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WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • L.A. issues banking RFP. pg. 3 Partly cloudy, • Billboard on with highs in the Strip. pg. 6 the upper 60s Volume 27 No. 51 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills and Wilshire Communities December 21, 2017 ‘The future is here’ Lawn enforcement stakes getting higher Officials are bracing n for Jan. 1, when forWeHo homesharingprogram would specify terms for residents’ recreational cannabis usage of short-term rental sites such as Airbnb sales become legal sharing. The ordinance would require the host to be present, avoiding con- The West Hollywood City Council cerns about absentee hosts hoarding held a public hearing on Dec. 18 to units for short-term rentals and Commercial sales of recre- determine parameters of a home- depleting the local housing supply. A ational cannabis will become sharing program that would regulate few residents spoke against the cap legal on Jan. 1, but the public residents’ usage of Airbnb and other during public comment, telling coun- won’t likely see new legal mari- short-term rental platforms. cil they rely on home-sharing income juana stores popping up any time The provisions in the program ten- to pay expenses such as rent and col- soon as the city of Los Angeles tatively exclude a previously dis- lege tuition. and the state of California are cussed 90-day-per-year cap on home- See WeHo page 26 still in the process of determining how the licensing and permitting process will unfold. Any businesses or individuals seeking to sell, deliver or culti- vate recreational cannabis must photo by Edwin Folven first obtain a permit from the Los The city of Los Angeles is in the process of determining the process Angeles Department of Cannabis for permitting and licensing recreational cannabis businesses. Regulation (or a similar depart- ment in other municipalities) before applying for a state permit sensitive locations, the city has lipped about exactly how it will allowing the businesses to oper- not yet begun accepting applica- unfold. ate. Although the Los Angeles tions and a date for when that In the meantime, police are City Council recently approved will occur has not been estab- preparing for recreational mari- regulations for recreational lished. The process may begin juana sales by laying the ground- photo courtesy of Airbnb cannabis businesses, including soon, but authorities with the work for enforcement. The Los where they can be located and Department of Cannabis West Hollywood residents who rent space in their houses or apartments how far away they must be from Regulation have remained tight- See Cannabis page 30 via Airbnb or other sites might soon be subject to a new law. nJFS breaks new ground on Fairfax Ave. The new Gunther Center is expected to be completed by 2019 Dozens of elected officials, com- munity members and benefactors helped Jewish Family Services, Los photo courtesy of the city of Beverly Hills Angeles, break ground Monday on its new Lois and Richard Gunther Center in the 300 block of North Fairfax Avenue. The center is expected to be com- pleted near the end of 2019 and will Beverly Hills fiber optic serve as JFS’ headquarters, as well as a multipurpose facility for the photo by Edwin Folven community. The new facility will system making progress Elected officials and representatives of the JFS board came together east will be the first area to have replace the Freda Mohr at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lois and Richard Gunther ‘friendly’ beta customers come Multipurpose Center and Hirsh Center. State Sen. Ben Allen (left) was joined by Councilman David Construction to bring fiber optic online to test the system from end- Family Kosher Kitchen buildings. technology throughout Beverly to-end,” David Schirmer, Beverly JFS temporarily moved programs at Ryu, past JFS board President David Levine, Councilman Paul Hills is underway near Arkell and Hills chief information officer, said those locations to a building at 6310 Koretz, past JFS board President Dena Schechter, JFS President and Coldwater Canyon drives earlier in a report to the City Council. S. San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 275, until CEO Paul S. Castro, and City Attorney Mike Feuer. this month, and workers broke “This includes testing and valida- construction is complete. All of the ground in the area of Carla Ridge tion of installation, in-home solu- services previously provided at the new facility will house mental Public officials attending the earlier this week. tions assurance, customer care and Freda Mohr Center and the Hirsh health services, support services for groundbreaking ceremony included Progress has been made in multi- network performance.” Family Kosher Kitchen will be con- Holocaust survivors including Café state Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa