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Real Life Cinderellas WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Funds sought for art centers. pg. 3 Partly cloudy, • Council approves with temps Arizona boycott. around 70º pg. 4 Volume 20 No. 19 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities May 13, 2010 Real Life Cinderellas Three Month Rent n Fairy Godmothers Grant Prom Wishes Freeze Proposed n LaBonge, Koretz Oppose, Citing Tough Market BY AMY LYONS BY IAN LOVETT Usually, Los Angeles allows lizabeth Amador, a senior at Fairfax High landlords of rent-controlled units to School, will head to the prom on May 15 ayle Santochi has lived in raise tenants’ rents by a minimum Ein a black dress that she loves. Though Park La Brea for 12 years, of three percent, or more if the Elizabeth’s father died last month and her mother, Gand almost every year her Consumer Price Index (CPI), an an elder care worker, is supporting four children, rent has gone up. When she moved algorithm used to calculate rents, is the prom dress was not a source of financial in, she was paying $1,140 a month higher. Last week, the Los Angeles strain on the cash-strapped family. That’s because for her two-bedroom apartment. City Council voted to direct the Operation School Bell, a program of Assistance Now, she pays $1,840 a month. City Attorney to draft an ordinance League of Southern California, let Elizabeth pick “I think I was getting a four per- that will freeze rent from July 1 out her dress for free. cent increase each year,” Santochi through October 31, with an option “They just told me to pick whatever I liked so I said. “I think every six years I get a to extend the freeze for two addi- did,” Amador said. “I also got high heels and break. I never questioned why, I tional months. The freeze is accessories.” was just glad for it.” designed to give the council time to Amador was one of 50 students from 12 high Park La Brea is the city’s largest look at a rent control study com- schools in the Los Angeles Unified School apartment complex. Like 66 per- pleted last year and possibly adopt District (LAUSD) who went to Operation School cent of the rental housing stock a new permanent rent control ordi- Bell’s headquarters last week to shop for the across the city — some 630,000 nance. prom from a supply of more than 300 dresses. units — Park La Brea is also rent The 4th and 5th City Council Half the dresses were gently used and donated by controlled, which means the City of Districts are home to more rent- daughters of the Anne Banning Auxiliary Los Angeles controls how much controlled units than any other dis- Assistance League of Southern California mem- rent can be raised each year. See Council page 22 bers. The other half were new, some purchased by Operation School Bell and others donated by two dress manufacturers in downtown Los Angeles. The students also picked out jewelry, makeup, shoes and wraps. Amador said the shopping spree allowed her and her peers to go all-out without worrying about financial limitations. “I am very grateful that I was given this oppor- 9photo by Amy Lyons tunity,” Amador said. “For kids who don’t have Wendy Mejia, a senior at Helen Bernstein High money, it really helps. It was a lot of fun, the School in Hollywood, models a dress that was donat- adults were very much there for us. They were ed through a program designed to help teens get out- See Prom page 20 fitted for their senior proms. Calling All 7th Graders n WeHo Middle School stay at the school next year. addition of a 7th grade for next “I know everyone here,” year, and the second floor has been photo by Amy Lyons Looking for a Few Friedman said. “It’s small, but it’s a picked out as the future home of the Jason Boarde founded the Pedal Patch Community to promote sus- Good Students great community. I’m really excited middle schoolers at Laurel. The tainable agriculture and provide food for the needy. for seventh grade here.” only remaining hurdle is enroll- BY IAN LOVETT Friedman and her classmates ment. To form a 7th grade for the won’t know for another week 2010-2011 school year, 70 students izzy Friedman has attended whether they will get to stay at need to enroll by May 21. So far, Laurel Elementary School Laurel for middle school. The Los only 34 have signed up—all of Patchwork of Garden Lsince kindergarten. Now, as a Angeles Unified School District them current Laurel Elementary 6th 6th grader, she’s hoping she gets to (LAUSD) board has approved the graders. Currently, 40 students attend 6th Plots Boost Food Supply grade at West Hollywood Elementary, while 84 kids attend BY AMY LYONS the majority of its support from 5th grade at Rosewood Elementary membership and program partic- School, where there isn’t yet