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Volume 21 No. 26 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities June 30, 2011 New Rules CEQA Lawsuits Delay Combat Projects in Hollywood Bandit Taxis n Chamber of Commerce Claims More Than n City Permits Will Be 6,000 Jobs Have Been Lost or Postponed More Prominently BY MATT WILHALME have developers tied up in costly Displayed litigation that in some instances rovisions of the 1970 have taken more than two-and-a- BY EDWIN FOLVEN California Environmental half years to resolve, according to PQuality Act (CEQA) have the Hollywood Chamber of axis operating in West been called into question recently Commerce. Hollywood will be required over whether it actually preserves “There is a whole industry of fil- to affix their city-issued nature or is a method of discourag- ing CEQAs and collecting lawsuits T that produces zero benefit for license decal on the rear passenger ing development. door under new regulations going In Hollywood, more than 6,000 California environment,” said Mott into effect on July 1 to limit the jobs have been delayed or lost Smith, board member of the number of illegal taxis in the city. because of CEQA lawsuits that See Lawsuits page 22 “It’s a public safety issue,” said Rob Winrader, taxi specialist for the City of West Hollywood. “It lets passengers know that the cabs are photo by Matt Wilhalme legitimate, and will help us identify Madelyn Peterson enjoyed a hot dog with the works at Pinkʼs. which cabs are licensed and which ones are not supposed to be here.” The City of West Hollywood performs annual inspections and issues Hot Dog! licenses to seven cab companies that are currently allowed to operate within the city. The licensing process is designed to ensure that It’s 4th of July

BY MATT WILHALME their bun wrapped dog at Pink’s. “[It] will help us They have wandered into identify which ot dogs are as American Carney’s train car on Sunset as apple pie and fire- Boulevard late at night with a cabs are Hworks on the Fourth of craving that can only be settled photo by Matt Wilhalme licensed and July, and since 1939, Angelenos with a Carney’s dog generously The development at the Columbia Square site in Hollywood is one of the have been standing in line for which ones are See Hot Dogs page 20 projects delayed by CEQA lawsuits. not supposed to be here.” Terminally Ill Teens Enjoy a Special Prom -Rob Winrader, taxi specialist for the City of West Hollywood BY MATT WILHALME feels completely at ease at this high school student’s lifetime, but No Worries Now Foundation, prom, because she is attending with children who have been diagnosed when he was just 17 years old. It achael Gottes spent this others who have life-threatening with terminal illnesses sometimes began as the Shiri Foundation, week getting ready for disease, like she does. Gottes suf- don’t get to enjoy those moments, named in honor of founder Scarf’s all taxi drivers have clean driving Rprom, a very special prom fers from leukemia. so the foundation has held a prom best friend, Shiri Gumbiner, who records, and that the taxis are hosted by the No Worries Prom is often celebrated as one for them the past five years. passed away after a long battle with insured and in good working condi- Foundation last night. Rachael of the most important events in a “I am just really looking forward osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone tion. In addition, all taxi drivers are to the experience and to meet kids cancer. The foundation decided to required to undergo criminal back- who know what you are going change its name three years ago to ground checks, as well as random through, you can’t really go out give it a more global appeal. drug and alcohol testing. The city when you are under treatment,” “I thought he had no idea what had previously required that the Gottes said. he was in for,” said Fred’s father, license decals be placed on the rear “If a lot of these kids were to go Robert Scarf. “I thought it would bumper — which will still be to their own prom, they would feel be much harder and I underestimat- required — but the additional decal like the odd one out, but at No ed how hard he would work to put will now be required in a more vis- Worries Now you look around, and this together. The foundation is a ible location on the door. you don’t know who is sick and function of his relentless effort to Winrader said the city has had a who isn’t, it’s not something on get this done and make the events longstanding problem with “bandit anyone’s mind,” said Marta the best they could possibly be. I taxis”. Countywide regulations Belcher, executive director of the didn’t know how much hard work governing taxi companies allow foundation. it would be, but it has really blos- drivers to drop-off passengers any- More than 500 terminally ill somed and is even better than I where, but to pick passengers up, teens and survivors of illnesses, thought it would be.” they must be licensed in the indi- ranging in age of 13 to 21, partici- Scarf did what he could to sup- vidual cities where they operate. pated in the prom held at Madame port his son and drove him to meet- Winrader said the licensing is Tussauds Hollywood, which ings with hospital representatives intended to protect passengers. He included a red carpet entry. and social workers who all told said the city has received com- photo courtesy of the No Worries Now Foundation In 2006, Fred Scarf founded the See Taxis page 22 Teens danced the night away at the No Worries Now Prom. See Prom page 20 2 June 30, 2011 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press

30 LGBT Film author and executive producer of the he City of West Hollywood’s Arts Calendar documentary, “Discover the Gift”. Tand Cultural Affairs Commission The film and upcoming book focus on and the Lesbian and Gay Advisory transformational teachers and leaders Board will host a free screening of the of the people he victimized will pre- including the Dalai Lama, Sri Sri Ravi documentary film, “On These sent a special dialogue on reconcilia- Shankar, and Michael Bernard Shoulders We Stand”, on Thursday, tion. 9786 W. Pico Blvd. (310)553- Beckwith, founder of the Agape June 30 at 7 p.m. at The Renberg 8403. www.museumoftolerance.com. International Spiritual Center. 8585 Theatre at the Village at Ed Gould Melrose Ave. (310)659-1733, Plaza. The film is an historical 5 Children’s Arts www.bodhitree.com. account of early gay life and activism he Hollywood Bowl presents the in Los Angeles told by the people who T44th anniversary of “Summer Outdoor Music experienced it, such as LGBT activist Sounds” running from Tuesday, July 5 he 17th annual Culver City Music Ivy Bottini and Rev. Troy Perry. 1125 through August 12. The six-week fes- TFestival presents an evening of N. McCadden Pl. tival of music and arts for music and dance on Thursday, July 7 www.weho.org/pride. children ages three to 11 takes place at 7 p.m. The performance will feature Monday through Friday at 10 and Spanish flamenco and percussion with July 11:15 a.m. Each program explores the Incendio, followed by Argentinian music from one of Los Angeles cul- rock with Los Pinguos. The show is turally-diverse neighborhoods, and part of a series of eight free concerts 1 Cinema History includes art workshops before or after on Thursday evenings through August he Roy and Edna Disney Cal Arts each performance. The Korean 25 in the courtyard of Culver City TTheatre (REDCAT) presents an Classical Music and Dance Company City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd . exhibit titled “Jesse Jones: The is scheduled to perform July 5 through (310)253-5716, www.culvercity.org. Struggle Against Ourselves” running 8. Tickets are $7 for the music pro- from Friday, July 1 through August grams, and $5 for the art sessions. Upcoming 28. Dublin-based artist Jones’ recent 2301 N. Highland Ave. (323)850- body of work is a film that focuses on 2000, www.HollywoodBowl.com. the political and social history of cin- ope Lutheran Church is holding ema, while exploring the role of film Hits 24th annual “Texas Barbecue as a cultural artifact within history. 6 Summer Concerts and Square Dance” on Sunday, July Jones’ film is screened alongside he “The Grove Summer Concert 10 after the 10:30 a.m. service. Pastor “Zarathustra”, “The Spectre and the TSeries” will run from Wednesday, Ralph Gipson will be cooking and Sphere”, “Mahogany” and “The Rise July 6 through 27. All shows are on preaching, and all proceeds will bene- and Fall of the City of Mahoganny”. Wednesdays and begin at 7:30 p.m. fit Hope Lutheran Church. Donation REDCAT is located within the Walt Singer and guitar phenomenon, is $24; under 12 free. 6720 Melrose Disney Concert Hall complex, 631 photo courtesy of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Orianthi, performs on July 6, followed Ave. (323)938-9135, prpat@earth- West 2nd St. www.redcat.org. The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga presents a perfor- on July 13 by “American Idol” alums link.net. mance by the award-winning Pescatori Trio, from Berlin, Germany, on Frenchie Davis and Blake Lewis; Monday, July 4 at 4 p.m. Guests can celebrate the holiday with an after- Grammy Award-winner, Richard he Claude Pepper Sr. Citizen Train Rides noon of outdoor music with artists Lexi Pearl, Marshall McDaniel, and Marx on July 20; and country sensa- Center is holding a talent show on he Fillmore & Western Railway is T Inara George. Tickets start at $15. 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. tions, “Lonestar”, on July 27, (323) July 24 at 3 p.m., and residents can celebrating the Fourth of July T (310)455-2322. www.theatricum.com. 900-8080, www.thegrovela.com. sign-up to be in the show through July holiday weekend with special events 5. The show will include music, danc- from Friday, July 1 through 4. The 7 Book Signing ing and more, and participants will celebration begins on July 1 at 5 p.m. station. (805)524-2546, www.fw- he Bodhi Tree Bookstore in West compete for prizes. The Claude with a ride aboard the “President’s 3 Tolerance Lecture ry.com. he Museum of Tolerance is host- Hollywood is hosting a DVD and Pepper Senior Center is located at Special Express”, a train powered by T ing its “From Hate to Hope” book signing on Thursday, July 7 at 1762 S. La Cienega Blvd. Fee is $10. the recently restored 1913 Baldwin T series on Sunday, July 3 at 3 p.m. A 7:30 p.m. with filmmaker, Demian To RSVP or register to perform, call Steam Engine #14. On July 3, the 2 Kids’ Fun at the former hate crime perpetrator and one Lichtenstein, and Shajen Joy Aziz, co- (310)559-9677. weekend scenic excursion will depart Petersen at 11:30 a.m., and will be powered by he Petersen Automotive Museum the #14 steam engine, which will also Tis holding its “Discovery Day” lead two one-hour rides on July 4 at 11 for children on Saturday, July 2 from a.m. and 9 p.m. The “Firecracker 1 to 4 p.m. Participants will make pin- Dinner Train”, powered by a diesel wheel scooters in conjunction with the engine, departs on July 4 at 6:30 p.m., “Scooters: Size Doesn’t Always and features a viewing of fireworks by Matter” exhibit currently on display at the City of Fillmore, which will also the museum. At 2:30pm, actors from be holding the Sespe Creek Classic L.A. BookPALS will also read stories. Car Show and Chili Cook-off. Trains 6060 Wilshire Blvd. (323)964-6308 depart from Fillmore’s Central Park www.petersen.org.

