From Lot to Spot

Please click on the link below to view images and stories of the debris, crime, health hazards and blight created as a result of this vacant lot.

FLTS has been trying to convert this Caltrans owned property into a park space for a community in a park-poor, low-income neighborhood in the City of Hawthorne for over five years.

Despite strong and overwhelming support from the local community, local elected officials and environmental groups in the Los Angeles area, Caltrans has refused to meet with representatives from FLTS to even discuss the matter.

We have presented this urgent issue to our local elected representatives, Assemblymember Curren Price, Senator Edward Vincent, County Supervisor Yvonne Burke and State Senator Barbara Boxer. We are waiting to hear the results of their actions.

http://www.fromlottospot.org/files/Vacant%20Lot%20to%20Urban%20Spot%20in...

Much to our delight, the property at 118th Street and Doty Avenue in the City of Hawthorne was not sold at Public Auction on February 19th. We are happy to say that we are continueing our efforts to bring the community a much needed park space in this park-poor neighborhood.

Unfortunately if we cannot reach a lease agreement with Caltrans, the property will go to auction again on April 9th.

Please stayed tuned for further updates. We will not give up!
We appreciate all your help and support. We hope to bring this communtiy the park they deserve and need.

As you all know we have been working diligently and most passionately on converting our first vacant lot into a much needed greenspace in the City of Hawthorne. This has not only been very trying work for me, but it has been personal work also.

Over the years, we have worked with community and city leaders to recognize the needs of this community and bring to the forefront the necessity of this park. It has been a very slow and difficult process but also rewarding as we have overcome the small hurdles. However, we have now come to a point we have always feared.

CalTrans, the property owner, has placed the lot up for sale at a public auction taking place on February 19th. I cannot tell you the fear this has brought to my heart.

We have called upon our local legislatures and elected officials and asked for their help in this matter. We hope their efforts will not go unheard and that they believe in this community as much as we do.

Not much has changed. However in the rainy season, the lot becomes green instead of brown and offers a bit of relief to neighbors. However it still remains vacant, still dangerous, still creating blighted conditions.

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