The plaintiffs opposing Playa Vista this time around are called the Grassroots Coalition, Earthways Foundation and Spirit of the Sage Council. The last is, according to the filing, unincorporated. The Coalition, Foundation and Council‘s action, termed in its press release a “lawsuit,” was actually a petition for writ of mandate. In this case, this means a request for an order to stop construction on the nearly 2-square-mile site near Marina del Rey until a new environmental-impact report (EIR), thoroughly analyzing on-site gas hazards, is done “by the city of Los Angeles.”The organization names weren’t too familiar. But this was definitely the latest legal attempt by the organizations linked to the Ballona Action Network to put a spoke in Playa‘s wheel. What’s odd about this proposal for a new EIR is that it emerged at nearly the same time as the release of just such a report. This document, by a Texas firm called Exploration Technologies Inc. (ETI), was commissioned by — guess what? — the city of Los Angeles.
Source: The Last Stand | L.A. Weekly