WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE City remembers Rosendahl • p. 7 Sunny with temps in the mid 60s Volume 26 No. 13 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities March 31, 2016 LGBT Center shows off expansion plans n Mayor Meister looks New campus to offer hundreds of affordable ton make her mark housing units Former resident By GreGory Cornfield group president to be city’s spokesperson As part of a major expansion, the By GreGory Cornfield Los Angeles LGBT Center released renderings this week of a landmark mixed-use development that will West Hollywood Mayor Pro provide housing and services and Tem Lauren Meister has been fill a need for at-risk youth and busy in her first year as a council- seniors. woman, but things are about to The new Anita May Rosenstein get a little busier when she Campus, scheduled to open in early assumes the role of mayor at the 2019, will be located at 1118-1139 April 18 city council meeting. McCadden Pl. and 6719-6733 rendering courtesy of the Los Angeles LGBT Center The five-member West Santa Monica Blvd., directly across Hollywood City Council rotates LGBT Center’s new campus, above, will also be the center’s new photo courtesy of Lauren Meister the street from The Village at Ed the role of mayor and last week administrative headquarters, freeing space for the McDonald/Wright the council members approved Lauren Meister will assume her Gould Plaza in Hollywood. It will building to become a health and medical center Meister for the position. new role as mayor. consist of 100 affordable units for Even though she grew up in seniors, 100 beds for homeless of marriage equality nationwide Angeles, and Jean said that number Coast after she graduated high Brooklyn, New York, residents in youth and 35 units of permanent last year, she explained that some is going to double by 2030. school, and she started as a fresh- West Hollywood are getting one supportive housing for young people assume the fight for overall “We’re dealing with the first gen- man at UC Santa Barbara when of their own in Meister. Her par- adults. equality is complete. eration of LGBT seniors who were ents decided to move to the West See Mayor Meister page 21 “We are bursting at the seams,” “People are still kicking kids out true to who they are and who come said Lorri L. Jean, CEO of the on the street for their sexual orien- to the center for help,” she said. LGBT Center. “In fact, our growth tation, churches are condemning “LGBT seniors in comparison [to has far outpaced what we project- them and they are getting bullied in the general population] are more ed.” school,” she said. likely not to have children or grand- Jean said they have not been able She added that the senior popula- children to care for them, and they to “come anywhere close to meet- tion is growing by “leaps and are much poorer. Affordable hous- ing the need” for LGBT youth in bounds.” There are more than See Center page 22 the community. After the approval 65,000 LGBT seniors in Los Groupn glams up kids for special night Volunteers ensure foster youth enjoy prom By GreGory Cornfield For most Los Angeles high school students, prom night photo by Edwin Folven and its glamour seem like a right. But with dresses, suits, The Los Angeles City Council preliminarily approved changes to an ordinance shoes, makeup and dinner, the price tag can mean it’s a allowing property blocking sidewalks to be confiscated after a 24-hour notice. privilege that hundreds of students cannot readily afford, especially those in foster care. So on April 9, Court Appointed Special Services of Los Angeles (CASA) will team up with the Glamour Gowns and Suit Up committee – a group of nine women ByL.A. edwin tofolven reel in encampments volunteers – to provide new formal attire – including Jose Huizar, 14th District, was shoes, ties and accessories – for hundreds of young men absent. and women in the L.A. foster care system at no charge. The Los Angeles City Council If the changes receive final The Glamour Gowns and Suit Up event aims to create approved amendments Wednesday approval and are signed into law, lasting, positive memories for the milestone in the lives to a city ordinance about removing they would allow the city to of the young people. property left by homeless individu- remove personal belongings left on “For many youths in the Los Angeles foster system, als on sidewalks and in other public public rights-of-way after giving this event provides a unique opportunity to dress to places. the owner a 24-hour notice. Tents impress,” said Anissa McNeil, Glamour Gowns 2016 Because the vote wasn’t unani- will have to be taken down between chair. “But even more than the attire the event provides, mous, the amendments will have to 