Read our Commentary
on Voice of San Diego:
“Nothing Green About UTC Expansion”
The smartest, greenest, and most sustainable aspects of this project are the profits that the Austrailian-based multi-billion dollar mall corporation will extract from San Diegans.
Friends of
Rose Canyon Press Release – July 28:
Westfield Owner
Peter Lowy Takes the Fifth on Tax Evasion As City Council
Considers Massive Giveaway to Westfield
Super-Rich
Tax Cheats: Video:
They hide an estimated $100 billion a year from the IRS, but now the U.S. Senate is turning up the heat on super-rich tax cheats -- people like shopping mall magnate Peter Lowy and toy importer Steven Greenfield.
LA Times: Shopping Center Magnate Peter Lowy refuses to testify before
Senate panel
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Beverly Hills shopping center magnate Peter Lowy refused to testify to Congress on Friday about his family's use of overseas tax havens.
But senators tried to make up for his silence, offering accounts of shadowy shell corporations, secret transactions, mysterious acquisitions, exotic locations, all topped off by allegations of a late-night flight by Lowy this month to avoid a government subpoena.
Westfield's Projections Overblown -
City’s
Business Development Manager finds Westfield’s
projections of benefits to the city overblown
by at least 50%
Read the letter our attorneys
wrote on the many serious flaws with Westfield's EIR
PLEASE VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION
Westfield Proposes
Massive Expansion of UTC Mall
Plus Two Residential Towers
City Council to vote on proposed project
Tuesday,
July 29, 3pm- City Hall - 202 C St., 12th Floor
- EMAIL NOW to oppose this project (one-click
email to council and mayor)
- ATTEND Council hearing: your
voice matters. Email us if you can attend.
The proposed project would:
- Add 18,000 new vehicle
trips per day, impacting streets, freeway ramps and freeways
-
Increase air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
- Open the
floodgates to new development in the area
- Drive the justification
for two widely opposed road projects: widening Genesee
from
Nobel to Rt. 52 and the proposed new road through Rose Canyon
Park
(Regents Rd. bridge project)
Status:
- UCPG (our local planning group) voted
the project down 14-2
- City’s Planning Commission approved it 5-1
- Mayor Sanders’ top staff are pushing hard for approval
- Council President Peters is key: this is his district, so it is highly unlikely to be approved without his support.
We would not oppose renovation of the mall if
Westfield did it in a way that did not cause so many negative
impacts.
- Read
Westfield’s EIR (Environmental
Impact Report)
