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Volume 2, Number 3 * March 2004 * www.cd13.com
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Councilmember
Eric Garcetti | A Word From Eric
Of all the communities that make up the 13th district, perhaps the least known to the others is Elysian Valley.
Tucked away between the 5 Freeway and the L.A. River, Elysian Valley doesn't get any cross-town traffic. Its certified neighborhood council represents 8,000 people, the smallest neighborhood recognized by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. Indeed, it too often gets overlooked: one study, the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to be delivered to the Department of Commerce in Washington, had to be delayed because the two regions on either side of the L.A. River each thought the other was responsible for Elysian Valley, and left it out!
Walking Elysian Valley |
To keep Elysian Valley from being overlooked, I gathered a crew of volunteers at Dorris Place Elementary School (famous alumna: Marilyn Monroe) one Saturday morning last month to knock on neighbors' doors and ask a simple question: what can the city do for you that it's not doing?
My team of volunteers was well used to fighting for attention for Elysian Valley. Virginia Adams, a neighborhood stalwart and a leader on the neighborhood council, partnered up with me to go door to door. Steve Zimmer, also on the neighborhood council, is a teacher at John Marshall High School. He helps run the all-volunteer Elysian Valley United organization, which runs numerous programs for youth and is working with my office to find funding to bring even more programs to the youth of Elysian Valley. Other volunteers had lived in the neighborhood for generations. One woman brought her husband and his brother.
Virginia and EG find out what's up in Elysian Valley | Most people we spoke to were a little startled to find the City Council knocking on their door. Virginia and I let people know about the services that are out there and promised to include people on future updates. A couple of people inquired about tree trimming, and someone even thanked me for getting the sidewalks fixed on her street! The most memorable request was from an elderly Chinese woman who summoned her neighbor from across the street to translate from Cantonese for me: she suspected that a snake had taken up residence in the parkway in front of her neighbor's house, and she asked if we could get the grass cut. Steve saw nearly half a dozen students whom he knew from school, some of whom had graduated and were attending college locally.
After a few hours of door knocking, my crew of volunteers returned to Dorris Place to find out what had happened in the field. Our neighborhood council members met volunteers who had come over a neighborhood from Echo Park or Hollywood, like Steven Yablok and Ferris Wehbe, and members of my staff who had come out for the day.
The details of our day and the pieces of paper with service requests on them may not seem like much. After all, the neighborhood holds 8,000 people. We knocked on 100 doors and spoke to people in 50 homes.
But day in and day out, each one of the Elysian Valley volunteers is knocking on more doors, touching more people, bringing more people into contact with city government, with higher expectations, with a sense of belonging to a neighborhood, a community, and a city.
This newsletter is one more way I try to knock on your door and get you involved. I try to include enough opportunities for you to tell me what you're thinking. Today, please think of someone who lives in CD13 who might like to read it, and either sign that person up or pass it on to him or her.
And if you'd like to come walking with me next time I'm in your neighborhood, let me know. All it takes is a comfortable pair of shoes, a smile, and a belief that no one should go overlooked.
All my best,
Eric
Something extra: Beautiful postcards from Echo Park; aspiring actor seeks aspiring writer to tell his story (very Hollywood!); Dad gets the museum treatment; scary fish, hooked by web angler Josh Kamensky.
CITY HALL UPDATE
Public Safety
With a heavy heart, I attended the funeral at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral of Los Angeles Police Officer Roberto Lizarraga, shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call. Officer Lizarraga attended Hamilton High School and Santa Monica College. He was 30 years old and had served in the LAPD since 2001. We honor his service; let us work to make this officer's funeral our city's last.
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River address
| I frequently hear complaints from Atwater Village and Elysian Village about crime along the Los Angeles River. Few crimes are reported, however, and we have learned that the Police Department undercounts crime there, in part because there is no precise way to describe the location of reported incidents. In response, Councilmember Ed Reyes and I introduced a motion to establish a mile marker system that could be used for emergency response. Following an inclusive, arduous design process (this is CD13, after all), we began to install these mile markers. If you see something along the L.A. River, report it using the correct address. We hope this will make the river safer for everyone.
