A Look Back at 2015 Los Feliz Ledger
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Los Feliz Ledger Read by 100,000+ Residents and Business Owners in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Vol 11. No. 7 January 2016 Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills A Look Back at 2015 Los Feliz Ledger [EDITORIAL] Housekeeping For The Homeless By Trey Harrison FOUNDED 2005 Available at these locations: Delivered the last Thursday of Atwater Library Silver Lake residents, city camp or brave the unpre- many times over the years. each month to 34,500 homes and 3379 Glendale Blvd. workers, and homeless indi- dictable dangers of walking What brought this en- businesses in the Los Feliz, Bruce Q’s Barbershop & Salon viduals camped beneath the through corridors littered campment together once Silver Lake, Atwater Village, 3013 W. Los Feliz Blvd. intersection of Sunset and with discarded beer cans, drug again, and what keeps it to- Echo Park and Hollywood Hills Casita del Campo Silver Lake boulevards find paraphernalia, razors, knives gether, is anyone’s guess— communities. 1920 Hyperion Ave Citibank themselves bound together in and trash of all sorts—human a 12% citywide increase in 1933 Hillhurst Ave. 1965 Hillhurst Avenue a complex problem with no waste included. homelessness from 2013 to Los Angeles, CA 90027 Courtney + Kurt Real Estate easy resolution. Foul smells waft up the 2015 may have something to (323) 741-0019 3167 Glendale Blvd. Between the concrete sup- street and into the homes of do with it, along with ongo- Dresden Restaurant PUBLISHER/EDITOR 1760 N. Vermont Avenue port arches of the Sunset Bou- nearby residents and rumors of ing gentrification downtown Allison B. Cohen House of Pies 1869 N. Vermont levard overpass, the homeless drug dealing concern neigh- pushing the homeless out into ASSISTANT EDITOR Los Feliz Public Library are becoming increasingly en- bors. Though violence is said surrounding neighborhoods. Sheila Lane 1874 Hillhurst Avenue trenched with a growing hoard to be less of a problem here After four months of rela- EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Los Feliz 3 Theaters of mattresses, bed frames, old than in other encampments, tively unhindered growth of Erin Hickey 1822 N. Vermont televisions, soiled clothing, a woman was stabbed in the the encampment, a cleanup ADVERTISING SALES Muddy Paws Coffee 3320 Sunset Blvd. suitcases and numerous shop- face here in late September. was organized last April by the Libby Butler-Gluck Newsstand ping carts full of items presum- Silver Lake residents have Silver Lake Improvement As- 323-644-5536 Vermont and Melbourne ably scavenged from around repeatedly filed complaints soc., the Council District 13 [email protected] Palermo the neighborhood. According about the encampment with Clean Team and the owners GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT 1858 N. Vermont Tiffany Sims Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce to reports obtained from the Los Angeles City Council- of Wood Pizza restaurant, lo- 1724 W. Silver Lake Drive Los Angeles Bureau of Sanita- member Mitch O’Farrell’s of- cated nearby. In May, another For more stories Skylight Books tion, food waste and debris are fice. A public records request city agency began a series of 1818 N. Vermont and updates: The Village Bakery and Café attracting rats, cockroaches revealed 21 complaints about cleanups. Seven months and LosFelizLedger.com 3119 Los Feliz Blvd. and other vermin, which must this very location filed just in seven cleanups later, the en- surely pose a health risk to 2015. Documents indicate that campment has repopulated anyone occupying or passing the encampment began over again and again. through the area. the holidays last year, but ac- City sanitation workers Pedestrians attempting cording to Jeremy Sidell, with made their most recent at- to walk beneath the overpass People Assisting The Homeless tempt to clean up the area on RT must detour off the sidewalk (PATH), encampments at this OD • A • MUSI see EDITORIAL page 26 FO C into the street to avoid the location have come and gone Ring in the New Year Complied by Michael Darling and Erin Hickey NYE S**t Show High-priced fancy Rocky Horror and other favorites. dress New Year’s Eve parties got All tickets include dinner, dessert famous Egyptian Theater will you down? Dance your blues— buffet and a midnight champagne be transformed into the hottest and 2015—away this year at the toast. Tickets start at $80. Rockwell club west of the Nile. Midnight Echoplex’s Bootie LA NYE S**t Table & Stage, Thu., December will be marked by a balloon drop Show. Tickets are $20 for early 31st, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. 