An unwanted skyline for the Valley?

A Los Angeles city plan that would make it easier for residential developers to put up bigger buildings is being decried by a county supervisor as a trigger for a "demolition derby" that would reshape the face of the South Valley and Westside. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The city's proposed "density bonus" rule would let developers build taller, larger buildings if they include low-income units.

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, a former city councilman who spearheaded a successful anti-density ballot measure in the 1980s, predicts the density bonus would "take a wrecking ball to some of the most beautiful, quaint neighborhoods in Los Angeles."

City planners and developers say Yaroslavsky is exaggerating the potential impact.