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Battle over Dodger Stadium gondola is being fought at a Chinatown housing project

Storm clouds move out of the Los Angeles Basin in a view over Dodger Stadium on March 29, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Maria Lemus doesn’t remember exactly when she heard about a proposed gondola between Union Station and Dodger Stadium, but it was likely at the back-to-school backpack giveaway or the Christmas toy giveaway.

The gondola’s team had been showing up at her family’s housing project, the 415-unit William Mead Homes, for “the past four or five years” to make the pitch for the 1.2-mile gondola over Chinatown and answer doubters’ questions. The homes are less than a quarter-mile from Los Angeles State Historic Park, one of three stops along the route.

“They have been coming to community events,” she said. “They have given our kids scholarships. They have brought turkeys and baskets of food to our community for Thanksgiving. “

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