( W e m m a city High taxes, land costs n s e ByMARYEUBCARLTON • : Vrku Attain Utt*r • , ; O n e of the biggest dilemmas ex-planning.director Ernest M ayer Jr . left th e city when be was arrest- ed M ay, 14. is SEA DIP (Southeast Area Development and Improve- ment Plan). That's th e complex m aster plan wjtti th e 'qippy name" that Mayer (First of tw» parts) initiated in O ctober 1975 to set up guidelines for real estate develop- ments'in the city's largest parcel of undeveloped land. "SOMETHING has to be done— now—to stem th e tide of piecemeal developments in the southeast area of Long Beach," Mayer said at the time. . "Because o f pressure from developers," he stated, "we have to change o u r priorities. A compre- hensive plan .for th e area can't wait fo r completion of the city's evolv- in g new general plan." In April, SEAD IP w as the sub- ject of two highly explosive public 'I. wake up at night with cold sweats,' longtime res ident of Shore says By DEPOSE KUSEL Staff Writer When Lottie Kaywood and her • husband, traded th e wind-swept prairies of Garden City, Kan., f o r the on-shore breezes of Belmont Shore, they thought they had found paradise. They bought a modest, Spanish- style stucco bungalow with a tile roof and a small backyard in which to grow tomatoes. That was 35 years ago. LOTTIE KAYWOOD (not h er real name) is now a widow. S h e still lives in the whitewashed stucco house purchased in th e pre-war days tor "somewhere around $5,000." Houses such as hers ar e selling fo r more than 1 0 times that n o w but,' according to M rs. Kayw ood, it's no longer paradise. It's a Battleground, with hom e- owners in a constant fight to keep on e jump ahead of the taxman. •* B U T BITTER an d battle weary a s, she is, the Belmont Shore -.woman is typical of many elderly residents wh o believe then* finan- cial matters a r e private. S h : wo uldn't discuss th e s i t u a ti o n w ith- • out the promise that h e r real name be withheld. Given the promise, she told this stpry: ''...- "I wake up at/night with cold sweats. I 'm scared.. I'm being taxed out of my home, and I don't know what to do.- "I don't know how much longer I c an afford to stay here. I' m living o h a fixed income. If m y husband were still alive . . .well, I don't know what h e could do . W e'd prob- ably just s it here an d wait it out together. At least we'd have each other." • (Turn to Page B-4, Col. 1) ' . ' . * * * How to appeal hike in home assessment ••"Homeow ners can and do appeal their property ta x assessments, a nd about half of those w h o appeal win their cases. Bu t they are the ones'who k n o w what to do and .what not-to d o . --Los Angeles County Assessor Philip W atson s a id th e county's •total assessed valuation rose 14.33 p e r cent for the 1975-76 fiscal year, the largest jump since 1947-48. Indi- vidual assessments increased by as. much as 96 per cent. -. (Turn to Page B-4, Col. 1) hearings before th e Planning Com- mission. • .-•'..•- Both erupted 1 into bitterly fought battles between a number of •' • opposing forces. SPOKESMEN from si x East- side rieigborhood associations 'argued that City Hall had-been con- sistently insensitive o their long- fought battle to protect th e charac- ter of their neighborhoods. Most o f all, h e y •dMnt-and • still d o n 't — w a n t a n y traffic corri- dors o r crpsstown speedways cutting through Eastside neighbor- hoods to carry Orange County commuters to their jobs on Termi- n al Island o r anywhere else. - They protested projected hous- in g densities, 1 questioned th e re-, peated issuance of special U se per- mits in the area and deman ded, before things went any further, that a financial analysis be made to determine the impact of these pro- posed Eastside -developments on city taxpayers. IN A N EFFORT to resolve these differences, a third public hearing had. been set f o r June3. . That didn't happen, of course, because by , then'City Hall was too busy picking up pieces from th e shock and aftershock of Mayer's May, 14 , arrest o n alleged bribery Transcripts released by the Los Angeles district attorney's office of taped conversations between Mayer and bis accusers, local architects Claflin Ballance an d James Coppedge, allege that • Mayer