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Residents Urged to Use Locally Grown Foods L.A. Countyʼs Ban on Plastic n Legislators Approve Shopping Bags to Take Effect Resolution Supporting California Growers ban on plastic shopping bags 2007, to fewer than 800 by 2013. Aapproved last November by The Board of Supervisors also the Los Angeles County Board of estimates that the ban will reduce BY MICHAEL SCHWARTZ Supervisors goes into effect on the amount of money spent annu- lanked by agriculture industry July 1 in unincorporated portions ally on cleaning-up discarded Frepresentatives, Assembly- of the county. plastic bags in the Los Angeles member Fiona Ma (D-San The ordinance banned plastic region by $4 million, and will Francisco) and Los Angeles City carryout bags at supermarkets, reduce the amount of plastic Councilman Tom LaBonge, 4th convenience stores, food marts, shopping bags going into landfills District, hailed the unanimous pas- pharmacies and drug stores in by 50 percent. sage of the “Eat Local, Buy Los Angeles County, but does not Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky, California Grown Day” resolution apply to individual cities within Gloria Molina and Mark Ridley- on June 24 at the Original Farmers the county, which have an option Thomas voted for the ban, while Market. to pass their own bans. The ordi- Supervisor Michael D. For 77 years, the Market has nance requires stores to stop Antonovich was opposed, and served as a hub for exactly the kind offering plastic shopping bags, Supervisor Don Knabe was and to offer reusable bags for sale absent. of local buying that Ma’s bill advo- photo by Michael Schwartz or at no charge. Customers will be “I predict that the plastic-bag cates. Asked how it felt to pass a Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge (left), 4th District; charged 10-cents for each paper ban set to take effect on July 1 in measure without the usual rancor of joined State Assemblymember Fiona Ma; Ken Melban, of the California Sacramento politics, Ma smiled bag. The funds acquired by the the larger stores throughout our Avocado Commission; Cindy Plummer, of the California Table Grape stores are to be used for the costs unincorporated areas will be a big and said, “Very nice.” Commission; Ira Brill, communications director of Foster Farms; and The bill, passed June 23 after less of supplying reusable or paper win for everyone,” Yaroslavsky Ilysha Buss, director of marketing for the Original Farmers Market, at a than a month’s consideration by bags, or for educational materials said. “As customers get in the both the State Assembly and ceremony announcing “Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day”. notifying customers about the habit of reusable bags, they’re Senate, calls on all Californians to policy. reducing the danger to marine “prepare meals exclusively from Hardeman said. would yield genuine dividends for Store owners who do not com- wildlife, cleaning up urban and California-grown ingredients at Ma said that Los Angeles City the Golden State. ply with the ordinance are subject coastal pollution, and saving pre- least once a week.” The day legis- Councilman Richard Alarcon, 7th “If we all simply set aside first to a warning and then an cious landfill space. They mini- lators suggested was Sunday, but District, plans to introduce a resolu- Sunday, it could mean up to $2.5 infraction, with fines ranging mize the waste of energy and Ken Melban, of the Irvine-based tion, which would also be largely billion and 25,000 jobs for the from $100 for the first offense, to resources involved in their manu- California Avocado Commission, ceremonial, that would mirror the state,” Brill said. $500 for the third and subsequent facture. And both retailers and urged consumers to embrace the new state measure. However, Ira Melban echoed the sentiment, offenses. The ban is anticipated to customers ultimately save money resolution, “beyond Brill, of Foster Farms, stressed that saying that the majority of reduce the number of plastic bags by minimizing the wasteful Sunday…make it a regular part of acting in the spirit of the “Buy California’s avocado farmers have used by each household in the expense of one-way, single use bags, both plastic and paper.” your day.” California Grown” resolution See Locally Grown page 21 county from 1,600 annually in The measure, like all concurrent resolutions, neither requires the governor’s signature nor carries the force of law. Ma, who represents California’s 12th District in San Francisco, introduced a bill in 2010 that would have required state agencies (such as public schools) to buy California produce whenever possible. According to Ma’s chief of staff, Nick Hardeman, the Assembly Appropriation Commit- tee estimated that the measure would have cost more than $3 million annually, a politically unpalat- able sum. “During these tough budget times, the cost to the General Fund outweighs other concerns,”

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or patrol officers Michael Kim Fand Jimmy Lam, of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division, many days are spent answering routine calls for service, issuing citations, writ- ing reports and completing other mundane tasks. photo by Edwin Folven But on Monday morning, Kim Mollyʼs Burgers on Vine Street will be closing to make way for an and Lam were in the right place at office building. the right time to prevent a motorist from burning in a car fire, and the officers will now be considered for the LAPD’s Medal of Valor. Mollyʼs Helps the Homeless Kim and Lam were handling an unrelated vehicle collision near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard on Last Day of Operation and Western Avenue around 7:15 a.m. on June 20 when they noticed proceeds will provide a boost for n Proceeds Will go to a vehicle stopped in the westbound homeless services in Hollywood. lanes with heavy smoke and flames Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Social emanating from its undercarriage. Services operates a facility near Social Services When the officers ran over to assist Shrader Boulevard and Selma the female motorist, she was appar- Avenue, and provides meals, BY EDWIN FOLVEN ently unaware that anything was clothing and other services to 125 wrong. Lam and Kim tried to tell olly’s Burgers, a fixture on to 150 people daily. her to get out of the car because it Vine Street at the corner of “We are happy and delighted to M was on fire, but at first she pan- Selma Avenue, will be donating have this benefit from Molly’s, photo by Edwin Folven icked and refused to open the door. all proceeds from sales on and it will make a difference,” After the officers persuaded her to LAPD Officers Michael Kim (left) and Jimmy Lam, of the Hollywood Thursday, June 30 to homeless Ladner said. “They wanted to do open the door, the driver became Division, were credited with saving a motoristʼs life on Monday. programs provided by Blessed something for the community, entangled in the seatbelt, requiring Sacrament Social Service in particularly with the homeless, Kim to cut it away and pull her to guish the flames. what to do. She had about thirty Hollywood. and were happy to be the recipi- safety as other officers arrived and “We banged on the window but seconds until the fire would have Thursday will be the final day ents.” attempted unsuccessfully to extin- she was scared and didn’t know of operation for Molly’s, which is Attempts to reach the owners See Officers page 21 closing as part of a deal with the of Molly’s were unsuccessful, but Community Redevelopment according to Ladner, the burger Agency of Los Angeles stand has been owned by the Yi LAFD Chief Peaks Announces His Retirement (CRA/LA), which has purchased family for the past 13 years. the property and is planning to Kerry Morrison, executive direc- fter 35 years of service with retirement. allegations of the mistreatment of have an office building construct- tor of the Hollywood Athe Los Angeles Fire During Peaks’ brief 22-month female recruits. At the time, Peaks ed at the site. The hamburger Entertainment District and the Department (LAFD), Chief stint as fire chief, he authored the broke rank with Fire Chief Donald stand was originally called Hollywood Property Owners Millage Peaks has decided to retire, city’s first new fire deployment Manning and the team after they “Mom’s” and was part of a for- Alliance, said she had been con- effective July 10. plan in over 40 years, which recent- found the allegations unfounded, mer gas station that was built at tacted by the CRA/LA to help In 2009, Peaks was tasked with ly passed through the city council, because he believed the incidents the site in 1929. The stand has identify a good recipient for the leading the LAFD during one of the Villaraigosa said. were real. been upgraded many times over donation, and she suggested most financially difficult time peri- “And during his tenure as chief, Prior to taking over as chief, the years, however, and Molly’s Blessed Sacrament. Morrison ods in the department’s history, the city has experienced forty- Peaks was a battalion commander is now surrounded by a parking added that she has worked with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. seven percent fewer fire fatalities,” in charge of supervising fire sta- lot that will also be used for the Ladner and Blessed Sacrament in “At that moment of great chal- Villaraigosa said. tions at the Los Angeles new building. the Hollywood 4WRD program, lenge, he managed carefully and Peaks joined the LAFD as a fire- International Airport, and in John Ladner, a board member which is working to identify the led with decisive action to creative- fighter in 1976 and began his rise Westchester, Venice and Mar Vista. of Gettlove, the organization that most vulnerable homeless people ly solve the department’s complex though the ranks. Villaraigosa will appoint a new runs Blessed Sacrament Social in Hollywood and find them fiscal situation,” Villaraigosa said. In 1995, Peaks was appointed to fire chief to replace Peaks after his Services, said the donation of See Mollyʼs page 20 On June 27, Peaks announced his an investigation team that reviewed departure on July 10.

