Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Study

Opposed mixed-use housing, rooftop entertainment, later hours and more alcohol licenses in the village, citing crime statistics showing alcohol oversaturation, and asked for a resident advisory committee before any hearings.

Said her Irvine Terrace HOA knew nothing of the study, questioned whether Caltrans was consulted on the state highway, and demanded parking and traffic studies and residential permit parking before any overlay is approved.

Said the process had a predetermined roadmap, that neighbors are largely unaware of the complexity, and urged parking and traffic studies in peak summer months before adding more intensity to the corridor.

Called the lot-consolidation incentive counterintuitive to keeping CdM quaint, cited homicides in the case-study corridors, and asked whether consolidation should be capped.

A lifelong CdM resident on the Flower Streets said workers already park in front of his house, and warned that turning the village into a Santa Monica-style corridor would be tragic for long-time local businesses.