Rosemead general plan passes

Rosemead Ok’d its general plan, and, gasp, it was passed on a 3-2 vote. Council members Gary Taylor and Margaret Clark dissented. Here is the story. 

Aspects of the general plan are:

— Allows an additional 6,000 housing units – a nearly 50 percent increase from the current 14,700 units. The increase is projected to bring the city’s population to 80,000 residents from the current 58,000.

— Under the plan, most growth would be in development where apartments or condominiums would be above or near street-level businesses. Such projects could be six or seven stories tall.

Much like the Wal-Mart fiasco, the general plan is deviding the council and the community. But then again, what doesn’t divide the Rosemead City Council?

And I understand why. Just look at the demographics, lengths of terms by each council member and their voting history. Clark and Taylor have a combined 50 years on the council, while Tran, Low and Nunez have a combined seven years.

Naturally, these leaders have their followers, and what results is a disjointed council that can rarely agree on anything.