DEVELOPMENT, NOT POT, IS THE ISSUE

Re "L.A. acts to cap pot stores," Dec. 9

Wouldn't it be nice if the Los Angeles City Council spent as much
time agonizing over the destruction of neighborhoods by
overdevelopment as it has debating the placement and number of
medical marijuana clinics it will allow in our city?

As a lifelong West Los Angeles resident, I am sickened by the dense,
out-of-character development that is coming at us like an unmanned,
speeding locomotive.

Are 70 enough? Are 186 too many? Council members talk about how many
medical marijuana clinics hurt a neighborhood, but when a developer's
money is on the line, they'll say that 25,000 new car trips a day
won't have any significant impact on traffic. City planning? In L.A.,
that's an oxymoron. How do you spell "hypocrisy"? L-A C-I-T-Y C-O-U-N-C-I-L.

Marilyn Noyes

Los Angeles