Built in the early 1960s, the center is mostly vacant now, with only Montgomery Wards, Burlington Coat Factory and Mervyn's as the remaining tenants. Wards owns its site, consisting of 13 acres, while the other two are lessees.
City planning director Howard Zelefsky says that Mervyn's would like to stay in the mall once it is renovated. However the mall's developer, Irvine-based Ezralow Retail Properties, would like to see Wards and Burlington out of the picture if an eminent domain takeover is approved. And that is the point of political contention.
According to a published report, City Council member Pam Julien accepted at least $1,500 in contributions for her recent re-election campaign from Ezralow. She won and denies any wrong doing, noting that the contributions came from employees of Ezralow's
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