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ON THE COVER: Bestselling author and screenwriter, Amy Ephron, collaborated with her daughters on a book of unique baby names that celebrates inspiration, inclusion, hope and love. Photo Credit: Katrina Dickson. Design by Arman Olivares.

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Never Mind, We’re Just Constituents

By Jack Schwartz n Aug. 16, 2006, my neighbors and I organized a meeting at the Penmar Park Rec Center in Venice, with representatives of R&P (Parks Dept.) and our then city councilman Bill Rosendahl.

The problem was that our elders on the street no longer took their daily walks through the park, for fear of the off-leash dogs that roamed. Some of them had been chased and scared by dogs, while the owners just stood there and did nothing. The government people said that there was a law requiring dogs to be leashed, and that enforcement was going to happen…soon.

Councilman Rosendahl asked me to join the Park Advisory Board (PAB) and work through the system. Since that meeting, the number of daily dogs off leash in the park has increased at least four times of the number back then. The R&P park rangers said they could do nothing.

Animal Services said they could do nothing. LAPD said they

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were too busy.

Three consecutive City Council district directors came out and watched the off-leash dogs, and had signs posted on the fences that were quickly vandalized or stolen. [Debbie Dyner-Harris was often helpful, but she left in January 2018. Krista Phipps, Ariane Garcia and Tristen Marlor said they would get back to me, did nothing and never did.

The current one, Noah Fleishman, ignores all emails, so I have not spoken to him].

The PAB disbanded after a few meetings. The park director, Gregory Thomas, said that when his employees went out to talk to the dog owners to ask them to leash their pets, they were threatened, and his district director said he couldn’t help, so the staff members stopped going out.

Rosendahl once said to me that he couldn’t get the R&P people to do anything about anything, because some city employees just stalled until the councilman’s staff members (or the

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council member) were gone. I suggested that he withhold his vote on their budget until they shaped up. He said that was a good idea.

I don’t raise this issue because it is of the greatest importance. It just illustrates how little we regular people can get done in this town. And it raises the question of what the role of our elected representatives and government employees should be.

A few years ago, I met with Steve Embrich, the newly installed captain of LAPD’s Pacific Division. We stood there in the street near the park, with our uniformed area SLO, Adrian D. Acosta, next to a huge marked LAPD van. As we stood on the side of the street talking, a few cars raced past us above the speed limit, and they literally ignored the officers and police van, even as one of the cars was signaled by Acosta to slow down.

Captain Embrich suggested we get speed bumps installed,

because LAPD only had one traffic cop for Venice. In response, one of the residents of the street answered an invitation from Councilman Mike Bonin to put in an application. She never heard back.

When I called the Department of Transportation, I was told that we didn’t qualify because our street was too short for cars to speed on, despite the opinion of LAPD. We never got a written denial of the bump application; my neighbor called Bonin’s office and was told the application had been lost. She sent another copy. We still have heard nothing in reply, and of course, no speed bumps. Now, the City says it no longer has the funds for speed bumps.

The question remains: What are our elected representatives supposed to do about complaints from residents? About 15 years ago, I was sitting at the bar at the now-closed Waterloo & City restaurant. The fellow on the next stool was complaining about his city council rep. He

had called the Councilman’s office to state that a city agency he was dealing with was not paying any attention to his inquiry. So the Councilman’s staff member gave him the name and phone number of the agency that wasn’t doing its job. My fellow drinker wondered why they would send him back to the office that he couldn’t get any help from, instead of getting involved directly. He gave up.

I have lived in Venice for 35 years. I work in the housing and homelessness fields as a lawyer for nonprofit housing builders and social service providers. My community matters to me. I organized the 12 houses on my street into an email group, to try to solve problems and to let my neighbors know what services and programs are available to them.

I’m not talking about big issues like crime, homelessness, gentrification and ugly minimansions, income inequality, or traffic density. We look at health and safety issues that make it

ArgonautNews.com comfortable enough for people to want to live in a city like speeding cars, vehicles and e-scooters ignoring stop signs, a lack of regular street sanitation sweeping, no safe use of the park, abandoned stolen vehicles, and enforcement of zoning laws.

Let me offer two examples. I am writing this on a Wednesday afternoon. In a few hours, the street and neighborhood will be invaded by a large number of people attending the weekly outdoor concert in the café in Penmar Golf Course. Because the golf course has just a few parking spaces, every possible place to put a car in the area— whether legal, illegally sticking out into the intersections, or blocking driveways—will be filled up. The area residents will get a few hours of live music, whether they want it or not. And who knows if the venue will be overcrowded with customers?

Now, how did the City authorize this weekly assault on the neighborhood, without any consultation with the residents?

How about this one? A few years ago numerous ugly mansions were built on Morn-

ingside Way. The behemoth at 1240 didn’t sell, so it was rented out for years to Whisper, an internet corporation. That’s a business in an area zoned for residential use only, with employees parking up the blocks around the house, 24/7. The Department of Building and Safety was unable to cite this out-of-zone use because neither the owner nor the business would voluntarily let the inspector inside.

When I suggested to DBS that they get a court order to allow inspection, the response was: Yes, I guess we could. But they never did. DBS told me that the business was evicted, and left without government law enforcement. Now the place, which is on line under the name Mystic Manor, is up for sale with a list price of $5,999,999, but meanwhile, and for a year or two, it was rented out for commercial events, or as their website states: “Perfect for photo shoots, workshops, lectures, dinner parties, ceremonies or any other gathering/event you can (Continued on Page 8)

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At least a dozen neighbors have filed complaints with the city, due to the crowds, traffic, parking problems, and trash. The city attorney’s office told me that since there wasn’t loud noise from the building, they couldn’t do anything. The city’s response? Nothing.

Last month, the nonprofit Venice Community Housing Corporation had a grand opening for the residential Rose Apartments. I ran into Mike Bonin there and told him that I had been trying to get a phone conversation with him for a year and a half to discuss some neighborhood problems. He gave me his personal email and told me to use it to set up a meeting. After three emails that were not replied to, I wrote to Chad Molnar, Bonin’s chief of staff, who said that he would remind Bonin. That was a month ago.

I’m still waiting.

If city council members and their staff aren’t going to help city residents, then lower our damn taxes, because their salaries are not being earned.

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By Kamala Kirk l Segundo-based wellness company, Liquid I.V., took over Santa Monica on Aug. 18 and 19 with a ‘Hydrate ‘n’ Skate’ event in celebration of its first-ever national brand campaign, Fuel Your Play.

A special press preview event was held on Aug. 18 for media and influencers, followed by a public event on Aug. 19.

Attendees were greeted with roller skating and skateboarding, games like cornhole and ring toss, photo opps and a custom hydration rink. Photo activations included a Liquid I.V. branded vintage car with California vanity license plates.

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Loco Coco brings superfood bowls and smoothies to Venice

By Oliver Grynberg oco Coco, a New York City staple that sells superfood-focused bowls and smoothies, has arrived in Venice. The bright pink solar-powered house with a quaint garden lining Abbot Kinney matches trendy flair with the utmost attention to quality in its vegan offerings.

“I couldn’t find anything that met my needs,” said Max Alcobi, founder and owner of Loco Coco.

With extensive dietary restrictions and a decade-long interest in superfoods, he set out to create a product he would want to purchase daily, and New Yorkers were quick to bite.

