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The fate of the land, and the historic Santa Anita neighborhood around it, now hinges on a potential three-way battle between activists and two government bodies.
Council members at the beginning of the meeting unanimously agreed to drop discussion on the deal for now, hours after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled the Council could vote to approve the agreement but couldn’t finalize it before the end of the year.
The idea is to involve community members in developing vacant city-owned properties – many of which are empty dirt or gravel lots – into affordable housing, parks, urban micro-farms, and marketplaces for small businesses.
They want a citywide referendum on an approved housing
development in one of the city’s last areas of open space.
At stake is the fate of one of the city’s last areas of open
space.
Opponents vow referendum to stop building plans on one of the
city’s last areas of open space.
City Council unofficially agrees to a developer’s plan for one
of the city’s last remaining tracts of open space.
Residents will protest plans to develop last piece of open land
in Orange.
City councils in Fullerton and Orange in the coming weeks will
vote on development proposals that community groups oppose.
County supervisors approve leases of flood control land that
will allow for more access to the river trail.