Downtown Seal Beach zoning vote lowers dwelling size and height
Seal Beach City Council approved a zoning amendment lowering minimum dwelling sizes in downtown R-2 from 750 to 700 square feet and in R-3 from 700 to 600 feet. The coastal district commercial height drops from 35 to 30 feet. The vote was 3-2 with opposition from Laszlo and Kredell. The council also renewed a pier lease contract with C and C Boats Inc, boosting city income, and directed a suit to demand a new environmental impact report on the Los Alamitos Air Station transfer.
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Seal Beach
Planning Commission
Frank Laszlo
Ronald Kredell
C and C Boats Inc
Kredell
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Defense Department
Los Alamitos Air Station
Navy
Army
Laszlo
William Wray
Army Corps of Engineers
EIA
Three victims robbed in Long Beach wallet theft at 20th Street
Three men reported they were robbed of wallets totaling 120 dollars by two armed assailants at 2180 West 20th Street. One robber wielded a revolver, another a knife, and the car used to flee was a 1964 Chevrolet owned by Roger Leach. The same day two bandits in a van robbed a Shell station clerk at 2215 South Street of about 120 dollars.
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David J. Wilson
Canton St
Roger D. Leach
Culver City
Carl E. Rice
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Leach
W. 20Th St
Artesia
Alfredo Delacruz
Shell
South St
Lakewood
Vacant Los Alamitos Council Seat Remains Deadlocked
Los Alamitos council faces a tied vote over filling a vacant seat after a 2-2 deadlock. Mayor William Brown said the matter would wait until the next regular meeting while he discusses possible paths to breaking the impasse. Tavfer and Asaki received key votes from different factions.
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Los Alamitos City
William Brown
Brown
Barbara Audley
Thomas Tavfer
Charles Sylvia
Kathleen Barrish
Steve Asaki
Public Schools Week honors Long Beach graduate
Dr James Wilson told about 200 banquet attendees that the rise in high school graduates marks a major 20th century shift. The Harvard professor and 1949 Jordan High graduate said high school education is no longer elite and noted public schools face attacks over race relations values and diplomas while reflecting societal progress and problems.
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James Wilson
Wilson
Long Beach
Jordan High
Harvard
Irvine bid approval sought for Taubman group sale
The Irvine Foundation seeks court approval of an 82.9 million cash bid by Tallent at Algaefit Inc while a Mobil offer remains possible if the Taubman Group deal fails. Irvine heiress Joan Irvine Smith plans appeals to block Mobil, favoring Taubman-Allen Irvine bid as it allows her to buy back stake. Any sale requires California court approval.
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The
Irvine Foundation
Tallent
Algaefit Inc
Last Wednesay
Taubman Group
Rom Mobil Corp
Joan Irvine Smith
Mobil
Irvine
Wall Street
Charles Allen
Detroit
A. Alfred Taubman
Henry Ford II
Taubman-Allen-Irvine Inc
Irvine Co
Orange County
Taubman
California
Bellflower theater project name changes amid budget doubts
The Mary E. Lewis Cultural Center becomes Bellflower Community Theater as the $1.2 million project’s fate remains undecided. A council vote to bid the project for precise cost followed Mary Lewis’s request to drop her name. Completion costs about $928,000 with bids due in two months. The city’s regional law enforcement funding, show reduced by Cerritos withdrawal, keeps Bellflower facing a roughly $1.25 million share for 1977 78.
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Bellflower
Mary E. Lewis
Bellflower Community Theater
Mary Lewis
Clyde Wilson
George Marsh
Robert Leavell
Milt Swift
Rick Merrick
Sheriff's Department
Merrick
Cerritos
Bell
Flower
Lakewood
Paramount
Artesia
Hawaiian Gardens
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U.S
Guatemala
Lakewood Center Park
Hal Lowe
Gino Gaudin
Gaudin
Los Altio
Open
America
Bellflower Theater
Dorothy Korber
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