Planners Crush Highlands Eldercare Facility Appeal
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Palisadian-Post Serving the Community Since 1928 20 Pages Thursday, April 26, 2018 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 The Three Graces Planners Crush Highlands Eldercare Facility Appeal Jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, left, and Elyse Walker, of elysewalk- er, right, welcomed their most recently announced sister-tenant at the forthcoming Palisades Village project, New York stylist Andrea Lieb- erman of A.L.C., center, at a celebration of “women in business” at Rick Caruso’s Brentwood home on Tuesday, April 17. Lieberman, a New Yorker, pioneered “celebrity styling” for stars such as Jennifer Lopez before moving to Los Angeles in 2009. For more images, turn to Page 5. Photo courtesy of David X. Prutting Developer Rony Shram Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA Because of the record number mento board members may view appropriate use of a commercial Reporter of Palisadians wanting to speak, last week’s vote. site, surprised Margulies. they were restricted to one minute PPCC Board Members Rich- So, she decided not to vote Michael Jackson’s hree West Los Angeles Area each—and spent time trying not to ard Cohen, Chris Spitz and George based on “principles” but instead Planning Commissioners re- duplicate each other. Wolfberg, along with Land Use for the “best service to the com- Palisadian Art Tjected a community appeal against Councilmember Mike Bonin Committee Chairman Howard munity.” the proposed eldercare facility on delivered a statement via represen- Robinson, spoke supporting the After the hearing, Flick and Teacher Prepares Palisades Drive on Wednesday, tative Len Nguyen, speaking out in project. Klar said they would not give up April 18. support of the project. This was the They made sure to announce and will be exploring other op- The unanimous vote allowed first time he revealed his position. they were speaking on their own tions, including an appeal to the to Unearth the project to continue, thwarting Bonin’s letter attributed his behalf and not as a part of the Coastal Commission. the efforts of community groups support to the Pacific Palisades council jurisdictions they had just Once the city has formally in- Treasure Trove who have collected hundreds of Community Council’s “finding mentioned they were part of. formed the state body of the most signatures opposed to the four-sto- that the use is appropriate for the Even as the vote drew, the recent decision, expected to hap- ry business. C-1 zone property.” commissioners did not appear to pen by April 27, the opposition By TRILBY BERESFORD After more than three hours Maryam Zar, PPCC chair, had unanimously support the project. will have just 10 days to file an Reporter of presentations by lawyers on be- written letters to Bonin informing “To say, without doing any appeal. half of Brentwood developer Rony him the PPCC accepted the legal kind of study whatsoever, that there Legal observers said they will hen Sir Brett-Livingstone Shram, appellants and more than zoning of the area for commer- is no habitat value and to cross that have to dampen the emotional ap- Strong was living full-time 50 Palisadians who had overcome cial development, but recusing off the list without an objective and peal—“they are painting a horrific Win Pacific Palisades, the Austra- traffic nightmares on PCH to speak themselves from making a deter- open study, that is rushing through picture of The Highlands in gen- lian-born artist enjoyed a client at the hearing, the decision both mination on building design or its this a little bit,” Commission Pres- eral: Why would anyone want to list that reached from Fleetwood electrified and deflated the crowd- conformity with the coastal and ident Esther Margulies said. “I am risk living there?” said one neutral Mac to the White House. ed auditorium. environmental laws. concerned about that. In my opin- attorney at the meeting—and focus He was taken very serious- Many Highlands residents There is now concern that the ion, we have not had the level of more on rebutting legal arguments ly when he proposed designing supported attorneys Robert Flick ruling sets a precedent for future study, in terms of the environmen- and studies. a 720-foot-high “art tower” in and Jonathan Klar as they chal- coastal developments under Coast- tal quality, that really is required This process could take an- downtown Los Angeles. Jackson and Strong lenged the project on environmen- al Commission guidelines. for this unique site.” other six months, ensuring that What people did not realize Photo courtesy of Jackson-Strong Alliance tal, traffic and safety grounds. The balance on the state body Support from both Commis- Shram’s hopes