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Virtual Permit Parking for Westwood? City Council looking a developing pilot program By S taff W riter Los Angeles City Council is considering establishing a virtual permit parking pilot program using license plates readers instead of hanging placards to verify a car’s ability to park in a district. A similar program is currently operating within UCLA but a battle between the teacher’s union and university administration at another California university highlights privacy concerns over virtual permit parking. Preferential and Overnight Parking Districts are established throughout Los Angeles to address residential parking impacts from vehicles from outside the community. Beginning in 2018, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) began issuing permits in the form of hangtags. Permit holders must display the hangtags when the vehicle is parked within the district in order to avoid being cited. Some residents, however, feel that hangtags are often inconvenient and cumbersome for some residents. UCLA Transportation recently introduced the Bruin ePermit system where residents' license plates serve as the permit. The Bruin ePermit system works similar-
An LADOT parking enforcement officer tickets a car
ly to a supermarket scanner with a license plate functioning as the barcode. When read, the numbers of the license plate are automatically referenced against the parking database to verify a valid permit. This license plate reading technology is used to manage parking in more than 20 California municipalities and colleges. Recently, Councilmember Koretz who represents Century City and Westwood in-
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troduced a motion instructing the Department of Transportation (LADOT) to develop a pilot project that uses license plates as Preferential and Overnight Parking District permits. “By moving to a virtual permit system, the City could improve operational efficiency and offer numerous customer benefits, including, eliminating the need to display a hangtag or move hangtags from
vehicle-to-vehicle and reducing paper, plastic, and resources used during permit production and distribution,” Koretz said. Much of the Century City-Westwood area, with the exception of UCLA and the VA, is within a preferential parking district. While city officials like Koretz seem to welcome the idea, a virtual permit parking program at San Diego State University (SDSU) has faculty and staff in the middle of a debate over concerns about privacy and disciplinary action. In early August, SDSU’s Parking & Transportation Services announced the university would be transitioning to a virtual parking enforcement system, joining several other California State Universities. Students soon grew accustomed to the new system but many faculty and staff have yet to give in. Due to ongoing negotiations between their respective unions, a majority of faculty and staff are still required to display a hanging parking placard, as reported by The Aztec. The California State University Employees Union (CSUEU) is concerned virtual parking systems could be “used to track employees’ attendance or for employee discipline.” According to Robert Yslas, CSUEU Chapter 318 president and SDSU faculty member, the union is worried that the surveillance policy the SDSU is pulling the language from is too broad in its threshold for disciplinary action and fails to clearly define “egregious” behavior.
$10M to Protect Unlawful Evictions? Councilmember Paul Koretz calling for the creation of emergency renters relief program By Sam Catanzaro A Los Angeles elected official representing Westwood, the most expensive zip code to rent an apartment in within California, is proposing spending up to $13 million of city funds to protect individuals in danger of being evicted.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz and Council President Pro Tempore Nury Martinez are calling for the creation of an Emergency Renters Relief Program to protect renters against rent-gouging as a means to evict ahead of the State’s affordable-housing bill, AB 1482, going into effect January 1, 2020. According to Koretz, $10 million in funding will prevent individuals from losing their homes immediately. “In the current high-priced rental market there is a shockingly high percentage of Los Angeles residents who are barely hanging on, living month to month, and far too many are on the precipice of becoming homeless in the face of unscrupulous rent gouging,” Koretz said.
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To that end, Koretz joined Councilwoman Martinez in co-authoring an amending motion last week calling for $2.937 million from the funds for the Right to Counsel program, to protect those individuals in immediate danger of losing their units. “We need to help people who are facing constructive eviction to stay in their homes,” Koretz said. “That is why this emergency renter’s relief will be put to work immediately to prevent hundreds of individuals from being forced out of their apartments while we actively work to combat the bad behavior of some greedy landlords. We already have far too many homeless Angelenos on our street.”
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Councilmember Paul Koretz who represents Westwood and Century City is proposing creating an emergency renters relief program.
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WHAT DOES $1 MILLION AND $2 MILLION BUY TODAY ON THE WESTSIDE?
