No Need for New Mall

We are homeowners near the site where a new mall is to be built in North Hollywood (April 29). We have lived in the area for many years and take pride in our medium-income residential area.

Times have changed since we bought here. Cars park on the street each day and leave their trash from the fast-food chains nearby. Many of our neighbors are elderly and are afraid to walk on the streets even during the day. We do not need any more traffic or gridlock. Both of us use Laurel Canyon Boulevard going south to go to work each day. The traffic is so bad that often it is backed up several blocks to the on-ramp. A few weeks ago at Laurel Canyon and Oxnard Street, they were working on the street, and even at 7 a.m. the traffic was at a standstill.

At Erwin between Laurel Canyon and Radford Street, there is a fence and divider wall that has been there for several years. It is not maintained as it should be.

We definitely do not need any additional traffic with a new shopping mall that will be 12 times larger then the current one. Joel Wachs is our councilman. If Ernani Bernardi were still our councilman, this would not be happening to us.

MR. and MRS. EDWIN C. FALK

North Hollywood