Between the colorful bowls, intricate matchas and slew of energizing smoothies, there is something for everyone at Loco Coco. The tiny location on the Upper East Side was soon

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Loco Coco is a new sustainable vegan, superfood-based bowl and smoothie restaurant on Abbot Kinney in Venice.

“doing numbers on a per square foot basis that retailers like Chanel could only imagine doing,” Alcobi said. “New York really needed the product we provided.”

“LA claims to be one of the epicenters of health and wellness in the U.S., but a lot of the establishments here are not up to par with my personal standards,” Alcobi said.

Loco Coco brings a degree of transparency that is unique to restaurants of its kind, while also providing customers with the information needed to understand the supplements and products they sell.

It might seem trivial, but “a big differentiator for us is that we don’t use ice in any one of our products,” Alcobi said.

This way, smoothies and bowls never separate. There is an obsession with actuality when it comes to ingredients, so that everything involved in

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Loco Coco’s products is listed on the menu. Honesty with customers hinges on knowing where one’s food is coming from, and Loco Coco is built around relationships with distributors.

“Right now I'm at my friend's warehouse picking up our essential oils and herbs, they are literally the farmers,” Alcobi said.

Coconut shell bowls and spoons, which are completely biodegradable, come from a sustainable farm partner in Taiwan that Alcobi was communicating with two years before his first location opened.

Loco Coco’s passion for detail and relationships like these pairs with an equally vibrant community-centric location in Venice. The hot pink house, colorful logos, creative names for menu items and upbeat music infuse the store with energy. Paintings by local artists are for sale just above the garden, a space which Alcobi wants to be public.

“We don’t require you to be a customer to sit in the garden,” he said. “We want to be able to

give back and have this be a cultural center for Venice.”

Whether it is creating a platform for local creatives or partnering with organizations like LA Urban Farms, Loco Coco is committed to establishing itself as an integral and beneficial part of Venice’s ecosystem.

“It is not just about the physical body and what you put in it, but about the mind and soul as well,” Alcobi said.

Every element of Loco Coco’s well-rounded approach comes back to the earth. Sustainability is an unquestionable tenet of Alcobi’s philosophy for one simple reason.

“We are literally using products of the earth,” Alcobi said. “If we don’t take care of our planet, how can we continue doing that?”

By producing their own power with solar panels on the roof and with packaging and cutlery that is almost entirely biodegradable, Loco Coco recognizes their debt to the planet.

Anything less, Alcobi believes, would be hypocritical.

Loco Coco’s ethical approach

and accessibility to healthy eaters of all kinds makes it a likely success on Abbott Kinney. But Alcobi already has big plans for expansion.

“We're always thinking about the next store, and the next three or four stores after that,” he said. “Covid changed the way Americans think about what they are putting into their bodies.”

Understanding how to strengthen one’s body through food is more relevant now, perhaps, than ever before. If you don’t know much and want to get started, the knowledgeable staff at Loco Coco are trained to point you in the right direction.

It is all about helping the customer, and as Alcobi assured, “We have the tools, ingredients, products and supplements to do that for you.”

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Amazon One is a new biometric-based palm recognition and payment system available for use at Whole Foods Market.

By Oliver Grynberg laya Vista Whole Foods recently introduced customers to Amazon One, a new and optional way of shopping. Amazon’s new biometricbased palm recognition and payment system is now available for use at the Playa Vista Whole Foods Market, which joins a growing list of Whole Foods and other Amazon and third party retailers to offer the contact-free payment and identification system around the country.

To register for Amazon One, a customer needs only to enroll their palm by hovering it above a small circular console and linking a credit card and phone number. When they are ready to pay, customers simply hover their palm over the Amazon One device and the card that is linked to their palm will be charged. The system provides a contactfree option for customers looking to leave a congested store quickly, qualities that are poignant in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Safeguarding customer privacy is a foundational design principle for Amazon One. The Amazon One device is protected by multiple security controls and palm images are never stored on the device. The images are encrypted and sent to a highly secure area that has been custom built for Amazon One in the cloud where they create each user’s palm signature.

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By Kamala Kirk fter a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Leadership Culver City has announced that it is seeking applicants for its third annual program, which will begin in September.

Leadership Culver City, which aims to encourage greater participation in civic affairs, is a joint project of the City of Culver City, the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange Club of Culver City, West Los Angeles College, and the Center for Nonprofit Management.

The program provides training in leadership and communications skills. In addition, outside speakers make presentations about and discuss issues facing Culver City. Graduates of the program have gone on to run for public office and to serve as commissioners and as directors on the boards of nonprofit organizations.

It entails a monthly meeting from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the third Friday of each month, from September through May. The first meeting will be held on Sept.

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By Kamala Kirk he Santa Monica Education Foundation Board of Directors has completed a nationwide search for the Foundation’s next executive director with the appointment of veteran fundraising professional, Mikko Sperber, to the role.

The search was initiated in April when incumbent executive director, Linda Greenberg, announced her plans to retire after 28 years of service.

Sperber comes to the Ed Foundation after serving most recently as the managing partner of Fundamental Strategy, a nonprofit management and fundraising advisory firm he founded. He has more than two decades of experience working with nonprofit organizations in the performing arts and education in Los Angeles and New York.

“The Santa Monica Education Foundation is lucky to have found Mikko,” said Ed Foundation board president John Baracy.

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The Santa Monica Education Foundation Board of Directors has completed a nationwide search for the Foundation's next executive director with the appointment of veteran fundraising professional Mikko Sperber. future.”

Sperber is an active leader in the greater LA nonprofit community. He has been heavily involved as a member of the LA County Equity in County Contracting Project Team for the past two years, working to streamline and improve contracting policies and practices for the benefit of all nonprofits who

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He currently serves on the boards of directors of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Levitt Pavilion in LA, and the Claremont Courier. Additionally, he serves on the Advisory Board of Angel City Sports.

Before founding Fundamental Strategy, Sperber’s career in the nonprofit sector

included work with the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and MPTF. He holds a master’s in leadership, with an emphasis in nonprofit management and philanthropy, from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy; an executive program certificate in general management from the UCLA Anderson School of Management; and a bachelor of science in organizational leadership from Azusa Pacific University.

“I’m excited to join a community of people who are aligned in their desire to ensure that all students in Santa Monica’s public schools receive a vibrant education rich with opportunities in and out of the classroom,” Sperber said. “I know that requires our philanthropy to supplement the District’s funds so they can hire the staff and fund the programs that impact all students in Santa Monica’s public schools. My family and I are so excite to get more deeply involved in the Santa Monica community and enjoy this incredible city.”

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By Kamala Kirk ecently, 16 local Santa Monica students were named winners in the 14th Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Poster Contest.

This year’s theme, “Do Your Part, Be Water Smart,” educated students on the importance of water conservation and inspired them to use art to express their ideas while raising awareness about the drought.

The contest was open to all kindergarten through 12th grade students who either live in or attend school in Santa Monica.

Winners were selected in four categories: K to 2nd grade, 3rd to 4th grade, 6th to 8th grade, and 9th to 12th grade. This year’s contest educated over 1,160 students in 33 virtual or video presentations at public and private schools in Santa Monica, resulting in 600 poster submissions. The judges included representatives from the City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works.

All contest winners were honored at a celebration at Annenberg Community Beach House on May 11. The winning posters were displayed at the students’ schools from April 26 until May 6.