h a d received payo ffs from th e architects on projects, they were working on . • Four o f these projects — M a r i- n a Pacifica, both 1-A an d 1-B, L a s Callas (now called Costa del Sol), Pacific Highlands and the Yacht Club Apartments-are in the SEA- DIP study area. (Only Marina Pacifica i-A has completed.) T H E SEADIP area-often referred to as Long Beach's last frontier— is bordered roughly b y Seventh Street on the north, the city limits on the east, by Marine Stadium, M arina Drive and the southerly city limits. O f th e 1,470 acres in SEADIP, approximately 55 1 acres—or 37 per cent-t'ill ar e undeveloped. Of those, some 280 acres located be- tween'.; Long Beach and 'Orange • County ar e unincorporated.'' Th e expedited SEADIP plan, Mayer said; would be. the first of four such land-use studies that to- gether would- make up a proposed n e w shoreline element of Long Beach's general plan.' Since last October, SEADIP ha s evolved into a 113-page preliminary report, complete with tables an d maps, prepared by planning con- sultant William Livingstone under a $27,500-a-year contract with the city. His fee recently was increased to $2,500 a month. IT COU LD be s a id E a s t s id e residents— particularly. Ja n Hall, w h o led the citizens' fight against the crosstown freeway— really were responsible fo r triggering th e SEA- DIP study in the first place. It all started last September when the planning com mission, by a 4-to-l vote (Shirley Blumberg cast the opposing vote), approved an 84 - unit apartment complex, the .sec- o n d phase o f Bixby Ranch Co.'s existing 300-unit Pathways apart- Ocean Blvd. shows contrasts of Southland life Staff Photos b y B O B SHUMWAY F e w streets ca n claim th e con- trasts f life that Long Beach's Ocean Boulevard offers in an 80-block stretch from th e Gerald Desmond Bridge, which links the m ainland to Terminal Island, to the 72nd Place beach where th e Alam itos Peninsu la juts out into Alamitos Bay. The b road, busy thoroughfare, dot- te d with high-rise civic, commercial an d residential structures at the west- ern end, wend s its way eastward out of th e downtown business center a n d into r e s i d e n ti a l com mun ities where the emphasis is on the water-oriented good life. Clockwise from the top, cars pass a landscaped street island a n d head fo r th e business center o f town, with county courts building o n th e left. Bank of California on the right; three aging, yet proud buildings provide senior citizen housing a n d office space o n th e south side o f Ocean; a bathing beauty soaks up the sun and the view a s sailboaters serenely pass by on Alamitos Bay at the eastern terminus o th e boulevard; a news vendor watches the passing parade along the boulevard's north side, dotted with pornographic m ov ie houses, restau- rants and jewelry stores; the elegant Galaxy Towers, t h e only high-rise along the street's mid-section, looms above more sedate residential build- ings; two-story apartment buildings are crowded together and parking is at a premium along Ocean's midtown stretch near Bixby Park and across th e street from some of the city's best beaches. B u t even though th e mood changes — from th e bustle .o f th e downtown business center and the lonely, often unadorned apartments o f senior citi- zens to the high-rise a nd beach-orient- ed casual life o f more affluent residents — the boulevard is a pleas- ure to drive. It sustains a microcosm o f modern society in a matter of blocks, giving passersby a good look a t life in South- e rn California, a view of ocean meet- ing sky and a whiff of fresh, salt air. meat complex *t 5855 E . Pacific Coast Hwy. 