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2012/01/13 - [도시계획 Urban Planning/Economic Development] - LA 재개발국 (Community Redevelopment Agency) 직원 해고 시작

윗글에서 소개한대로 Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)는 이미 해체수순을 밟고 있습니다. CRA는 다운타운 재개발을 비롯한 재개발 프로젝트의 중추적인 역할을 감당해온 기관이었습니다만, 이제 역사속으로 사라지게 되었네요. 문제는 CRA가 진행중이던 프로젝트들이 여기저기에 꽤 있었다는 사실입니다. 이 프로젝트들은 이제 공중으로 붕 떠버리게 되었는데, 이런 '낙동강 오리알' 프로젝트 중에 다운타운에서 진행중이던 프로젝트들에 대한 전망을 Los Angeles Downtown News에서 다루었습니다. 

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/cra-s-demise-puts-downtown-properties-in-limbo/article_48bead16-3e37-11e1-8438-0019bb2963f4.html 

이 기사 중에 이런 부분이 눈에 띄는데요..

To meet the terms of the new law, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency must sell all of its property that was not tied to contractual obligations as of January 2011. Other projects or CRA investments approved after June 29 - from streetscape and façade improvements to land acquisitions or private developments - are also on ice.

"If we did not get a contract in place as of June 29, it's not going ahead, period," said CRA spokesman David Bloom.
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While some critics of the court decision fear the redevelopment dissolution will lead to a public land fire sale, which in theory would flood the market and depress property values, it is unclear how many Downtown CRA holdings would qualify for liquidation.

Properties under contract cannot be sold. That includes the land below several large parking facilities in Downtown. Among them is the Broadway Spring Center at 333 S. Spring St., which is leased by a parking company that has the right to purchase the site. It's the same scenario at the Met Lofts - the South Park apartment complex sits on city-owned property but is controlled by developer Forest City through a long-term lease. 

즉 6월 29일까지 시공계약을 매듭짓지 않으면, 모든 프로젝트들이 다 중단될 것이라는 이야기로 들립니다.  
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미주 한국일보 기사에 LA Metro 의 Regional Connector project 에 관한 기사가 나와서 포스팅합니다. 기사는 http://www.koreatimes.com/article/707144 에 있습니다. 쉽게 이야기하자면, 대각선 방향으로 뻗어나가면서 제각각 노는 Gold Line, Expo Line, Blue Line을 잇는 장치를 마련하겠다는 말입니다.

Regional Connector 프로젝트 전반에 관한 정보는 http://www.metro.net/projects/connector/ 에서 찾아보실 수 있습니다.  

 

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캘리포니아 고속철도 건설공사 (California High Speed Rail Construction Authority)의 CEO와 이사회 의장이 갑작스레 사임하였습니다. 관련 기사는  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0113-bullet-resign-20120113,0,7586034.story에서 보실 수 있습니다.  

사임이유로 '추정'할 수 있는 힌트가 몇 가지 있네요.

 It became apparent last year that the political and funding battles over keeping the project alive were far from over. A new, hostile Republican majority in the House of Representatives cast doubt on future federal funding.

Rather than focusing on engineering, Van Ark began spending more time on the acrimonious politics engulfing the project. Van Ark was called before the Legislature 15 times last year.

"I think he took over a totally dysfunctional organization," said state Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), one of those who summoned Van Ark. "The distrust by the Legislature was already there. He was always in a defensive posture, defending against this attack or that attack. I think it just wore him out. His skills did not match the situation that evolved."

Others said Brown was unhappy with the project's trajectory. He recently proposed creation of a new state transportation agency to oversee both highway and state rail projects, including the bullet train.

"It's not a coincidence that Van Ark and Umberg happened on the same day," said state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), another lawmaker with oversight responsibility for the project. "This is clearly an effort by the administration to start fresh and push the reset button."

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