The LA City Council refuses to turn back a luxury hotel plan in a woodsy open space in Benedict Canyon.
After more than two hours of public comment, deliberation in closed session and suggestions of an ethics violation, the Los Angeles City Council today rejected a bid to halt a much-debated hotel project in Benedict Canyon that has drawn the ire of some neighbors.
The councilwoman offered four reasons why her colleagues should support her motion, including a possible ethics violation by her predecessor’s planning and land use deputy. The councilwoman also noted the developer, Gary Safady, had spent almost $3 million to lobby for the amendment. The hotel portion would include 18 buildings, a stand-alone parking structure, funicular railway and a main hotel building including outdoor amenities, commercial space and subterranean parking.
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