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The Avis Ridley-Thomas
ACTION ALERT
Successful!
STA OFFICIAL ACTION ALERT!
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"They all say the same thing.
No to Home Depot.
The unanimity of one community to this
magnitude is unlike that which I have
ever seen. "
-Michael Higby, Mayor Sam Blog
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More Ideas for the
former K-Mart site!
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The Infamous Leaked
Memo!!!
(click images for larger versions)
We will forever be indebted to the mysterious
"Insider With A Conscience" at HD/Latham &
Watkins/Dakota Communications for getting this
memo out to the Daily News!
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And here is one of the two "Cease &
Desist" demands Joe received.
HERE
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A proud sponsor of the
NHDC.....
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No Home Depot Campaign Co-Chairman
Abby Diamond
awarded
"Woman Of The
Year 2007"
By The Business & Professional Women
Association!
For her tireless efforts in working to
make a better Sunland-Tujunga, and for
fighting the good fight!!
Congratulations to Abby from all of us in
the community!
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Lowe's is Coming
to Pacoima!
Could this be the real
reason Home Depot
desperately wants to
open the
Sunland-Tujunga store?
Lowes is opening a 134,000 sq ft
store on the corner of Paxton &
San Fernando. It is only about
1.5 miles as the crow flies from
their San Fernando store.
The plot thickens!
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TheFoothillsForum
A forum dedicated to the Foothills
communities
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HOME DEPOT'S
$10,000,000.00 Lawsuit against the
City of Los Angeles
CAN BE VIEWED HERE:
Superior Court of the State of California
County of Los Angeles, Central District
Case No. BS 111954
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THE NO HOME DEPOT IN SUNLAND-TUJUNGA CAMPAIGN WEB SITE
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URGENT!
(Thanks to all that have already written,
if you haven't, now is your chance!)
WRITE A LETTER TODAY!
Home Depot’s application for Project Permit Compliance Review
is currently being reviewed by Maya Zaitzevsky of
City Planning’s Office of Zoning Administration to determine
the level of Environmental Assessment that will be required.
It is critical NOW to let the City know that a full Environmental Impact
Report must be required. Letters regarding the impacts this large
warehouse operation will have in S-T are important.
Be polite, be firm, and use your own words.
Send a copy of your letter to STA (address below).
Traffic, Air, Noise, and Water Pollution:
Home Depot expects 18-20 truck deliveries per day from their
suppliers: The heavy equipment used by Home Depot in their daily
operations will negatively affect quality of life for our community with
increased levels of noise and diesel pollution:
The property abuts the Haines Canyon Flood Control Channel.
Demand a Comprehensive Traffic Study:
Foothill Boulevard is the only commercial street in Sunland-Tujunga, and the
surrounding residential streets are too narrow for the overflow traffic.
The proposed store is over a mile from the Sunland exit off the 210.
Let the City know your concerns about streets and
freeways surrounding Sunland-Tujunga.
If truckers and contractors use the Sunland exit from the I-5, traffic in Shadow
Hills will be impacted. Delivery trucks and contractors might use Foothill
Boulevard through Lake View Terrace to approach Sunland-Tujunga. The
truckers will surely find a way to avoid the 210/2 or the 210/118 interchanges
because of the new traffic signals that have been installed.
Land Use: A Home Depot warehouse in this prime location is
inappropriate for this residential community:
The property adjoins residential backyards and a senior mobile home park:
There are homes directly across the street from the Woodward Ave drive way:
Apperson Elementary School is only 2 blocks away:
Our Community Plan promises us a Community Center; pedestrian friendly, and
serving the needs of the neighborhood.
The Building May be Unsafe:
The construction documents submitted by Home Depot in 2006 contain several
errors, some significant: “Dead load” calculations for the new roof are too low:
New roof openings weaken the roof: Incorrect seismic factor in relation to the
roof; the project site is in close proximity to a known earthquake fault: Demand
that the construction plans submitted with the new application be reviewed
carefully for compliance to current safety standards and apply to this specific site.
(Several pages of the Plans submitted with an earlier
application were of another Home Depot location).
Send your letters to: (we suggest addressing the original to M.
Zaitzevsky with copies to the others)
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"As though taking part in a perpetual
community meeting, No2HomeDepot.com
has been able to respond to the corporation
(Home Depot), its lawyers and its publicists,
in real time, and at a sophisticated level."
-Joseph Mailander
Guest columnist, LA DAILY NEWS
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"For far too long, the masses napped while Los Angeles was
plundered. They're awake now, grouchy and suspicious, and
ready for a fight."
-Steve Lopez, L.A. Times 3/2/08
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"If you want to save your community
and the character of your
neighborhood, look, listen and
learn from the people of
Sunland-Tujunga."
Ron Kaye, ronkayela.com
Updated for Saturday, July 19, 2008
See "NEWSFLASH" for Daily Updates!
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Representing our community since 2005
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The Sunland-Tujunga Alliance, Inc.
is a non profit, grassroots group of
volunteers working to raise public awareness
on issues that affect our community.
We are the parent organization of
The No Home Depot Campaign.
Please follow the link below for updates on
our involvement with the Save The Verdugo
Hills Golf Course Committee, and information
about our other activities.
sunlandtujungaalliance.com
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• Maya Zaitzevsky, Zoning Administration, 200 N. Spring St., Room 721,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Councilmember Wendy Greuel, 200 N. Spring St., Room 475,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
• S. Gail Goldberg, AICP, Director of Planning, 200 N. Spring St., Room 525,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Hector Buitrago, LA Dept. of Bldg & Safety, 201 N. Figueroa St., Ste. 1030,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Sergio Valdez, LADOT 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, Room 320,
Van Nuys, CA 91401
• Sunland-Tujunga Alliance, Inc. P.O. Box 123, Tujunga, CA 91043
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What Could the Former K-Mart site be
besides a Home Depot?
(click image for larger view)
A Pedestrian Friendly Shopping Center that Serves the
Needs Of the Community?
Shops and Restaurants? General Merchandise that we
currently don't have?
A bookstore? A Movie Theater? Something for the Kids
to do? A Bowling Alley perhaps?
It can be many of these things. The Community Plan says
it must be.
Imagine the Possibilities!
This is the only site large enough in the area
to develop as an anchor retail center.
If Home Depot gets their way, there will not be
an opportunity to have a Community Center
for at least 2 generations
(that's how long HD holds the lease).
That's why we fight, that's why we all must
work together to stop HD from
stealing our future.
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