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briefs • T & P Holds Special briefs • Demeter, Hudnut Named briefs • Whitworth and Elm Complete Streets Meeting Page 3 Planning Commission Finalists Page 4 Stop Sign Discussed Page 4 Issue 1054 • December 12 - December 18, 2019 Tina Talks The Entrepreneur Discusses Her Upcoming Book “Napkin Finance” cover story • page 7 SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 AT 3 P.M. SABAN THEATRE Join Beverly Hills as we celebrate the Year of the Rat with a special event featuring a variety of Chinese dance, musical and acrobatic performances for the whole family to enjoy. PURCHASE TICKETS AT: LOVEBEVERLYHILLS.COM/YEAROFTHERAT Tickets are $10 each. Additional fees apply. Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly tion rate. Under Spagnoli, crime stats don’t add up, and are hidden from the council and the public. Under Spagnoli, letters young officers remain under-trained, un- briefs der-educated, or unmotivated to carry out basic law enforcement. Because Spagnoli does not have T & P Holds Special email enough lieutenants at the moment, she is Complete Streets Meeting drafting two underqualified individuals At a special meeting on December 3 in who meet neither the training nor the ed- the Municipal Gallery, the Traffic and Park- "Dump Spagnoli" ucational standards that the Beverly Hills ing Commission discussed the ongoing Throughout America, good police of- Police previously required. There is little Complete Streets plan. ficers are fleeing cities whose residents or no training for new recruits and Spag- The purpose of the meeting was for com- attack or hate them. In Beverly Hills, we noli is specifically incompetent to train munity members love our police yet dozens of our finest them. to provide input have fled, not from the citizens they pro- Our patience is gone. It’s election sea- on the drafts of tect, but rather from their prejudiced, ill- son, and make no mistake: Just because both the Com- willed, incompetent police chief, Sandra only two of the councilmembers face plete Streets Spagnoli. re-election this time around, a change in Plan and Techni- I urge the City Council still again to the mix will impact each of you who re- cal Appendices, remove Spagnoli from the position of po- main. and the Com- WHAT’S ON lice chief. Replace her with a competent At some point, a responsible city coun- plete Streets Ac- person of integrity who can restore lead- cil will remove Spagnoli, and the prob- tion Plan. YOUR MIND? ership to our police department. lems you have ignored or obscured will The discus- The citizens of Beverly Hills have be- permanently define your public life. sion follows a You can write us at: come impatient and continue to await Ultimately, we need excellence in meeting several Robert K. Tanenbaum 140 South Beverly Drive decisive action from you. You have had police leadership that is both sensitive years ago where #201 overwhelming evidence of Spagnoli’s in- and mature. According to Mayor John the City Council agreed on the implemen- competence and lack of integrity almost Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Mirisch, these are among the specific tation of a Bike Mobility Plan as the first from the start of her employment. She traits Spagnoli lacks. I ask you again, step in developing a citywide mobility plan. You can fax us at: has cost our city dozens of our great po- Mayor, why have you not removed the They supported expanding the scope of lice officers, and multi-millions of dollars 310.887.0789 current chief who you know to be unfit the plan to a “complete streets approach,” in attorney fees, legal judgments and set- for the job? which included a comprehensive analysis tlements against her. of pedestrian, bicycle and street networks, email us at: Vera Markowitz Under Spagnoli, the number of detec- and emerging transportation modes like au- Beverly Hills [email protected] tives has shrunk, and with it, the convic- tomated vehicles. briefs cont. on page 4 SNAPSHOT WeBeverlye Hills kly Issue 1054 • December 12 - December 18, 2019 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Founded: October 7, 1999 Published Thursdays Delivered in Beverly HilIs, Beverlywood, Los Angeles ISSN#1528-851X www.bhweekly.com Publisher & CEO 1 year Josh E. Gross subscriptions are Reporter available. 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Students OUR DATA SPEAKS performed a variety of musical numbers, dramatic scenes and children’s stories to raise VOLUMES money for the Performing Arts Department. briefs cont. on page 4 Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2019 • Page 3 briefs cont. from page 3 home?” said Tanenbaum. “It’s a radical deviation from our way of life. We pay Since then, the Complete Streets Plan dearly for our homes.” has garnered significant community at- During deliberation the commission tention through a robust outreach process talked about the potential revisions to the that consisted of online surveys and local plan. events. Generally, most community mem- “I do think this kind of a plan necessi- bers expressed support of a Complete tates an awful lot of intellectual capacity Streets plan but have voiced that the plan to figure out solutions that allows access “lacked project specifics.” to what is needed for everyone’s choice At last week’s meeting, community without substantially and unfairly impact- members showed up en masse to dis- ing one person’s privileges to do certain cuss the future of the Complete Streets things in the City over others,” said Vice Plan, including former Mayor Robert K. Chair Jake Manaster. “I think that’s going Tanenbaum expressed frustration over a to be a very tough balance because peo- recent mailer that he claims implied the ple feel very close to their property rights plan allows the option to mark off Whitti- such that they’re going to know that one er through Elm Drive for bike lanes, thus neighborhood wasn’t favored over anoth- preventing residents from parking in front er, one street wasn’t favored over another of their homes. He also called the mailer and one home wasn’t favored over anoth- Carole & Seymour Perl, Ruth & Larry Gottlieb deceptive and misleading in glossing over er.” Disability Organization Beit Issie Shapiro Honored its real intent. Manaster pointed out that finding a bal- Community members came together on November 21 to honor Beit Issie Sha- “Could you imagine the impact which ance would be a “difficult task” since the piro, a global leading disability organization based in Raanana, Israel, which could ultimately happen if we go forward area is quite large, but that going forward celebrates its 40th anniversary next year. of residents knowing homeowners that are the City will need to thoroughly consider Among the attendees were the new Consul General of Israel, Dr. Hillel New- no longer allowed to park in front of their man, Ronit Segelmen, the VP of Global Partnerships and Philanthropy at Beit Issie, and Errol Fine, the Chairman of LA Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro, David Suissa, the President of Jewish Journal, Jean and Jerry Freedman, Stanley Black, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Mike Nazarian the chairman of Iranian American Jewish Federation, and Sasha Farahi, President of Magbit Foundation. The Council of the City of Beverly Hills, at its regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, A crowd of over 250 people learnt about the innovations and breakthroughs December 17, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the of Beit Issie Shapiro, which has been granted Special Consultative status to the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, will hold a United Nations Economic and Social Council, and is a driving force behind Isra- public hearing to consider: el’s esteemed standing in the field of disabilities worldwide. AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS TO PROHIBIT “I am so proud of our community for joining us on this important journey - RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN PUBLIC NOTICING opening worlds of possibilities and helping to create a more inclusive society for REQUIREMENTS AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. all,” said Soraya Nazarian, Consultant to American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro. “We are delighted and overwhelmed by the support from our longstanding do- The Council will consider whether or not to adopt an Interim Ordinance that would establish when a residential development project must provide affordable housing units nors and our new ones.” and/or pay an in-lieu fee, and to establish different public notice requirements for certain planning applications. If adopted by four fifths vote of the City Council, the Ordinance who will be impacted positively and who education ad- would take immediate effect, and remain valid for 45 days unless further extended by will be impacted negatively. ministration. the City Council in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 65858. Commissioner Nooshin Meshkaty sug- Before retiring This Interim Ordinance has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria gested the idea of starting neighborhood in 2013, Hud- contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Public Resources Code meetings instead of solely holding sporad- nut was the Sections 21000 et seq.), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title ic meetings at the Municipal Gallery in or- headmaster of 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the environmental regulations of the City.