Hollywood : Court Asked to Intervene
Two community activists in Hollywood have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to require the California Supreme Court to hear arguments in a lawsuit that aims to block the $922-million Hollywood Redevelopment Plan.
Norton Halper and David Morgan, the plaintiffs in the suit, have long contended that the city-approved redevelopment plan is illegally written in a way that favors big business interests over those of the many small business owners and residents. But in August, the state’s highest court ruled against hearing the case and let stand lower court rulings that the redevelopment plan is valid.
Halper said he has asked the highest court to consider the case because there were violations of federal law in the way the redevelopment plan was created, specifically regarding notifying residents of the effort.
The move by Halper and Morgan is believed to be the last available recourse in their effort to thwart the controversial 30-year plan to give the faded movie capital an overhaul.
Kathryn Reimann, a lawyer representing the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, dismissed the petition as “further delaying tactics.”
“There were no federal issues raised,” she said.
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