The Battle For Benedict Canyon

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

Audacy

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Did you know there is a major stand off between a powerful developer and the L.A. City Council regarding a 450 million dollar Luxury resort and residential development, smack dab in the Santa Monica Mountains?! I didn't! It's been brewing for going on 8 years, and it's been seemingly happening in the shadows. Tune into this saga as I go over the facts and details, and peak under the hood into the workings of how these projects come to life... or if the Government has anything to do with it... Don't! This is the battle for Benedict Canyon.

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0:00.0	What is up? This is Evan Lovett and thanks for tuning into my podcast in a minute with
0:11.5	Evan Lovett. An Odyssey Original brought to you by yours truly
0:15.3	your host Evan Lovett where you may know me from my social media page LA in a
0:19.9	minute. I'd love to invite you along for a personal and intimate ride as I share interesting
0:24.5	facts about all sorts of things you didn't know that you needed to know. Be
0:29.0	entertained and informed as I bring you into my mind to see the world through my lens.
0:34.0	There's history everywhere as long as you know where to look.
0:37.0	Let's get into it. Yo, episode number 28. As always coming to you live from the I am studios in the heart of Los Angeles
0:56.8	and a ton of good feedback on the new intro. Thank you for listening. Don't forget to subscribe and follow.
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1:22.4	my algorithm gets us in front of more people. So now this week,
1:27.0	hmm hmm hmm. I'm going to dive into something brought to my attention that I didn't know a ton about, but it's a microcosm of a huge issue in Los Angeles.
1:40.0	This is a story about a powerful developer that wants what he wants and won't take no for an answer
1:46.8	But he has an opponent the almighty Los Angeles City Council does doing everything they can to flex their
1:54.9	government or power in order to stop them. This is the Battle for Benedict
2:00.8	Canyon. Let's get into it.
2:03.0	Okay, so I wanted to do this episode because there are so many of these battles, these property values in various neighborhoods all over Los Angeles, right?
2:22.0	Some call it NIMbies and Yimbies. Some say it's a
2:26.4	terrible city to build or we need to build more. So this is the story of the
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