Council OKs Sale of Building to L.A. Unified
The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Tuesday to the $50-million sale of a Department of Water and Power office building to the Los Angeles Unified School District to use as a high school.
The terms and conditions of the sale include an option for DWP to lease back much of the building for up to 20 years to continue operating a water-testing laboratory and telephone call center.
DWP will pay the school district more than $3 million a year to lease space in the Sun Valley building for about 900 employees.
The district, facing a classroom overcrowding crisis in the northeast San Fernando Valley, hopes to complete much of the conversion in time for 900 students to begin taking classes in the four-story building next July. The building will eventually accommodate 2,500 students.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
