Barrington Plaza was approved as a nuclear fallout shelter a day before Lesser's appointment to the commission, on October 14, 1961.
The Los Angeles Times referred to its proposed nuclear fallout shelter plan as being “massive”, ($4,119,180,401 (adjusted for inflation, $404 million in 1961 dollars).
A complete review was ordered by unanimous vote of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 14, 1961.
Dorn proposed investigating making all future community park buildings potential underground fallout shelters, as well as using school gymnasiums and cafeterias.
Dorn also proposed a motion to ask all California congressmen to support measures which would require the Agriculture Department to stockpile food supplies adjacent to the Los Angeles Basin for major emergencies.