Maybe It All Depends On Who's Against The Housing...

A major talking point of the Disney/SOAR campaign against SunCal's proposal to build a condominium development at the outer edge of the Resort District is that housing so close to a major entertainment destination is just inappropriate. All those people and cars coming and going, the night life, etc. -- it's not good for the people who'd live in the condos.

Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu has been a staunch proponent of the Disney/SOAR viewpoint...at least since this February.

Sidhu's opposition to building possibly 1,500 condominiums roughly half-a-mile as the crow flies from Disneyland is a jarring contrast to his staunch support for building 1,100 apartments right next door to Anaheim Stadium. 

Apparently, while Councilman Sidhu doesn't think it is OK for people to live half-a-mile from Disneyland, he does think it is just fine for them to live right next door to Anaheim Stadium, with its bright stadium lights, tens of thousands of roaring fans, post-game fireworks displays, fans boozing it up in the parking lot, cars pouring in-and-out of the stadium parking lot -- and that's not counting the many other events such as supercross, monster trucks, rock concerts, Harvest Crusade, etc., that take place at the stadium year-round. Not to mention rats.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

[full disclosure: I'm a consultant to the SunCal project]

Comments

[TheTruth]

Thanks for this. One more reason why I'm not wild about Harry.

[Town Crier]

Jubal - seems like you're "repeating yourself" with this post and a bit off-base with it since Sidhu has been a "staunch proponent" of commercial/residential compromises especially on your SunCal pal's deal.

Have to agree with Pringle's comment to your prior "similar" post that your "criticism of Harry Sidhu is misplaced."

So, repeating Pringle's post in its entirety since it's the best comment in response to this post also:

"Jubal -

Your criticism of Harry Sidhu is misplaced.

The developer who has an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the city on the north stadium site, Archstone-Smith, joined representatives from the city in meeting with Angels representatives, including Arte Moreno, regarding this potential project.

The city has been consistent in negotiating with potential buyers of this site, be it the NFL or Archstone, or any other developer, that they would have to live and operate within the Angels lease terms.

Archstone would like to include residential in their plan, but they know that they would need Angels approval for that to occur. They were discussing with the Angels their plan in hopes of gaining a start in this negotiating process.

But wherever they end with the Angels, they know that the city wants them to present a plan totally consistent with the lease excluding residential, unless an agreement is reached with the Angels.

Councilmember Sidhu's comments reflect that the city and Archstone will contine with our negotiating with a non-residential option and that is in sync with the lease.

Sidhu is very consistent that a deal is a deal.

Curt Pringle"