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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Oct. 15, 2008

Neutral Creates Center to Settle Public Land Use Disputes

Mediator and attorney Len Levy remembers being glued to public access television in 2006, as the Los Angeles City Council, flanked by a raft of lawyers, prepared to vote on the fate of Venice's Lincoln Place housing complex.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Mediator and attorney Len Levy remembers being glued to public access television in 2006, as the Los Angeles City Council, flanked by a raft of lawyers, prepared to vote on the fate of Venice's Lincoln Place housing complex.

The dispute - which still has not been resolved - pitted tenants and activists against a real estate developer in a high-profile fight. As Levy watched, the developer threa...

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