Port of Los Angeles
After nearly two years, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn on Thursday finally backed down from a plan to build a new shipyard at the site of the Southwest Marine terminal amid concerns that it would delay dredging work at the Port of Los Angeles.
However, Hahn recommended that the Board of Harbor Commissioners seek out a suitable site for a ship building and repair business at the nation’s busiest port.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union warned that delays to the dredging project would negatively affect dockworker jobs.