Parking

Resident asked whether the city plans to modernize aging parking structures, citing gate malfunctions and Century City's technology.

Said he was repeatedly denied follow-up from Councilmember Friedman, called the red-curb policy inconsistent and dangerous, and criticized the city's inadequate response to his public records request; asked the mayor to investigate who makes such policies.

Opposed angled parking — warned of cut-through traffic onto Doheny and Le Pierre, dangerous backing-out maneuvers, and urged a parking structure, shuttles, and flashing lights near Horace Mann instead.

A former Traffic and Parking Commission chair who supports improving parking but urged the council not to prejudge a study outcome, given 800–1,000 vehicles per hour already exceed one lane's capacity.

Strongly supported studying the change — not for parking, but to slow dangerous traffic near Horace Mann, recounting a crash that put an SUV partially on the sidewalk near her children.

Speaking as a resident (not commissioner), backed making Robertson 'a place to go, not a place to go through,' citing red-light running near Horace Mann and the D line's future impact on traffic patterns.

Supported rethinking Robertson but said angled parking is the wrong 'yes' — urged complete-street principles, questioned through-traffic share, and raised bike lane and D line first/last-mile gaps.

Delivered an eccentric comment linking a 'Louis Vuitton Kingdom' hotel proposal to the parking discussion, including claims of flying cars and a luxury police collaboration.

Owner of Lodge Bread Company on Robertson — said parking scarcity is crippling the business, with three straight money-losing periods, and urged the city to continue pursuing angled parking or other solutions.

Property owner on Robertson — urged a yes vote to study angled parking, saying vacant retail could force redevelopment and that the city needs a vision for the corridor now, not in three to four years.

Returned with two suggestions: a shuttle from nearby garages and flashing warning lights near Horace Mann, citing her own serious red-light crash at Robertson and Charleville.

Called in to oppose the plan — predicted backups north of Wilshire, blocked left turns at Charleville and Gregory, dangerous 9.5-foot buffer lane, and hazards to cyclists.

In a written comment read during the ADU hearing, asked the city to let ADU tenants in single-family zones get residential parking permits, calling the current exclusion an 'unnecessary hardship.'

Praised the design but asked why parking is no longer the priority when the land was bought with parking authority funds to revitalize Robertson, and questioned whether 82 spaces suffice.

Asked about the three parking levels and warned about a high water table/underground stream in the neighborhood that has plagued neighbors' basements.

Asked whether tenants of the building will have parking spaces, noting seniors with disabilities shouldn't be left to park on already-crowded streets.

Asked where patrons of Robertson businesses will park given Swall, Clark, and Gregory are already overparked, and endorsed the idea of a market in the building.

Asked how state laws like SB 79 and AB 2097 will affect the city's ability to manage street parking as dense projects proliferate.

Supported using city land with considerate developers and suggested incentives for smaller cars and smaller parking spaces on Spaulding.

Asked whether the public garage will charge for parking; staff said it's undetermined and under study.

Written comment supporting senior housing anywhere in the city, with the sole concern that adequate parking be included.

Robertson building owner noting his family paid over $1 million in in-lieu fees; thanked the council for the 82 spaces, urged angled parking (2013 study found 69 spaces), and asked that Roxbury Park be seriously evaluated as an alternative housing site.

Supported senior housing but said the corridor cannot be left underparked; urged solutions short of removing a traffic lane.

A near neighbor, argued the project should never happen, citing gridlock, school safety near Horace Mann, and inadequate parking; urged the council to reject it.

Challenged councilmembers' campaign commitments to the Southeast and said the project doesn't work for South Robertson without parking.

Said residents are being shut out of the decision, praised Mayor Corman's lone dissent in November, and called the deal a done deal.

A Robertson property owner who called on the city to commit fully to building the public parking there rather than treating it as optional.

Three written comments (Rebecca Detken, Or Amsalam, Annie Jeng) opposed the project or demanded binding parking commitments, citing congestion, business parking needs and taxpayer costs.

Asks where anyone will park when the Metro opens — no drop-off zones, no parking, so businesses can't survive — and criticizes neglected medians and streetscape.

Suggests converting two-hour parking spaces to overnight or off-peak uses for residents.

Says revitalization needs big public parking structures like other parts of the city, and notes the city found $33 million for Gale Yard so it can find money for parking.

Third year asking for a camera at Charleville and Carson after a hit-and-run; wants quiet hours, cut-through protections, and permit parking for unrestricted streets.