Target is coming to Westwood Village

NEIGHBORS, DID YOU KNOW? 

FACT SHEET HERE

• Did you know that an estimated 771 additional cars per hour are soon to cut through our streets in Little Holmby-Westwood? 

True:  A new Target department store will be opening on Weyburn Avenue, just west of Tiverton, bringing up to 9,253 additional cars per day through our streets. 

• Did you know that UCLA is planning to build a nine-story tall hotel and convention center at the corner of Westholme and Hilgard? 

True:  The beginning phases have already started in producing an “Environmental Impact Report.”  UCLA has not figured out traffic patterns for the tour buses, shuttle buses and taxis, although the round-the-clock truck deliveries are planned to be directed to underground loading docks. 

• Did you know that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that the City of L.A. broke the law when it removed the traffic mitigation measures reducing neighborhood cut-through traffic that Westwood residents overwhelmingly approved in 2009? 

True:  After a court trial, the judge ruled that the City broke the law when it removed the cut-through traffic mitigation measures, and the judge also ordered the City to pay over $170,000 in attorney’s fees.  Notwithstanding the judge’s ruling, the City continues to defy the Court Order and is planning to appeal the decision.  Our Councilman, Paul Koretz, supports spending our scarce tax dollars on appealing the Court’s ruling.    

What have other neighborhoods done? 

In other cities, residents have protested to oppose Target due to its traffic burdens. Neighborhood objections often result in the implementation of traffic and parking mitigation measures aimed at discouraging cut-through traffic.  Because the Westwood Target store will be occupying a previous retail space, essentially, no City approvals are necessary. There is no practical way to leverage some traffic and parking mitigation as part of the City approval process.  

What Can We Do?