Nehemiah West Proposal Moves On to City Council
City Councilwoman Gloria Molina on Monday supported and forwarded to the City Council a nonprofit developer’s plan to buy the city’s abandoned LANCER trash incinerator site in South Los Angeles to build Nehemiah West, a development of 316 townhouse-style homes selling for just $62,000.
Molina, chairwoman of the Housing and Community Redevelopment Committee, said the project, which relies on the purchase of city-owned land at a below-market price, “is a great idea . . . Everyone wants to see the project move as quickly as possible.”
No date for council action has been set.
Nehemiah West Housing Corp. was created by two church organizations, United Neighborhoods Foundation and Southern California Organizing Committee, to build new communities in poor areas.
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