of breaking ground was that during these years, he But there were also many sup- itself is said to be “in play” be- sioner Michael Newhouse, who any time soon may again be put on was also Michael Jackson’s art as “not far from the Palisades.” porters, largely from the Pacific tween, crudely speaking, slow attributed his vote due to a lack hold. mentor, helping the reclusive pop There is also, reportedly, a Palisades Chamber of Commerce, growth advocates and more com- of tangible evidence produced by star express himself in wax pencil Lamborghini and, even more who urged the commissioners to mercially minded champions—so Shram’s opponents, and Lisa Waltz See Page 3 for “Faces at the and water colors. excitingly for Jacko fans, a red squash the appeal. it remains unclear how the Sacra- Morocco, who believed it to be an Hearing.” And that Strong was storing leather jacket that may have ap- the artistic output, estimated at peared in the groundbreaking different times between 80 and “Thriller” video. tine the Great and St. Helena. 160 paintings, in an industrial Now Strong, who still has It charges $100 per year in Lawyer’s Home Targeted in Rent Protest corner described by an associate family connections in Upper Bi- dues. enveneda, is preparing to rehouse Strong was famed before his By TRILBY BERESFORD The protesters could not see The protesters were due to re- the works. And, if tangled legal friendship with Jackson emerged. Reporter her home from the guarded secu- turn on Tuesday, April 24, as the issues of ownership can be re- He broke through in 1977 rity gate, even before night fell Post went to print. solved, put works from Jackson’s when he carved John Wayne’s p to 70 rent protesters con- in The Highlands, and the home- highly colorful “Palisadian Peri- face in a boulder that had fallen Uverged outside a gated com- owners’ association had employed od” on public display. onto PCH in Malibu: It’s now at munity in The Highlands on the extra personnel to protect other ac- THIS WEEK iN Jackson’s works have reoc- Lubbock Christian University in evening of Monday, April 24, cess points. curring motifs, including chairs, Texas. seeking to confront a Palisadian It was uncertain she was even keys and the number seven. He was commissioned by attorney. at home when the protesters called. “The art works cost a fortune former Chief Justice Warren E. Lisa Ehrlich-Chupack rep- Contacted by the Palisadi- pali life in storage and security, and so Burger to create a monument to resents a Westlake complex at the an-Post, the attorney appeared they are being moved. And over the U.S. Constitution, to be sited heart of this week’s rent control sanguine about the protests. THE POSE: the next six months, we may start in the White House garden. Fleet- debate. “It will be resolved in court,” Half Moon Pose seeing them in public,” an associ- wood Mac asked him to paint the The protesters were bussed she said. “The cases are going to (Page 17) ate said last week. cover of their album “Tango in the into a gated community toward the trial this week.” The relationship between Night.” His bronze statue of John summit of The Highlands to bring The protest coincides with a Strong and Jackson is well doc- Lennon was unveiled in New York attention to grievances at the aging citywide debate about re-introduc- umented. by Andy Warhol. Burlington properties near Kore- ing rent controls largely scrapped In 1989 they set up a joint But Strong’s scheme to build atown. 22 years ago. Eric Garcetti, may- partnership to create art for chil- a $3 billion art park with a giant During the hour-long protest, or of Los Angeles and presumed dren’s hospitals. angel waving a blazing sword over complete with placards and a bull- presidential candidate, said he is Strong sold his portrait of Los Angeles ended up in Chapter horn, one man got into the commu- open to clamping down on rent Jackson, reportedly the only one 11 bankruptcy. Today, facing fur- nity, but was removed by security. increases, which contribute to the for which the kinetic pop star sat, ther family and legal issues, and They were focusing on Eh- city’s spiraling homelessness rates. for more than $2 million to a Jap- spending time in Brentwood, he is rlich-Chupack, a veteran property The protesters are facing up anese company. sorting out the Jackson legacy. attorney, because the registered to 40 percent rent increases in a Strong was close to the fam- Strong maintains he owns owners of the complex were be- sprawling apartment complex they ily: Jackson’s mother Katherine all the works, yet still could face lieved to be overseas. claim is a plague of broken ele- filmed a CNN interview with further negotiations with Jackson It is very unusual for an attor- vators, unreliable hot water, toxic Strong in the industrial space.