a 6th ason Boarde is using his own ipants. Additional support comes grade. But each year, fewer than 40 backyard to help feed people. from charitable organizations students who attended elementary JA resident of Victoria Park, a and corporate sponsorship. schools in West Hollywood go to small enclave south of Hancock They collaborate with Feeding LAUSD middle schools. Park, Boarde is founder and America, World Wildlife Fund “Folks love their elementary executive director of Pedal Patch and other human service schools, but there is no real middle Community (PPC), a social providers. school option in the City of West group he formed last year to help The Victoria Park project, Hollywood for this community,” increase the food supply in urban aptly called Victoria Farms, will said LAUSD board member Steve areas and educate school-aged feature seasonal organic crops, Zimmer, 4th District. “We wanted children about sustainability. heirloom tomatoes from around A fledgling organization, cur- the world, a recycling center, cut photo by Ian Lovett to figure out how to keep these kids in LAUSD. We’re talking about a rently in the process of filing for flower garden, a mini orchard Sixth graders Lizzy Friedman and Carlos Chavez are hoping to attend non-profit status, PPC receives middle school at Laurel Elementary next year. See Students page 21 See Pedal Patch page 20 !" %" !"#$ • Dynamic SuperRange Optical #%($!#( 0#1'")3 &($ Image Stabilization ( 48B74F (6AD9E6549 249@DC • 2.7” touch Panel LCD Screen • 15x HD CVideo Lens #$ ## #$ # % 2 May 13, 2010 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 14 18th Century free chamber music concert will begin Calendar at 6:00pm. 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; Etchings (323)857-6234. eginning Friday, May 14, the BForest Lawn Museum in Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Glendale will present “Goya: The Sondheim, Randy Newman, Brian 17 A Critic’s View at Caprichos Etchings, From the Wilson, Judy Collins, Dan Fogelberg, Redcat Collection of Keith Walker and Joni Mitchell and Cyndi Lauper. ilton Als, theatre critic for “The Robert Jensen”. These late 18th Tickets are $38 - $99 and can be pur- HNew Yorker”, will speak on Century etchings are an influential chased by calling (323)850-2000. Monday, May 17 at 8:30pm at the Roy graphic series in Western art. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater Francisco Goya, an artist of the Grand Ave. (REDCAT). Co-presented by the USC Enlightenment period, used his art to Annenberg School for express frustration with the Spanish Behind the Gates Communication and Journalism, the Inquisition, the abuses of the church production of Wendy Graf’s new discussion will focus on the role of the and nobility, social backwardness and Aplay, “Behind the Gates”, will critic in contemporary theater and art. greed. Through August 1, Forest open at the Lee Strasberg Creative Having contributed theater, art and lit- Lawn Museum, 1712 S. Glendale Center on Saturday, May 15 at erary reviews, Als will discuss how Ave.; (800)204-3131. 8:00pm. A troubled American teen the approach to theater criticism is vanishes into the world of the ultra- different from other artistic disci- Orchestra of the Orthodox haredi community while on plines. Tickets are $10. 631 W. a summer trip to Israel, cutting off all Second St.; (213)237-2800 or Americas www.redcat.org. n Friday, May 14, at 8:00pm, the communication with her mother and photo courtesy of Museums of the Arroyo OPhilharmonic Orchestra of the father. Her parents set out on a search Americas (POA), led by Founder and So Many Museums for their daughter throughout 20 Walter Mosley Music Director Alondra de la Parra, Museums of the Arroyo Day will take place on Sunday, May 16 from Jerusalem. Tickets are $30 on opening Honored at Hyatt 11:00am - 4:00pm. Five history-based museums that focus on preserv- night, which includes a party, and $25 will join Gustavo Santaolalla’s he Liberty Hill Foundation will ing and perpetuating early Los Angeles life will remain open, free of throughout the rest of the run. 7936 Argentine-Uruguyan music collective present author Walter Mosley charge, throughout the free event. Participating museums include Santa Monica Blvd., T Bajofondo for an evening of Latin with the Upton Sinclair Award at its Heritage Square, the Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum West Hollywood; (323) 960-5772. fusion, celebrating the 2010 Mexican 28th annual gala dinner on Thursday, (pictured above) and the Lummis Home and Garden in Los Angeles, and Argentine Bicentennials. The per- May 20 at the Hyatt Regency Century plus the Gamble House and Pasadena Museum of History in Pasadena.
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