It's so crazy. It is strange how different the mentality could be less than 20 miles away. What the valley needs is more retail besides malls or generic strip malls. The probably I think is that the neighbors will view any development in a negative way because they have some ideal of being in the suburbs but Van Nuys is definitely urban nowadays, so why not have positive,creative growth?
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"While The Valley is indeed part of the City of Los Angeles, it's still the suburbs."
get over it, we all live in this poly-centered suburban region.
the mentality is no different than the NIMBYism along the wilshire corridor.