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6 June 30, 2011 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Jewish Federation Honored Callenderʼs Chain Undergoes Reorganization n Flagship Restaurant For 100th Anniversary on Wilshire Blvd. Will Remain Open

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he flagship Marie Callender’s Trestaurant – Callender’s Grill on Wilshire Boulevard at Curson Avenue – will remain open while its parent company, Perkins and Marie Callender’s Inc., goes through chapter 11 bankruptcy. On June 13, Perkins and Marie Callender’s Inc. announced the clo- sure of 58 restaurants: 31 Marie Callender’s and 27 Perkins’. “This initial round of store clos- photo by Matt Wilhalme ings was arrived at following store The Callenderʼs Grill on Wilshire Boulevard is considered by many peo- level analyses of historical financial ple to be a landmark in the Miracle Mile area. photo courtesy of the Fifth Council District Office performance, local market condi- Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz (center), 5th District, tions, and cost structure,” said Jay cess.” put it on firmer financial ground honored the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles at city hall on Trungale, chief executive officer of In California, 13 Marie during the reorganization process. June 24 for its 100th anniversary of serving the people of Los Perkins, in a statement released by Callender’s will close their doors, The company agreed to a restruc- Angeles. Koretz was joined by Councilmember Paul Krekorian, 2nd the company. “The process to iden- including the restaurant at 6081 turing support agreement, which District; Richard Sandler, chairman of the Board of The Jewish tify underperforming locations Center Drive in West L.A. requires the company file a reorga- “They’ve been a landmark in the nized plan by no later than July 14 Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Jay Sanderson, president of The remains ongoing and will continue throughout the chapter 11 case. community for more than twenty and complete restructuring by Oct. Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; and Catherine With the support of our secured and years and we’re certainly glad it 21, 2011. Schneider, senior vice president of community engagement for The unsecured noteholders, we will appears that that Callender’s Grill On June 14, the company entered Jewish Federation. continue to work to complete our will remain open to serve the needs into an agreement with Wells Fargo restructuring process as soon as of the community,” said Steve Capital Finance to provide the com- possible and emerge in a strength- Kramer, president of the Miracle pany with a $21 million debtor-in- ened financial position that will Mile Chamber of Commerce said. possession financing, of which the WeHo Residents Warned About allow us to more effectively com- The company emphasized that the company will have access to $16 Recent Coyote Sightings pete and achieve long-term suc- closings were necessary in order to See Callenderʼs page 22 BY TALIA RALPH West Hollywood, according to Helen Collins, a senior administra- he City of West Hollywood tive analyst for the city of West Tissued a warning late last week Hollywood. So far this season, the for residents to take extra precau- city has only received one report of tions to keep coyotes at bay. The a coyote sighting. city is on alert after a resident “If we get a rash of reports, we reported a coyote sighting. bring in the Department of Coyotes are medium-sized mem- Agriculture,” Collins said. bers of the dog family, and weigh “Fortunately, we haven’t had to do about 30 pounds. They can be dis- that yet.” tinguished by their pointed ears, The city is urging residents to long muzzles, and black-tipped keep their pets inside unless super- tails. May, June and July are the vised, to feed their animals indoors, highest months for coyote sightings and to make sure that trash contain- because of the animals’ breeding ers are secured and that food is kept schedule: their young pups need inside. Cats and small pets are gen- food, which prompts coyotes to erally the most common targets for come out from the hills and scav- coyote attacks. Despite the warn- enge in urban areas. Coyotes can ings, there has only been one human survive on anything, from trash to death as a result of a coyote attack in fruit to small rodents, which draws California in the last 40 years. them to urban places like West “Generally, coyotes will stay Hollywood and Beverly Hills. away from people,” said Ken “We are less than a half mile Pellman, a spokesperson for the away from the Hollywood Hills, L.A. County Department of which, from a distance, looks popu- Agricultural Weights and Measures. lated,” the online notice from the “It’s not a problem to see a coyote as City of West Hollywood said. “The long as it doesn’t approach you. The reality is that the hills and foothills problem is not seeing the coyote, it’s that range from Malibu to down- if the coyote becomes aggressive.” town Los Angeles are primarily To report a coyote sighting, call wooded hills and mountainous habi- the Southern California Department tat, and they are full of many kinds of Fish and Game’s sighting hotline of wildlife.” at (858)467-4257 or the Department Last year, there were three or four of Agricultural Weights and sightings of coyotes reported in Measures at (626)575-5471. Bills on Education Reform and Accountability Move Forward he Senate Education will provide data for parents, stu- TCommittee has approved two dents, faculty and administrators higher education bills authored by when comparing campuses at the Assemblymember Anthony University of California, California Portantino (D-La Cañada State University and the California Flintridge). The bills are designed Community Colleges. to continue efforts to reform and AB 91, the “Community College increase accountability in the high- Financial Aid” bill, requires the er education system. AB 2 estab- Community College Chancellor’s lishes a comprehensive account- Office to establish a three-year pilot ability framework for the state’s program to increase student partici- colleges and universities that would pation in state and federal financial streamline information on the suc- aid programs. Studies indicate only cesses and deficiencies of the state’s about a third of eligible students higher education systems. This bill apply for federal aid.

10 June 30, 2011 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Childrenʼs Hospital Celebrates New Building with Ribbon Cutting ribbon-cutting ceremony Awas held on June 23 for the new Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Richard D. Cordova (left), president and CEO of CHLA, was joined at the ceremony by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Marion Anderson, co-chair of the CHLA Board of Trustees; television personality Mary Hart, member of the CHLA Board of Trustees and photo by David Starko/ Office of the Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa co-chair of the New Hospital Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck (left) joined Jon Kirk Mukri, Gen. Campaign; and Jennifer Page, Manager for the L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks, Mayor mother of six-year-old CHLA Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Eric Garcetti and other offi- heart patient, Max Page, pictured cials at the opening of the Summer Night Lights program. at front left with his brother, Ells. The new $636 million, 460,000-square-foot hospital building includes a cardiothoracic intensive care unit and pediatric Summer Night Lights intensive care unit; the Helen and Bill Close Family Resource photo by Edwin Folven Program Resumes at Parks Center; the Jane Vruwink Palmer Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (second from left) helped cut the ribbon to Healing and Play Garden; and the officially open the Marion and John E. Anderson Pavillion at HBO Café, a Hollywood-themed ast summer, Lemon Grove has become such an important part Childrenʼs Hospital Los Angeles. Lpark in East Hollywood joined of keeping the city safe.” dining space with the outdoor 24 other locations in becoming Last summer, neighborhoods in Ralph M. Parsons Dining Terrace. Summer Night Lights (SNL) sites, areas surrounding SNL sites expe- The building has 317 beds, 85 corner of Sunset Boulevard and the project. The hospital staff is where extended programming rienced a 40 percent reduction in percent of which are in private Lyman Avenue and named after scheduled to move more than from July to September will pro- gang-related crimes and a 57 per- rooms. Marion and John E. Anderson in 200 patients into the new build- vide at-risk youth with jobs and a cent reduction in gang-related The building is located at the honor of their $50 million gift to ing on Sunday, July 17. safe place to spend summer homicides. evenings. Also in 2010, over 710,000 On June 24, Mayor Antonio Angelenos visited the 24 sites and Villaraigosa, Police Chief Charlie a total of 382,523 meals were Beck, and L.A. City Council served. President Eric Garcetti, 13th Visit Our Showroom for the District, began the fourth year of the SNL program by announcing its expansion from 24 to 32 loca- "Summer Night tions across the city. Lights protects Largest Selection of “Expanding Summer Night Lights into more neighborhoods in youth from Los Angeles widens the program’s being victimized Tarkett Flooring reach to keep even more at-risk youth busy during the long, rest- by gangs and less summer nights when the cycle from falling into of violence traditionally esca- lates,” Villaraigosa said. “We are gang life." all excited to experience another successful summer and are thrilled that more communities will reap Eric Garcetti the benefits of this truly inspira- City Council President tional and effective program.” Summer Night Lights is a community-based, violence reduction "Summer Night Lights protects initiative, which keeps city parks youth from being victimized by open after dark with organized gangs and from falling into gang activities such as athletic leagues, life," Garcetti said. "The youth art initiatives and family pro- that Summer Night Lights serves grams. are at a critical juncture. The expe- The guiding philosophy of SNL riences they have and the deci- is to provide programming for the sions they make now can shape entire community, both potential their entire lives. We owe it to victims and potential perpetrators them, and our neighborhoods, to of violence. keep them on the right track." “Summer is our busiest time of Typical SNL programming will the year - children are out of run in the summer months from 7 school on summer break, often p.m. to midnight, four nights a with nothing to keep them occu- week, Wednesday through pied,” Beck said. “Giving children Saturday. a safe haven is crucial during the Programs include community- time of year when they are most centered recreational, educational vulnerable to negative influences. and artistic activities. VISIT LINOLEUM CITY This is why Summer Night Lights FOR THE LARGEST SELECTION

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Getty House Wall a House has historically served us in ing. I really enjoy reading the see. Be safe out on patrol brother. Earn More this capacity. It is always a treat to Beverly Press each week. Go Navy! Mayoral Mistake drive by the Getty House and see I am a resident of the Mid- how beautiful it is. It has always Wilshire area, in Wilshire Center. I Quinton Brown Incentives just read the article in the seemed to be a part of the neigh- read in your newspaper [in the San Diego nergy Upgrade California has IBeverly Press regarding Mayor borhood rather than apart from the June 23 issue] that the City of Los Elaunched a limited-time Antonio Villaraigosa’s proposal to neighborhood. This encourages Angeles is granting a variance for Editor’s Note: On Feb. 5, 2010, increased incentive for energy-sav- wall in the Getty House. I believe any citizen to believe they are also a six-foot-three-inch wall around Los Angeles Police officer Mario ing home upgrades. From now this is a tactical, political, artistic a part of Los Angeles. Walling it the official mayoral residence Tovar was one of four foot beat through Labor Day, homeowners and financial mistake. up isolates it from the neighbor- known as the Getty House. I have officers from the Hollywood who achieve at least 20 percent “SOMETHING there is that hood, smacks of exclusivity and passed by the official mayoral res- Division who responded to a colli- energy savings through qualified doesn't love a wall,” said Robert can only discourage this emotion. idence on Irving Boulevard in sion at the intersection of home energy improvements can Frost, and mayor Villaraigosa’s Finally, in our time of financial Hancock Park, and I love to see the Hollywood Boulevard and receive $2,000 back from Los proposed wall around the Getty distress, the mayor is demanding city's mayoral residence. A cement Highland Avenue. A 28-year-old Angeles County. In addition, local house is no exception. The Getty that we pay for this expensive, block wall will ruin the view pedestrian from Vancouver, utilities are offering up to $4,000 House belongs not to any specific unnecessary and offensive addi- around the mayoral mansion and Canada was struck by a vehicle back through Energy Upgrade mayor, but to the people of Los tion to our city’s already over- the Hancock Park neighborhood. and her leg was severed. Tovar California. The incentives are avail- Angeles. This proposed wall stressed budget. Has anyone Everyone who passes the offi- was credited with lessening the able to Los Angeles homeowners as would serve to separate the mayor threatened to storm its existing cial mayoral residence will not be bleeding and helping to save the part of Energy Upgrade California from the people, not only physical- hedges recently? Granted, he able to see the mansion any longer victim’s life. He is an Iraq War vet- in L.A. County, a program designed ly, but also symbolically. might feel safer being hidden once the cement block wall is con- eran and former Navy corpsman to help homeowners save money In a time when the most impor- behind exceptionally tall walls, but structed. The cement block wall who served as a combat medic. through energy efficient improve- tant task any mayor of Los then he could always offer to occu- will ruin the beauty of the For information, visit Archives at ments to their homes. Angeles can do is to unite the peo- py a cell downtown and feel really Hancock Park neighborhood. I www.beverlypress.com, and view “Southern California’s summer ple of Los Angeles, Antonio safe. Constructing this wall is an hope the City of Los Angeles will the Feb. 11, 2010 issue. heat inevitably brings higher costs Villaraigosa is busy separating appalling misuse of city funds. stop the construction from going for cooling your home, so this is an himself, and now the mayor’s I urge you to do whatever you forth. The official mayoral resi- ideal time to consider energy-saving house, from those people. That’s can to stop this process. I can only dence is a very beautiful building home upgrades,” said Howard fine for him. We will only have to echo the words of our former gov- in the Hancock Park neighbor- e appreciate your com- Choy, general manager of the Los put up with him for a little while ernor and president, [Ronald hood. Wments. Please send Letters longer. However, the office of the Reagan], “Mr. Villaraigosa, tear to the Editor to: editor@beverly- down this wall.” Bruce Uyemura mayor endures, and this wall can press.com. "Take advantage only serve to isolate future ser- Wilshire Center You can also comment on our vants of the people from the very Thomas Meleck website: www.beverlypress.com. of energy saving Hancock Park people their job is to serve. The Praise for Hero Cop Letters become the property of improvements that mayor shouldn’t wall himself the Beverly Press and Park away from his constituents like Mayorʼs Wall Will Ruin ovar, it doesn't surprise me one Labrea, and may be republished will help save some medieval king, and that’s the View Tbit that you would save some- in any format. Please include money." only image this wall will convey. one's life. I'll never forget that day your full name, contact phone In a democracy, our mayor number and valid email address. hank you for including the I saw you in Fallujah {Iraq]. I'm should be, or should at least seem posting this article on my Howard Choy to be, approachable. The Getty TBeverly Press in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday morn- Facebook for all of our brothers to General Manager L.A. County Office of Sustainability