“Santa Monica students have wonderfully captured the essence of water conservation in this year’s posters,” said Thomas Fleming from City of Santa Monica (Water Resources). “I was impressed with how the students’ artwork creatively communicated their deep concern and the necessity for saving water along with informative calls to action. The posters convey hope and inspire us to ‘do our part, be water smart.’

This is especially relevant now as our severe drought continues to intensify. Congratulations to all the students for once again creating amazing posters.”

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2nd Place: Madeleine Zapien, 2nd Grade, Grant Elementary

3rd Place: Keshav Srivastava, 2nd Grade, Grant Elementary

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Grand Prize: Maddy Forrer, 5th Grade, Grant Elementary

2nd Place: Irene Lee, 5th Grade, Grant Elementary

3rd Place: Bryan Walker, 5th Grade, Grant Elemetary

Honorable Mention: Finley Beardsley, 3rd Grade, Will Rogers Learning Community

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Grand Prize: Sahana Lindsey, 8th Grade, John Adams Middle School

2nd Place: Alisa Fox, 6th Grade, John Adams Middle School

3rd Place: Zoey Sadrieh, 7th Grade, Lincoln Middle School

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2nd Place: Soraya de Leon, 10th Grade, Santa Monica High School

3rd Place: Jasmin Aldana, 12th Grade, Santa Monica High School

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BroadStage blazes a bold new look and name

By Bridgette M. Redman he world has changed and performing arts organizations are finding new ways to respond to the social concerns of their communities.

Those that have survived the long, unexpected shutdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic often find themselves transformed.

In its 15th year, The Broad Stage has rebranded itself to BroadStage—a new name, color and logo to go along with a renewed commitment to the community and a fresh infusion of funds from founding sponsor, The Broad Foundation. All these announcements were made along with the reveal of its upcoming 2022-2023 season.

“The changes that have come through the social uprising of the past couple of years have transformed the landscape of the performing arts, profoundly, and I think much to the good,” said Rob Bailis, artistic and executive director of BroadStage. “Live performing art has always been a place that our most robust and complicated social concerns are discussed and made available for public discourse.”

He places the arts amid a rich and complex time, one of a global pandemic and a social and cultural uprising. Those events have opened the door to voluminous and intense dialog.

“That is where artists thrive,” Bailis said. “They thrive in a place where they’re able to rise to meet the challenge of our day and to help us talk about the tough stuff. It’s been an opportunity for us to really think about how to give voice to the questions and concerns that are right here in our community.”

In addition to a new name, they came up with a new color and a new logo—all ways to put forward a value proposition of boldness.

“It was much more than just a cosmetic process,” Bailis said. “We really were digging deep to understand what we wanted to put forward. We’re here to be energizing and we’re here to be close to home. We selected the magenta color because it is so energizing and because it suggests the kind of electricity that we want everyone to feel.”

The B logo invites audiences to bring their authentic selves and myriad interests to the theater. Combining their name into one word was, Bailis said, a way of inviting people backstage, directly into conversations with the artists.

“That’s how the brand was designed and devised—with this idea of energizing, personal and bold,” Bailis said. “It is where we felt we could do our best work. At a programmatic level, the

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BroadStage (formerly known as The Broad Stage) in Santa Monica recently revealed its new season, website/rebrand, and announced a $10 million endowment gift from The Broad Foundation. boldness will be seen in a lot of original work, a lot of new work, a lot of work that is having its world premiere or Los Angeles premiere on our stage.”

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced a $10 million gift to BroadStage, a contribution to their endowment that will support operations and programming and propel the arts organization into the future.

“We have emerged from the chrysalis of the last two years with a new set of wings—a beautiful new color, a brand new shape—our story of transformation is ready to be shared,” Bailis said. “All of it inspired by and profoundly supported by this transformational gift to our endowment from the Broad Foundation.”

However, he said it won’t alter the ambition of their annual fundraising because they have an obligation and responsibility to raise the money for their annual production budgets.

“In many respects, it raises the level of ambition and asks us to really invite our community to step up with us and to meet this gift as best we can with equal

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vigor and to be able to really inspire the creativity of the artists we’d like to invite,” Bailis said.

The Broad Foundation gift, Bailis said, is transformational. It has effectively doubled the size of their operating endowment. This will secure their operating platform and give them the confidence to take more risks at a time when the cultural environment demands risk-taking and platforms for new voices.

“This is a moment where risk taking changes these norms,” Bailis said.

“Looking for ways to let a different set of ideas come into the mix requires resources that require you to have some risk capital. This really is both a tremendous vote of confidence from the Broad Foundation to support us in our risk taking and in creating that future for the performing arts that we are seeking. It also gives us the certainty that our operating platform is secure enough to take those chances.”

The risk-taking and commitment to new voices is evidenced in their 20222023 season. It has 33 offerings that

include three world premieres and two West Coast premieres. It is a mix of music, dance and creative forms of performing art. The world premieres are: • “Being Future Being” by Emily Johnson/Catalyst (Sept. 8-10) • Mark Morris Dance Group, “The Look of Love to Music of Burt Bacharach” (Oct. 20-23) • Barak Ballet “Memoryhouse” (June 15-17) “The three world premieres are all in the realm of dance, which is a great for us because we’re a wonderful space for dance,” Bailis said.

“Being Future Being” is a work that has been developed by choreographer and performance maker, Emily Johnson, and her company, Catalyst. It imagines a future of human beings on this planet that considers a possibility of a much more symbiotic between humans and the natural world.

The Mark Morris piece works with the songbook of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Bailis said Morris takes music

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The 2022/23 season features 33 offerings that include three world premieres— Mark Morris Dance Group’s “The Look of Love, An Evening of Dance to the Music of Burt Bacharach;” “Being Future Being,” a multi-disciplinary work by choreographer of Yup’ik descent Emily Johnson/Catalyst; and Barak Ballet’s first full evening ballet “Memoryhouse,” set to composer Max Richter’s album of the same name. that celebrates an era and turns it into a remarkable evening of dance. It explores why these songs are so deeply embedded in the American psyche.

“It will be fun and uplifting and humorous and heartbreaking,” Bailis said.

Barak Ballet is, Bailis said, a Santa Monica favorite and this piece delves into the memory of the Holocaust.

“It will come forward with quite a bit of power,” Bailis said. “As we sit at the brink of war, it is a remarkable time to be considering those elements and in that way.”

Other works this season include: • “seven methods of killing kylie jenner”

by Jasmine Lee-Jones, The Royal Court Theatre production presented in association with Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company (March 23-26) • “Dimanche” from Company Chaliwate & Focus (April 13-16) • Ashwini Ramaswamy’s “Let the Crows

Come” (April 7-8) • Jazz and blues performers including Herb Alpert & Lani Hall (Dec. 17), Hiromi: The Piano Quintet (Sept 17), Ravi Coltrane (Sept. 23), Maria Schneider Orchestra (March 4), Bria Skonberg (March 10) and Jason Moran (June 3) • Classical music • National Geographic Live performances “These are really interesting works that I think will speak to the sensibility that we’re trying to bring,” Bailis said. “It’s really establishing BroadStage on the west side as a place for incredibly rich and creative ideas. What you see at our theater, you won’t soon forget.”

