Hollywood Project Back on Target Appellate Court Rules in Favor of City of L.A., Target in Case That Halted Construction
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WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Hollywood adding new crosswalk. Sunny, with pg. 5 highs in the • New mural in mid 80s WeHo. pg. 6 Volume 28 No. 35 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities August 30, 2018 nHollywood project back on target Appellate court rules in favor of city of L.A., Target in case that halted construction Construction of a Target store at Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue may soon resume after the California State Court of Appeals overturned a decision that halted work on the store four years ago. photo courtesy of the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau The Aug. 23 decision reverses a Council members took part in an art exhibit in Beverly Canon Gardens. Los Angeles Superior Court ruling in favor of plaintiffs Citizens Coalition of Los Angeles and the La Mirada Avenue Neighborhood Association in a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and Target Sun goes downCouncilwoman on BOLDLili Bosse said. Corporation. The plaintiffs want- ed an environmental impact study “The streets were filled of people photo by Edwin Folven Rodeo Drive was filled with art with smiles on their faces.” to be conducted for the project. and music, local shops and restau- Bosse developed BOLD as a The Los Angeles City Council Work is expected to resume at a Target store at the corner of Sunset rants kept their doors open later, way to modernize the city’s originally approved the Target Boulevard and Western Avenue in Hollywood. and social media was abuzz with nightlife and generate more cus- project in 2012, and the plaintiffs activity from Beverly Hills during tomers for local businesses. With filed a lawsuit over changes to rules to allow for the three-story construction on hold, ruling that the city’s second series of summer added competition from the neigh- zoning that previously limited Target store. impacts to the community needed BOLD (Beverly Hills Open Later boring Westfield Century City buildings at the site to 35 feet. In In 2016, the City Council to be studied further. The city and Days) events every weekend mall, the renovated Beverly Center, 2014, Los Angeles Superior Court approved further zoning changes Target had filed an appeal, which throughout August. retailers in West Hollywood and Judge Richard Fruin ruled in favor at the Target site, allowing a 74- resulted in the ruling on Aug. 23. of the plaintiffs, determining the foot-tall building. The plaintiffs “There was so much enthusi- See Target page 21 asm,” Beverly Hills City See Beverly Hills page 21 city had illegally changed zoning filed a new lawsuit and Fruin kept Beverly Hills teachers, district at impasse n fessor at Hawthorne School, said Doors close on local Both sides will enter she spends 12 percent of her fact-finding as they income on her 10-month-old daughter’s health care. She said OSH, Kmartcustomers stores who remained loyal for attempt to reach an she’s been embraced by the so many years.” Beverly Hills community, even agreement An Orchard Supply Hardware The company leases the store on though she lives in another city. store at 415 S. La Brea Ave. and a La Brea Avenue and plans have not “This is my community and I Kmart store at 6310 W. Third St. been announced for the space. That love it,” Crane said. “Please help will close within months, the store opened in 2014. Beverly Hills Unified School educators keep our schools great.” stores’ respective owners, Lowe’s Hartzell said the company is try- District teachers went on strike in Reading a statement on behalf Companies and Sears Holdings ing to find jobs for OSH’s 4,300 1989 over salary and benefits. of BHEA President Telly Tse, Corp., announced. employees at its Lowe’s Home Nearly 30 years later, a proces- Beverly Hills High School math Lowe’s Companies said it is clos- Improvement stores. She said just sion of teachers during public and science teacher Marla Weiss ing all 99 OSH stores and distribu- over 85 percent of OSH stores are comment at the school board’s called for the two sides to resume photo courtesy of the BHUSD tion centers nationwide, including within 10 miles of a Lowe’s, and Aug. 28 meeting evoked memo- a “fair, reasonable and collabora- School board President Lisa 84 in California. The company employees at the La Brea store may ries of that strike with their own tive conversation.” Korbatov said the district’s cited lower-than-expected sales transition to a Lowe’s store at 4550 pleas for higher salaries and better “It is not too late for us to come salary formula has led to more from the chain and plans to focus W. Pico Blvd. benefits. The district and Beverly together and resolve this in a posi- contentious negotions since it on its Lowe’s Home Improvement An assistant store manager at the Hills Education Association, tive manner,” Weiss said. was approved in 2014 stores instead of OSH, a chain it OSH store on La Brea Avenue who which represents teachers, are at District officials have said acquired out of bankruptcy from declined to provide her name said an impasse in negotiations. declining enrollment has caused Sears Holdings Corp. in 2013. employees are considering moving The district and union will now an overstaffing of teachers, which ure the district’s four K-8 schools Jackie Hartzell, public relations to other Lowe’s stores and the clo- undertake a fact-finding process has limited their compensation rel- into one 6-8 middle school and director for Lowe’s Companies, sure will impact residents of the after a few months of mediation by ative to teachers in neighboring three K-5 schools in the coming said clearance sales have begun at surrounding neighborhoods. the State Mediation and districts. years was undertaken in part to OSH and each individual store will “It’s going to affect the commu- Conciliation Service did not pro- “When we fix that, and it’s rectify the district’s overstaffing. close when the merchandise runs nity because we are neighbors help- duce a deal. Factors such as the going to have to be fixed, our But it stalled after opposition from out. Plans call for all OSH stores to ing neighbors,” the assistant man- cost of living and wages in upside down budget will be right,” parents and concerns from school close no later than the end of the ager said. “We are going through Beverly Hills Unified compared to school board member Mel Spitz board members. year. the liquidation process now.” other districts will be under said. “We will give funds to do School board President Lisa “It was a hard decision, and cer- The decision by Sears Holding review. what we all want to do for our Korbatov said the current salary tainly one we didn’t take lightly,” Alexis Crane, a science, tech- teachers.” Hartzell said. “We thank all our See Closures page 22 nology, engineering and math pro- An effort last spring to reconfig- See BHUSD page 22 2 August 30, 2018 CALENDAR Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Christina Lares, bration of life and the fighting spirit Petersen community en- that keeps everyone going. 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