1714 and confetti. Tickets start at $59. bird, $30 advance. Thu. December N. Vermont Ave. Information: Egyptian Theater, Thu. December 31st, 9:00 p.m. 1154 Glendale Blvd. rockwell-la.com 31st, 9 p.m. Entrance at 1625 N. Information: theecho.com Las Palmas Ave. Information: New Year’s Eve L. A. Grand Park californianightlife.com/cleo and Rapture NYE Ring in 2016 by hosts its third annual New Year’s (323) 604-6030. partying like it’s 1999. Groove Eve celebration. This community is in the heart at this ‘80s and festival will feature multiple stages Prohibition NYE Ring in 2016 like ‘90s inspired dance party at the of live music, food trucks and it’s 1926 with a special Prohibition Satellite in Silver Lake. Free before the event’s signature 3-D digital themed, KCRW hosted party at 10 p.m., $10 after. Thu. December video projections mapped onto Union Station. Performers include 31st, 9:00 p.m. 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. the side of City Hall. Grand Park, electronic musician Le Youth, Information: thesatellitela.com Thu. December 31st, 8:00 p.m., 200 jazz singer Jessie Payo and the North Grand Ave. Information: Dollhouse burlesque dancers. A Rocky Horror New Year’s Eve It’s grandparkla.org Formal attire required. Tickets are a unique dinner theater New Year’s $150. Union Station, Thu. December Eve party as a cast of film, TV and Cleopatra’s New Year’s Eve Ball On 31st, 9 p.m. 800 N. Alameda St. theater stars perform songs from New Year’s Eve, Hollywood’s Information: prohibitionnye.com A SILVER LAKE CLASSIC SINCE 1962 Deliciously Authentic Mexican Cuisine in a colorful and artistic environment Happy Hour 3pm-7pm Every Day Weekend Brunch “Best Margaritas in Town with Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice” Beautiful Patios • Gorgeous Artwork 1920 Hyperion Avenue, Silver Lake Open Daily from 11 am 323-662-4255 www.casitadelcampo.net AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES Page 2 www.losfelizledger.com January 2016 Los Feliz Ledger [STREET LEVEL] Local BID Offers Candidates for Election 2015: Yeah, I Did That. LOS FELIZ—The Los Feliz sends ballots for their elec- approximately $70,000 annu- By Michael Darling Business Improvement Dis- tions in December with a ally, paid by local businesses, Ledger Contributing Writer trict (LFVBID) announced count of results in early Jan- as mandated by the city of Los As the New Year dawns, we should take a moment to reflect a call for candidates in De- uary. The timeline for this Angeles. on 2015. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions in 2015 and cember and, despite the quick year’s election, however, is According to the last did you follow through with them or break them? deadline for responses, three not on the LFVBID’s website known report authored by a days later received four new and requests for information group called the BID Con- “Both, but I’m “No, I gave up candidates for its upcoming by the Ledger did not receive sortium, Los Angeles BIDs, of trying to do resolutions 10 election. a response. which there are 39, collected better. This years ago. The Typically, the LFVBID The LFVBID oversees over $33 million in 2011. year, I tried to last one I made quit smoking was to lose and swearing, weight.” and I’m still working on that. –Valentine D. F., outside But I am going through with Skylight Books on Vermont my divorce, which is hard as Avenue hell, but worth it.” – Valerie P., outside the Skylight “I feel like I did Theater on Vermont Avenue do well with a few: like I kept “No, absolutely up with my not. I’ve been meditation, but working so I could have hard this year, eaten better.” seven days a – Michael R., outside week that I Skylight Books on Vermont didn’t make any resolutions.” Avenue – Elizabeth S., outside Good Greek Grill on Vermont “I can’t Avenue remember honestly. I’m “I made a pretty sure one resolution that was to eat we’d beat USC better and I in football, but did. In 2014, I ate a lot of apparently I chips and soda. This year, I broke it. But worked a lot more fruits and I’ll make it again next year.” veggies into my diet.” – Mike M., apparently a –Nicholas S., outside UCLA fan, outside Skylight Skylight Books on Books on Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue January Community Meetings Atwater Village Neighborhood Council Governing Board January 14th at 7 p.m. 3852 Edenhurst Avenue East Hollywood Neighborhood Council Governing Board January 18th at 6:30 p.m. 1559 North Kenmore Avenue Los Feliz Improvement Association Winter Member Meeting February 22nd at 7 p.m. 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Executive Committee January 19th at 7 p.m. Location TBD, check losfeliznc.org Governing Board January 19th at 7:30 p.m. Location TBD, check losfeliznc.org Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Governing Board January 6th at 7 p.m. 1511 Micheltorena Street Urban Design and Preservation Advisory Committee January 13th at 6:30 p.m. 2450 Glendale Boulevard January 2016 www.losfelizledger.com COMMUNITY NEWS Page 3 Los Feliz Ledger Local Suicide Prevention & the Myth of “Holiday Blues” By Mike Pallotta, Ledger Contributing Writer For many, the New Year jokes about suicide or harm- most immediate resources for us about how they’re being port group members] under- brings hope for a fresh start, ing one’s self, which, in turn, those suffering from depres- sexually abused by a family stand the pain they’re in.