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By Kamala Kirk or bestselling author and screenwriter Amy Ephron, writing is truly a family affair. Growing up in Beverly Hills as the daughter of screenwriters, Phoebe and Henry, she and her siblings learned to read and write at a young age.

“We were a very literate household,” Ephron said. “When we were at the table for family dinners, our parents encouraged us to tell them about our day and share what was on our mind— they taught us to tell stories. I started writing poetry when I was 5 years old, and was published in the LA Times after winning my first poetry contest.”

All three of Ephron’s older sisters became successful writers as well. The eldest, Nora (who passed away in 2012), was a well-known director, essayist and screenwriter whose romantic comedies included “When Harry Met Sally…” and “Sleepless in Seattle.” Delia, the second eldest, also became a screenwriter and essayist, and is known for movies such as “You’ve Got Mail” and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Ephron’s other sister, Hallie, is an author of mystery books that have garnered numerous awards and been adapted into films.

Prior to pursuing her own career as an award-winning novelist and screenwriter, Ephron held numerous jobs, including her first role as a receptionist at New York-based magazine, Scanlan’s. Afterwards, she worked at “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company.” She later moved to Los Angeles and became vice president of production at Columbia Pictures, and also became a contributing editor and contributor to Vogue.

In 1984, Ephron published her first book, “Cool Shades,” about a young woman who drifts around LA seeking satisfaction in life during the 1970s. After writing several novels, including “A Cup of Tea” in 2005, which spent 37 weeks on the LA Times bestseller list and was recently reissued by HarperCollins, Ephron published her first children’s book, “The Castle in the Mist,” in 2017.

“I’ve always been interested in children’s books, especially with all the time I worked at ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘The Electric Company,’” Ephron said.

“There’s a lot of violence in children’s programming nowadays, but not everything has to have explosions. In my books there is magic and danger, but no violence or explosions.

When my children started having children of their own, I wanted to take what I’d loved about children’s books as a child and make a contemporary version that had a foot back in the past.”

A longtime Westside resident, Ephron resides in Santa Monica with her husband of almost 20 years, Alan Rader, a renowned litigation attorney whose first client was Cesar Chavez. Her daughter, Maia Wapnick, also attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica.

For her latest project, Ephron collaborated during the pandemic with Maia and her other daughter, Anna Ephron Harari, on a new book. “The Amazing Baby Name Book: A (Possibly) Helpful and Slightly Amusing Guide from A to Z,” offers an inspiring and humorous take on more than 300 unique baby names with humor, historical context, and beautiful illustrations by Jen Bricking. It features names like Kamala (in honor of vice-president Kamala Harris) and Zaha (a tribute to the Iraqi-born British architect), among others.

“It started out as a lark several years ago, when Maia and I began riffing on unusual baby names,” Ephron said. “We wrote several pages for fun and set them aside. I mentioned it to my good friend, Steven Raichlen, who wrote ‘The Barbecue!

Bible,’ and he loved the idea.

Then my agent, David Vigliano, immediately sold it to Princeton Architectural Press so then we had to get serious about it. We spent a lot of time researching because we wanted to pay homage to people who came before us and there are a lot of inclusionary references in the book. Giving someone a name is your first act of nurture versus nature.”

“The Amazing Baby Name Book: A (Possibly) Helpful and Slightly Amusing Guide from A to Z” retails for $18.95 (hardcover) and $10.99 (NOOK Book). The book will be available on Sept. 6 and can be pre-ordered at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target and other retailers.

On Sept. 6 (which also happens to be Maia’s birthday) at 6:30 p.m., Ephron and her daughters

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Featuring beautiful illustrations by Jen Bricking, “The Amazing Baby Name Book: A (Possibly) Helpful and Slightly Amusing Guide from A to Z” by Ephron and her daughters will spark readers’ imaginations with humor, historical context, factual tidbits and highly opinionated takes on the most creative baby names.

will host a book discussion and signing at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood. Throughout the fall and winter, she will have various book signings and events in different locations across the country.

Looking ahead at Ephron’s upcoming projects, she is currently working on a screenplay for Mimi Polk Gitlin, who produced "Thelma & Louise," and is writing a novel that is based in 1939.

“It’s written from the point of view of a young woman whose best friend, Jane, has disappeared,” Ephron said. “The last time she saw Jane was when she stepped into a checkered cab after they had lunch together in New York’s West Village, and it’s haunted her ever since. It’s a mystery-thriller about trying to solve her friend’s disappearance and it’s set against the beginning of World War II. Many of my fiction novels tend to be period pieces. I think anything set in the '70s or '80s in LA is also a period piece.”

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By Bridgette M. Redman here was a time when Morteza Khakshoor’s art was strictly limited, subject to the morality laws of his home country, Iran. Since leaving, he has been free to explore forbidden subjects both personal and political, first in sculpture and print-making and now in his paintings.

His art has evolved since moving to Los Angeles from the East Coast, an evolution that he attributes to difference in light and color found in the West.

His works on are display in a solo exhibition called “Stubbly Numbness” at Five Car Garage gallery. It expresses the freedom in his work with nudes, light experimentation and protest art.

The exhibition opened in late July and will be on display until Sept. 6. It is Khakshoor’s last exhibit before moving to London, where he plans to continue his artwork.

Five Car Garage is a Santa Monica gallery that doesn’t publish its address. You have to email the owner Emma Gray to get the exhibition hours and address. It takes up the space of a five-car garage and the gallery doubles as an energy studio.

Khakshoor met Gray at the end of last year when he was applying to be part of an online show and she was one of the jurors. She reached out to him and asked if he wanted to exhibit at her gallery. While Khakshoor likes the space with its airiness and light, he said Gray’s perspective on art is what is more important to him in terms of why the gallery is a good match for his work.

“I had this really nice connection to her,” Khakshoor said.

“She’s somebody I really respect—her opinion, how she views art and life in general. It hasn’t happened that often for me. I’ve been showing my work everywhere, but most of the time it’s just the business aspect of it. You don’t necessarily have a connection. But with Emma, it was different.

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The pandemic had kept him from having many showings in LA, so he said he feels like this

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exhibition is the best kind of goodbye to LA and to California.

Khakshoor moved to the U.S. in 2010 to study the arts,

specifically sculpture. He earned a BFA from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2015 and then earned an MFA at Ohio State University

in 2018.

One of the reasons he left Iran was because he wanted to sculpt the human body and Iran has many restrictions around

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His master’s degree was earned in printmaking, which is the work he was doing when he first came to California in 2019. He found a studio, but then things started to change for him. His plan was to travel the U.S. attending residencies on printmaking. However, they all were canceled at the onset of the pandemic. He found he was ready to do something different, that printmaking didn’t hold the same challenges for him anymore.

“I studied painting in college, but I never considered myself a painter,” Khakshoor said. “I never had the urge to paint, but now it’s slowly started. I started painting for the last two years.”

He credits the light in California as part of what furthered the shift to painting. Everything here looked different.

“The lights change everything,” Khakshoor said. “The lights and the colors were really overwhelming. I moved from the Midwest to here. As you can imagine the atmosphere was so different. Just the way I see colors here is so different from there. I had to do something with all this color and information I’m getting every day through my eyes.”

While he made a switch in mediums, his subjects, scenarios and themes stayed the same. Most of his paintings feature a male protagonist, painted in styles inspired by Picasso, Beckman and Hockney. The bodies are sometimes morphed with animals and he doesn’t hesitate to show nudity of either men or women. He follows the cubist tradition while making his own variations of color, style and humor.

