Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Pershing Square Renew has dissolved

As the CRA/LA successor agency goes into closed session today to take up the matter of the sale of Bunker Hill Parcel Y-1 (aka Angels Landing) to MarcFarlane Partners, we checked the California Charities Registry and discovered that Jose Huizar's nonprofit Pershing Square Renew has filed a request to dissolve. Attorney General Xavier Becerra accepted the nonprofit's statement that it has no assets—hmm, did that million dollar donation check ever clear? It's not on their 990s—and has approved the dissolution process.

We still believe the best solution for Pershing Square is to restore it to John Parkinson's beloved 1910 design, with his later addition of mid-block walkways, and we will continue to advocate for this popular and effective path. 

And we think the sweetheart Angels Landing deal should be voided in light of the ongoing public corruption investigation that taints every project that passed through Jose Huizar's PLUM Committee, and particularly those in his district, CD14.