By Ron Wynn
Let’s start and imagine you either are pre-approved for a loan and have an adequate down payment or maybe you have all cash but in either event you are limited to a purchase price of $1,000,000. Of course, by most people’s standards, that is a lot of money and should be more than enough to purchase a beautiful home. The reality, however, here on the Westside of Los Angeles where demand is strong and inventory is exceptionally low, price remains very very high and average home prices are over $700 per foot, going to double that amount in exclusive poshy, upscale areas. Let’s look now at what $1,000,000 can get you. Of course, condos and town homes are generally lower price and often newer, larger, and more updated. Location is also a huge factor. The more desirable the location, the less square footage you can get and the less likely it is to find a home at all, particularly where the land value alone could exceed $1,000,000. Choice Number 1 Condo/Townhouse— West LA, Westwood, Culver City, Palms, parts of Santa Monica. Square footage— 1,400-1,800 square feet depending on location, age and upgrades. A superior location, and newer buildings will push back on square footage. Choice Number 2 Fixer upper on small to average size lot. West LA, Palms, parts of Mar Vista, Culver City, Westchester— Square footage 800-1,400 square feet. The larger the lot and the better the location, the less square footage you can expect. Choice Number 3 Freeway adjacent homes or a home on a busy street or a home on a lot of less than 5,000 square feet. You might find a move-in ready home between 1,000-1,600 square feet if the location or land value is compromised by any of the above conditions. Choice Number 4 Leave the westside and go north to the Valley or south of LAX to Inglewood or Hawthorne and east to the West Adams area or further east. Choice Number 5 Purchase a duplex for slightly above $1,000,000 and qualify for a larger loan, allowing the income from the second unit to help qualify you for a larger loan. Now let’s take another look at what $2,000,000 will buy you today. Choice Number 1 Condo or townhouse. You can buy a very nice, updated, spacious condo in a very prime location such as Santa Monica, Brentwood, Westwood and possibly Beverly Hills. The size could be up to 2,200 square feet, but you have homeowner association dues to consider. Choice Number 2 A major fixer in a good location. Houses in Sunset Park or in Westwood and Cheviot Hills on a lot of 7500 feet are almost $2,000,000, just for the dirt. (In North
Santa Monica, you can add another million) Choice Number 3 Single family home that is move-in ready. You can buy a very nice home around 1,800-2,000 square feet in Mar Vista, Westwood, Culver City, Westchester, Westside Village, Rancho Park, Cheviot Hills, and Beverlywood. Areas such as Cheviot Hills and Westwood are less likely to offer a move-in ready home at $2,000,000 but it is possible, usually with slightly less than 2,000 square feet. A move-in ready home, depending on the location, could be priced at $900 to $1,100 per foot. Choice Number 4 Single family home in more expensive location. You can buy a small fixer in South Brentwood and Brentwood Glen, Westwood, south of Wilshire and prime Cheviot Hills; all upscale, slightly more expensive locations. You might even find a fixer in Beverly Hills on a small lot, south of Wilshire, but it may be close to apartments or commercial buildings. Here you are paying for a better neighborhood location, and sacrificing either lot size, square footage or the condition of the home; thus the home could likely need remodeling or have fewer rooms. Choice Number 5 You can buy a home closer to the ocean or a home with views. Here you might want to live in Venice or Ocean Park or perhaps in Beverlywood or Cheviot Hills, paying for a view. The trade off will be less square footage and possibly a smaller lot or a home that needs updating. Choice Number 6 You can buy a home with a larger than 8,000 square foot lot. You might find a home in Mar Vista, Westwood or Sunset Park that needs updating, but the attraction is a bigger lot. Choice Number 7 You can buy a home far up a Canyon and far from a major access street or up a steep off-street driveway in upper Bel Air. Another possibility might be Bel Air Crest on a small lot with HOA dues, or a townhome in Mountain Gate or Palisades Highlands. The inconvenience and possible fire hazard might buy you seclusion, serenity and a location that is remote, quiet, peaceful and zen. Choice Number 8 You can go north to Encino or Sherman Oaks and get either 20% more square footage and possibly a 50% larger lot and maybe views too, still paying around $2,000,000. As you can see, there are many choices, but for most people, relocating from other places there is a learning curve and sticker shock when first coming into our market. People have often said to me, “Oh my God, you don’t get anything here for $2,000,000. It’s hard to argue with people’s feelings, but for me, a realtor who knows the choices exceptionally well, I simply say… “Unfortunately, it is what it is.” Thankfully you do have choices even though those choices come with significant limitations. My goal is to listen carefully to people’s needs, whether it is about schools, convenience, safety, children and pets, special age and health needs or location proximity needs. From there, I can make suggestions, recommendations and help people make their best possible choice. For comments or questions ron@ronwynn.com
As Donald Trump Jr. spoke at UCLA Monday, demonstrators on both sides showed up to be heard as the president’s son was on campus promoting his new book. UCLA police were present for crowd control. According to Lt. Kevin Kilgore, there were no arrests or physical confrontations. Inside the event, organized by a group called Turning Point USA, Trump Jr. and his girlfriend former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, got into a loud exchange with some protesters. Trump’s book, “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us,” was released November 5. According to UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez, the Trump Jr. talk was not a university-sponsored event.
