Leaders of the Mar Vista Community Council and a nearby homeowners association are fuming over what they feel is a bad faith move by the Los Angeles Planning Department regarding a proposed development project at the site of several apartment buildings that could displace current tenants and change the character of the neighborhood.
Their ire stems from an action taken by the city Planning Department, which voted to approve a mitigated negative declaration for a proposed 92-unit condominium project that would replace apartments at 3160-3178 S. Barrington Ave. Last September, the community council, property owner Abraham Assil, and City Councilman Bill Rosendahl's office negotiated an agreement that would reduce the number of units to 48, along with a renovation and condominium conversion of the existing units.