He’s created a lot of paintings in the past two years. He credits that with being in a place where he has few friends, little money and nothing else to do but paint. He says he really just has him, his wife, their cats and his work— and that there isn’t anything else that he wants. It’s allowed him to form the practice of creating every day, if not work on one or more paintings, then at least a drawing.

The name of the exhibition comes from one of his works, “Stubbly Numbness,” that he created in 2021, an acrylic on birch panel that is 11” by 15.5.” It features a man’s head on a cat’s body kissing a bare-chested woman.

Political themes can also be found in his work. He weaves in memories from college where he saw classmates forced to confess to anti-state and blasphemous beliefs. He pulls from recent Iranian history for his work, in particular the 2019 crackdown on dissidents called Bloody November in which an unprecedented number of protesters were killed by the Iranian government. In

response to those murders, he created a series called “Martyr,” which depicts nude bodies laid out on a table in the morgue.

Max Maslasnky, in an artist essay on the Five Car Garage site, describes the paintings as Khaksoor delving “into the complexity of martyrdom and its combination with the innovations of early Renaissance painters Mantegna and Massacio. Their sympathetic portrayal of the dead inform Khakshoor’s homage to the suffering, defeated and murdered.”

Khakshoor contrasts the process of drawing—an act which is quick and immediate, a way of capturing an idea in the moment he has it—with painting, an act that allows him to spend time with something. The drawings are raw and undeveloped, but the paintings slow him down.

“I can sit down and spend at least a couple of days, if not weeks, with an image,” Khakshoor said. “Slowly things come into the picture: new characters, new objects, new things.”

It gives him time to focus on such things as how to make a face interesting and how to pose a body. The narrative, he says, is always secondary. The viewer will impose their own narrative.

Working slowly lets him introduce elements, he says, almost as if he is on remote control or by chance.

“I just let them happen,” Khakshoor said. “My only rule, if I have any, is kind of editing, not letting everything come in, but not trying to control it because most of it just happens. I know it unconsciously. I’ve learned that I need to trust my unconscious and let these things come in. To be honest, most of them when I’m working on them, I don’t know. I just know that this element I’m adding has something in it I like.”

He stresses that at this point he really has learned to trust himself and to let himself have fun with the process. He points out that if it isn’t fun for him, why should he make it? So, the art first entertains himself and then hopefully the viewer.

“We pretend that (making art) is very serious,” Khakshoor said. “It’s this game that I’m playing with myself and I’m entertaining myself. Although some of my pictures look really serious and dark, I’m still always aware that these are only pictures. This is not real life.

It’s just this game I create for myself.

Hopefully when it’s done, some people can have the sort of game where when they look at it, it also entertains them and they can create their own stories.

Anything they can get out of my pictures, I’ll be happy.”

ACROSS 1 Interpretation 5 Left on board?

9 Smartphone array 13 Church reading 18 Falafel bread 19 Civil rights leader Medgar 21 Vault 22 Submit for judging 23 Bind with a cord 24 Piece of history 25 Gumbo pod 26 Lines on GPS displays 27 Vague amount 28 Prompt to a Twister player?

31 Over the speed limit 33 Glove material 34 Half-baked, as a plan 37 Impulse 38 Bursts 40 Former NBA star Ming 42 Figs.

43 Correspond 45 Encouragement to a Yahtzee player?

50 One in a dory 51 Biblical preposition 52 Dory’s companion 53 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star 54 Psychology 101 subject 55 Brief times, briefly 57 Coarse 59 Heavenly octet 61 Benchmark 63 “Salt Fat __ Heat”: Samin Nosrat cookbook 65 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-star 67 D’backs, on a sports ticker 68 Actor Alan

130 Over who hosts the 131 Spill the beans “Clear+Vivid” podcast DOWN 69 Sad request to 1 Bug-hitting-theone’s Hangman windshield sound opponent?

2 Yamaha with a 72 Microwaves bench seat 76 “Summertime 3 With 73-Down, Sadness” singer assertion to Lana __ Rey one’s Scrabble 78 Equally matched opponent?

79 Climate change 4 “Not gonna sci. happen” 80 Entertainment 5 Read industry grand 6 1980 Olympics slam, for short track medalist 81 Diminished Steve 85 Vegas calculation 7 Count (on) 87 Arborist’s patient 8 The Jonas 89 Atmosphere Brothers, e.g.

90 One way to think 9 In flight 91 Prosecco kin 10 Black tea 93 Trim, perhaps 11 Sudden burst of 95 Originate emotion 97 Advice to a checkers player? 12 Quarrel 13 Woman on 100 Connective tissue Argentina’s 100 101 Sports drink peso note suffix 14 Bamboozles 102 Sculling need 15 Slanted 103 Botanist Gray 16 Spearheaded and actor 17 “__ America”: Butterfield 2020 miniseries 104 Crown array about the ERA 105 __ opener movement 108 Like the River 20 Artist who works Shannon with a chisel 111 Forced (on) 28 On-call devices 114 Prayer for a 29 Impetuous chess player?

30 French fashion 118 Damage giant 119 Geometry 32 Priceless? surface 35 Like two 2015 121 “A __ Max Scherzer technicality!” games 122 Real doozies 36 Will of “Blue 123 Globetrotter’s Bloods” need 38 Thoughtful 124 Knuckle or knee 39 Classical pianist 125 Prune, before Alice Sara __ drying 41 Resting on 126 Singer Ronstadt 43 Sports stadium 127 Turn over __ leaf 44 Nikolai who 128 Some TVs wrote “The 129 Fed. IDs Overcoat”

45 Italian fashion giant 46 __ pale ale 47 Do a slow burn 48 Allowing access 49 Charge, in a way 56 Philadelphia NFLer 58 Overturn 60 Chili scoop 62 Fabricated 64 Dedicate, as time 66 Strategic steps 70 First-aid dispenser 71 Opposite of sur 73 See 3-Down 74 Grace under fire 75 Spread around 77 Medieval Icelandic collection 81 Hindu royalty 82 Give the slip 83 “Huh?” 84 Survey results, e.g.

86 Beachcombing prize 88 Enter gingerly 92 Dries up 94 Strands in a lab 96 Wheel parts 98 Lots and lots 99 __ out: resolve 104 Attacks 106 Jazz saxophonist Rollins 107 “Waiting for Lefty” dramatist Clifford 109 TV Land fare 110 Agenda entries 111 Extended conflicts 112 Stand for something?

113 Southern twang 115 Roadie’s vanload 116 Witticism 117 Pinkie-side arm bone 119 Comfy loungewear 120 Lav 123 Napa Valley tub

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Genre-Defying Sound

Local Santa Monica band wows audiences with original live music

By Michele Robinson eferred to as “Los Angeles’ best-kept secret” by critics, The Strands have been making a name for themselves on the local music scene since 2011 for their original music and live performances.

Their music has been described as “genre-defying” and they effortlessly blend jazz, blues and soul to create a unique sound.

Comparisons are inevitable though, and lead singer Amanda Campbell describes their style as “Steely Dan meets Sade.”

