BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Shooting at Hollywood Hills Partly cloudy, party pg. 2 with highs in • Huizar faces the 70s new charges pg. 4 Volume 30 No. 32 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities August 6, 2020 BH extends commercial L.A. may get tough on mask-wearing n Koretz proposes eviction moratorium fines for violating n Small tenants protected; large tenants excluded COVID-19 safety measures By cameron kiszla rolling back many of the reopen- ings that are believed to have con- By edwin folven The Beverly Hills City Council tributed to the recent rise in voted unanimously on Aug. 4 to COVID-19 cases. Even though public health extend the city’s protections for “The only reason why I support- orders requiring people to wear small commercial renters for an ed the Aug. 1 date is because I masks or face coverings anytime additional two months. thought we were moving, finally, they are in public are in effect in On June 18, the council decided toward some sort of normalcy,” the state of California and city of that rent payments would resume Councilwoman Lili Bosse said. Los Angeles, many people are on Aug. 1 for many commercial Councilman Julian Gold said that ignoring orders to actually wear renters, but in the days after the them, said Los Angeles City council’s vote, the state began See Eviction page 21 Councilman Paul Koretz, 5th District. The councilman said wearing face coverings is among the sim- plest things people can do to pre- vent the spread of COVID-19, yet many people are opposed to wear- photo by Edwin Folven ing them or disregard the law. He Many people on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood were not wearing face added that the city of Los Angeles coverings on Monday. needs to get tougher on people who refuse to comply, similar to Beverly masks,” Koretz said. “That cer- Koretz introduced a motion on Hills and West Hollywood, where tainly is an opportunity for a July 29 to put some teeth in the citations are being issued and fines spread. I see it both outdoors in public health order regarding face are being levied. my neighborhood and with people coverings, which was issued in “I see a lot of people walking waiting for coffee or takeout in May by Mayor Eric Garcetti. photo by Cameron Kiszla around, walking their dogs, chat- lines and at a variety of other Koretz is calling for more Some commercial tenants in Beverly Hills will be protected from evictions ting with their neighbors, not places. [Wearing masks] has been for an additional two months. social distanced and not wearing very spotty.” See COVID-19 page 21 City makes deal with cannabis businesses WeHo waiting to exhale n Agreement between WeHo, retailers averts competing initiatives on on smoking decision November ballot n Connectivity issues received texts from residents dur- ing the meeting informing her By cameron kiszla for residents lead to and the rest of the council that the two-week delay livestream of the meeting was not An agreement has been reached accessible. Horvath said due to between the city of West Hollywood By jose herrera damage to a telephone pole, east- and proponents of two ballot mea- side residents lost connection to sures related to the city’s cannabis The West Hollywood City the internet and were unable to business regulations. Council will continue its discus- access the public hearing. On Aug. 3, the West Hollywood sion on potential changes to the The California Brown Act City Council approved the deal, city’s smoking ordinance after guarantees the public’s right to which likely puts an end to a pair of residents were unable to access attend and participate in meetings competing ballot initiatives – the the council meeting online. Close the Loopholes initiative and Mayor Lindsey Horvath See Smoking page 22 the Cannabis License Integrity Initiative – that the council had pre- photo by Cameron Kiszla viously indicated would be put to AURA member the Artist Tree and six of the other winners of West the voters in November if city staff Hollywood’s permits for cannabis businesses will receive a tax rebate. was unable to reach an agreement with the initiatives’ supporters. resents cannabis retail workers. permits in the city’s ballot process. The Close the Loopholes initiative The Cannabis License Integrity As part of the agreement, the was largely supported by the self- Initiative was developed in response Originals will be awarded modified described “West Hollywood to the Close the Loopholes initia- medicinal licenses. These new Originals” – four dispensaries that tive, and it would make much more license types, which still fall under were operating on temporary adult- minor changes to the city’s cannabis the city’s medicinal retail license use retail licenses but were given ordinance. The Cannabis License type, will allow Zen Healing only medicinal, not adult-use retail, Integrity Initiative was supported by Collective, Los Angeles Patients licenses in the city’s selection the Adult Use Retailers Association and Caregivers Group, MedMen process – and permit winners for edi- of West Hollywood or AURA, a WeHo and Alternative Herbal photo by Jose Herrera ble-only cannabis lounges, as well as collection of the businesses who A prohibition on smoking in multi-family dwellings is under consider- UFCW Local 770, the union that rep- were awarded adult-use recreational See Cannabis page 22 ation in West Hollywood. 