Bel Air Homeowners Alliance

Key examples of Alliance achievements, directly through advocacy of Alliance officers and directors or indirectly via its retained lawyers, lobbyists, and land use/environmental experts, include: (1) Working with Los Angeles City Council District 5, the Los Angeles Planning Department, and community stakeholders to obtain a special Bel-Air Overlay Zone with tailored work rules and limitations on home development projects; (2) An Interim Control Ordinance limiting earth export for each new construction project in Bel Air to 6,000 cubic yards (vis a vis no limits before); (3) Focus by the LA Dept. of Building and Safety on the cumulative effect of granted haul routes, whereas before hauling permits were granted on a one-off basis with no regard for the overall cumulative effect of the thousands of truck trips permitted; (4) The one truck at a time in Bel Air rule, along with additional safety precautions such as multiple flag personnel and other conditions;(5) Assistance in advocating for the stop work orders and ongoing intense investigation of the permit violations on the 901 Strada Vecchia project; (6) The placement of three Alliance representatives on the Board of the Bel Air Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council and its Planning and Land Use Committee to be proactive in addressing the mission of the Alliance; (7) The increased focus of law enforcement officials on building and trucking inspections and compliance;(8) Creating a presence in the community leading to the motivation of many developers, such as the Tortuoso property project management (three large homes on a 10.5 acre tract requiring the removal of 50,000 cubic yards of dirt with each home expected to be marketed at a price exceeding $85M), to work constructively with our Alliance to mitigate adverse impacts of their construction activities in our community; (9) Superb local and national media coverage of our Alliance concerns and the need for remedial action; (10) Solving community problems by working with appropriate city agencies to solve specific street issues, traffic matters (such as Perugia Way) and obtaining appropriate signage for certain streets; and preventing hauling trucks from staging on Stone Canyon Road; and (11) Supporting our neighbors in hearings and legal proceedings in their efforts to oppose the granting of egregious development variances including the use of Section 245 by Los Angeles City Council to overcome planning department opposition to the 360 Stone Canyon Road mansion.