They have also received critical acclaim from cultural historian, Marlena Donohue, who wrote, "The Strands bring an unusually smart, deeply emotional and expertly performed sound to an often overly produced, overly slick music scene. In a popular music world where hyped words like rock, rap, electronic sum up a sea of identical followers, The Strands defy categories in the best sense.”

The band’s founding members include longtime Santa Monica resident Campbell, who is originally from the United Kingdom; lead guitarist Richard Greene, who is a former member of The Whispers and a West Coast Blues Hall of Fame inductee; along with bassist Paul C. The band played for years without a drummer before recruiting Lance Tamanaha, who has played with bands such as Jupiter Ignition. After an exhaustive search, Emily Ashenfelter joined the band on keys, and Jim McGrath recently joined on percussion.

The band is entirely composed of friends and neighbors. The band got its name because four of the six members live on Strand Street in Santa Monica.

Band members range in age from early 40s to late 70s.

Campbell, who is 61 years old, didn’t discover her voice until she was 44. She described the moment that she discovered she could sing as “profound and life-changing.”

“There is a lot of ageism in music,” Campbell said. “I think if I were 19 and wriggling around in a mini skirt and a halter neck, we’d be getting a lot more attention.”

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Local Santa Monica band, The Strands, includes Amanda Campbell on lead vocals; West Coast Blues Hall of Fame inductee Richard Green on lead guitar; Paul C on bass; Lance Tamanaha on drums; Emily Ashenfelter on keys; and Jim McGrath on percussion.

Even though The Strands have members who are much older than most bands, it doesn't make them any less original or devoted to their craft. Most of the members have been playing music for most of their lives.

"This is not a hobby," Campbell said. "We are quite serious about it, not to say it isn't a lot of fun."

Campbell, who sings and writes the original lyrics for their songs, is inspired to write about things that move her or that she has personally experienced. Their songs have thoughtful and provocative lyrics delivered with a solid groove and they have never shied away from being political.

In 2016 they recorded “Tear Down the Walls,” written by former band member, Susan Ferrari. The song was a direct response to Trump running for office and carries a very clear message of support for social justice and ending racism with clever lyrics like “love trumps power.“ In the height of Summer 2020, the band recorded “Eyes Tell Us Lies” written by Campbell and Green. It is a strong reaction to George Floyd’s murder and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Their music video for the song shows actual footage from the protests.

Another unique thing about the band is that they only record their music with live instruments.

Their goal has always been for their recordings to sound as close as possible to their live performances.

Currently, they have recorded two extended play records, “Entanglement” and “Rough Out There;” one full-length album, “Freshly Cut;” and are in post-production on four singles.

Their ultimate goal is to tour and play to packed venues all over the world. In 2015 they traveled to London to play a few gigs and performed on the main stage at the Strawberry Festival in Cambridge. A few years ago, they were the opening act for The Spinners at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.

Recently, The Strands were vying for a spot to be chosen as the opening act to perform at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.

For the contest, they were just one spot away from reaching the final round. They landed in the sixth spot, which was very impressive given all of the competition they had to beat in order to reach that position, in addition to the fact that they don't have management.

The Strands can be found performing all over LA. Two of their favorite local venues include Harvelle’s in Santa Monica and The Venice West.

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WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Compiled by Kamala Kirk

Dance MDR Fridays, through Sept. 30 Join Dance MDR for a night of dancing in Burton Chace Park.

Pick up new dance moves with beginner lessons from LA’s best dance teachers and then groove to the DJ, with a difference dance style every Friday night in September. Everyone is welcome. Each night will feature a different theme, from disco to Bollywood. For more information, visit the website, call 424-526-7777 or email: events@ bh.lacounty.gov.

13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey, 7 to 10 p.m., marinadelrey.lacounty.gov Culver City Rain Garden Volunteer Day Saturday, Aug. 27 Join The Bay Foundation to help maintain and learn more about the Culver City Rain Garden, which captures rain and surface runoff and filters contaminants that would otherwise flow into Ballona Creek. Capping at 50 participants. Vaccinations strongly encouraged. Please plan to wear a mask if unvaccinated. Social distancing will be required. The entrance to the site is at the end of Pearson Street at the Ballona Creek. Since the CCRG doesn’t have an actual address, please use the address below for GPS purposes.

10101 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., santamonicabay.org/events Wags & Walks Health Pets & People Wellness Event Saturday, Aug. 27

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On Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., join The Bay Foundation to help maintain and learn more about the Culver City Rain Garden, which captures rain and surface runoff and filters contaminants that would otherwise flow into Ballona Creek.

At the Wags & Walks Adoption Center, check out adoptable dogs, sound healing sessions, brush-outs and nail clippings, acupuncture and cryotherapy, shopping, health and wellness vendors for pups and people, samplings and giveaways, a puppy therapy lounge, and veterinarian supervised nonanesthetic dental cleanings. Free event, register online.

2236 Federal Avenue, Los Angeles, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., bit. ly/3wnNtfK Blind Boys of Alabama Saturday, Aug. 27 Get ready to clap your hands and sing along with this five-time Grammy Award-winning group during Summer Concerts at Burton Chace Park. Free event. For more information, visit the website, call 424-5267777 or email: events@bh.

On Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., check out adoptable dogs, enjoy sound healing sessions, health and wellness vendors, a puppy therapy lounge and other fun activities at the Wags & Walks Adoption Center’s Healthy Pets & People Wellness event.

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13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey, 7 p.m., marinadelrey. lacounty.gov American Cancer Society Relay for Life Saturday, Aug. 27 Spend a day of fun at Alta Vista Park with the Venice Chamber team, walking, socializing, while raising funds to support the American Cancer Society.

Bring along some food, snacks, beverages and smiles too, and meet at their campsite. Camp set-up beings at 7 a.m. and will be ready by 9 a.m., so feel free to stop by early to lend a hand!

Register online. Contact the email below with any questions.

715 Julia Avenue, Redondo Beach, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., relayforlife.org/beachcitiesca, info@venicechamber.net Friends of Venice Library Book Sale Saturday, Aug. 27 Come to the Friends of Venice Library book sale, where you can sort through hundreds of books in good condition and at the lowest prices you’ll find anywhere—most are $1. Many topics and genres can be found—fiction, non-fiction, cooking, gardening, political, memories, self-help, humor, art, architecture, etc. Get there early for the best selection. Doors open at 9 a.m. Proceeds support the Venice Branch Library via the Friends of Venice Library.

501 South Venice Boulevard, Venice, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., friendsofvenicelibrary.com

Seaside Cinema Saturday, Aug. 27 Meet at the 7th floor landing at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel every Saturday throughout summer and enjoy a familyfriendly movie. Drinks and snacks can be ordered from a curated movie menu. Enjoy a screening of “Treasure Planet” on Aug. 27.

1700 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 7 p.m., loewshotels. com/santa-monica/happenings Sunday Boat House Sunday, Aug. 28 Spend your Sundays at the all-new Del Rey Swim Club at Marina del Rey Hotel. Sunday Boat House brings the pool party experience to the Westside with live DJs, dancing, plus an outdoor bar and restaurant. Skip the heat and head towards the ocean, they’re delivering an incredible afternoon paired with panoramic marina views! This is a 21+ event, valid ID required for entry. $15 presale; $25 entry at the door. Free admission for overnight hotel guests of Marina del Rey Hotel. To book daybeds and cabanas, email: sundayboathouse@marinadelreyhotel.com.

