Thursday, September 21, 2006

Rumor Control concerning "Condos"

Recently I have been approached by several people who have wondered if I had heard the rumor that there are going to be condos built near the old Do-It Center site on Western at Caddington, quite near the Ponte Vista Development.

There are absolutely zero applications on file with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Department concerning ANY condominium development along Western Avenue, in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Not only did I communicate with an R.P.V. City Councilperson, I also asked Mr. Kit Fox personally if he had heard about anything rumored. Being that he is a big part of the R.P.V. City Planning Department, I was assured he would know the facts.

The rumor is just a rumor. The fact is that, at this time, there are no applications for any condo or mixed use developments on the site in question, or along Western Avenue in R.P.V.

Now that the rumor is out of the way, here is some information about R.P.V. and a "possibility" for some development along Western Avenue, in R.P.V.

Cities are mandated by the State of California and/or the Federal Government to provide "affordable housing" within their limits. The City Fathers of R.P.V. have to wrestle with the fact that there is not enough "affordable housing" in R.P.V. and the vast majority of land is too expensive within R.P.V. to build "affordable housing" on. So the governors of the city might look more favorably at a couple of sites on Western Avenue for "affordable housing" development than most other possible sites in R.P.V.

So, if anyone hears another rumor like; there is an application on file to build "affordable housing" condo units on Western Avenue in place of the Best Value Motel, Blue Crab, and shops just to the south, please let me know and I will get right onboard of rumor control again.

Stay tuned, If I get wind of anything, I'll include it on this blog.

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