Budget
The Budget Committee went on the road, with an evening meeting at Los Angeles City College attended by about three dozen members of the public. A spirited debate about jaywalking (some argued for issuing tickets to raise revenue, others for ceasing to spend money on enforcement), among other topics, ensued. Many people stressed that park funding should not be sacrificed, even to maintain public safety spending. My thanks to all who came out to grapple with the hard choices that confront Los Angeles right now.
The first glimpse of these hard choices came in an L.A. Times story last week. Where should we draw the line on service cuts? The Mayor and many council members have insisted that levels of service remain the same for public safety. I have also proposed raising revenue to protect and enhance our police and intervention efforts. What city services are you concerned with protecting?
It was in this context that I commented about seeking opportunities to raise revenue by licensing the city's name, leading to some good-natured sport in the L.A. Times. In public forums, I've raised the question "If it meant the difference between keeping parks or libraries open, would you be comfortable with declaring 'official products' of Los Angeles?" The response has been about 95% favorable. New York struck a $106 million deal with Snapple over ten years, for example. I've tasked a team of USC grad students to evaluate the different agreements struck by cities, and to make recommendations for appropriate ways to do this in Los Angeles. Of course, we must be sensitive and thoughtful in looking into these opportunities. That's why we have these grad students on the case! Let me know what kinds of licensing would be appropriate for the city to pursue.
Housing
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Breaking ground at St. Anne's
| I attended the groundbreaking of St. Anne's transitional housing project. The project is for young mothers who are emancipated foster children. Many young people emerge from our foster system with neither home nor job, and those who already have young children are most at risk of winding up on Skid Row. The home at St. Anne's will provide them with a much-needed head start on the basic necessities. The city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund provided this project with the resources it needed to come to fruition.
The Los Angeles Housing Department announced two rounds of funding for affordable housing projects. The first round will offer $20 million, and the second will offer $21 million. This wouldn't be possible on such a scale if it hadn't been for the wisdom of my colleagues and the Mayor in sheltering the Affordable Housing Trust Fund through the budget storm. $9.6 million was in danger of being swept into the General Fund despite our promise to maintain the AHTF and to stem the housing crisis. These funds pay for housing, they create construction jobs, they win millions more in awards from the state, which recognizes our commitment to sensible affordable housing, and they make a long-term economic turnaround possible in Los Angeles, as workers once again find affordable places to live. It is a promise we cannot turn our backs on, and I thank those who came to City Hall to fight for protection of the $9.6 million.
You may have read in the paper that 1500 families, 400 of them currently homeless, had their Section 8 vouchers suspended. Some of them had found apartments and were just waiting for their paperwork to be processed. This crisis is the result of a change in federal policy. Previously, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development encouraged local housing authorities to over-issue vouchers knowing that some would go unused, just as airlines overbook seats knowing that some passengers won't show up. The Housing Authority was allowed to pay for any excess from its reserves or from advances against future allocations. Suddenly HUD changed that policy, and is restricting the use of reserve funds. Worse, the President's budget calls for no growth in the program--not even to keep up with normal population growth--and he is asking for a 40% reduction in the program over the next 5 years. This will exacerbate the housing crisis for the most needy, and it will undermine the efforts we are making to end homelessness in Los Angeles. This is a heartbreaking situation for low-income families in this city. Section 8 is an important piece along the road to self-sufficiency. Today I introduced two resolutions urging HUD to restore our use of our reserve fund and calling on President Bush to abandon any reduction in the program. Later this week, I will go to Washington, D.C. to personally press these points.
Economic Development
SLBAC co-chairs Gene Hale and Councilmember Garcetti | I joined the Mayor and Councilmember Wendy Greuel at the kickoff of the Small and Local Business Advisory Committee at the Marvin Braude Service Center in Van Nuys. The first mission of the committee is to reform the city's procurement practices, but I also encouraged them to look ahead and to address the state of small business in Los Angeles.
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Leron Gubler, SLBAC appointee
| Small businesses drive our city economy, and city government can do a lot more to support them. First, we can be a better customer of their services, and we can cast a wider net in our requests for bids and proposals. Second, we can create a great business environment, with better access to both capital and a highly trained workforce. In particular, I have called for an abolition of the fourteen-day posting requirement for new city contracts. We can have an accountable procurement practice without that waiting period, which frustrates contractors and slows down the city's operations.
