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briefs • BHFD Assists in Mandeville briefs • Richards Confident Lago Vista’s briefs • Nemeroff Named Successor Canyon Brush Fire Page 3 Appeal Will Be Unsuccessful Page 3 Chairman of the Board for the Wallis Page 6 Issue 922 • June 1, 2017 - June 7, 2017 Mundell Says Farewell What’s next for the Beverly Hills Fire Department? cover story • page 8 WALK WITH THE MAYOR #BHHealthyCity Hello, Beverly Hills Join Mayor Lili Bosse on a series of Weekly #BHHealthyCity walks. We can’t wait to meet you. Share your thoughts and discuss issues affecting the community. Everyone is welcome; all you need is a pair of walking shoes, a water bottle and an enthusiasm for all things Beverly Hills. Schedule (Walks begin at 8:30am): Monday, June 5 Monday, June 12 Monday, June 19 Weekly walks depart from City Hall on Crescent Drive. Some walks may be lengthy; 132 south beverly drive please check the route and plan accordingly. between charleville & wilshire bluebottlecoffee.com Access the route by visiting www.beverlyhills.org/mayorwalk For more information, contact 310-285-1013 or [email protected]. Purple Line ’ . : Construction activities will continue on the south side of Wilshire Bl between Tower Dr and La Cienega Bl. Wilshire Bl will be reduced 213.922.6934 to two lanes in each direction. Expect trac delays. [email protected] : Pot holing, jet grouting, drilling and pile installation. metro.net/purplelineext : 7am – 10pm, Monday – Sunday @purplelineext Overnight work may occur intermittently, depending on location. facebook.com/purplelineext Construction is a dynamic process and is subject to change. In observance of Memorial Day, there will be no construction activities on To get construction notices via email, Sunday, May 28th and Monday, May 29th. Construction activities will resume go to metro.net/purplelineext and sign up Tuesday, May 30th. to stay connected. 17-2681 ©2017 ©2017 17-2681 Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly briefs • Greg Barton Appointed briefs • Blu Apartments Wants to sports • BHHS Top Athletes Honored “When we have a large fire that over- Fire Chief Page 4 ‘Raise the Roof’ Page 4 Page 8 whelms our resources, we have the ability to call [other parties] in to assist us, and it’s reciprocal back towards them as well,” briefs said Beverly Hills Deputy Fire Chief Greg Issue 921 • May 25, 2017 - May 31, 2017 BHTV City Council and Commission Barton. Meet the Dog/Dentist Duo Schedule – Channel 10 BHFD Assists in Mandeville BHFD left at around 3:00 p.m. and Canyon Brush Fire returned just before midnight. Containment • Traffic & Parking Commission On Sunday afternoon, Beverly Hills had reached 98 percent by Tuesday after- meeting: June 1 at 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 Firefighters assisted the Los Angeles Fire noon. p.m.; June 2 at 3:00 p.m. Department with a large brush fire in • Beverly Hills View: Miss California Mandeville Canyon. Richards Confident Lago USA 2015 Natasha Martinez–June 5 at Investigators said the Brentwood fire was Vista’s Appeal Will Be 4:30 p.m.; June 6 at 3:30 p.m.; June 7 at incited by a gas-driven weed whacker and Unsuccessful 3:30 p.m. spread approximately 55 acres. It called After the Planning Commission voted • Charitable Solicitations Commission for over 150 firefighters, many of which unanimously for the denial of a Lago Vista Dr. Mojdeh Shayestehfar uses therapy dog, meeting: June 7 at 9:00 a.m. Softie, to ease apprehension in patients responded through the Master Mutual Aid developer’s Hillside R-1 permit earlier this cover story • page 9 Plan—a statewide program that requires month, the applicant has decided to appeal. Advertise participating parties to lend resources and The resolution comes after appli- WHAT’S ON YOUR facilities to other parties of the agreement cant Robert H. Shapiro of Woodbridge in the in order to prevent disasters. Investments filed a request to construct MIND? a 10,228 square foot single- Beverly Hills You can write us at: family home. Initially filed on 140 South Beverly Drive #201 October 7, 2016, the request Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Weekly was denied on April 19 by a unanimous vote. You can fax us at: 140 South Beverly Drive #201 While the Planning 310.887.0789 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 phone: 310.887.0788 Commission did rule that the fax:310.887.0789 length of time and noise