Angeles County Office of Extradition Law Reformer Named ʻProsecutor of the Yearʼ Sustainability. “It’s our hope that the increased incentives offered this summer encourage more L.A. coun- xtradition Law Reformer at a conference in San Diego. comes of Maurizi’s efforts was the extradited and, ultimately, convict- ty residents to take advantage of Named ‘Prosecutor of the The county prosecutor is credit- 2005 decision by Mexican authori- ed and sentenced to prison without E energy improvements that will help Year’ ed with waging an aggressive, ties to overturn a ruling by the parole in 2007. them save money.” For her efforts in extradition global campaign aimed at retriev- Mexican Supreme Court that Most recently, Maurizi has shift- The increased summer rebate is reform, Los Angeles County ing fugitives from foreign lands to barred the extradition of accused ed her focus to cyber crimes and retroactive for homeowners who Prosecutor Janice Maurizi has face justice in the United States for killers facing life sentences in the forensic science. have already begun upgrades received the 2011 Prosecutor of the murder and other violent crimes. United States. She helped launch the Computer through the Energy Upgrade Year Award. Maurizi partnered with local, As a direct result of Maurizi’s Emergency Response Team pro- California program and is available Maurizi, director of the Bureau state and federal authorities to work, the murderer of Los Angeles gram, which offers 24-hour while funds last. For information, of Fraud and Corruption address legal shortcomings in County Sheriff’s Deputy David response by District Attorney call (877)785-2237, or visit Prosecutions, accepted the award domestic prosecution and interna- March – gunned down in 2002 by a investigators to incidents of com- www.energyupgradeca.com/LA from the California District tional extradition laws. twice deported, convicted drug mercial network and proprietary County. Attorney Investigators’ Association Among the most significant out- dealer who fled to Mexico – was computer software hacking.

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An unknown suspect committed a theft near the corner of La Cienega and Oakwood at 5:35 Defendants Sentenced for POLICE BLOTTER p.m. June 25 Roles in Smog Check Scam The following information was reported to the West Hollywood Sheriff’s smog check technician generate the paperwork and sign the Station and the LAPD’s Wilshire Division between June 21 and June 25, At 12:05 a.m., an unknown sus- Aaccused of working with two accompanying vehicle inspection 2011. If you are a victim of a crime, here are the telephone numbers of local pect burglarized a vehicle parked other individuals to fraudulently report, which is signed under penal- law enforcement agencies; Los Angeles Police Department, Wilshire Division in the 8400 block of Harold. certify thousands of air-polluting ty of perjury. Records from the (323)485-4022 and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West vehicles was sentenced on June 22 BAR show that Williams’ license Hollywood Station (310)855-8850. An unknown suspect burglarized a vehicle parked near the corner in Los Angeles Superior Court. number was used to fraudulently of La Cienega and Oakwood at 11 Judge Fred Wapner sentenced certify more than 15,000 vehicles The following crimes occurred in June 23 a.m. Jermaine Elroy Williams, 28, to between 2007 and 2010, which West Hollywood between June 21 five years of formal probation, dur- could have generated as much as $3 and June 25, and were compiled At 2:50 a.m., an unknown suspect At 9:40 p.m., an unknown suspect ing which time Williams is prohib- million in earnings for the defen- from www.crimemapping.com. robbed a victim in the 800 block of burglarized a vehicle parked near ited from working in the fields of dants. Larabee. the corner of Oakwood and La vehicle emissions, registration Johnson pleaded no contest on June 21 Cienega. renewal, new or used vehicle sales, March 24 to five felony counts each An unknown suspect burglarized automotive auctions, vehicle rental of issuing a false certificate and At 3:30 a.m., an unknown suspect An unknown suspect committed a a residence in the 900 block of N. fraudulent computer access, and committed a burglary in the 100 Crescent Heights at 9:30 a.m. burglary at a residence in the agencies, dismantling companies, block of S. Robertson. 1000 block of Genessee at 11 or any employment related to smog one felony count of forgery, and At 4:40 p.m., an unknown suspect p.m. certificates. Williams was addition- was sentenced to 16 months in state An unknown suspect committed a robbed a victim near the corner of ally sentenced to one year in county prison. Usher entered into a plea burglary in the 8900 block of Sunset and La Brea. June 26 jail, which will result in no further agreement and pleaded guilty on Beverly at 6 p.m. incarceration because he was given March 24 to one felony count of An unknown suspect stole a vehi- At 12:30 a.m., an unknown sus- credit for 225 actual days served fraudulent computer access, one At 6 p.m., an unknown suspect cle parked in the 1400 block of pect assaulted a victim in the and 225 days credit for good felony count of issuing a false cer- burglarized a vehicle parked in Curson at 6 p.m. 8600 block of Sunset. time/work time. Wapner also tificate and one misdemeanor count the 1100 block of Hacienda ordered the defendant to pay restitu- of battery for pushing a state repre- At 9:30 p.m., an unknown suspect An unknown suspect assaulted a sentative who was investigating the An unknown suspect committed a burglarized a vehicle parked in tion of $1,000. victim in the 8900 block of Santa The defendant and his accom- illegal activity. He was sentenced to grand theft in the 8600 block of the 7500 block of Delongpre. Monica at 1:50 a.m. Sunset at 8 p.m. plices were responsible for the five years of formal probation and June 24 June 25 issuance of more fraudulent smog was given credit for 160 days of June 22 certificates than any other group in custody spent on house arrest. At 3 p.m., an unknown suspect At 3 a.m., an unknown suspect the state, according to officials of At 11:45 p.m., an unknown sus- stole a bicycle in the 8600 block stole a vehicle parked near the the State of California Bureau of pect burglarized a residence in of Santa Monica. corner of Almont and Melrose. Automotive Repair (BAR). $ 2%12$" the 1000 block of Spaulding. Williams was charged with co- defendants, Rodney Joel Johnson, "# ' 52, and Darnell Tyrone Usher, "03%!"1 26. The charges stem from inci- Convictions Secured in Mortgage Loan Fraud dents at two Los Angeles-area "24)0& shops on June 30, 2009, and April he operators of a Los Angeles- to 24 months probation and was 6, 2010, during which the defen- 63 %$ "35)@ &3FP713G based mortgage company T The victims later ordered to complete 10 days of dants issued passing smog check '#3HQCF9Q)G3GH)0@7G6320RH63 known as Liberty One Financial Caltrans work. Garnik Poghosyan, certificates to multiple vehicles that %$ 7B F3GDCBG3 HC A3A03FG67D Group, Inc., have been convicted learned that their CEO of Liberty One, currently has were not present at the location and B332G '63%$ F31C5B7S32 H6)H of conspiring to deceive home- signatures had a $350,000 warrant issued for his had never been tested. The men A)BRD3CD@3CP3FH63)53C4"6)P3 owners seeking to refinance their arrest. engaged in a practice called “clean existing mortgages through bait- @35)@A)HH3FGH6)HF3EI7F3H63G3FP71% been forged on In 2007, DiBona “cold called” piping” that involves the use of one and-switch tactics and forgery of 3GC4)B)HHCFB3R'63R)@GCF31C5% homeowners and offered to refi- vehicle to certify another. loan documents, according to the many of the loan B7S32 H6)H A)BR C4 H63G3 DFC0@3AG nance an existing mortgage loan. Williams allegedly allowed his Los Angeles City Attorney’s 1CI@203GC@P327B)G7B5@31CBGI@H)% documents. Along with Nocera, a Liberty One associates to use his access code Office. H7CBQ7H61CIBG3@G)F3GI@H&CB3C4 sales director, DiBona deceived and license number to illegally Deputy City Attorney Michele the victims into applying for and access computer systems connected H63 03B347HG C4 H63 #3HQCF9 7G H6)H Anderson, of the Special Litigation der all real estate licenses. Galdjian obtaining refinancing in excess of to the database of the state’s A3A03FGC4H63%$)F3)IHCA)H7% Unit, successfully prosecuted the was sentenced to 180 days in jail, the amount, interest and monthly Department of Motor Vehicles. By 1)@@R3BH7H@32HC)1CBGI@H)H7CBQ7H6 case against Liberty One employ- and Nocera was sentenced to 90 payments they were promised by state law, only a licensed smog )B %$ "35)@ &3FP713G #3HQCF9 ees Vighen Mkrtoumian and Layne days in jail. Both Galdjian and the lender. The victims later check technician may conduct an DFCP723F&)HBC1CGHHCH63A3A03F Nocera, and company CFO Nocera were also placed on 60 learned that their signatures had inspection, operate the machinery, "35)@A)HH3FG)F313FH)7B@RBCH@7A% Khachatour Galdjian. Each of the months probation. been forged on many of the loan 7H32HC3@23F@)Q7GGI3G&3GH)H3D@)B% defendants were convicted of con- documents, and that their income John DiBona, a telemarketer for B7B5CFG7A7@)FA)HH3FG&0IH7B1@I23) spiracy and multiple counts of Liberty One, and Wayne Stimson, and assets had been fabricated. By grand theft and forgery, and were a company broker, were also con- the time the victims were made Former County Q723 P)F73HR C4 )227H7CB)@ @35)@ ordered to pay $43,584 in restitu- victed of one count of false repre- aware of all of the discrepancies 7GGI3G&GI16)G53B3F)@0IG7B3GGA)H% tion and investigative costs. sentation in a real estate transac- and tried to get assistance with the H3FG&D3FGCB)@7B8IFR&0)B9FIDH1R)B2 Mkrtoumian was sentenced to tion. Stimson was sentenced to 36 problems, they were threatened Worker Gets )6CGHC4CH63FG 60 months probation and 180 days months probation and 120 days in with foreclosure and had suffered (7H6 D)FH71I@)F F35)F2 HC 3GH)H3 in county jail. He must also surren- jail, while DiBona was sentenced substantial financial losses. Four Years for D@)BB7B5&%$ A3A03FG& H6FCI56 H63 "35)@ &3FP713G #3HQCF9& )F3 Tax Scam 3BH7H@32BCHCB@RHC)4F331CBGI@H)% Fifth Suspect Sentenced for Role in Child Porn Ring H7CBQ7H6)D)FH717D)H7B5)HHCFB3R&0IH former employee with the Los )@GCHC))"*433F32I1H7CBCB@35)@ he fifth defendant charged for tenced in March to 151 months in AAngeles County Department A)HH3FGIB23FH)93B0RH63D)FH717D)H% Tinvolvement in an Internet- Wright was one prison; and William Ho, 39, of of Social Services has been sen- 7B5)HHCFB3R'63G3A)HH3FG7B1@I23 based child pornography traffick- Hacienda Heights, who was sentenced to 46 months in prison for 3GH)H3D@)BB7B5&DFC0)H3)B2)@@CH63F ing ring that specialized in images of the more tenced in March to 135 months in fraudulently filing federal tax @35)@)F3)GQ63F3G3FP7137GDFCP7232 depicting the sexual abuse of prison. returns in the names of 197 differ- prolific users of ent people. HC)B%$A3A03F0R)D)FH717D)H% young girls was sentenced on June All five defendants pleaded 7B5)HHCFB3R B)227H7CB&H63DF3D)% guilty to one count of conspiracy Trang Van Dinh, 63, was also 7 to seven years in federal prison. the bulletin F)H7CB C4 )B 2P)B13 3)@H6 )F3 Kevin Kaller Wright, 44, of to transport, receive, distribute ordered to pay $667,034 in restitu- board, making and possess child pornography. tion to the IRS. Dinh pleaded guilty 7F31H7P31CGHGBCACF3H6)B/0"" Santa Monica, received the 84- 4RCI6)P3)BREI3GH7CBG)0CIHH63 month sentence from United States more than 400 They all admitted being part of the in February to two counts of filing District Judge Margaret M. “Quest4More” bulletin board. false claims against the United %$ "35)@ &3FP713G #3HQCF9& Morrow. Wright and four other posts. Law enforcement was alerted to States. D@3)G3 433@ 4F33 HC P7G7H H63 %$ defendants pleaded guilty over the the group following the arrest of Dinh, who was employed as an Q30G7H3 )H QQQ))FD1CA& CF 1)@@ past year to being members of the one of its members in 2008. Eligibility Worker II for Los %$)H1%""%)%01"CF1CBH)1H “Quest4More” Internet bulletin dren, sometimes being tortured or Each defendant made hundreds Angeles County from 1999 CIFC44713 board, whose members “advocated in bondage. of posts to the bulletin board. through 2009, used the names and the sexual torture of children,” The defendants previously sen- Wright was one of the more pro- Social Security numbers of indi- according to court documents. tenced in this case included lific users of the bulletin board, viduals seeking public assistance and filed fictitious tax returns The “Quest4More”, which was investi- Michael Pharis, 51, of Las Vegas, making more than 400 posts, &H3D63B(!F)A3F gated by U.S. Immigration and Nevada, who was sentenced in although he did not post any pic- 197 returns filed by Dinh sought tures to the site. Wright was sen- refunds totaling $2.2 million. The (7@G67F3@P2&&I7H3)" Customs Enforcement (ICE) December to 15 years in prison; "CGB53@3G&""0 Homeland Security Investigations Daniel Murphy, 53, of Millville, tenced to 10 years of supervised IRS issued refunds totaling $1.1 (HSI), was a secret bulletin board New Jersey, who was sentenced in release, and the four other defen- million. !"" that allowed members to post and March to 151 months in prison; dants were sentenced to a lifetime When alerted to the fraudulent view pictures and videos, which Paul Challender, 54, of Big of supervised release, following conduct, banks froze the accounts, (%)( often depicted very young chil- Rapids, Michigan, who was sen- their prison terms. but Dinh succeeded in accessing 0%3%'"#" $667,034. "24)0&