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“The speakers were invited to campus by one of UCLA’s more than 1,200 student organizations, all of whom have access to university resources,” he said in a statement. “Freedom of speech and expression are core values at UCLA, but allowing someone to speak on campus is not an endorsement of their views. UCLA is committed to equity, inclusion and mutual respect as well as protecting the physical safety of everyone on campus. This includes their right to speak, be heard, hear others and peacefully dissent.”
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$8.7M Grant for UCLA Prostate Cancer Research University receives funds from National Cancer Institute
UCLA: Trump’s End to DACA Could Impact Campus, Surrounding Area University announces support to undocumented students on campus By Sam Catanzaro
By Keldine Hull The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded an $8.7 million grant to the prostate cancer program at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA Health. The prostate program at UCLA is ranked among the best in the country, and the recent designation marks the fourth time UCLA has received the grant. The Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant was established in 1992 by the NCI. According to the NCI, “Each SPORE focuses on a specific organ site, such as breast or lung cancer, or on a group of highly related cancers, such as gastrointestinal cancers.” For the past 15 years, the SPORE grant has had an important role in discoveries that significantly impact the way men with prostate cancer are treated, prolonging life expectancy for men who have failed hormone and chemotherapies. According to a UCLA press release, “Developments in imaging for detecting prostate cancer have also been supported through the grant. UCLA was among the first places in the country to employ MRI
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for detection, diagnosis and management of prostate cancer. Now, MRIs are used regularly to detect and assess the aggressiveness of malignant prostate tumors.” Over the next five years, the grant will go towards improving the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of prostate cancer. According to the press release, the grant will fund three translational research projects to find better ways to treat men with advanced stages of the prostate cancer. In 2018, approximately 164,690 new cases of prostate cancer were detected, resulting in over 29,000 deaths reported in the United States alone. According to Dr. Michael Teitell, director of the Jonsson Cancer Center, “The support from the SPORE grant makes it possible for our researchers and physicians to bring observations from the clinic into the lab, to better understand why some patients respond, why some don’t, and to really understand it at the scientific level so they can develop new drugs and tools to overcome the obstacles that currently exist.”
Tuesday the University of California, supported by UCLA, made arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of the program, saying the president’s actions could negatively impact the UCLA campus and surrounding neighborhood. DACA, created on June 15, 2012, by then-President Barack Obama, defers deportation proceedings for two years for qualified individuals who were brought to the United States illegally when they were children while giving approved individuals work authorization. These “dreamers” can have their DACA status renewed under the program. According to the Pew Research Center, there are nearly 800,000 individuals under the DACA program. “With the fate of DACA now in the hands of the highest court, UCLA continues to follow this matter closely and remains committed to supporting and defending undocumented students on our campus,” said Chancellor Gene D. Block and Abel Valenzuela Jr., Professor and Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Im-
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President Trump attends an immigration briefing with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.
migration Policy, in a joint statement. “DACA students at UCLA have excelled academically and professionally and continue to do so. Every day, we learn of their and their family’s contributions to the fields of science, education, business, and academia — both on and off campus — and to our civic institutions. Ending DACA would cause many of our students to lose valuable academic resources, negatively affect their well-being and reduce their opportunities to contribute to their families and our communities and neighborhoods.” The Trump administration says they are rescinding DACA because the program is illegal and unconstitutional to begin with. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its acting secretary, Elaine
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In honor of Remembrance Day (Sunday, November 10), Chairman Ratu Muda Princes Karen Cantrell invited us to a celebration at The Heritage in Beverly Hills. Included in the prestigious guest list were the Directors of the Lazarus Fund as well as a bevy of British Royalty and movers and shakers in Westside Society. An elegant French buffet and open wine bar was featured in one of Beverly Hills newest and posh eateries. Special guests included Dr. Craig Peterson and Ambassador Philippe Milgrom, Broadway actor and singer, Patrick Darub Hartingen, who escorted socialite and Harvey Milk Global Ambassador Liz Loren. Joining the sophisticated group was celebrity
skin expert, Dr. Danne Montague King, head of DMK, who donated wonderful gift bags, which included his world renowned products. I have used his skin revision products and can vouch for them 100 percent. After a greeting from Princess Karen, there was a toast to Queen Elizabeth and welcome acknowledgments to the prestigious guests, Including Robyn Shreiber, who invited us all to her next RIDE event on March 21 – whose theme is “Dance to End Hunger”. So much more I could say – but if you are interested in knowing more aout the California Branch of The Royal Society of St. George, Please call toll free 888-215-5855 or visit https://rssg.org.uk/. Maybe I will see you at their next elegant event. TOP LEFT – Socialite Liz Loren with actor Patrick Hartingen being interviewed.