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. the simple fact that there are people who care enough come back to the council for a sec- Confiscated property will be about these kids to donate their time and their effort to photo courtesy of CASA ond reading. Councilman Gil stored and can be retrieved for 90 giving them an unforgettable experience makes a huge Each year the Glamour Gowns and Suit Up Cedillo, 1st District, cast the lone days at city storage facilities. event grows bigger, providing thousands of stu- vote in opposition, and Councilman See encampments page 21 See gowns page 22 dents in foster care with attire for their prom. 2 March 31, 2016 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press authors Diana Fane, Ellen Pearlstein 31 Financial and Gerhard Wolf about feather art on Planning Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. at the Los earn financial planning tips at the C a l e n d a r Angeles County Museum of Art. The West Hollywood Chamber of discussion coincides with the release Barristers will answer legal questions Commerce and Mass Mutual Financial of the publication “Images Take L during a free clinic on Saturday, April Group’s free workshop on Thursday, Flight: Feather Art in Mexico and 2 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Elm March 31 at 5:30 p.m. in Rooms 5 and Europe.” The authors will discuss Room at Roxbury Park in Beverly 6 in Plummer Park. Topics include feather art from ancient to contempo- Hills. Topics include small claims, personal finance, Social Security and rary times as well as the techniques wills and trusts, business disputes, family planning. 7377 Santa Monica and materials artists used to create the consumer law and landlord-tenant law. Blvd. (323)650-2688, or email artworks. Admission is free; tickets are 471 S. Roxbury Dr. (310)601-2422, [email protected]. required. Brown Auditorium, 5905 www.bhba.org. Wilshire Blvd. (323)857-6000, www.lacma.org. Classical Concert icholas McGegan returns to the Pet Vaccinations pcaLA is hosting a low cost vac- Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead cine and microchip clinic on Chamber Music the Los Angeles Philharmonic on lassical Music fans are invited to a N Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 Thursday, March 31 at 8 p.m., and S performance by the Colburn p.m. at Plummer Park in West Saturday, April 2 at 2 p.m. LA Phil Chamber Ensembles on Sunday, April Hollywood. Pets can be vaccinated for C principal concertmaster Martin 3 at 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles County rabies, leukemia, bortadella, DHPP Chalifour, first associate concertmas- Museum of Art. Ensembles from the and other diseases, as well as receive ter Nathan Cole, principal oboe Ariana Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music microchips and deworming. 7377 Ghez, principal bassoon Whitney Institute will perform. Admission is Santa Monica Blvd. (310)676-1149, Crockett and principal cello Robert free. Bing Theatre, 5905 Wilshire www.spcaLA.com. deMaine will be the featured soloists. Blvd. (323)857-6000, www.lacma.org. They will perform works by Bach, Haydn and Schubert. Tickets start at Enamel Art $80. 111 S. Grand Ave. (323)850- rtists Jessica Calderwood, David ‘A Child Left Behind’ 2000, www.LAPhil.com. Freda, and Barbara Seidenath will anta Monica Playhouse presents Alead a discussion on “New Visions in the return of Alan Aymie’s critically Enamel” on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m. Sacclaimed production “A Child Left April at the Los Angeles County Museum of Behind” on Sunday April 3 at 7 p.m. Art. The artists are leading figures in The play examines the daily challenges 1 Book Sale the contemporary enamels and jewelry teachers face in Los Angeles. It also ook lovers can find rarities and fields. Bernard Jazzar, president of the offers insight into Aymie’s experience bargains at the John C. Fremont nonprofit Enamel Arts Foundation, of trying to teach his son, who was assessed with Asperger’s Syndrome. BLibrary’s book sale on Friday, April 1 photo by Steve J. Sherman will moderate the discussion. from noon to 4 p.m., and Saturday, Admission is free; tickets are required. The production is held in conjunction Pianist André Watts will perform on Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. at the Eli April 2 from noon to 5 p.m. CDs, Brown Auditorium, 5905 Wilshire with National Autism Awareness DVDs, audio books and videos will and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Watts rose to fame when he Blvd. (323)857-6000, www.lacma.org. Month. Tickets are $25; $20 for teach- also be offered, and proceeds support was picked by Leonard Bernstein to perform with the New York ers, students and seniors with ID.