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Feuer Requests !15& Same-Sex 401 &##54&& Couplesʼ Rights %&1!& be Honored '2#! )!% fter a series of rulings on gay Amarriage across the country - %&1!!0 )5!3% 7,%77,)$)672//<:22( from the U.S. District Court in San 20081-7< )9)/230)17 -5)'725 :-// ,2/( % 8&/-' Francisco’s decision to uphold )%5-1+72'216-()57,)*2//2:-1+-7)0 retired Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop. 8 ruling to New York’s deci- #&1!&% ! %17%21-'%28/)9%5(%$)67 sion to legalize same-sex marriage – Assemblymember Mike Feuer, 2//<:22(%%/-*251-%& (D-Los Angeles), has sent a letter to '%85)/%5(:%5) )67%85%17* the California Health and Human Services secretary and director of )(201 5)48)67 *25 ',%1+) 2* 86) *520 % the Department of Health care 35)9-2865)7%-/63%')-172%5)67%85%17 Services requesting the implemen- tation of protections regarding the :-7, 7,) 352326)( 6%/)% 6)59-')% %1( treatment of same-sex couples par- '2168037-212*%/'2,2/&//5)48-5)( ticipating in Medicaid. 3%5.-1+*257,)1):5)67%85%17:-//&) “Decisions such as whether to 3529-()( 2**.6-7) %7 / %17% place a loved one in a nursing facil- 21-'%28/)9%5(& ity are among the most difficult a family can make,” Feuer said in the letter. “California should take the ')$!1%2$)0 )9)/230)17 )50-7% lead in ensuring that same-sex cou- -125 21(-7-21%/ "6) )50-7% ples do not confront an undue bur- %5.-1+ "6) )50-7% %1( %1< 27,)5 den and are afforded the same 5)48-5)(3)50-76& financial protections provided to opposite-sex couples.” The letter, dated June 24 and ''#!%1 %1(<87',-16'*25)%1'-//)1* addressed to Diana Dooley, Secretary of the California Health 1!$'# 4@9F@P97T!"RDT%&!'(%% and Human Services Agency, and & )!% %7 333&0& Toby Douglas, director of the $)672//<:22(-7<%// Department of Health Care Services, was issued the same day /33 %17%21-'%28/)9%5( See Page 22 of the late night New York Senate $)672//<:22(%33 vote of 33-29, which essentially doubled the number of people who 6&% '200)5'-%/%20081-7<* can now receive same-sex marriage licenses in the U.S. because of New %3!)&%$%1# York’s population. 01120 %7)+25-'%//< );)037 *520 )19-5210)17%/ 5)9-): 5)48-5)0)176 38568%17 72 )'7-21 =9 /3/ '): LA84 Doles Out 216758'7-21 25 219)56-21 2* 0%// $1.2 Million for 86-1)66* Park La Brean Nominated Twice 1B@PQ7AAI@HGIQ :-//&)%9%-/%&/)21!,856(%<%8/< % Youth Sports !399% %7 -7< %//% /33 %17% 21-'% /9(&% %1( 7,) for Academy Award $&&-&5%5<% 9 & %1#-')17)28/)9%5(& he LA84 Foundation has Tawarded $1.2 million in grants ! 5&2 ##% 7,-6 -7)0 -1 '2857% <28 0%< &) to support 30 youth sports programs. Since its inception, the /-0-7)(725%-6-1+21/<7,26)-668)6<2825620)21))/6) Foundation has given back more 5%-6)(%77,)8&/-')%5-1+()6'5-&)(-17,-6127-')%25 than $199 million to the communi- -1 7,) :5-77)1 '255)6321()1') ()/-9)5)( 72 7,) $)67 ties that supported the 1984 Los 2//<:22( 20081-7< )9)/230)17 -5)'725% 9-% 7,) Angeles Olympic Games. 20081-7< )9)/230)17 )3%570)17% 25 35-25 72% 7,) Among the organizations receiv- ing the latest grants is the Beyond 8&/-')%5-1+& the Bell Branch (BTB) of the Los Angeles Unified School District, 1G8GEHDTSCQBQB@ 0)5-'%16:-7,-6%&-/-7-)6'72* which offers a free, year-round, sea- 93%66-67-9) -67)1-1+ )9-')6 '* :-// &) %9%-/. sonal sports program at all 95 mid- %&/)*25',)'.287%77,)0))7-1+&*<285)48-5)63)'-%/ dle schools in the district. Other awardees included Students Run %66-67%1') 72 %77)1( ')&+& 75%163257%7-21* 25 72 3%57-'-. LA, which received funding for its 3%7) -1 7,-6 0))7-1+ ')&+& 6-+1)5 *25 7,) ,)%5-1+ program that trains 3,000 middle -03%-5)(*%<280867'%//2568&0-7<2855)48)67-1:5-7. and high school students to run the -1+727,)!5%163257%7-21-9-6-21%7'/!/* . / %7 LA Marathon; and A Better LA, /)%67 ,285635-25727,)0))7-1+&!,)-7<!/-1) which provides funding for uni- *257,),)%5-1+-03%-5)(-6'/!/* . & forms and jerseys for the soccer and basketball programs at the Summer Night Lights Program (SNL). ## !%1)01 ')0&%0 %5) -19-7)( 72 %77)1( “In today’s difficult economic 6%-(8&/-')%5-1+72);35)667,)-523-1-21-17,-60%7. ctress Marjorie Rambeau, a resident of Park La Brea’s Burnside environment, the assistance the 7)5& Towers, was pictured on the cover of the July 2, 1953 issue of the LA84 Foundation provides to youth A sports organizations is needed more Park Labrea News. Rambeau, a character actress who began acting on GI ARIQB@I CFAGIE7QCGF '217%'7 1721-2 %67-//2% stage at age 12, later went on to become a lead in several Broadway than ever,” said Anita L. DeFrantz, productions in the 1910s and ‘20s. She also appeared in films such as president of the LA84 Foundation. 662'-%7) /%11)5% -1 7,) 20081-7< )9)/230)17 “Min and Bill” (1930) and “Tugboat Annie Sails Again” (1940). Later, “These organizations are stepping )3%570)17%7'/!/* . & Rambeau was nominated twice for an Academy Award, first for her up to the line to ensure that young- role as the prostitute mother of a character played by actress Ginger sters have the opportunity to partic- 25)< ',%**)5 ipate in sports. They deserve our Rogers in “Primrose Path” (1940), and later as the mother of a char- 17)5-0-7</)5. acter played by Joan Crawford in “Torch Song” (1953), a role she had support and that of others.” just finished when the above photograph was taken. Rambeau was The LA84 Foundation was estab- injured in a car accident in 1945 that left her partially disabled, but did lished to manage Southern & % " !4 not let it get in the way of her acting. She also starred in the “G.E. True California’s share of the surplus ! ' #$ " & ! &'&5 Theatre” and “Ford Television Theatre” series in the 1950s, and in from the 1984 Olympic Games in 75'4 “Man of a Thousands Faces” (1957). Rambeau passed away in 1970 Los Angeles. For information, at age 80. please visit www.LA84Foundation.org. Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 17 June 30, 2011 Santa Monica Aquarium Bass Honors Student Artist at Capitol .S. Rep. Karen Bass wel- Ucomed Koreatown resident Offers Summer Fun and 11th grade student Daniel Oh and his father, David Oh, to the U.S. Capitol on June 22. The student was selected as the winner of the high school art competition for the 33rd Congressional District, which is represented by Bass. Oh’s artwork, titled “Freedom of the Oppressed”, will be on display in the Capitol for one year. “It will be my honor to walk by Daniel Oh’s painting every day in the U.S. Capitol,” Bass added. “Daniel’s visit to Washington, D.C. was a new experience for him, but it will not be his last. I look forward to Daniel’s contin- ued involvement in the public policy arena to influence positive change in our community.” Each spring, the Congressional photo courtesy of the 33rd Congressional District Office Institute sponsors a nationwide Daniel Oh (center), with his father David Oh (left) received an award for high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artis- winning an art competition from U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, of the 33rd tic talent in each congressional Congressional District. district. The competition provides an Congress to spotlight the creative For information, visit www.con- opportunity for members of talents of their young constituents. ginst.org.