Every year, Los Angeles gets more than $100 million from Housing and Urban Development in Washington to assist in projects in low-income areas. The money comes in the form of Community Development Block Grants, which is distributed by the committee I chair, Housing, Community and Economic Development. This year, the federal government limited our ability to spend that money on providing services like the very popular Handyworker program. This program is a great example of community-level economic development: by giving seniors small grants to make home repairs, it eliminates blight that has a negative ripple effect on poor neighborhoods. Happily, we found money to shore up the program, and it will be protected across the city.
With Councilmembers Greuel and Ludlow, I introduced a motion to reform the Gross Receipts Tax for creative artists working in the entertainment industry. Because the industry is such a high-wage, non-polluting part of our local economy with tremendous ripple effects, it makes sense to eliminate the confusion that stems from artists working for production companies or as freelancers being taxed as business owners. This reform is part of a more comprehensive business tax reform package that I will be advocating in the near future.
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SEIU 434B
| I was pleased to address the members of SEIU Local 434B, the home health-care workers who make up the largest local union west of the Mississippi River, in a political education session held at the Hollywood Palladium. 434B's workers save the county millions of dollars by caring for people in their own homes instead of in costly public facilities, and they were a formidable ally in developing L.A.'s Healthcare Careers Program.
Taylor Yards |
Open Space and the Environment
The Recreation Volunteer Neighborhood Oversight Committee awarded the Taylor Yards park project $1 million. The CD13-adjacent project will be huge boon to our park-poor district, with fields for active and passive recreation and much needed greenery in an unused industrial location. We have linked up with Councilmember Ed Reyes to fight for this important project. I'll see you on the soccer fields!
Today, Wednesday March 3rd, in the Environmental Quality committee, I'll be hearing about a proposal to expand our city recycling activities with a pilot program to recycle food waste from restaurants. It's an ingenious program: waste haulers are charged an operating fee that must be used to promote recycling, so 365 restuarants will be given special bins for food waste and training on separation of compostable waste. The food wastes will be composted in industrial-grade hot compost piles and become rich soil, valuable for gardeners across the city. Meanwhile, here's how you can start a compost pile at home.
Neighborhood Empowerment and Access
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Announcing the Office
| After much sweat and tears, the work of this office has paid off: I can announce the establishment of our Office of Immigrant Affairs! Chicago, New York, and even Houston have similar offices that welcome newcomers into civic affairs with translation services and advocacy, helping people overcome language barriers in order to participate more fully. The OIA will begin as a position in the Mayor's Office. Fighting for this program during our budget crunch has been difficult, and I thank all the advocates who stayed the course.
Cable
Many CD13 residents have Adelphia cable as their service provider. Adelphia, as you may know, is in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings, the trial of its former CEOs, and general restructuring. At the local level, they are about to renew their franchise agreements, which presents an opportunity to negotiate customer service standards. This news article predicts that they will be out of bankruptcy this summer. We continue to hear issues with Adelphia's service and cable refranchising in general, and the Information Technology and General Services committee on which I sit will convene a community meeting to discuss refranchising.
Human Rights
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One small step for Rich and Chris, one giant leap for humankind
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I could not help but applaud the same-sex weddings in San Francisco, especially when I found out that my chief of staff, Rich Llewellyn, married his partner of 23 years, Chris Caldwell, in a City Hall ceremony. My congratulations go out to the thousands of newly married couples, many of whom made their life commitments decades ago but are only now seeing their first, hotly contested marriage licenses. And to those who would play politics with the lives and families of my friends: I have introduced a resolution that today, Wednesday, March 3rd, will put the City of Los Angeles on record against the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would be the first amendment to enshrine discrimination in our nation's charter document.
When budget cuts for HIV/AIDS drugs were announced at the state level, Councilmember Tom LaBonge and I immediately called upon our state leadership to reverse course. The cuts will prevent new patients from signing up for assistance, but T-cells don't maintain themselves while people with AIDS sit on a waiting list. We must be resolute in opposing the balancing of the budget on the backs of those who can least afford it.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT:
Atwater Village
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Proposed plantings on Glendale
| Glendale Boulevard is getting some TLC! Thanks go to Warner Brothers for sponsoring "Tree Planting Day" in Atwater Village. Susie Alarcon has more information about the planting on Saturday, March 20th, which will add foliage to the north side of Glendale Boulevard. The same day is the Friends of Atwater Village-sponsored Glendale Boulevard cleanup. Have fun!
