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Letter BHLG <br /> BRANDY-HAWLEY LAW GROUP <br /> Er~~%iror,r;~er~:~/Pr~:~~~~~~lic?r, <br /> Susan Brandt-Hawley Chduvet House PO Box 1659 Legal Assistant <br /> Jeanie Stapleton <br /> Glen Ellen, California 95442 <br /> June 4, 2010 <br /> Mayor Miguel A. Pulido <br /> and Members of the Santa Ana City Council <br /> council(~santa-ana.org <br /> Subject: Transit Zoning Code and Station District Development <br /> Dear Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers: <br /> On behalf of the Friends of the Lacy Historic Neighborhood, I respectfully ask <br /> the Council to reject the needless demolitions proposed by the Station District <br /> Development. Understanding the importance of community revitalization, the BHLG-1 <br /> Friends urge the Council to consider whether laudatory project objectives can be <br /> feasibly achieved without demolition of unique historic properties. Yes, they can. <br /> Friends is a public interest group formed in November 2009 and devoted to <br /> the appreciation, preservation, and adaptive reuse of the aesthetic, historic, and <br /> cultural resources of Santa Ana's Lacy Neighborhood. The Friends retained this <br /> office because our statewide law practice focuses on citizen enforcement of the <br /> California Environmental Quality Act, particularly involving historic resources. The <br /> many CEQA cases we have handled over the last twenty-five years include published <br /> appellate and Supreme Court decisions in Friends of Sierra Madre v. City of Sierra BHLG-2 <br /> Madre, Lincoln Place Tenants Association v. City of Los Angeles, The Pocket Protectors <br /> <br /> v. City of Sacramento, Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, Friends of the <br /> <br /> Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, Architectural Heritage Association v. <br /> County of Monterey, League for Protection v. City of Oakland, Galante Vineyards v. <br /> Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Stanislaus Natural Heritage Project <br /> <br /> v. County of Stanislaus, and Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma. <br /> As you may recall, when the City approved demolition contracts in the Lacy <br /> Neighborhood last year, the Friends filed suit based on violations of CEQA. (Santa BHLG-3 <br /> <br /> Ana Superior Court Case 30-2009 00321561-CU-WM-CMX.) The Friends were <br /> appreciative that the City Council responded to the lawsuit by rescinding the <br /> 707.938.3900 ~ fax 707.938.3200 ~ sus~nbhC~preservationlawyers.com <br /> <br />