Las Lomas bid to speed plans
The developer planning the 5,800-home Las Lomas mini-city in the Newhall Pass wants to pay the city of Los Angeles to focus city planners on the project and help speed up review. Kerry Cavanaugh and Judy O'Rourke in the Daily News.
It's not uncommon for developers of large projects to cover the cost of city staff time, which can add up to hundreds of hours.
But the proposed agreement between the Las Lomas Land Company and the city is unusual because the project has been stalled for several years amid political and environmental opposition.