WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE Hollywood Palladium celebrates historic Sunny with status pg. 3 temps in the low 80s Volume 26 No. 40 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills and Wilshire Communities October 6, 2016 Protecting prints: carts removed at TCL n Measure HH forum to Social media campaign calls out vendors for covering iconic walkway follown mayor’s address City works on hosting debate at neutral site Hollywood producer Jeffery Katzenberg on Sept. 29 Greystone Mansion – approximately become the latest Hollywood luminary to have his 2.5 miles away from the Hilton. hands molded in cement in the forecourt of the historic This evening, the Beverly Hills But the mayor will still discuss TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. North Homeowners Association Measure HH – the Beverly Hilton Thanks to a recent social media campaign, his nor any (BHN) will present a public forum Condominium Tower Initiative – as other celebrities’ prints will be obscured by free stand- on Measure HH at the Beverly the project is the first development to ing objects. Hilton Hotel, which is owned by the go to a popular vote, and would be On Sept. 30, documentarian Alison Martino posted a measure’s proponents. the tallest building in the city. photo to her Facebook page, Vintage Los Angeles, One of the measure’s staunchest Developer Oasis West Realty, owner showing a t-shirt vendor’s cart resting on top of some of the Beverly Hilton, plans to con- of the iconic cement blocks in front of the theatre. photos by Brent Giannotta opponents, Mayor John Mirisch, will not be there. When the forum begins struct a 26-story building and a gar- “How incredibly disrespectful,” the post read. Nearly Los Angeles set a record last year for tourism, and den along Santa Monica and 750 comments and 530 shares later, a change.org peti- Angelenos want to make sure the experience is at 7 p.m., the mayor will likely be completing his State of the City Wilshire Boulevards, instead of com- tion signed by 2,700 supporters officially called for the what they came for. pleting their project that was removal of all cart vendors from the area out of respect Address with the Beverly Hills for Hollywood history. The following day, Tuesday Oct. 4, the forecourt was Chamber of Commerce at the See Measure HH page 29 “Please don’t allow commerciality to overshadow again bustling with visitors yet still clear of small carts. the history contained there,” read the petition. The only freestanding object was an open-air photog- By Monday Oct. 3, Martino claimed victory and said raphy tenj6t owned by a company called “Images all carts had been removed. “It’s unbelievable,” Everywhere” who, according to a company representa- Martino said. “Power to the people.” She celebrated by tive, had signed a contract with TCL months before to posting photos of the clear forecourt on Facebook and be there. Their equipment was obscuring more than one Instagram. cement block in the back left corner of the courtyard. Despite the swift action ostensibly taken by TCL According to the representative, “Images Theatre management, it is unclear how binding the Everywhere” was planning to move their equipment to removal was, where the vender carts would go and if another location but was unsure when the they would eventually return. relocation would occur. “We never got an official statement from the [TCL] Originally opened in 1927, the Gauman’s Chinese theatre,” Martino said. “But it was obvious the petition Theatre has been the home to many Hollywood and outcry on the Vintage L.A. page got back to them.” See TCL page 30 nNew law scrutinizes camps for ‘troubled youths’ photo by Gregory Cornfield Schiff works on bill to The Beverly Hilton will host a forum tonight for Measure HH. The hotel’s prevent companies from owners initiated the measure to change their 2008 redevelopment plan. reopening out of state Lawmakers crack down Leaders of the Los Angeles LGBT Center are celebrating after Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 30 on human trafficking signed a bill that will regulate pri- vate residential programs that claim victims and bring suspected traf- to help “troubled youth.” fickers to justice. The bill, SB 524, was authored Mayor Eric Garcetti on Sept. “All of us can play a role in by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Los 29 made Los Angeles the largest banishing human trafficking Angeles) and requires boarding city to sign onto the Blue from our city, but it is too often schools, camps and other organiza- Campaign, sponsored by a hidden in plain sight,” Garcetti tions claiming to provide services Department of Homeland said. “The Blue Campaign will for troubled youth to register with photo courtesy of the Los Angeles LGBT Center Security (DHS), in conjunction help us better train our first the California Department of Social Jodi Hobbs, founder of Survivors of Institutional Abuse, discussed her experi-with law