Santa Monica Mts. : Agency Urges Wall Removal
The effort to raze a 600-foot-long wall on Mulholland Drive that provides privacy for a bevy of celebrities gained a new ally this week when a state parks agency urged that it be torn down.
Critics say the wall--which neighbors and environmentalists have been trying to get rid of for more than a month--blocks the view from the road of the Westside and the ocean.
At a meeting Monday night of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy board, the conservancy’s executive director, Joseph T. Edmiston, warned that if the wall remains, Mulholland Drive will become like Pacific Coast Highway, “with its views ruined by development.”
By a 4-0 vote, the board subsequently urged the city of Los Angeles to revoke the permit it issued for the six-foot-high wall at the North Beverly Park Estates luxury housing development.
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