A luxury hotel overlooking the Santa Monica Pier is allowed to continue operating —even though it opened without proper permits and demolished two moderately priced hotels to make way for the high-end project. hugomartin reports:
After an hours-long debate about the need for affordable lodging along the beach, a split California Coastal Commission voted Thursday to allow a luxury hotel overlooking the Santa Monica Pier to continue operating even though it opened without proper permits and demolished two moderately priced hotels to make way for the swanky project.
“I think we did a disservice to the people who came out here,” he said of the three dozen or so opponents who testified against approving the permit. The commission imposed a $15.6-million penalty on Sunshine Enterprises, the highest fine in the 40-year history of the state panel. But during a hearing that lasted several hours, environmentalists, coastal access activists and hotel labor union groups spoke out against the proposed deal, saying it would allow the Shore Hotel to buy its way out of its legal morass.
“We want one-to-one replacement on site,” she said. “Stop pretending that writing a check and throwing in a hostel gets you out of this mess.” When the panel finally voted, it had pushed Kauffman to agree on a deal that would convert the 14-room hostel into a “micro-hotel.” Under the deal, the Shore Hotel must offer a total of 72 rooms, including the rooms in the micro-hotel, at a base rate of no more than about $180 a night.
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