Category: Development

Community Walk: Exploring Housing, History, & Transit

Post author By Michael MacDonald
Post date October 1, 2026

Join The Eagle Rock Association (TERA), Abundant Housing LA, Eastside Housing for All for an Urban Hike through Eagle Rock! This 4-mile walk will explore Eagle Rock’s evolving landscape, housing history, and transit future. We will stop at key sites including a small lot subdivision, a controversial ED1 project, Occidental College, and the future Colorado Boulevard BRT route.

What You Will Learn at This Event:

1: How exclusionary zoning, ED1 streamlining, and local tenant protections shape Northeast LA.

2: The potential for building affordable housing on faith lands (SB 4) and reviving neighborhood corner stores.

3: Immediate ways to organize with Eastside Housing for All and TERA to advocate for transit-oriented communities.

Route & Accessibility Note: This hike includes a steep, unpaved trail over Fiji Hill. Attendees who prefer to skip the steep climb can proceed directly to the Oxy FEAST garden to rest and meet back up with the group. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring plenty of water!

Development Environment Land Use Local Safety

TERA Statement on Scholl Canyon Gas Power Plant

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date September 30, 2020

TERA statement of opposition to proposed gas-powered power plant in Glendale’s Scholl Canyon:

See TERA’s history of opposition to extending the lifetime of the Scholl Canyon Dump HERE

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Development eLetter Land Use Planning

Taco Bell Update

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date August 10, 2018

At its hearing on July 25th, the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission approved revisions to the Taco Bell site project at Colorado Boulevard and La Roda Avenue as part of a compromise that Nader Ashoori (the owner) reached with The Eagle Rock Association (TERA). The compromise reflects important changes to the site’s redesign and includes pedestrian safety enhancements, redesigned vehicular circulation, robust landscaping, and additional trash receptacles.

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Conditional Use Permit Development eLetter Land Use Planning Zone Variance

President’s Message on StorQuest

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date August 10, 2018

TERA recently released a letter of support for the proposed StorQuest storage facility located at 2803 W. Broadway, the former Ernie Jr.’s site. TERA’s support of this project has been controversial so I would like to shed some light on our position.

One concern that I have heard raised is that TERA has changed its position on the project. However, If you read our initial letter of January 26th, you will see that TERA always supported the storage-facility use. Our initial non-support of the project was based on the fact that an expedited process had been put in place and that did not give the community time to effectively evaluate the project and give constructive feedback. Our other concern was that size and scope of the project needed to be counterbalanced by community benefit. Given that there was little time to reconcile these issues prior to the applicant’s initial hearing, TERA decided they could not support the project.

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Conditional Use Permit Development Land Use Planning Zone Variance

StorQuest – Letter of Support

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date August 2, 2018

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Development Land Use

Letter of Support – 2337 Ridgeview Avenue

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date November 15, 2017

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Development eLetter Land Use

Pillarhenge Development

Post author By Greg Merideth
Post date July 31, 2017

The special significance of the proposed development at 1332 Colorado Boulevard (aka Pillerhenge) is clear to the TERA Board. For those exiting the freeway, this is the first major structure that will be seen. For new visitors, to a degree, it will set the tone for expectations as they drive further into our community.

Tags colorado blvd, eletter, pillerhenge

Alcohol Conditional Use Permit Development Eagle Rock Land Use Planning Public Hearings Public Meetings

Bringing Vidiots to Eagle Rock

Vidiots APC Hearing

TERA was an early supporter for Vidiots Foundation’s plan to restore the historic Eagle Theatre at the intersection of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Yosemite Drive.

In August 2020, the City of Los Angeles wrongly applied onerous and unfair conditions of operation on Vidiots which would make Vidiots’ operation infeasible and take away funding from Vidiots programming.

Determined to right this wrong and ensure Vidiots’ long term success, TERA filed an appeal to remove these incorrectly applied conditions in September 2020. In December 2020, the East Area Planning Commission approved TERA’s appeal and unanimously voted to eliminate unfair conditions that the City had imposed on Vidiots. Due to a frivolous lawsuit against Vidiots by a disgruntled homeowner, TERA would end up twice more organizing community voices to communicate support for Vidiots in February 2023 and finally in October 2023, both times achieving unanimous approval from the East Area Planning Commission for reduced requirements on Vidiots.

Vidiots at the Eagle Theatre

Vidiots opened in June 2023 and has been a thorough success. TERA is proud to have played a part in helping to bring Vidiots to Eagle Rock, and to help ensure Vidiots’ long term success at the historic Eagle Theatre.