'Although most of the SEADIP area is zoned R l under th e city's : 1961 general plan, all of the recent developments there— with th e exception of College Park Estates— have been granted special-use per- its with higher densities. ' " W e continually asked w h y these special-use permits keep hap- pening. W hy are the densities being approved so much greater than , those allowed in th e 1961 general plan?" M rs. Hall asked. SHE A RGU ED before the plan- ning comm ission that th e Pathways complex, both phases 1 and 2, d id not conform to recommendations in the Sasaki Walker shoreline plan, which calls for a-"Naples-like" character in the area. M r s. Hall attempted to appeal th e planning commission's decision to th e City Council bu t recalls, "I w a s completely shocked to 'find there was no way it could be done." Such appeals can be filed only b y property owners within 3 0 0 e e t o f a (Turn to Page B-4, Col. 5 ) INDEPENDENT PRESS-TELEGRAM • SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1976 SECTION B-Poge B-l Anybody like to buy a school? B y WALT MURRAY Staff Writer For sale: Slightly dilapidated elemen- tary school. Five-acre site in a dumpy industrial area. Includes classrooms, cafeteria and playgrounds. Appraised at W hen families moved out and small industries moved in, the Long Beach school district w a s left with a $400,000 white elephant near the city's western border. FIELD Elementary School, at 1525 Seabright Ave. in the heart of th e proposed Westside Industrial Redevelopment Project, has n't been used for regular classes since ' June 1970. Leased to the co unty for special-education classes until tw o years ago, the school is used only fo r occasional meetings now. W e e ds a re growing up through' the asph alt playgrounds. The sickly p i n ki sh - b ro w n w alls w ith tour- quoise t ri m — a color scheme from th e 1950s— are beginning to eel. School officials, needing money a n d w orried ab out v a n d a l is m , would like to get rid of the school. Redevelopment agency officials sa y th e site is virtually th e key- stone o f their project. But they say n o purchase agreement ha s been reached. (Turn to Page B-4, Col. 5 ) Fishing rodeo to be feature of sea festival T h e llth annual California, International Sea Festival a t Long • Beach will open a program of 14 major events with a youth Fishing Rodeo on Belmont Pier at 6:30 a.m. Friday. Aug. 6 . . The annual water/land spectac- ular, which will feature thousands of participants this year, closes its 17-day run w ith the ever-popular Sand Sculpture Contest on Aug. 22. • T h e fishing rodeo, to be held from 6:30 a.m. to noon, open to any b o y or girl 16 years or under and featuring free bait, soft drinks and ic e cream to contestants, is spon- sored by the Long Beach Recrea- : (ion Department and the Southern California Tuna Club. (Turn to Page B-4, Col. 1 ) People Talk F .C Anderson DeSimas, Jr., th e 'man w h o administers th e mail service of 26 Southland cities, serves 2 million p a- trons a n d guides th e work of 3,600 postal em ployes. ' If a ma n can do all that, retain his sense of humor a n d handle 3 million pieces of mail a day with 98 per cent accuracy, he just has to be "Boss of the Year." S o reckoned Ethyle Thienhaus, so ruled th e B u t back to our "Boss of the Year." He's my age a n d so handsome I wish this column carried his . picture rather than mine. He knows th e postal serv- ic e from th e ground up, for he's been associated with it since 1941, from lett er carrier an d sorter on up. Hank served h i th e U.S. Army w ith great distinc- tion in World War II. He was a combat infantryman whose credentials as a human being are as distin- guished as hi s reputation with th e postal service. He also likes corned beef an d cabbage. He's impeccably tailored, and he sports a mus- tache he didn't have when h e became postmaster. It goes well with his blue blazer, and it is devoid of gray, which suggests that being postmaster isn't th e
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" S O M E T H I N G h a s t o b e d o n e —n o w — t o s t e m th e t i d e o f p i e c e m e a ld e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h e s o u t h e a s t areaof L o n g B e a c h ," M a y e r sa i d a t t h et i m e .. " B e c a u s e o f pressu re f r o md e v e l o p e r s ," h e s t a t e d , " w e h a v e t oc h a n g e o u r priorities. A c o m p r e -h e n s i v e p l a n . f o r th e area c a n ' t w a i tfo r c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e c i t y ' s e v o l v -in g n e w g e n e r a l plan ."
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T h e y b o u g h t a modest , S p a n i s h -s t y l e s t u c c o b u n g a l o w w i t h a t i l er o o f a n d a s m a l l b a c k y a r d in w h i c ht o g r o w t o m a t o e s .