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Westside Pavilion Macy’s to Become 230,000 Square Foot Office Complex $180 million development next to separate Google campus underway By Sam Catanzaro The former Westside Pavilion Macy’s department store will soon become a 230,000 square foot office campus that will transform the block alongside a separate Google campus underway in a separate part of the failed-mall. The former Westside Pavilion was once one of Los Angeles’ premier shopping malls, but in recent years had fallen behind to competition as shopping centers like Westfield Century City and the Grove have gone through renovations and the Rick Caruso’s Palisades Village has opened its doors. In 2017, the Westside Pavilion Macy’s closed and acquired by Los Angeles-based developer GPI companies, who recently begun a $180 renovation of the three-story
building on the corner of Pico Boulevard and Overland Avenue. The development, called the West End, will include 230,000 square feet of leasable space, with floor-toceiling glass windows wrapping the structure’s exterior and a courtyard to provide the building with natural lighting. HLW International is the project’s designer. “We expect that the design will enhance productivity and create an authentic and welcoming environment that is in such high demand by today’s leading creative and financial companies,” said Sejal Sonani, Design Principal at HLW in a news release. “Authenticity and the tenant experience are at the very core of our design for West End. By bringing in sunlight, creating flexible work environments, and incorporating indoor and outdoor spaces, we are creating the next generation of workplace in West LA.” The West End is expected to be completed in early 2021, a year before Google is expected to move next door into a 584,000 square foot office campus called One Westside.
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from page 1 In April of 2018, LA City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a shelter crisis in the City of Los Angeles. The Fiscal Year 2018-19 Adopted Budget includes $20 million to develop new crisis and bridge housing beds for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness throughout the City, with the goal of adding 50-100 new beds per council district. In addition, $10 million was included in the Unappropriated Balance for Homeless Services Programs and Koretz and Martinez are asking for at least $5 million from this fund to protect renters. According to a recent study from RentCafe, renters in Westwood’s 90024 ZIP code pay on average $,4944 a month, a 4.1 percent increase from last year. This makes Westwood the most fourth most expensive place to rent in the United States, behind three Manhattan ZIP codes. Boston is the only city outside of California and New York to make the top 50 list, with four ZIP Codes. The rent study used July data from Yardi Matrix to analyze the rent of around 15 million apartments of all sizes in over 130 U.S. markets. Other Westside neighborhoods to make the top 50 include Culver City’s 90232 ZIP Code at $4,118, Marina del Rey’s 90292 ZIP Code at $3,804, Santa Monica’s 90401 ZIP Code at $3,787 and Playa Vista’s 90094 ZIP Code at $3,735.
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Homeless Deaths Doubled LA County Public Health releases report on fatalities among homeless population By Sam Catanzaro Over the past five years, the number of individuals experiencing homelessness countywide who have died has doubled according to a report released this week by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health), an increase that is occurring on the Westside as well. The report, released on Tuesday, October 29 shows that the number of deaths from 2013 and 2018 increased by 536 to 1,047. In addition, the death rate increased by over one-third, accounting for the increase in the homeless population. "This alarming increase in homeless deaths requires immediate action to improve the care for our most vulnerable populations," said Bar-
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from page 5 Duke, is the first to be filed by a university seeking to stop the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program. UC President Janet Napolitano, who was secretary of DHS from 2009 to 2013, created the
bara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. "As we work hard to secure housing for those experiencing homelessness, we have a civic and moral obligation to prevent unnecessary suffering and death. We need to start this work by speaking directly with those experiencing homelessness to better understand how to align our support." According to Public Health, drug and alcohol overdose was the largest contributor to the overall increase in the homeless death rate. From 2016 to 2018, the overdose death rate was 26 times higher among the homeless than among the general population. Other leading causes of homeless deaths included heart disease, traffic injuries, homicide and suicide. The report also found that people experiencing homelessness died on average 22 years earlier than among the general population (average age was 51 among the homeless and 73 among the general population). The report also suggests that County establish a “homeless death review team” to further understand the contributing factors of homeless deaths
to prevent them in the future. This increase in death rates among the homeless population is not just regional. The Westside Coalition, a coalition of nonprofits, public agencies and faith communities working to address homelessness carries out an annual memorial service for individuals experiencing homelessness who have died on the Westside while receiving services from local organizations. The 2019 service, which was held last Sunday at Reed Park in Santa Monica, honored 112 individuals compared to 27 in 2018.
