Sunday, April 10, 2011

Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Bias?

After reading the latest Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council newsletter I have to ask why the bias towards Mary Star of the Sea High School? The council donated $5000 of their precious resources to POLA High School. No funds for San Pedro High School, or a school directly in their neighborhood, Mary Star of the Sea High School (MSHS).

I know the council is working on trying to lower the density of the old Ponte Vista project, which would help Mary Star. But the logic against the density is all about traffic. Not about community. One only needs to look at the Vue and the condos down town to realize that the large number of condos will mostly become rentals. More transient (less than a few years) makes the community less stable, less Pedro like where people stay for generations. I wish someone would just lay it out there that Pedro is too dense already and that we have tons of low income housing already, jsut look below Pacific.

Maybe next year the council will donate to MSHS or Pedro High. Maybe the council will state clearly that the high density will affect the quality of the community. Inconsistent with the feel of Northwest San Pedro. It should point to the wider San Pedro community as meeting the housing requirements of greater LA.

Just a guy rambling.

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