The council deadlocked on a 7-7 vote on a motion that would have halted the controversial hotel in Benedict Canyon.
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday is set to vote on whether to reconsider a land use designation for the Bulgari Hotel project — a controversial development proposal in Benedict Canyon that has drawn attention from residents, Hollywood celebrities and others.
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.
Yaroslavsky expressed her concern that if her motion failed it might set a precedent "that if you have enough money and can hire enough lobbyists in Los Angeles, even ones that are married to your planning deputies, you can build whatever you want, wherever you want, using whatever murky shady means you see fit to deploy."
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