ple other areas of the city dating to Fiber optic technology enables tinued at the Gunther Center. Europa, counseling for victims of Monica), Los Angeles City June. Service will be available to pulses of light to travel along opti- The new center will have 28,341 intimate partner violence, and an Attorney Mike Feuer, and Los the first beta customers in the sec- cal fibers more effectively than square feet of space, including a fit- expansion of JFS’ older adult Health Angeles City Councilmen Paul ond quarter of 2018. ness center and dining room. The and Wellness Center. See JFS page 31 “It is anticipated that the south- See Fiber page 26 NOW YOUR NEW HOME LEASING 6200 West Third Street Los Angeles, CA 90036 877.652.3292 www.parklabrea.com 2 December 21, 2017 CALENDAR Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 8325 Santa Monica Blvd. (424)279- Donald Duck and many others in car- LGBT Film 4816, elevatortheplay.com. toons from the golden age of cinema. The Los Angeles LGBT Center is Animation experts Jerry Beck and hosting an “LGBTQ Youth Movie director Frank Gladstone will lead the Night” on Thursday, Dec. 21 from 2 The Nutcracker show. General admission is $16.50. to 5 p.m. at the Village at Ed Gould West Hollywood presents the Avanti 216 N. Brand Blvd. (818)243-ALEX, Plaza. Enjoy a screening of “The Ballet Studio’s performance of alextheatre.org. Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” on Admission is free for youth and young Saturday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. in Fiesta adults 24 and under. 1125 N. Hall at Plummer Park. Suggested McCadden Place. lalgb- donation is $10. 7377 Santa Monica Romero Exhibit tcenter.org/youthholiday. Blvd. (310)980-3171, weho.org. ClosingThe public is invited to a celebration of the closing of the “Frank Romero White Christmas PST” exhibit on Wednesday, Dec. 27 AnimatedDon Hertzfeldt film lovers are invited to a from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Tobey C. Moss screening of Don Hertzfeldt’s “World Sing-Along Gallery. The event also celebrates the of Tomorrow 1 & 2” on Thursday, Get in a festive mood at the “White gallery, which has announced plans to Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Los Christmas Sing-Along” on Saturday, close after 40 years. Cocktails will be Angeles County Museum of Art. Dec. 23 at 3 and 8 p.m. at the Walt served. 7321 Beverly Blvd. (323)933- Since the 1990s, animation director Disney Concert Hall. The classic 1954 5523, or email tobeymoss@earth- Hertzfeldt has worked on a series of film will be shown, and audiences can link.net. shorts featuring stick-figure cartoons. sing-along with lyrics broadcast on He has become one of the most the screen. Tickets start at $33. 111 S. admired and imitated filmmakers of Grand Ave. (323)850-2000, the past 20 years, and will discuss his laphil.com. career and his long list of films. General admission is $25. Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Family Art (323)857-6010, lacma.org. Families are invited to explore Asian artwork and create projects in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Hangman Boone Children’s Indie film fans won’t want to miss a Gallery on screening of “Hangman” running Tuesday, Dec. 26 from Friday, Dec. 22 through photo courtesy of Susan Gordon at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 at Arena Screen. Located next to Celebrate the holidays with an evening of jazz in a Los Angeles historic- Directed by Johnny Martin and writ- the Korean and ten by Michael Caissie, Charles cultural landmark with the Ralph Gibson Quartet on Friday, Dec. 22 at 7 Chinese galleries, Huttinger and Phil Hawkins, the film and 9 p.m. in the Rendezvous Lounge at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. the Boone Children’s Gallery is a stars Karl Urban, Al Pacino, Sarah The quartet features saxophonist Ralph Gibson, pianist Cengiz Yaltkaya, free, creative space where visitors of Shahi, Brittany Snow, Joe Anderson bassist Mike Alvidrez and percussionist Jerrell Ballard. The group per- all ages are invited to explore the art and Jermaine Rivers. It follows deco- forms jazz by legends like John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd of east Asian brush painting. No prior rated homicide detective Ray Archer and Charles Mingus, as well as the smooth sounds of the holidays. experience is necessary; staff will (Pacino), and his partner and criminal introduce painting techniques, offer Tickets are $25. 500 S. Grand Ave. (310)966-0505, profiler Will Ruiney (Urban), who are tips and assist very young artists. tasked with apprehending a notorious- ladybirdgibsonjazz.com. Hammer Building, 5905 Wilshire ly vicious serial killer who is playing Blvd. (323)857-6010, lacma.org. a twisted version of the child’s game, Hangman. Showtime on Dec. 22 is at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m.; see schedule for additional 4 p.m.