13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey, 1 to 6 p.m., marinadelreyhotel.com An Enduring Spirit: the Church in Ocean Park Sunday, Aug. 28 Santa Monica Conservancy’s Mosaic presents “An Enduring Spirit: the Church in Ocean Park,” which will tell the story of this spirited congregation’s evolution from a traditional

Protestant flock to the cradle of social consciousness it is today. It features a lineup of speakers who will talk about the CIOP’s history, mission, programs and the church’s positive impact in the community. Panelists include CIOP minister Rev. Janet Gollery McKeithen; Conservancy Board Member and Santa Monica historian Nina Fresco; a former leader with the Church’s LGTBQIA+ program, Roger Gawne; and a parent involved with the Church’s Rockstar Kids program for children with disabilities, Julie Ginsberg. The program will air live via Zoom; it is free for members and $10 for the general public. Register online.

Zoom, 5 p.m., smc.givecloud. co/2022Mosaic2 Movies on the Lawn Sunday, Aug. 28 Jamaica Bay Inn presents a free outdoor movie series every Sunday with seating at 7 p.m. and movie starting at dusk. Warm drinks, snacks and treats are available for purchase. Bring low chairs, blankets and pillows.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase. On Aug. 28, enjoy a screening of “Big Hero 6.”

4175 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, 7 p.m., visitmdr.com/ events Marina Drum Circle Sundays, through Oct. 16 Discover the joy of interactive group drumming in Burton Chace Park! Join Marina Drum Circle on a journey of creating beats and sounds collectively, led

by Christopher Ramirez of Freedom Drum Circles. Drums provided by Remo Drums. While in the Marina, enjoy lunch from local waterside restaurants.

Offered in 60-minute sessions at two different times. For more information, visit the website, call 424-526-7777 or email: events@bh.lacounty.gov.

13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., marinadelrey.lacounty.gov

Send event information at least 10 days in advance to kkirk@ timespublications.com

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THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION

YOUR BEACHSIDE LIFESTYLE AWAITS

8505 Gulana Ave #5102 8505gulana.com

“This coastal oasis has an open concept floor plan and is located in the heart of Playa del Rey,” says agent Kris Zacuto. “This 1 bd/1 ba has beautiful hardwood floors and inviting natural light coming from the east facing wall of windows. The living space flows perfectly throughout the condo and out to a private patio. This unit includes a dedicated laundry space with stackable washer and dryer. The building has a resort-like pool, tennis courts and landscaped gated grounds.”

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13031 VILLOSA PLACE, UNIT 437 4 Bed | 3 Bath | $1,599,000

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5988 W. 76TH STREET 5 Bed | 5 Bath | $3,995,000

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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES

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“Situated on the historic Venice Canals, Hover House 3 which was built in 2008 represents the third in architect Glen Irani's series of Hover Houses,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “This 3-bedroom, 2-office, 4 bathroom, 3 story home features ground to roof canalfacing glass flooding the living space with light and offering canal, mountain, and city views from the living areas and rooftop deck.

A well-appointed kitchen with custom built-ins, recessed lighting, concrete floors throughout, and an additional outdoor kitchen and living area with fireplace is an entertainer's dream. The home utilizes numerous sustainability-improved technologies including exterior man-made slate panels, radiant hydronic heating, and solar panels. Property also includes a 3-car garage, laundry room, two split AC units. Enjoy the conveniences of Westside living from this architectural Venice retreat.”

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE BUSINESS

Home Seller Tips To Having A Successful Open House questions before trying out for “Jeopardy.” Your house is lovely for how you live in it, but buyers don’t want to see you in your house. In fact, the more your house makes it difficult to guess who lives there (age, religion, gender etc), the better.

Take down personal photos, religious emblems, the cute collection of mini ceramic frogs, etc.

Analyze your stuff for whether it’s morally, politically, or otherwise socially objectionable and remove all of it. You don’t want to eliminate buyers because they are turned off by your personal tastes.

number to just three things. What would you choose to keep versus store? Some sellers are benefited by going to other open houses in their area and looking at how other people have decluttered and arranged what is left.

Online pictures, such as what is found on Pinterest, can help too. Often you can get some good ideas on what works visually just by seeing how others do it. When you are all done decluttering, clean your home like never before because buyers notice dirt and grime.

Hire a maid service if you have to.

Declutter

Lure Them In The outside of your home is as important as the inside, especially the front entry area.

Before an open house, take care of simple yard maintenance such as mowing, edging and weeding flower beds. A fresh layer of mulch adds color especially in winter months when not much is blooming. At your front door, clean off spider webs, blown leaves, and place a large, colorful pot of annuals or anything you can buy in season.

Depersonalize

While you are depersonalizing it’s also a good time to declutter as the two go hand in hand.

The more simple and understated your home is, the more likely buyers can see the home for what it is and imagine themselves in it.

When you have too much stuff cluttering walls and counters and shelves, buyers turn their focus toward those things and sometimes even make the assumption in logic that if you are cluttery, then you are disorganized, which means maybe you don’t take care of the house as well or as on time as you should. A good rule of thumb is to box up or store at least half of the smaller items displayed in your home.

Back to the game show analogy, think of depersonalizing as studying the answers and

For example, how much is on your kitchen counter right now? Now imagine reducing that

Holding an open house for your soon-to-be-listed or newly on the market home is a lot like being on a game show where edging out the other contestants in a short period of time is key. In TV game shows, such as “Jeopardy,” the contestants don’t automatically know answers to so many trivia questions; they study and they plan and they make it appear to viewers like they walk around with that body of knowledge every day. Open houses need to be thought of similarly. Once your home is on the market, an open house is your opportunity to plan and strategize how you are going to win over buyers in very short time.

Even in a strong real estate market where houses sell quickly, it’s still important to ask your agent to hold as many open houses as possible until the home sells. One reason is that even buyers with agents still like to look at homes on their own without feeling the pressure of a home tour.

Sometimes their agent is out of town when your house goes on the market. Many buyers are not represented by an agent and the only way for them to tour a home is through an open house.

Your agent will plan the open house to include everything from signage to freshly baked cookies.

As a seller, you should take the following steps:

Complete Your Honey-Do List While you have the yard power tools out, dust of your workbench and take a walk around your house inside and out. Make a list of all maintenance issues such as wiggly

door handles, missing fascia, paint that has chipped, etc. and repair them before the open house. Buyers see even the smallest of maintenance issues as an extension of the condition of larger items such as roofs, plumbing and major appliances and assume you haven’t taken care of the home. You might talk to your realtor about a pre-inspection to deal with all home maintenance and problems upfront, before you get into contract with a buyer.

Be Cautious Once you have taken the above steps and you are ready for the actual open house, there’s one last thing to plan. Protecting your valuables and identity. It might be rare, but criminals do use open houses as a way to case a house or to find collateral to steal identities. Make sure indoor safes are locked and hidden. Store heirlooms, checkbooks, prescriptions, and valuable jewelry away from prying eyes. Utilize a reliable, trustworthy, identity theft protection service to see you through the entire listing and sales process.

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The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Thursday September 08, 2022 at 11:30 AM on the premises where said property has been stored known as Stor-It Self Storage and located at 4068 Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, Ca. 90292, County of Los Angeles, State of California, the following: Purchases must be paid for at time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale.