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L O T T I E K A Y W O O D ( n o t h e rr e a l n a m e ) i s n o w a w i d o w . S h es t i ll l i v e s i n t h e w h i t e w a s h e d s t u c c oh o u s e p u r c h a s e d in th e p r e - w a rd a y s t o r " s o m e w h e r e a r o u n d$5 , 000 ."
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I t ' s a B a t t le g r o u n d , w i t h h o m e -o w n e r s in a c o n s t a n t f i g h t to k e e po n e j u m p a h e ad o f t h e t a x m a n .
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- . w o m a n i s t y p i c a l o f m a n y e l d e r l yr e s i d e n t s w h o b e l i e v e t h e n * f i n a n -c i a l m a t t e r s a r e p r i v a t e . S h e
: w o u l d n ' t d i s c u ss th e s i t u a ti o n w i t h -• o u t t h e p r o m i s e t h a t h e r r e a l n a m e
be w i t h h e l d .G i v e n t h e p r o m i s e , s h e t o l d t h i s
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w e r e still a l i v e . . . w e l l , I d o n ' tk n o w w h a t h e c o u l d d o . W e 'd p r o b -a b l y j u s t s it h e r e a n d w a i t i t o u tt o g e t h e r . A t l e a s t w e ' d h a v e e a c ho t h e r . "
• ( T u r n to P a g e B - 4 , C o l . 1)
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i n t o bitterlyf o u g h t battles b e t w e e n a n u m b e r of •' •o p p o s i n g f o r c e s .
S P O K E S M E N f r o m si x East-s id e r i e ig b o r h o o d associations'argued t h a t C i t y H a l l h a d - b e e n c o n -sistently insensitive to their l o n g -f o u g h t battle to protect th e c h a r a c -ter of t h e i r n e i g h b o r h o o d s .
M o s t o f all, h e y • d M n t - a n d• s t i l l d o n 't — w a n t a n y t r a f f i c corri-
d o r s o r c r p s s t o w n s p e e d w a y sc u t t i n g t h r o u g h E a s t si d e n e i g h b o r -h o o d s to c a r r y O r a n g e C o u n t yc o m m u t e r s t o t h e ir j o b s o n T e r m i -n a l I s l a n d o r a n y w h e r e else. -
T h e y p r o t e s t e d projected h o u s -in g densities,
1q u e s t i o n e d th e r e - ,
p e a t e d i s s u a n c e o f s p e c ia l U s e p e r -m i t s i n t h e a r e a a n d d e m a n d e d ,b e f o r e t h i n g s w e n t a n y f u r t h e r , t h a ta f i n a n c i a l a n a l y s i s be m a d e tod e t e r m i n e t h e i m p a c t o f these p r o -p o s e d E a s t s i d e - d e v e l o p m e n t s onc i t y t a x p a y e r s .
IN A N E F F O R T to r e s o l v et h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s , a t h i r d p u b l i ch e a r i n g h a d . b e e n set f o r J u n e 3 . .
T h a t didn ' t happen , of course ,because by , then 'City H a l l was toobusy picking up pieces f r o m th es h o c k a n d af tershock of M a y e r 'sM a y , 14 , ar res t o n alleged b r i b e r y
Transcripts released by the LosA n g e l e s district at torney's o f f i c e o ft a p e d c o n v e r s a t i o n s b e t w e e nM a y e r a n d b i s accusers , localarchitects C l a f l i n Ballance a n dJ a m e s C o p p e d g e , a l l e g e t h a t
• M a y e r h a d r e c e iv e d p a y o f f s f r o mth e a r c h i t e c t s o n projects, t h e yw e r e w o r k i n g on . •
F o u r o f t h e s e p r o j e c t s — M a r i-n a P a c i f i c a , b o t h 1-A an d 1 - B , L a sC a l l a s ( n o w c a ll e d C o s t a d e l S o l ),P a c i f i c H i g h l a n d s a n d t h e Y a c h tC l u b A p a r t m e n t s - a r e i n t h e S E A -D I P s t u d y area . ( O n l y M a r i n a
P a c i f i c a i - A h a s b e « u c o m p l e t e d . )T H E S E A D I P a r e a - o f t e n
r e f e r r e d to as L o n g Beach 's lastf r o n t ie r — i s b o r d e r e d r o u g h l y b yS e v e n t h Street on the nor th , thec i t y l i m i t s o n t h e eas t , b y M a r in eS t a d iu m , M a r i n a D r i v e a n d t h es o u t h e r l y c i t y l i m i t s .
