(Jan. 18, 2021) -- LB's grassroots Riverpark Coalition has announced plans to seek public funds and grants to buy and build previously planned parkland adjacent to the L.A. River in the Los Cerritos neighborhood. At a Jan. 16 Zoom rally -- visible on-demand here -- Assemblyman (and speculated LB Mayoral candidate) Patrick O'Donnell (D, LB-SP) encouraged the group's effort, citing several government entities as potential funding sources. To view Assemblyman O'Donnell's remarks at the Zoom rally, click here. Riverpark Coalition leader Kimberly Walters said a river-adjacent park at 3701 Pacific Place (just north of the 405 freeway and east of the 710 freeway) is a modest, reasonable and overdue action after years of publicly-announced and media-touted "plans" for river-adjacent open space. The Riverpark Coalition has deployed professionally printed lawn signs already very visible in the 8th district area.
She said the group won't be deterred by temporary setbacks, noting that the Riverpark Coalition has already raised thousands of dollars for a legal defense fund and policy advocacy and is actively raising more.. To pursue their Riverpark plan, the group must first stop a Council majority in the coming weeks from approving a commercial/personal storage building and parking for RVs, trailers, campers, boats, trucks) at the site in LB's Los Cerritos neighborhood, which under prior ownership was a golf driving range. On March 6, 2018, 8th district Councilman Al Austin (and seven of his Council colleagues, Supernaw dissenting) approved Land Use Element (LUE) changes (proposed by city staff months earlier) that included carving out the parcel for "neo-industrial" uses. Insite Property Group has now used that Council action to propose its development described on its website here. We're told it's also distributed door hangers in the neighborhood. [Scroll down for further.] |
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