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Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022166010 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BRACCEY DIGITAL. 3720 Emerald St Apt S2 Torrance, CA 90503. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sandra Braccey, 3720 Emerald St Apt S2 Torrance, CA 90503. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: San dr a Br a cc e y . TITL E: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 25, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/04/22, 08/11/22, 08/18/22, 08/25/22

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cept, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/04/22, 08/11/22, 08/18/22, 08/25/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022169317 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LEVATO. 2029 Century Park East Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90067. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Levatolaw, LLP, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2910, Los Angeles, CA 90067, Terry James Kent, 5806 W 75th St. Los Angeles, CA 90045. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Terry J. Kent. TITLE: General Partner, Corp or LLC Name: Levatolaw, LLP. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 29, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/04/22, 08/11/22, 08/18/22, 08/25/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022174948 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VEGAN DRIP BURGER, VEGAN BREAKFAST CLUB. 1115 Cardiff Ave Apt 205 Los Angeles, CA 90035.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Liit Partners LLC, 1115 Cardiff Ave Apt 205 Los Angeles, CA 90035. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is

business name or names listed above on: 05/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Sandra Leon. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Liit Partners LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 08, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/11/22, 08/18/22, 08/25/22, 09/01/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022175184 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JOSHWAX. 3200 S Grand St, Ste A Los Angeles, CA 90007, 279 Wilson Dr Alpine, NJ 07620. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) PBC Innovation Inc, 3200 S Grand St Ste A Los Angeles, CA 90007.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Sanford Wax. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: PBC Innovation Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 08, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/18/22, 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022180776 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, DIDI HIRSCH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, DIDI HIRSCH SUICIDE PREVENTION CENTER, TEEN LINE. 4760 South Sepulveda Boulevard Culver City, CA 90230. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C0195950. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service, 4760 South Sepulveda Boulevard Culver City, CA 90230. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/1974. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Howard Goldman. TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 15, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/18/22, 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022184718 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SACRED PLANTS COFFEE, RITUAL NEURO. 152 N Sycamore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 20190671538. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Bee Golden LLC, 152 N Sycamore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Kevin Cooke. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Bee Golden LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 19,

ishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Kevin Cooke. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Bee Golden LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 19, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut. Dates: 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22, 09/15/22

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22SMCP00352 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ROY MARSHALL, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: ROY MARSHALL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

ROY MARSHALL to ROY WALLACE WARD JR 2.)

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/07/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: 203. The address of the court is 1725 Main St Room 210 Santa Monica, CA 90401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: July 27, 2022. Hon Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22, 09/15/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22SMCP00378 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JULIUS AARON REDER CARLSON and FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: JULIUS AARON REDER CARLSON and FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) JULIUS AARON REDER CARLSON to JULIUS AARON REDER CARLSON b.) FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON to FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON 2.)

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this

and FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) JULIUS AARON REDER C A R LName S O N Change to JULIUS AARON REDER CARLSON b.) FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON to FELIX AMIR BAMRAFI CARLSON 2.)

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/21/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: A203.

The address of the court is 1725 Main St Room 210 Santa Monica, CA 90401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: August 08, 2022. Hon Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22, 09/15/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22VECP00452 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of GARY ANGULO, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: GARY ANGULO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) GARY ANGULO to RIVINGTON GARY ANGULO 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 10/12/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: W Room: 610.

The address of the court is 6230 Sylmar Ave. Room 107 Van Nuys, CA 91401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: August 23, 2022. Virginia Keeny, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22, 09/15/22

show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NO T I C E O F H E A R I N G : Date: 10/12/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: W Room: 610.

The address of the court is 6230 Sylmar Ave. Room 107 Van Nuys, CA 91401. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: August 23, 2022. Virginia Keeny, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 08/25/22, 09/01/22, 09/08/22, 09/15/22

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On or about September 12, 2022, LAHD will authorize HACLA to submit a request to the HUD for the release of Section 8 Project Based Voucher (PBV) funds under the Housing Act of 1937; Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, and Public Law 112-55, as amended to undertake the following project: PROJECT: Red Tail Crossing PURPOSE: This project’s site is located at 8333 S. Airport Boulevard in the Westchester – Playa del Rey area within the City of Los Angeles. The site is located on parcel (APN: 4107-017-040) and is currently vacant. The project scope will include construction of a new 4-story modular building that is 100% affordable multifamily development, with a total of 102 units. There will be forty (40) Section 8 Project Based Voucher (PBV) contract units that will provide permanent supportive housing to homeless and chronically homeless seniors; with the 40 contract units to be reserved for chronically homeless participants. Project unit scope consists of fifty (50) 1-bedroom units, twenty –seven (27) 2-bedroom units, and twenty-five (25) 3-bedroom units, with a total of 102 units. Forty (40) of the 1-bedroom units will be designated for formerly homeless individuals and all of the 2-bedroom and 3bedroom units will be designated for large families. One-hundred of the units will be designated for individuals and households making between 15%-80% area medium income (AMI), with 2 managers units. There will be 24,558 sq. ft. of common outdoor open space, 6,627 sq. ft. of which will be landscaped. Project will include a total of 78 vehicular parking spaces and 84 bicycle stalls. Other amenities include a community room with kitchen (600 S.F.), playground, community garden, gym (668 S.F.), wellness studio (589 S.F.), outdoor picnic area, and on-site laundry with eleven (11) laundry machines. For the commonly shared room areas, there are two (2) separate singlestall bathrooms that will serve these areas. Maximum height for new construction of the 4-story modular building will be at 44 feet tall. The project will feature fifty (50) 1-bedroom units at 546 S.F., twenty-seven (27) 2-bedroom units at 815 S.F., and twenty-five (25) 3-bedroom units at 1,041 S.F. equating to 102 units total.

LOCATION: 8333 S. Airport Boulevard, Westchester – Playa del Rey, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles CA 90045 FUNDING: Estimated: $846,720 annually for (20) years, total funding of $16,934,400 / HACLA Project Based Voucher (PBV).

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT An Environmental Assessment under 24 CFR Part 58 was conducted for the above-mentioned projects. LAHD has determined that these projects will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR). The ERR will be made available to the public for review electronically. Please submit your request by email to the Los Angeles Housing Department, Environmental Services Unit, Attention: David Greenwood at david.greenwood@lacity.org PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to LAHD. All comments received by September 9, 2022, will be considered by LAHD prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

Comments should specify which notice and which project they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION LAHD certifies to HUD that Ann Sewill in her capacity as General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows LAHD to use program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE FUNDS HUD will accept objections to the Responsible Entity’s (RE) Request for Release of Funds and Environmental Certification for a period of fifteen days following the submission date specified above or the actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the RE; (b) the RE has omitted a step or failed to make a determination or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58 or by CEQ regulations at 40 CFR 1500-1508, as applicable; (c) the RE has omitted one or more steps in the preparation, completion or publication of the Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Study per 24 CFR Subparts E, F or G of Part 58, as applicable; (d) the grant recipient or other participant in the development process has committed funds for or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification; (e) another Federal, State or local agency has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to HUD Los Angeles Office of Public Housing at HUDLOSANGELESOPH@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact HUD Los Angeles Office of Public Housing via email to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Ann Sewill, General Manager Los Angeles Housing Department 1200 West Seventh Street, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017 PUBLISHED: The Argonaut 8/25/22 AUGUST 25, 2022 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 39

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