DACA program in 2012. Applicants for DACA were only approved if they were in or had graduated from high school or college, or were in the military, or an honorably discharged veteran. They cannot have been convicted of a felony or major misdemeanor or otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety. “Neither I, nor the University of California, take the step of suing the federal government
lightly, especially not the very agency that I led,” Napolitano said. “It is imperative, however, that we stand up for these vital members of the UC community. They represent the best of who we are — hard working, resilient and motivated high achievers. To arbitrarily and capriciously end the DACA program, which benefits our country as a whole, is not only unlawful, it is contrary to our national values and bad policy.”
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38 Pre-euro currency 39 Smooch 1 Like a bull in a china shop 40 Leave gobsmacked 7 Blue 41 Common plural verb 11 Band whose songs are 42 Staple of many a “Real featured in a hit 2001 Housewives” episode musical and 2018 movie 44 One of the Leewards 15 Tube tops 48 LeBron basketball sneaker, 19 Where Hemingway wrote e.g.? “The Old Man and the Sea” 51 Foe in “Wonder Woman” 20 Instrument whose name 55 – – – sounds like a rebuke of 56 Ready for the recycling bin Obama’s dog 57 Field trip chaperone 21 Case load? 59 Surrender 22 River that formed an extension of the Mason60 Celebrity chef Oliver Dixon line 61 Hunger for 23 One who’s just moved from 62 Will of “Arrested Portland? Development” 26 Bit of baseball gear 64 Determined to do 27 “Jeez, I heard you already!” 65 Flower said to cover the plains 28 Number of Hades 29 Game played with a dog 68 Brand of 33-Down 30 Peak 69 Intense blowback against a signature Trump policy 31 Tennis great who wrote the proposal? 2009 tell-all “Open” 72 Large mobile devices, to use a 32 Major science journal modern portmanteau 33 Satchel for a guy 35 Convert a morgue worker into 74 Hair net 75 Amazon threat a spy? 37 Google ____ 76 Muppet eagle ACROSS
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79 Highest draft category 80 Garbage barge 81 Tour de France setting 82 Bad person to get paired with for a class assignment? 87 Bender 89 “Present!” 90 Like more 91 Gulf mogul 92 Rulers during the Time of Troubles 93 Jewish mysticism 94 Harmonized 98 Triple-A requests 99 Nickname for a superserious congressman? 101 Trainer of Rey in “The Last Jedi” 102 Eager 103 Fixtures in every Vegas casino 104 Ontario city across the river from Buffalo, for short 105 Craftsy online store 106 Cay 107 For takeout 108 Exemplar of cruelty DOWN
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15 Awaken 16 Yellowfin 17 Workers who are always retiring? 18 “Take that!” 24 Strain 25 Tweet, e.g. 29 Language of Omar Khayyam’s “Rubáiyát” 31 Glows 32 Caution on an airplane wing 33 Dip for mozzarella sticks 34 Affecting radically 35 x 36 Biceps exercise 37 Attack on a big scale 38 Uncool 42 Gig for an aspiring electronic musician 43 Root word? 44 Citation 45 What “…” may represent 46 What “#” means in chess notation 47 Slim 49 Surrendered 50 “Take a hike!” 52 Like an uncorrupted file 53 Academy Awards prop 54 Popular Belgian brews, informally 58 Hurt 60 Ballet jump 63 Music genre at a rave 64 Provider of green juice? 65 Bother 66 Put away 67 Vietnamese broth-andnoodles soup 70 “Yeah, right” 71 Academy Awards prop 73 Garden toilers 76 Saliva
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