photo by Natalie Burdick At Heal the Bayʼs Santa Monica Pier Aquarium kids will learn about various facets of the ocean through different marine themed programs.

eal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium has announced the Hschedule for its summer activities for children, which includes a summer camp being held in August, as well as other programs. The activities focus on marine education and environmental stew- ardship, and are led by educators. The summer camp is open to children ages six to 12. The weekly session runs from Monday, August 1 through August 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beginning Tuesday, August 9 MIX through 12, half-day programs run from 9 a.m. to noon. Each session explores a different marine theme. The 4th and 5th graders will learn about the shark, one of the most misunderstood creatures of the ocean, and 1st through 3rd graders will discover which whales are moving through the Santa Monica Bay. Campers will also have exclusive use IT of the Aquarium’s marine education center. The programs will include lessons, labs and games, with plenty of interaction with live animals. In addition, Heal the Bay is holding numerous events throughout July. The public is invited to help feed the sea stars on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:30 p.m. Popular shark-themed Sundays include a presen- tation and feeding at the shark exhibit at 3:30 p.m. every Sunday, Heal UP! the Bay’s Ocean Appreciation Weekend on July 30 and 31, which will include activities and presentations for all ages that pay tribute to the Create an amazing recipe Tower & Garden Apartments ocean. for your life right now. Footsteps from Camp spaces are limited; to register call (310)393-6149, ext. 103, or The endless The Grove, The Farmers Market visit www.healthebay.org/smpa. combinations and Museum Row to pick and choose from are entirely up to you. It’s time to ! " have some fun… ! !#

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safety for the San Francisco 49ers, photo courtesy of Ari Bussel and was a four-time All-America Two of the inductees to the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of honoree as a defensive back at USC. Gottlieb, an All-CIF basket- Fame, basketball player Doug Gottlieb, (left) and rugby player Shawn ball player at Tustin High, went on Lipman, were joined at the dinner and induction by event chair, Vicki to lead the nation in assists as point Wolf, and former Beverly High Coach Susan Stevens. guard for Oklahoma State. Currently ranked No. 10 by the Lipman, a former World Cup rugby 2005 UCLA national champion NCAA among career assist leaders, competitor; Phillip Erenberg, water polo team; and Samuel Gottlieb is now a basketball com- Olympic silver medal-winning Bailey, member of three UCLA mentator for ESPN. Privman cov- gymnast; Mike Enfield, an NSCAA national championship water polo ers horse racing for the Daily All-American on the 2004 UCLA teams and 2004 CIF Division I he Fulfillment Fund recently “Killing Me Softly”, “I Got a Racing Form and is part of the on- national champion soccer team, and Coach of the Year. Theld a benefit concert titled Name”, “Ready to Take a Chance air broadcast team for ESPN, ABC former Los Angeles Galaxy player; The Southern California Jewish “The Songs of Our Lives, Again” and the “Theme from and Versus. Jacobs can be heard Marc Bluestone, a standout basket- Sports Hall of Fame also honored Volume IV” at the Wadsworth Happy Days”. Fox (left) was pic- each weekday afternoon as a mem- ball, baseball and track star at three high school students for their Theatre. The concert featured a tured at the event with songwriter ber of “The Loose Cannons” on Fairfax High School; Dick Conger, achievements both on and off the special performance by the leg- Jay Landers, recording artist AM570/KLAC, and is an annual a Pacific Coast League baseball athletic field. endary songwriting duo of Richard Marx, and Fulfillment fixture on the Chabad Telethon. standout; Joseph Axelrad, All- For information, visit Norman Gimbel and Charles Fund founder and chairman, Dr. Other inductees included Shawn American goalkeeper on the 2004- www.scjshof.com. Fox, known for hits such as Gary Gitnick. READ US ONLINE ###"$ ! # "! %" %! Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 19 June 30, 2011