The Atwater Village Neighborhood Council Special Events committee has kicked off its gardening workshop and contest, to be judged in June. If your thumb is green and your heart is true, then the prize might go to you! The judging categories are colorful garden, shade garden, rose garden, and native plants garden. Sign up here.
I will be speaking at the Atwater Village Residents Association town hall meeting on March 30th about the city's budget crisis, public safety, and our efforts to make Atwater Village clean and safe. The meeting starts at 7 pm at the Atwater Avenue Elementary School.
The Atwater Village Historical Society may be nearing a book deal with Arcadia Press. It's been great to see our local history stewarded by this group; now I'm making room on my bookshelf. Good luck!
Glassell Park
Ground broke mid-February on the Eagle Rock Sewer Interceptor at the confluence of Eagle Rock Boulevard, Cypress Street, and San Fernando Road. This is a court-mandated investment in our public works system that will provide safe water for the next generation of Angelenos. I join my federal and state colleagues in apologizing for the short term inconvenience.
The Glassell Park Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer on March 11th from 5 to 7 pm at Arbor Plus on Eagle Rock Blvd. The Board of Directors is in place and the articles and by-laws are being drafted, so come meet the people doing business in Glassell Park!
The Crestmoore Steps have been cleaned by the Bureau of Street Services lot-cleaning crew again. Since we cleaned up the steps and painted out the graffiti in January, tagging has been under control. Once we raise the wattage of the lights over the steps, we expect another increase in the steps' security.
Elysian Valley
Last month, the city's Clean and Green team helped us get the abandoned cars out from under the underpass at Gilroy. Not long after, a community clean-up at the same location removed thirty bags full of debris and one whole truckful of bulky items. Now Clean and Green, at my office's request, is putting together a plan to design a beautification effort for that site. The neighborhood is looking better already, and will get better still. Thank you to all who participated.
The illegal, bankrupt trucking firm that operated at the end of Rosanna Street for the past few years has finally received their eviction notice from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. This eviction clears the way for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy's Marsh Street Park to get underway.
Come to the garden and make it yours! The Jardin del Rio community garden on Riverdale will hold its grand opening on March 21st. This is CD13's 9th park or community garden opened since I took office in June of 2001! Field Deputy Mitch O'Farrell has more information.
Echo Park
Our office was able to get the Department of Building and Safety to clean up the dumping at Laveta and Sunset. Thanks to the neighbors who alerted us to the problem!
The Neighborhood Empowerment Action Team (NEAT) will be focusing on the neighborhoods on either side of Echo Park Avenue. Comprising the Department of Building and Safety, the LAPD, the Housing Department, the City Attorney, representatives from the Mayor's office, and your friendly neighborhood CD13 field reps, NEAT goes after slumlords and investigates code violations to promote public safety.
The Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council is planning its second clean-up on March 6th.
News flash! Signalization improvements on the Glendale Boulevard Improvement Project are finally underway. A little traffic congestion over the next few weeks, especially at the five-points intersection, will pay for vastly improved flow in the future. The contractor has already begun the underground work such as conduit and pull box installations up and down the project; we expect the new signalization to be fully operational by mid-summer. Again, we're sorry about the inconvenience but I am very much looking forward to a smoother ride down Glendale Boulevard.
Elysian Heights Elementary School is one of only two schools in California to win the 2004 National Title I Distinguished Schools Recognition Award. The school was recognized for achieving the highest academic improvement rate of all Title I schools in California and for exhibiting exceptional student performance for two consecutive years. Congratulations! I will be honoring them in Council on April 2nd.
Historic Filipinotown
The Filipino Veterans' Memorial has received funding as part of this year's Community Development Block Grant allocation. Ever since I met the Filipino veterans who served their country and make CD13 a home, this project has been personally important to me; my own grandfather served in the Phillipines during World War II. I am heartened to see the memorial going forward as part of the Lake Street Park - which is very near to completion.