enforcement, to combat responders to identify the signs of Services. The department will also ence being sent to an academy for troubled youth as a teen during a press and raise awareness of human this barbaric practice, and engage be required to conduct regular conference earlier this year to announce the introduction of SB 524. trafficking. The campaign strives everyday Angelenos in the fight checks to ensure participants are to educate the public to recognize to end it once and for all.” not being abused. are causing irreparable harm. With adults they are told to trust.” human trafficking and report sus- California regional task forces, “[This] is a victory for the protec- this bill we will provide oversight Lorri L. Jean, CEO of the Los pected instances. It offers training between 2010 – 2012, identified tion of our children,” Lara said. for these facilities to ensure that no Angeles LGBT Center said she was to law enforcement and others to nearly 1,300 victims of human “Many facilities or camps that child is the victim of psychological “elated” about the governor signing increase detection and investiga- claim to help children or physical abuse at the hands of See camps page 30 tion of human trafficking, protect See sex trafficking page 30 2 October 6, 2016 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 6 Art Exhibit Crest Theatre in Westwood. “John ieux-Dits,” the first U.S. solo Lennon: Working Class Hero” will be exhibition by Montreal-based held on the day Lennon would have e event includes music “Lartist Sabrina Ratté, opens on C a l e n d a r turned 76. Th by Brooke Halpin, a screening of the Thursday, Oct. 6 at Young Projects p.m. on Oct. 7 and 8; 5 p.m., Oct. 9. movie “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Gallery in the Pacific Design Center. Tickets start at $20. 631 W. Second Club Band” and a discussion with A survey of the artist’s works will be St., downtown. (213)237-2800, journalist Ivor Davis, author of “The on display, as well as new site-specific www.redcat.org. Beatles and Me on Tour.” Tickets are installations. An opening reception $20. 1262 Westwood Blvd. runs from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. www.crestwestwood.com. 8687 Melrose Ave., Ste. B230. 8 ‘The American (323)377-1102, www.youngprojects- gallery.com. Revolution’ heater Unspeakable presents Chamber Music “The American Revolution,” a oprano Summer Hassan will join Chalk Repertory Tproduction for families with children Pittance Chamber Music for a on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. Sconcert on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. in Theatre Flash Fest 9 at noon and 2:30 p.m. at the Wallis the Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall at ifteen Los Angeles playwrights Annenberg Center for the the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Works will create original 10-minute Performing Arts. The production by Mozart, Chausson and Dohnany Fplays during Chalk Repertory recreates the American fight for will be performed. The concert is part Theatre’s “Flash Festival” running independence, from Lexington to of a partnership between Pittance from Thursday, Oct. 6 through Yorktown. It is part of The Wallis’ Chamber Music and the Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 22 at St. John’s first “Theater for Young Audiences” Opera Orchestra. Tickets are $35. 135 Cathedral. The plays follow the theme program. Tickets are $20. 9390 N. N. Grand Ave. of religion and politics. A different Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. www.PittanceChamberMusic.org. lineup of plays is featured each week www.TheWallis.org/Revolution. during the series. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. Classical Concert oin the Santa Monica Symphony Tickets are $20. 514 W. Adams Blvd. Print Symposium for its 72nd season opening concert www.chalkrep.com. oin Los Angeles County Museum on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at Barnum of Art (LACMA) associate curator J Hall. The orchestra will perform Naoko Takahatake, Norton Simon J Bedrich Smetana’s “Moldau,” fol- ‘Photo16’ Benefit Museum associate curator Emily lowed by “Waterless” by Ben Boone embers of the public are invited Beeny and National Gallery of Art and “La Mer” by Claude Debussy. A to “Photo16,” a benefit and auc- associate curator Adam Greenhalgh pre-concert lecture begins at 6 p.m. Mtion for a national AIDS Monument on for the “Series and Seriality in Print” Admission is free. 600 Olympic Thursday, Oct. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. at symposium on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1 Blvd., Santa Monica. www.smsym- Milk Studios. Works by Antonio p.m. The symposium is held in con- phony.org. Lopez, Bruce Weber, Francois Nars, junction with “The Serial Impulse at Dennis Hopper, Michael Childers, Gemini G.E.L.” exhibit currently on Christopher Makos, Ed Ruscha, Herb photo courtesy of Charlie Hamilton James display at LACMA.