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.
Just ran across these blog entries and I would like to point out that the bronze cannon still belongs to the Native Sons of the Golden West and it is only being held in trust by the City of Los Angeles. Either back in Pershing Square or at its present home in San Pedro is acceptable to NSGW but we should be consulted regarding these decisions and notified before any changes are made. Personally, I believe that given the current wave of iconoclasm, the cannon is safest right where it is.
ReplyDeleteJames P. King, Jr. Past Grand President
Native Sons of the Golden West
414 Mason St., Ste. 300
San Francisco, CA 94102
Your thoughts on the cannon are appreciated, James.
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