2 August 6, 2020 Park Labrea News/Beverly Press CALENDAR Murder at Hollywood Hills house Hollywood Chamber” meeting on Tuesday, Aug. Hale (Aria Montgomery) on Oct. 11, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., via Zoom. 28. New episodes are uploaded Temple Beth El Chamber members and local profes- every Wednesday. prettylit- party prompts call for crackdown sionals will offer information about tlewinemoms.com. Join Hollywood Temple Beth El for business opportunities. Admission is “Who Are the Jews?,” a weekly dis- n Violence erupts at party and who owns the house. No free. Email rojtman@beverly- cussion series Holocaust further information was available hillschamber.com. large gathering held during services because of the ongoing investiga- in August. On survivor talk in defiance of tion. Saturday, Aug. Arts workshops Holocaust survivor Ann Signett will Arriving officers found a large 8, Nahid public health orders The 18th Street Arts Center is holding speak about her experiences on group of people hurriedly leaving Pirnazar, author a summer 2020 series of live online Thursday, Aug. 13, at 11 a.m. during the scene and located a female vic- and lecturer on By edwin folven arts classes for children and families a virtual program presented by the tim suffering from a gunshot Iranian studies on Wednesdays, Aug. 12 and 19, at Los Angeles Museum of the wound. The 35-year old woman at UCLA, will Police are searching for suspects 11:30 a.m., via Holocaust. Signett was born in Rome share insight from her research on a in a shooting at a massive party at a was taken to a hospital where she Zoom. The Arts in 1928. In 1938, anti-Jewish laws in community with roots in the Iranian rented mansion in the Hollywood later died. The shooting, which Learning Lab @ her country changed the course of plateau before the Iranian empire. On Hills on Aug. 3 that claimed the life occurred near the home’s entrance, Home series everyday life. The following year, the Saturday, Aug. 15, Arthur Benveniste of one victim and injured four oth- was believed to have been gang- features artists Italian government allied with Nazi will give a lecture on Sephardic ers. related. Sultan Sharrief, Germany. Italy did not turn its Jewish Jewish heritage, followed on The mansion is located in the Chan said there were four other Najla Sharrief, population over to Nazi authorities, Saturday, Aug. 22 by Joachim 13200 block of Mulholland Drive victims – two women and two Audrey Chan but when Benito Mussolini’s col- Benloulou discussing the Jews of the in the hills northwest of Franklin men. Two victims were shot and (pictured) and lapsed in 1943, the Nazis occupied Maghreb in western North Africa. Canyon Park. News reports with taken to hospitals and treated. They David Horvitz and is focused on con- the country and Italian Jews faced The series begins at 10:30 a.m. each footage from helicopters showed were in stable condition, Chan cepts of place and identity. The deportation. Signett’s family fled to Saturday. facebook.com/htbel/live. partygoers assembled on the ter- added. Two other victims sustained hands-on workshops are held live on the mountain town of Alvito and race and balconies of the multi- minor injuries. Wednesdays and posted afterwards so spent months in hiding until being story house in defiance of public The party and others that have they can be viewed later. liberated by British troops. After the Bollywood dance war, Signett married an American health orders prohibiting such gath- occurred recently during stay-at- 18thstreet.org. provost sergeant and settled in the home orders have caused concern Enjoy an afternoon of classic erings. Many partygoers were not Bollywood dance with the Fowler United States in 1947. Participation is among public officials. Los wearing masks and not adhering to Museum on Saturday, Aug. 8. From ‘Pretty Little free. lamoth.org. social-distancing requirements. Angeles City Councilman David 11 a.m. to noon. Danish Bhandara LAPD spokesman Mike Chan Ryu, 4th District, authored a party will lead a virtu- Wine Moms’ said officers were called to the house motion later adopted into al presentation Can you keep a secret? Grab your KCRW trivia game house around 7 p.m.