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briefs • City reorganizes Public Works briefs • Human Relations Commission briefs • Beverly Hills targeted and Transportation Department Page 2 announces Bullying PSA winners Page 3 by scam caller Page 3 Issue 727 • September 5 - September 11, 2013 Court slows down Former Beverly controversial Hills mayor Benedict Canyon disbarred development Spadaro found culpable LASC sides with of 16 counts L.A. Planning director cover stories • page 8 briefs • BHEA endorses briefs • Law firm hired to conduct a briefs • Beverly High Alumni Hall of Goldstein, Korbatov Page 2 third party review of sports academy Page 3 Fame dinner to be held on Oct. 10 Page 3 letters briefs Issue 726 • August 29 - September 4, 2013 BHUSD enrollment & City reorganizes Public steady despite email phasing out Works and Transportation permits Numbers show slight decline Department in student population “Preserving Our Past” Due to reorganization of the City Now that the new Roxbury Park of Beverly Hills Public Works and Transportation Department, Traffic and Board of Community Center is taking shape and Education Read this issue on your smart the Lily Pond restoration is under way, as Transportation will now be a part of the unanimously phone by scanning the QR code. well as the new Wallis Annenberg Center Community Development department. supports hiring of The City’s reorganization will split the general counsel All you need is a QR scanner for the Performing Arts set to open, we But will it help lower the cost look forward with increasing excitement Public Works department into two depart- of the district’s legal fees? application. ments, one of which will be a new Capital cover stories • page 9 to our centennial year of 2014. Beverly Hills will be looking as good Assets Department. as ever and with an emphasis on the past. George Chavez, a former City building WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? Advertise We are preserving historical places and official, will head the new Public Works bringing back the past. Services department. His responsibilities You can write us at: in the This is truly a community effort. include water and solid waste, infrastruc- 140 South Beverly Drive #201 I congratulate those who have made the ture maintenance, and parking operations. Plan Review and Inspection Manager Beverly Hills, CA 90212 commitment and donated money to make David Yelton will be interim building Beverly Hills sure our prestigious city has the quality of You can fax us at: life and the look that those who lived here official until recruitment is completed. 310.887.0789 Weekly before us envisioned and maintained. The City has formed a new Capital It is our responsibility to make sure that Assets department, which will be headed email us at: the future of Beverly Hills is as good as by Deputy City Manager David Lightner. [email protected] 140 South Beverly Drive #201 The new department oversees proj- Beverly Hills, CA 90212 the past and that our history is not just phone: 310.887.0788 something future generations only read ect administration, civil engineering and fax: 310.887.0789 about in books. property management. The group will CNPA Member George Vreeland Hill manage City infrastructure projects and Beverly Hills City-owned real estate The Traffic and Transportation engineering division, now part of the Commission BHTV10 schedule Community Development department, SNAPSHOT Design Review Commission (9/9) airs Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. and Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. will be under the direction of Director Charitable Solicitations Commission (9/11) airs Sept. 11 at 9:30 a.m. Susan Healy Keene. WeBeverlye Hillskly Issue 727 • September 5 - September 11, 2013 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Founded: October 7, 1999 Published Thursdays Delivered in Beverly HilIs, Beverlywood, Los Angeles ISSN#1528-851X www.bhweekly.com 1 year Publisher & CEO subscriptions Josh E. Gross are available. Reporter Sent via US Mail Andrea Aldana $75 payable in Sports Editor advance Steven Herbert Contributing Editor Rudy Cole Adjudicated as a (1925-2013) newspaper of general circulation for the County Advertising Representatives of Los Angeles. Case Saba Ayinehsazian Chloe Majdipour # BS065841 of the Los Jasmin Boodaie Angeles Superior Court, on November 30, 2000. Legal Advertising Mike Saghian Eiman Matian Mathew Mokhtarzadeh 140 South Beverly Drive #201 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310.887.0788 phone 310.887.0789 fax CNPA Member [email protected] All staff can be reached at: first name @bhweekly.com ON YOUR MARK Unsolicited materials will not be returned. DISNEYLAND ©2013 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Beverly High Special Education teacher Telly Tse, picture with his wife, Tonia (left), and daughter, Sophie, completed the Disneyland Half Marathon this past weekend as part of Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly The City reorganized the