Massive wind turbines proposed for Port of Long Beach, L.A. could buy Mayfair Hotel, and more

Port of Long Beach eyes $4.7 billion ‘floating’ pier to build offshore wind turbines "The floating, offshore wind facility, to be called Pier Wind, would be years in the making and would be designed to support the manufacture and assembly of offshore wind turbines standing some 1,000 feet tall — about the size of the Eiffel Tower." (LB Press-Telegram)

77 tons less trash made it into the ocean thanks to this experimental L.A. County device "The system floats a few hundred yards from the outlet of Ballona Creek into the Pacific Ocean, its twin booms extended to the shoreline to funnel trash to a solar-powered system that lifts objects from the water with a conveyor belt and drops them into six dumpsters. The trash collects in the dumpsters and awaits manual removal." (LA Times)

Metro and Caltrans 605/60 Freeway Widening Project Could Demolish San Gabriel Valley Homes "The proposed $5+ billion 605CIP would widen about 12 miles of the 605 Freeway in the San Gabriel Valley and Gateway Cities, with additional freeway widening on parts of four connecting freeways: the 10, 60, 5, and 105." (Streetsblog LA)

Bass looks to buy a 15-story hotel as she ramps up her fight against homelessness "In a memo sent to the council’s Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee, Bass and her team acknowledged they are seeking to acquire the 294-room Mayfair Hotel, which served for two years as interim homeless housing before closing its doors last summer. The building has been listed for nearly $70 million in recent months." (LA Times)

The strips of green on Ocean Boulevard? They're parks—and their decades-old design guides are being updated "Victory and Santa Cruz Parks have been both cherished and lovingly mocked by city planners and green space lovers alike—sad little strips that harken to an era where the bluff in DTLB was once more nature-like—but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of attention, care, and love." (Longbeachize)

Many LA Homeless Service Workers Struggle To Afford Housing Themselves "Abraham and her colleagues used data on local rents from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to conclude that a living wage for a worker renting a basic one-bedroom L.A. apartment is $64,000 per year....But when the researchers looked at salary ranges in online job postings for frontline homeless services positions in L.A. County, the annual pay offered was typically between $44,000 and $60,000." (LAist)

Los Angeles may replace peak-hour travel lanes with bike, bus lanes "On Wednesday, the council asked for a study on the topic, specifically on the affected roads Alvarado Street, Vermont Boulevard, and La Brea and Roscoe avenues." (KTLA)