City Refuels Youth with Summer Lunch Independent Shakespeare Co. he City of Los Angeles TDepartment of Recreation and Launches Family Programs Parks will serve youths free lunches and snacks during summer at more than 100 locations throughout the city. The lunch program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Summer Food Service Program. In the local area, the program will be offered at the Hollywood Recreation Center, 1122 Cole Ave.; the Poinsettia Recreation Center, 7341 Willoughby Ave.; the Lemon Grove Recreation Center, 4959 Lemon Grove Ave.; and the Shatto Recreation Center, 3191 W. 4th St. The program runs through August 26 and serves children age photo by JuanCarlos Chan 18 and younger. For information Kids enjoy free lunch provided by the Department of Recreation and and a complete list of locations, call Parks. (818)546-2383 or visit www.laparks.org/foodprogram. ‘Sizzling Nights’ Begin at Autry Center he Autry National Center pre- Tsents the “Sizzling Summer Nights” series running Thursday photo by Mike Ditz evenings from July 7 through Sept. Members of the Independent Shakespeare Co. will engage young 1. people during its new ʻPlayers in the Park/Jugamos en el Parque”. The series includes new bands and living legends of the salsa music scene, as well as an outdoor he James Irvine Foundation Lost”. dance party for all ages. Food, a Thas awarded a $29,000 grant The pre-show children’s educa- separate children’s dance floor, to the Independent Shakespeare tional workshops begin at 5 p.m., dance lessons, and open museum Co. (ISC) that has allowed the Thursday through Sunday, and galleries will be available. company to create its new will be delivered in English and The series begins on July 7 with “Players in the Park/Jugamos en Spanish. The “Players in the Octavio Figueroa and La el Parque” family program at Park/Jugamos en el Parque” Combinación Salsa Band, followed Griffith Park this summer. series features exercises taught by by Johnny Polanco y su Conjunto The Griffith Park Free ISC Acting Company members. Amistad on July 14; Orquesta Son Shakespeare Festival runs every Young people engage in a series Mayor on July 21 and Yari Moré y Thursday through Sunday at 7 of activities that get the words of su Orquesta on July 28. p.m. through August 28 at the Shakespeare off the page and into “The Autry’s Sizzling Summer Griffith Park Old Zoo, 4730 their bodies and voices. By the Nights is all about enjoying wonder- Crystal Springs Dr. The festival end of the workshop, participat- ful music with friends and family,” features the “Merry Wives of ing children put on a crown, pick said Oscar Hernández, musician Windsor” running through July up a toy sword, or portray Prince and bandleader of Oscar Hernández 31; “Hamlet” running from July Hamlet from the stage. and the L.A. All-Stars. 14 through August 8; and “Love’s The shows and workshops are Performances are held from 6 to 9 photo by Jamie Pham Labour’s Lost” from August 4 free, but RSVP is required for p.m. on the Autry plaza in Griffith Summer series at the Autry National Center will get you off your through 27. Actors Claudia each workshop. For information, Park. For information, visit feet and on to the dance floor. Vazquez and Cameron Knight call (818)710-6306, or visit www.TheAutry.org. (above) appear in “Love’s Labour www.iscla.org. Art Auction Raises More than $300k elebrity guests and art collec- Ctors gathered at Bonhams and Butterfields auction house for Art Project Los Angeles, the second annual art auction and gala benefit- ing AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), on June 25. The event raised more than $300,000 for programs assisting people living with HIV/AIDS. “We're delighted to benefit from an art event of such exceptional cal- iber,” said APLA executive director Craig E. Thompson. “The burdens of a sagging economy have weighed heavily on our clients, who rely more than ever on APLA's most basic services.” Celebrity attendees included Claire Brassoud, Jackie Collins, John Pasquin, Pauley Perrette, Eden Sher, Michael Steger and JoBeth Williams. The auction, created by Hamilton-Selway Fine Art Gallery, included works by artists Picasso, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, Keith Haring, Robert Longo and %*" ('#"& (*%&%!(!(" $#&' David Hockney. For information, *!"' &'' '&#)%' '& visit apla.org. 20 June 30, 2011 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Hot Dogs are an American Favorite From page 1 dressed with chili. And recently, that also caters to the same crowd is Blvd. several other hot dog joints have just a few blocks East, Carney’s. “The chili and hot dogs are a real- popped up to offer hot dog connois- ly good quality and have a really seurs more options. nice snap and after finishing a The most recent addition to the “Chicago has its Polish and a chilidog, I don’t feel hot dog landscape in Hollywood is overly greased,” Soto said. Coney Dog at 8873 Sunset Blvd., flavor, so does But many hot dog purists still serving the Detroit classic Coney L.A. and so does elect the Los Angeles institution, dog, made from hot dogs shipped Pink’s, at La Brea and Melrose from Michigan on a weekly basis, New York.” Avenues, as their top choice. topped with their own custom chili, Ben Selk, 79, has been making onions and a stripe of mustard. -former Chicago native regular trips to Pink’s since its “It’s kind of like home to us,” Heath Chenail opening in 1939. Michael Spellman said, clad in a “It’s just one of those places to University of Michigan shirt at come back to. Whenever we come Coney Dog. into the area, we stop in,” Selk said. Spellman and his friend, Michael After seeing Carney’s on the For Ron Bagley, a South Bay res- Ganztos, both Michigan trans- Food Network television show, ident, hot dogs bring up distinct plants, lauded the arrival of Coney “Best Thing I Ever Ate”, Anthony childhood memories of his mom Dog in Los Angeles. Soto had to get a chilidog at slicing spiral designs into casings to Another hot dog establishment Carney’s located at 8351 Sunset create shapes that appealed to him. Unfortunately, his two-year-old and three-year-old children haven’t become hot dog enthusiasts just yet, but they still have time, he said. Bagley opts for a combination of chili and sauerkraut topped dogs he found to be excellent at Pink’s. photo by Matt Wilhalme Heath Chenail prefers Papaya Carneyʼs, on the Sunset Strip, is a favorite among late night diners hun- King at 1645 Wilcox Ave., just a gry for hot dogs. block off the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where he makes a regular trip each week. Also relishing in the flavor of the lar audience, from Skooby’s Hot Originally from Chicago, Chenail Papaya King’s chilidog, Julio Dogs at 6654 Hollywood Blvd., to a came to L.A. with an affinity for hot Hernandez decided to try the chain new stand at the metro plaza in front dogs, but has developed a taste for after learning about its New York of the W Hotel at Hollywood the New York-based Papaya King. heritage. Boulevard and Vine Street, operated “Chicago has its flavor, so does “I was like ‘Oh my god, I have to by Hole in the Wall Catering. L.A. and so does New York,” try it’,” Hernandez said. But there is only one way to find photo by Matt Wilhalme Chenail said. “L.A.’s is good, not as But there are even more restau- out which one you prefer; you have Coney Dog recently opened on Santa Monica Boulevard amazing, but good.” rants out there to serve this particu- to try them all. Molly’s Donates Proceeds Prom Held for Terminally Ill Teens From page 4 From page 1 them they already had enough pro- ing to have the foundation around, just about celebrating the life that housing and other services. building is built, Dantona said. gramming. But after a solid year of Belcher said. you have and it’s fun to not have to Jim Dantona, chief deputy to The selling price was much commitment to the project, their “It’s so upbeat,” Gottes said. “It’s think about that side of life.” the CEO for the CRA/LA, said lower because the developer will first prom materialized in 2007. the project at the Molly’s be paying for the construction of “Part of being a non-profit is you Burger’s site has been in the the eight-story building. have to knock on a lot of doors, and works for five years. The Dantona added that an office that’s how we started out until we CRA/LA has only recently been building was considered desir- finally got a contact and got in,” able to move forward with the able for the site because there has Belcher said. development after a settlement not been any new private office Since then, the event has been was reached between the space constructed in Hollywood helped along by sponsorship from CRA/LA and the owners of for more than a decade. He added venues, like Madame Tussauds, Molly’s, who had filed a lawsuit that the developer is currently in who donated this year’s prom loca- over fees they wanted for reloca- the process of securing financing tion and other supplies, along with tion. Dantona said the details of for the new building and obtain- the services of various caricature the settlement have not been ing the necessary city permits. artists, and many of the teens’ made public, and he would not He expects the project to begin dresses and tuxedos, Belcher said. provide any further details. He sometime next year, and the “The prom has become a singu- added that the CRA/LA pur- CRA/LA will take steps to secure lar event because we are working chased the property in 2006 for the property in the meantime. 365 days for one night and we are $5.6 million, and last year sold it Molly’s Burgers is located at thinking about it all the time; how to the developer, 1601 Vine LLC, 1605 Vine St., and will be offer- to make it better, how to get more for $800,000. The CRA/LA ing burger combos with fries for kids there and make them happier,” seeks to rehabilitate blighted $3 on June 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 Scarf said. areas, which will be accom- p.m. For information, call “In my opinion it’s a hundred plished when the new office (323)462-8005. times better than anyone’s high school prom could be, and last year, we even had celebrities come,” Belcher said. This year, Lady Gaga and Johnny Depp’s character of Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series will make an appearance — in wax — as two of the newer additions to Madame Tussauds. Working in an environment with the terminally ill, the group of vol- unteers sometimes faces the harsh reality of a death in the No Worries Now Foundation family. “It’s something you learn to expect, not deal with…I don’t think it gets any easier as we go on,” Scarf said. But for the teens, like Gottes, who get to dress up, dance and be photo by Edwin Folven with people who understand what An office building will replace Mollyʼs Burgers on Vine Street. their life is really like, it’s a bless- Park Labrea News/Beverly Press 21 June 30, 2011 !15& Officers Rescue Motorist in Burning Vehicle 401 &##54&& From page 4 consumed the interior,” Kim said. %&1!& “We tried putting out the fire, but every time we thought we had it '2#! )!% under control, the flames flared up again. I used my pocketknife to cut the seatbelt. After using six fire extinguishers, we had to give up.” %&1!!0 )5!3% 7,%77,)$)672//<:22( The motorist, who was identified 20081-7< )9)/230)17 -5)'725 :-// ,2/( % 8&/-' as Payon Lewis, was not injured, )%5-1+72'216-()57,)*2//2:-1+-7)0 but the car was completely destroyed, according to Sgt. Enrique Mendoza, of the #&1!&% %17%21-'%28/)9%5($$)67 Hollywood Division. Authorities 2//<:22($%/-*251-%%&-7',)1( * did not know the cause of the fire. Mendoza said Lewis told him that )(201 5)48)67 72 5)02()/ %1( );3%1( the vehicle, an older model Dodge Caravan, had recently been ser- );-67-1+ 5)67%85%17 63%') *25 1): viced, but she had not noticed any 5)67%85%17 7)1%17$ :-7, );3%1()( problems leading up to the fire. &86-1)66,2856$287(225(-1-1+%5)%$ “She was very grateful and %1( 6%/)6$ 6)59-') %1( '2168037-21 thankful to the officers,” Mendoza said. “I think she just didn’t know 2*%/'2,2/-1);3%1()(%5)%% what to do and didn’t know what the officers were trying to tell her.” ')$!1%2$)0 0)1(0)17 72 The vehicle fire closed Santa (0-1-675%7-9) )50-7$ -125 Monica Boulevard for approxi- mately one hour. Commander 21(-7-21%/ "6) )50-76$ %1( %1< Andrew Smith, assistant command- 27,)55)48-5)(3)50-76% ing officer for the LAPD’s Operation West Bureau, called the photo courtesy of the LAPD ''#!%1 21%/( %1(%// officers’ actions “heroic.” A driver was trapped in her vehicle as it erupted into flames on Santa “Here you have two guys out Monica Boulevard on Monday, but was saved through the quick actions 1!$'# 4@9F@P97T!"RDT%&!'(%% there just doing their job and sud- of two LAPD officers. denly an emergency pops up, and & )!% %7 003%0% they immediately spring into $)672//<:22(-7<%// action,” Smith added. “If thirty the LAPD. the Hollywood (101) Freeway in 100 %17%21-'%28/)9%5( more seconds would have gone by, Kim and Lam, who have been the Cahuenga Pass, and convinced we would have been talking about a with the LAPD for four years and him to come down and get help. $)672//<:22($00 tragic loss of life. We are really have been assigned as partners at They were honored as the divi- proud of them.” the Hollywood Division for more sion’s “Officers of the Year” in 6&% &200)5'-%/$20081-7<* Smith added that the officers will than two years, are no strangers to 2010 for that incident. be considered for a Medal of Valor acting quickly. On Christmas Eve “We were just doing our job,” for the rescue. 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More %66-67%1') 72 %77)1( &)%+% 75%163257%7-21* 25 72 3%57-'-= than 530,000 students in the 3%7) -1 7,-6 0))7-1+ &)%+% 6-+1)5 *25 7,) ,)%5-1+ LAUSD qualify to receive free or -03%-5)(*$<280867'%//2568&0-7<2855)48)67-1:5-7= reduced-price meals during the school year, but when schools close -1+727,)!5%163257%7-21-9-6-21%7&1(1* = 1 %7 for the summer, many children do /)%67 ,285635-25727,)0))7-1+%!,)-7<!/-1) not get enough to eat. The district is *257,),)%5-1+-03%-5)(-6&1(1* = % working to ensure no student in the community goes hungry over the summer. ## !%1)01 ')0&%0 %5) -19-7)( 72 %77)1( The summer meal service pro- 6%-(8&/-')%5-1+72);35)667,)-523-1-21-17,-60%7= gram will run from July 6 through 7)5% August 2. Local area schools participating include Francis Blend Elementary; Burroughs Middle GI ARIQB@I CFAGIE7QCGF '217%'7 1721-2 %67-//2$ photo by Michael Schwartz 662'-%7) /%11)5$ -1 7,) 20081-7< )9)/230)17 Locally grown fruits and vegetables, which are available at the School; Fairfax High School; Original Farmers Market, were displayed during the announcement. Gardner Elementary; Hancock Park )3%570)17%7&1(1* = % Elementary; Hollywood High School; Larchmont Charter; Laurel harvested the same small groves ing the microphone, made quite Elementary; Melrose Elementary; 25)< ',%**)5 for generations, and that their pub- unnecessary by his booming Rosewood Elementary; Third Street 17)5-0-7</)5. lic-spirited support helps maintain voice. Elementary; Vine Elementary; Walt “a core element in our society.” “Foster Farms is my favorite Whitman High School; West & % " !4 The loquacious LaBonge chicken,” LaBonge proclaimed. “I Hollywood Elementary; and West ! ' #$ " & ! steered clear of such loftiness, love being home barefoot, cook- Hollywood Opportunity. grabbing Ma in a big hug before ing chicken…I like the legs the For information, visit www.café- &'&575'4 commanding the lectern and tak- best.” la.lausd.net. 22 June 30, 2011 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Lawsuits Delay Projects in Hollywood From page 1 California Infill Builders nearly two-and-a-half years of liti- delayed by litigation involves Association. gation, the developer was unable to Boston-based Emerson College, Although there is no regulatory hold on to the property and the pro- which plans to build a permanent board that enforces CEQA’s guide- ject has fallen through. campus for its 22-year old Los lines, anyone can file to request that “There are specific attorneys, Angeles program near Sunset a developer provide a detailed who are willing to bring cases on Boulevard and Gower Street. The Environmental Impact Report to because they know as long as they project is expected to create more determine if a proposed project will prevail, their fees will be paid and than 600 construction jobs and have a significant impact on an there is not that much risk,” more than 60 permanent positions. area. Individuals can also file a law- Bonstelle said. The Hollywood Chamber of suit against developers if they In Hollywood, the Boulevard Commerce also cites four other allege projects violate CEQA 6200 project has been continuously projects as having been delayed by guidelines. delayed because of CEQA lawsuits. litigation that would have created As it stands, a CEQA lawsuit is more than 2,905 jobs in the supposed to go to trial within one Hollywood area. year, but judges are allowed to We did a tally of “We did a tally of projects that grant extensions to the petitioner have been delayed or held up and because the administrative sum- projects that the number of jobs lost is pretty sig- maries of projects sometimes con- have been nificant when the building trades in tain thousands of pages, said Sheri L.A. have a fourty-one percent Bonstelle, an attorney with Jeffer delayed or held unemployment,” said Leron Mangels Butler and Mitchell LLP, up and the Gubler, president and CEO of the which specializes in land use, zon- Hollywood Chamber of ing, environmental litigation and number of jobs Commerce. construction matters. lost is pretty In response to the delays in “And all of a sudden, what development, the Hollywood should have been one year is now significant.” Chamber of Commerce met with longer, and that’s when financing state Sen. Curren Price, (D-Los issues begin, because [the develop- -Leron Gubler, Angeles), to help draft legislation to ers] can’t see the end,” Bonstelle president and CEO of the improve the timeliness that cases said. Hollywood Chamber of are seen and heard by a judge. There are many legitimate Commerce “The solution is to come up with CEQA lawsuits filed each year, but a system where concerns are heard, some are used to kill projects, where concerns have to be raised by because the longer a lawsuit is kept The proposed $500 million mixed- someone who has standing before alive, the developer is forced to use development will create more the courts, and where the process incur higher costs in retaining legal than 2,200 construction jobs during they have is within a reasonable photo by Matt Wilhalme representation, Bonstelle said. For both phases of the development’s amount of time,” Gubler said. An empty lot remains where the Boulevard 6200 project was planned, the petitioners, however, typically construction. Additionally, it could The proposed legislation, SB but has been delayed by a lawsuit. their attorney’s fees will end up create more than 600 permanent 735, which was introduced by being awarded if they receive a jobs. Bonstelle said she first Price, will shorten timelines for judgment in their favor. became involved in the project in judicial review of CEQA cases Hollywood Property Owners ject) we have to constantly address One such project that was “killed 2005. from one year to nine-months. Alliance, said Kerry Morrison, the it because of graffiti, trash and by delay”, as referred to by the “It’s six years later and literally Gubler said he believes this will group’s executive director. The lack security,” Morrison said. Hollywood Chamber of the construction could have com- keep development of projects on of development contributes to a At the Hollywood Economic Commerce, was the proposed menced prior to or been completed, track. SB735 is one of more than 29 blighted look for the area, Morrison Development Summit 2011 on June Sunset-Gordon Project, which was there is a real impact in a complete bills that have been proposed to added. 16, developers noted that the set to create a 23-story development loss of construction jobs and per- alter CEQA. “When you look at the Old Hollywood area holds great poten- that would have included housing manent jobs.” Bonstelle said. The issue of CEQA and develop- Spaghetti Factory property (site of tial, but there is a need for legisla- for middle-income residents. After Another project that has been ment is a major concern for the the proposed Sunset-Gordon pro- tive support. Taxis Face New Regulations in WeHo Callender’s Grill to Remain Open From page 1 From page 6

