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L.A. County Supervisor Opposes Universal Studios Housing Plan

Zev Yaroslavsky, the LA County Supervisor for the Third District, (which includes Universal City) sent Universal President, Ron Meyer, a letter on Tuesday asking the studio to abandon its plans to develop the back lot into a 3000 unit housing … Continue reading

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NBC Universal Cancels Plans for Massive MTA Universal Project

CUSG was extremely pleased to read of the decision by NBC Universal to cancel its plans to build a massive, 1.5 million square foot production and office space project on top of the current parking lot at the Universal City … Continue reading

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Universal Evolution Plan update:

As of July 1, 2011, according to the City of Los Angeles Planning Department, the FEIR (Final Environmental Impact Report) for the Universal Evolution Plan is still months away. This project differs from others as both the City and the … Continue reading

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CUSG Responds to the DEIR

The representatives of CUSG have prepared a lengthy response letter to LA City Planner, Jon Foreman, in response to the NBC Universal Evolution Plan DEIR.  We have carefully considered all of the potential issues and impacts as outlined in the … Continue reading

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The Clock Is Ticking…

As CUSG prepares its comments to the LA City Planning commission by the February 4th deadline, we urge all residents to add strength in numbers and to submit their own comments.  Visit our “Take Action” page for instructions and a … Continue reading

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Help Spread the Word – Hand out a Flyer

With time and resources short, we need to let our neighbors know about the Evolution Plan, our organization, and the need for comments to the DEIR. You can help us do that by downloading and distributing our flyers. download our … Continue reading

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EIR Humor

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Neighbor Tackles 39,000 Page DEIR

Have you ever read “War and Peace?”  How about reading it 28 times in a row?  That’s the equivalent of reading the 39,000 pages of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) . Released on November 4th by NBC Universal, the … Continue reading

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Before And After

These are “before” and “after” renderings from the DEIR looking South from the corner of Barham and Forest Lawn Dr.  The bottom one is called “Conceptual Plan with Signage.” Don’t you love how there are practically no cars on the … Continue reading

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THE PUBLIC HAS SPOKEN: MAJOR PROBLEMS FOUND WITH EVOLUTION PLAN DEIR

12/16/10:  At a 4-hour Public Comment Meeting Monday night, held jointly by L.A. County and City, members of the public had their first chance to weigh in on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the massive NBC Universal Evolution … Continue reading

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