The principals of the 750 N. Francisca Ave. Project, located at the “dirt farm” east of the AES power plant, withdrew their application to move forward with attempting to rezone the property for a hotel, as announced at the April 7 Redondo Beach City Council meeting.
In a brief discussion at the meeting’s end, District 4 Councilman Steve Sammarco called attention to the fact that the project, discussed at the March 17 City Council meeting, was not agendized for the April 7 meeting, as directed to staff.
The city’s Director of Community Development, Aaron Jones, confirmed that 3600 Torrance Management LLC, represented by political contributor Mohamad Pournamdari, pulled the application to move forward.
As reported in the April 2 issue of the Easy Reader, Pournamdari was discovered to have made significant contributions to the campaign of District 3 City Council Candidate Christian Anthony Horvath. Horvath returned Pournamdari’s contributions after the developer’s connections to a disgraced Hawthorne City Councilman were revealed.
Pournamdari was also revealed to have donated to the campaigns of Redondo Mayor Steve Aspel and District 1 Councilman Jeff Ginsburg, and was introduced to Horvath by Aspel.