O f th e 1 , 4 7 0 acres in S E A D I P ,a p p r o x i m a t e l y 55 1 acres—or 3 7 p e r
cent-t'ill ar e undeveloped. Ofthose, some 280 acres located be-tween'.; L o n g Beach and 'Orange
• C o u n t y ar e u n i n c o r p o r a t e d . ' 'Th e expedited S E A D I P p l a n ,
M a y e r said ; w o u l d b e . t h e f i r s t o ff o u r s u c h land-use studies t hat to-gether w o u l d - m a k e up a proposedn e w shoreline e l e m e n t o f L o n gB e a c h ' s general plan . '
Since last O c t o b e r , S E A D I P ha se v o l v e d i n t o a 113-page p r e l i m i n a r yr e p o r t , c o m p l e t e w i t h tables an dm a p s , prepared by p l a n n i n g c o n -s u l t a n t W i l l i a m L i v i n g st o n e u n d e ra $ 2 7 , 5 0 0 - a - y e a r c o n t r a c t w i t h t h ec i t y . H i s f e e r e c e n t ly w a s i n c r e a s e dto $2 ,500 a m o n t h .
I T C O U L D b e s a id E a s t s id er e s i d e n t s— p a r t ic u l a r ly . Ja n H a l l ,w h o l e d t h e citizens' f i g h t against
t h e c r o s s t o w n f r e e w a y — r e a ll y w e r er e s p o n s i b l e fo r t r i g g e r i n g th e S E A -D I P s t u d y in the f i r s t place .
It all started l a s t S e p t e m b e rw h e n t h e p l a n n i n g c o m m i s s i o n , b ya 4 - t o - l v o t e ( S h i r l e y B l u m b e r g cas tt h e o p p o s i n g v o t e ) , a p p r o v e d a n 84 -u n i t a p a r t m e n t c o m p l e x , the .sec-o n d p h a s e o f B i x b y R a n c h Co.'se x i s t i n g 3 0 0 - u n i t P a t h w a y s a p a r t -
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F e w streets ca n c l a i m th e c o n -t r a s t s o f l i f e t h a t L o n g B e a c h ' s O c e a nB o u l e v a r d o f f e r s i n a n 8 0 - b l o c k stretchf r o m th e G e r a l d D e s m o n d B r i d g e ,w h i c h l i n k s th e m a i n l a n d t o TerminalI s l a n d , t o t h e 7 2 n d P l a c e b e a c h w h e r eth e A l a m i t o s P e n i n s u l a j u t s o u t i n t oA l a m i t o s B a y .
T h e b r o a d , b u s y t h o r o u g h f a r e , d o t -te d w i t h h i g h - r is e c i v ic , c o m m e r c i a lan d r e s i d e n t i a l s t r u c t u r e s at the w e s t -e r n e n d , w e n d s i t s w a y e a s t w a r d o u tof th e d o w n t o w n b u s in e s s cente r a n di n t o r e s i d e n ti a l c o m m u n i t ie s w h e r et h e e m p h a s i s i s o n th e water-orientedg o o d l i f e .
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fo r th e b u s i n e s s c e n t e r o f t o w n , w i t hc o u n t y c o u r t s b u i l d i n g o n th e l e f t .B a n k o f C a l i f o r n ia o n t h e r i g h t ; t hreea g i n g , y e t p r o u d b u i l d i n g s provides e n i o r c i t i z e n h o u s i n g a n d o f f i c e s p a c eo n th e s o u t h s i d e o f O c e a n ; a b a t h i n gb e a u t y s o a k s u p t h e s u n a n d t h e v i e wa s sai lboaters s e r e n e l y p a s s b y o nA l a m i t o s B a y a t t h e e a s t e r n t e r m i n u s
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