City Allots $247,000 More for Headlands Planning
The City Council has agreed to spend $247,156 more to complete planning and environmental studies that will guide proposed development of the environmentally sensitive Headlands.
City Manager John B. Bahorski said the additional money will let the city complete the two studies at the same time. About $200,000 already has been set aside for the planning study.
“We’re trying to move the project along at a quicker pace,” Bahorski said.
After a two-year court battle and years of controversy, the city restarted planning for the 122-acre bluff-top property last summer.
Voters in 1994 rejected plans for a 400-room hotel, a shopping center and up to 370 homes at the site. An appellate court upheld the two referendums but said the city had to allow development at some point or compensate the landowners.
The Headlands is owned by M.H. Sherman Co. and Chandis Securities Co., a firm that oversees the financial holdings of the Chandler family, a major stockholder in Times Mirror Co., which publishes the Los Angeles Times.
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