West Hollywood says it's 'left bank and right on.' (business-friendly atmosphere in the Westside community)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: October 26, 1992| Author: Jacobs, Chip | Copyright information

West Hollywood, the "city on the left bank," is meandering toward the right. With promotional flourish usually reserved for funky art exhibitions or gay-pride celebrations, the tiny Westside community is now heralding a package of reforms to make itself, well ... downright business-friendly. Hearings are being eliminated, zoning laws revamped, permits streamlined.

The shift, to hear officials tell it, isn't exactly up there with The Wall coming down. Then again, this isn't j...

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