Every month brings more news about the HiFi streetscape project, and March is no exception. We have found the money to pay for trees and banners on Temple Boulevard. Ever since my office began its work with the community that would become Historic Filipinotown, I have believed that Temple Boulevard has deep, untapped potential. I think once we see it adorned with banners and flanked by blossoming trees, commuters and community members will recognize that too.
I will attend the Historic Filipinotown Chamber of Commerce March 11th meeting at City of Angels Medical Center. I'm excited to listen to what this growing organization has to say about the developments in Historic Filipinotown.
I was pleased to attend the Knights of Columbus dinner and help honor police officers, firefighters, and upstanding citizens alike. Congratulations to the honorees! If you haven't stopped by the Knights of Columbus lodge, check out the pocket park overlooking Silver Lake Boulevard.
Silver Lake
Despite the pouring rain, the Bellevue Park clean-up went forward as scheduled on Saturday, Feb 21st. It even attracted the help of several of the park's volunteer coaches and sports-playing youth, who joined me to collect over 300 pounds of trash. Afterwards, pizza and shelter were enjoyed by all who helped out. Special thanks go out to clean-up organizer and Bellevue Park Rec Center Director Nicole Walley and CD13's own Silver Lake Field Deputy Jim Omahen.
The Silver Lake Improvement Association and the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council are sponsoring Silver Lake Beautification Day this Saturday, March 6th, from 8:30am to 1pm. We'll meet at Laurel & Hardy Park, in the 900 block of N. Vendome St. Clean-up supplies will be provided; please bring your own work gloves.
CD13 delivers: the stop sign at Hyperion and Del Mar has been installed! The new sign comes thanks to the efforts of Lotene Morgan, who brought the dangerous intersection to our attention.
The petitions for holding liquor stores at and around Sunset and Silver Lake to community standards are up at CD13's website. If you want to get involved, please download a petition and collect some signatures. Senior Community Organizer Shane Goldsmith has more information.
Inventor of the bedpan | The triangle park at Sunset and Griffith Park has been getting some attention--and not what you might expect. I got a call from a reporter who noticed a small plaque on the fountain in the park dedicating it to "Mildred Blank, inventor of the bedpan" on behalf of the "Los Angeles Civic Council." I'm not sure who installed the plaque - and I'll let you decide for yourself why the author of the plaque associated the fountain with bedpans--but I wonder if it isn't any relation to the folks who are so excited about getting a casino and a Wal-Mart in Silver Lake. (Sorry--no time soon).
Real enhancements to come | More auspiciously for the park, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council has stepped up as a benefactor and is applying for Neighborhood Matching Grant funds to make some improvements to it. Mildred, your legacy may once again be green: you have the SLNC to thank.
The Neighborhood Council is raising the bar once again, this time in its treatment of the homeless issue. After presentations from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the SLNC has decided to engage proactively and cooperatively on the issue, assisting LAHSA in its outreach to local homeless people.
Here's a new idea for a community improvement: Mayberry Elementary school is investigating the possibility of planting a garden on their parkway, the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. For the record, any one can plant his or her parkway as long as the planting does not block traffic views. Also, no man-eating plants.
East Hollywood
I hope you're not tired of new school groundbreakings yet, because Santa Monica New Primary Center started construction this past month. The team at LAUSD will move heaven and earth to relieve school overcrowding, and they're having a notable string of successes in the "moving earth" part of the equation.
At the first East Hollywood Streetscape meeting with the CRA, Thai CDC and the Little Armenia committee, we discussed tree planting, crosswalk prints, banners, benches, bike racks and more ideas to liven up the street corridors of Thai Town and Little Armenia. Field Deputy Baydsar Thomasian has more information if you're interested in these neighborhoods.
The Little Armenia Gateway Project is underway, with plans to commission a sculpture from Armenia to be shipped to Los Angeles. With the Thai Angels preparing to land on Hollywood Boulevard, the neighborhoods of East Hollywood are getting ready for their close-ups.
In the past few months, the Bureau of Street Lighting upgraded the street lights on Alexandria Avenue south of Sunset Blvd from almost zero illumination to 150-watt sodium, and the trees on the street have been trimmed to enhance visibility. The result, combined with focused attention from the LAPD, has been to beat back the tide of street prostitution that had affected that corner for so long. The problem isn't gone yet, but the changes have helped LAPD crack down effectively.
