9160-9176 Sunset

Opposes more Strip office vacancy and billboards; says the 2-6 a.m. go-dark is insufficient and the Sunset/Corey intersection is already gridlocked.

CREED LA rep says the project is off-brand for the Strip and unsafe for its dense, curved street; no recommendation of approval.

CREED LA: outdated 2014 fire-flow test, underestimated health risk to receptors 20 feet away, no workforce standards; asked for EIR revision and recirculation.

Council candidate: 24-hour animated billboards pointed at homes and hillside neighborhoods; subcommittee asked for relocation and was ignored.

SMART Local 105: no commitment to local hire or living wages; do not recommend approval.

Sunset Heights president: lighting receptors sit on the ground, not where people sleep; asked for a longer go-dark and honest receptor placement.

Urged denial: 'this billboard is the project,' vested rights are a 30-year cash cow, and cumulative lighting is ignored.

CREED LA again: skilled and trained labor is a legally recognized public benefit that can support the statement of overriding considerations.

Says signage grew from ~1,000 sq ft in 2020 to 2,807 despite objections; no leases or market studies in the record; urged denial or continuance.

CREED LA: diesel particulate emissions underestimated and cancer risk findings unreliable; asked for continued analysis.

39-year resident: digital billboards are at Times Square brightness levels; go-dark should be 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. or just approve static signs.

Carrollwood resident of 7 years: temporary billboards add cumulative light, the alley can't fit trucks, and light blasts into homes 24 hours; asked the commission to stay its decision.

IBW local: project could create good jobs but chose not to engage the local skilled workforce; don't recommend approval.

Chamber backs 9176 Sunset as gateway investment bringing jobs, foot traffic, and a street-front restaurant to the Strip.

Sierra Towers 24th-floor resident: the animated billboard would sit directly outside his living room and bedroom; asked to relocate the west sign to the northeast corner.

Sierra Towers attorney: EIR concerns remain, but productive settlement talks over the west sign are underway.

Direct neighbor on Corey Avenue voiced support for the daytime activity, sustainability, and pedestrian improvements.

Asked whether the building is still a 'gateway' without the billboard — and who would want to live across from it.

Zoom speaker, creative professional: supports the project — all-electric building, public space, landmark design for the site.

Sierra Towers resident describing three-light waits at Sunset/Doheny/Cory, emergency-access concerns, un-studied Carroll Drive impacts, and billboard light intrusion into elevated units.

Carrollwood homeowner citing plan discrepancies, pandemic-era traffic studies, fire-code non-compliant landscaping, and notification failures for homes 15 feet from the site.

30-year Sierra Towers resident describing flashing billboard light, sleep disruption, circadian and photosensitive-epilepsy risks; urged the digital-signage alternative.

Sierra Towers resident who does not accept the EIR's no-significant-impact finding on lighting and cited neurological sensitivity concerns.

Cited rush-hour traffic, insufficient circulation analysis, blinding billboard glare, and nighttime construction as an explicit double standard.

Business background; framed the project as a financially driven billboard play with unintended consequences for residents.

Sierra Towers HOA president asking that billboards never face residences or face east, and that right-of-way improvements be completed before building permits are issued.

Sierra Towers resident directly in the billboard's light path; says no blinds can block it and property values will fall; urged a vote against the billboard component.

Warned of a 'wall of light' consuming the Sunset Strip and asked the EIR to study cumulative impacts of all the digital signs along the boulevard.

Noted the intersection is already inundated with billboards, including a new 2,500 sq ft animated sign on City National Bank, and opposed the project.

Called it a 'billboard in need of a pedestal' — a building built just to hold a sign — and urged the commission to reflect community opposition in its comments.