million to maintain business as plaints about people being picked tion held on a Thursday and Beverly Hills Cab, City Cab, usual during the restructuring. Messer said restaurants in and up by taxi drivers who stole their Friday night in April, 21 drivers Checker Cab, the Independent “Our restaurant operations will not around Museum Square derive a credit card information. The dri- were cited for not having a West Taxi Operators Association be impacted by the restructuring majority of their business from the vers allegedly used hand-held Hollywood taxi license, a misde- (ITOA), United Independent, and and our customers will continue to lunch crowds at the office build- credit card machines, and after the meanor violation that can result in Yellow Cab. He added that cus- receive the highest quality products ings and museums, but since food passengers swiped their credit the vehicle being immediately tomers should ask to see the dri- and dining experience they have trucks have started parking in the cards, they found out later that impounded, and a fine. ver’s permit if there are any ques- come to expect from our restau- area, the Miracle Mile restaurants their accounts had been compro- Lt. David Smith, of the West tions as to whether the taxis are rants,” Trungale said. “We greatly have taken a hit to their bottom mised. Hollywood Sheriff’s Station, said licensed. appreciate and recognize the sup- lines. “In that situation, there is very bandit taxis are a significant prob- Yevgeny Smolyar, president of port of our employees, customers, “These guys just pull over and little we can do if the taxis are not lem, and that the department uses L.A. Checker Cab, said bandit vendors and strategic partners park at the curb and start serving licensed,” Winrader added. “Also, undercover deputies posing as taxis cut into the legitimate dri- whose support is vital to our suc- the food,” Messer said. “Why is the if there is a complaint about the passengers to catch unlicensed vers’ business, and that his drivers cess.” city allowing this to go on?” driver’s conduct, there is no way taxi drivers in the act. He added work with the city and the sher- The company believes its current Messer questioned many of the we can trace it if it is a bandit that detectives are currently inves- iff’s department to identify the and anticipated cash resources will trucks’ sanitary processes and cab.” tigating the reports of taxi drivers unlicensed cabs. He added that be suitable to pay its expenses and licenses, as well as the city’s will- Winrader said the city’s code stealing credit card information, the problem has gotten worse in maintain its business operations ingness to allow the vehicles to enforcement officers frequently but there have not been any 2011 after the City of Santa during the restructuring. park so close to brick and mortar partner with authorities from the arrests and the cases are pending. Monica imposed new regulations After the completion of the restruc- restaurants that are forced to under- West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station Winrader said the taxi compa- governing taxis in that city, and turing process, the company will be go very strict inspection guidelines. to conduct sting operations target- nies that are licensed to operate in some of the unlicensed operators majority controlled by private “It’s a bunch of pirates with no ing bandit taxis. During an opera- West Hollywood are Bell Cab, that used to operate there have investment funds managed by authority, no attachment to any- tried to move into West Wayzata Investment Partners LLC. body,” Messer said. Hollywood. Perkins, which is centrally located “The bandit taxis are a big in midwestern and southeastern Answers From Page 16 problem. Those cabs are not states, has more than 133 company- responsible to anybody. The dri- owned restaurants and 315 fran- vers may have a record or don’t chised locations. Marie have insurance, and it creates a Callender’s, based in California, danger for customers,” Smolyar operates more than 52 company said. “The new regulations in and 37 franchised restaurants. West Hollywood are positive. “You have people economizing They are putting in a big effort to who don’t go out to eat every day or stop bandit cabs, and so far, it’s evening,” said Dick Messer, owner working.” of Johnny Rocket’s at the Petersen For information on authorized Automotive Museum. “Marie taxi companies in West Callender’s has been around a long photo by Ian Lovett Hollywood and regulations, or to Taxis will be required to display their permits on the right rear door. time and the way it looks, they are report a problem, visit still doing pretty well.” www.weho.org.