Hollywood
The passage of time was most evident in the time capsule that Johnny Grant excavated from the corner of Sunset and Vine last month. Since the capsule's interment fifty years ago, water had ruined the treasures once already (they checked in 1964), and, sadly, this time was no different. (Rumors that Johnny Grant broke into Washington Mutual's vault wearing a wetsuit and night goggles to inspect the damage in advance were not confirmed at press time). But the third time's a charm: the latest round has been sealed in a hermetically sealed steel box. Entombed now are classic Hollywood film and television DVDs, a Martin and Lewis radio script, and a shingle from the roof of the Lasky-DeMille barn, among other things ... hey, has anyone seen Johnny Grant?
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At the Hollywood Coordinating Council, Eric presents an award to Ferris Wehbe
| Thanks to Ed Collins of Disney for his generosity. Ed was able to set up 40 kids from the Yucca recreation Center with tickets to Miracle at the El Capitan.
One of our most successful projects in Hollywood has been removing pay phones from "hot spots" where they are used by drug dealers. Neighborhood Prosecutor Bill Kysella from Rocky Delgadillo's office has promised to work with the community to remove pay phones swiftly when they become a hazard. If you're concerned about a pay phone, email Bill and let us know too!
With Mary Lou Dudas, Media BID | I was pleased to join board members of the Media Business Improvement District and others at the Theater Row banner raising in Hollywood. Live theater is a crucial component of Hollywood's renaissance, and this addition to the community will make it sparkle.
It's official: CIM has purchased Hollywood & Highland from Trizec Properties for $201 million. The city's investment was protected through and through. We bid adieu and thank all at Trizec for their willingness to take a gamble on Hollywood. No one can doubt that this truly has been a catalytic process for Hollywood that has spurred investment at every scale, from Hollywood and Vine to the influx of tony nightclubs and restaurants. CIM, who developed Old Town Pasadena and the 3rd Street Promenade, promises to invest heavily in the Boulevard, on which they already have properties such as the TV Guide building and others. Stay tuned for some big announcements about the site ...
73 million pairs of eyes were on that same complex last Sunday night at the Oscars. A hearty CD13 whoop and holler goes out to Tim Robbins for his Best Supporting Actor award; Tim directs the Actor's Gang theater on Santa Monica Boulevard. In our own competition from last month, William Hawkins has won a set of Eric Garcetti scented candles, handcrafted in Hollywood by Bluewick, by guessing the Best Picture winner (there were many right answers, and William's name was chosen at random). Congratulations! Even the runners-up should check their mailboxes for a nice scent.
L to R: Rhonda Shear, Eric Garcetti, Marc Weinstein, Rodri Rodriguez | The Charlie Awards are held every year by the Hollywood Arts Council to stoke the creative fires of Hollywood and recognize jobs well done. The amount of money my staff spends at Amoeba Records should be recognition enough for Amoeba owner and general good guy Marc Weinstein, but he got a Charlie on top of it.
On March 8, Hollywood Interfaith Sponsoring Committee will hold a meeting on crime in the Yucca Corridor. To get involved, drop Shane a note.
Did anyone catch Oprah's post-Oscar show, broadcast from the Kodak Theater?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced plans to build a "world class" Motion Pictures Museum. I believe there's no better place than Hollywood to house such a museum; in fact, one of the standout recommendations from the Urban Land Institute study of Hollywood was the construction of such a museum. If you agree, let us know.
UPCOMING EVENTS
We'll continue to post community events in this space, but this month they all seem to be neighborhood-based. If that's not enough to get you out of the house, please check out our community calendar. If that's still not enough, you could spend a day looking at giant objects. CONTACT US
Councilmember Eric Garcetti represents the Thirteenth Council District which includes all or part of the communities of Glassell Park, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown, Silver Lake, East Hollywood and Hollywood.
Councilmember Garcetti serves as Assistant President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council. He chairs the Council‘s Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee, is the Vice-Chair of the Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee, and sits on the Information Technology and General Services and Budget and Finance Committees. He also sits on the Council‘s Ad Hoc Stadium Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Los Angeles River.
Councilmember Garcetti and his staff can be reached via e-mail at garcetti@council.lacity.org or by mail or phone at City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 470, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 473 7013 and 3525 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026, (323)913-4693.
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