Then the trouble started. Residents peppered council members with complaints about apartment buildings, traffic on Beach Boulevard (a major route from the freeway to the oceanfront) and the loss of community atmosphere from the construction of apartment dwellings. Some complaints came from residents of single-family tracts toward the north end of Beach Boulevard, who might have legitimate concerns about sharing their neighborhoods with apartment dwellers. But some came from residents who lived miles away — in fact, some seemed to reside closer to the Costa Mesa line than to the Beach-Edinger corridors.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 01, 2019 14:03 UTC