Homeowners Say They’re Bradley’s ‘Scapegoats’
More than a dozen homeowner leaders from throughout Los Angeles on Wednesday denounced recent efforts by Mayor Tom Bradley to portray them as obstacles to economic growth and the construction of affordable housing.
Barbara Fine, a vice president of the Federation of Hillside and Canyon Assns. and a Benedict Canyon resident, charged at a City Hall news conference that Bradley is “using us as scapegoats” for his Administration’s own failures.
In a speech in July, Bradley complained that the city’s Planning Department staff too often favors the slow-growth movement and its main proponents--middle-class homeowner groups--in its decisions. In the same address, Bradley said the city must either grow or stagnate economically.
Last week, the mayor partly blamed the outspoken and often politically potent neighborhood organizations for the city’s inability to provide sufficient affordable housing for its citizens.
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