departments for improvements in efficiency, commu- nications and customer service, according 2013 Growth 2012 Base API 2011 Base API 2010 Base API to a statement released by the City. API City programs will remain unchanged and all staff contact information, includ- BHUSD 889 892 891 872 ing phone extensions and email address- BV 911 920 915 904 es, are the same. ER 897 900 901 902 Human Relations HAW 933 936 925 909 Commission announces HM 919 914 899 898 Bullying PSA winners BHHS 865 867 972 839 The Human Relations Commission announced the winners and runner-ups for the Bullying Prevention Public Service BHUSD sees slight decrease in API scores Announcement. The Beverly Hills Unified School District’s overall Academic Performance Index (API) score dropped three points from 892 to The winner for the fourth through 889 since the previous academic year. eighth grade category is “The Silent The California Department of Education released the API scores for the 2012 to 2013 year last Wednesday. Word” by Sara Sacks, Sarah Yadegari, Individual school sites generally saw a slight decrease in the 2012 to 2013 year with the exception of Horace Mann, whose 2013 and Talia Mahboubi. The runner-up is growth API was 919, up five points from 914. All schools were above the state-set target of 800. “The Bullying Rap Music Video” by The API, which ranges from 200 to 1000, reflects a school’s performance level based on the results of statewide assessments. Its Solomon and Jax Margo. purpose is to measure the academic performance and improvement of schools. Schools that fall short of the state-set target of 800 are The winner for the eighth through required to meet annual growth targets until that goal is achieved. API targets vary for each school and student group. twelfth grade category is “Friends Matter” The API is used to rank schools. The BHUSD is ranked 18th in the state of California from over 1,000 districts. Last year, the by Cherie Gaulke, Sarah Jensen and district was ranked 17th. Sophia Lopez. The runner-up is “Words Horace Mann met all targets, saw a jump in grade 8 science, social studies grade 6 and 8 English language arts, and maintained Can Hurt” by Cherie Gaulke and Group. 100 percent proficient or advanced in eighth grade algebra. The winners were selected from about Hawthorne met all targets, maintained a steady performance and maintained 100 percent proficient or advanced in fourth grade 15 entries. Participants submitted a video math. of a maximum of 90 seconds. Eligible Beverly Vista met all performance targets, but saw declines in grades four to eight English language arts, social studies, and middle participants included residents, Beverly school math/science. Hills public and private school students El Rodeo met all performance targets, but saw declines in grade seven overall, social studies overall, and grade eight science. or individuals affiliated with a Beverly Based on previous year’s results, grades two and three were a focus of “intensive interventions,” which resulted in improvement in Hills business, organization or school that ELA and math. El Rodeo also saw improvement in middle school math and grade eight algebra. has operated for a minimum of one year Beverly High did not meet its “Students with Disabilities” target, but showed growth in algebra, geometry and grade 9 English. in the city. BHUSD Chief Academic Officer Jennifer Tedford did not return a call from the Weekly. The winners will be formally recog- nized at a City Council meeting and event features themed rides, activities, receive a special Embrace Civility Award and an old-fashioned BBQ. Admission from the Human Relations Commission, is free-of-charge. Ride, activity and food as well as a proclamation from the mayor tickets will be on sale at the event. and city council. The winning entries may Parking is available in the adjacent neigh- also be aired on the City website. borhood streets, which will be unregu- The commission will also be awarding lated for the event. the 2013 Embrace Civility Award at the Other features include a mechanical commission’s Sept. meeting. Nominations bull machine, swing chairs, a climbing are being accepted until August 15. The wall, hamster balls, an obstacle course, a commission’s next meeting is on Sept. Go Cart course and pony rides. Activities 19 in City Hall in room 280-A from 9:30 include carnival games, sports booth, a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nomination forms are photo booth, jewelry making, face paint- available online at http://beverlyhills.org/ ing, cookie decorating, and learning center citygovernment/commissions/humanrela- booths. Food booths include hamburgers, tionscommission/. hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, French fries, Fresh Bros. pizza/salad, tamales, frozen Beverly Hills targeted by lemonade, frozen cappuccinos and The scam caller Ice-Cream Lab. Special event highlights An unknown male subject has been include a Western rope show, DJ and calling Beverly Hills residents on their a big Silent Auction.