the email us at: CNPA Member [email protected] project required would have an adverse effect on the neigh- boring community, that’s not Receive Beverly Hills Weekly in solely why the request was your e-mail inbox every week! denied. briefs cont. on page 4 Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/zfU-L SNAPSHOT Beverly Hills Weekly Issue 922 • June 1, 2017 - June 7, 2017 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. Founded: October 7, 1999 Published Thursdays Delivered in Beverly HilIs, Beverlywood, Los Angeles ISSN#1528-851X www.bhweekly.com Publisher & CEO Josh E. Gross Reporter 1 year Olivia Anderson subscriptions Sports Editor are available. 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William turner gallery–Santa moniCa (l to r) Former California arts Council Director Craig Watson, actress annette Bening, Betty avila representing Self Help graphics & art, attorney e. randol Schoenberg, and rep. ted lieu (D-torrance) accept their awards at the California lawyers for the arts’ 10th annual artistic license awards. the event celebrates 30 years of services for the los angeles arts community and recognizes leaders who have inspired participation and support for California arts. June 1- June 7, 2017 • Page 3 briefs cont. from page 3 make the find that there was no substantial adverse impact.” “The burden of proof is not on the com- The Lago Vista’s appeal will now be mission to find substantial evidence of heard by the City Council in June. a substantial adverse impact. The ques- Attorney Ronald Richards, who is a resi- tion is whether we’re persuaded there dent of Lago Vista Drive and has been isn’t a substantial impact,” said Planning active in the opposition of the project, Commissioner Craig Corman. “We couldn’t maintains faith that the appeal will fail. Over 100 residents signed a petition against the project. “The council, unless they don’t want to run for re- election, would have a very hard time supporting a proj- (L to R) Jimmy Delshad, Hon. Sam Grundwerg (Consul General of Israel), Dora ect where there was not a Nazarian Kadisha (Gala Chair), Antonio Villaraigosa (Former Los Angeles single resident in favor of Mayor), Hedy Nazarian, Sienna Nazarian, Benjamin Nazarian (President Magbit it,” he said. Foundation), Jonah Nazarian (middle) Richards added that the appeal is particularly Magbit Foundation Celebrates 28th Annual Gala doomed as the council it will The 28th Annual Gala of the Magbit Foundation took place on Sunday, May 7th at the Beverly Hilton. Magbit is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 to help stu- dents finish their University studies through an “Interest-Free Loan” program. It has RENT STABILIZATION PROGRAM provided loans to over 14,000 qualified students. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND face is the same one that recently passed a bers for the 87 cities, or 47 percent of the Hillside ordinance to prevent overdevelop- seats; the City of Los Angeles would get 6 COMMUNITY EDUCATION WORKSHOPS ment on fourteen streets, including Lago members, or 40 percent of the seats; and the NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Vista. Board of Supervisors would get 2 members, “I think the appeal is simply in design or 13 percent of the seats. The Beverly Hills City Council will discuss plans for implementing the to further infuriate and galvanize Beverly It also would require one of the facilitated discussions between landlords and tenants at a public meeting to Hills residents against this out-of-state car- Supervisors to represent the largest popu- take place at a regular City Council meeting.* pet bagger,” Richards said. lation in the unincorporated area of LA Developer’s attorney Benjamin Reznik County. DATE: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 believes that the City Council made an The current Board consists of 13 mem- TIME: 7:00 p.m. erroneous decision by not utilizing proper bers, nine of which are from Los Angeles LOCATION: City Hall, Council Chamber, 455 N. Rexford Drive, review standards when evaluating the appli- (with 3.8 million residents), and four of Beverly Hills, CA 90210 cation. which are from the other 87 cities (with 5.2 “The issue of whether this house can have million residents). Topics to be discussed at the June 13th public meeting include: a basement or not is not part of this appli- “It is a significant move in the right 1. The recommendation from the Rent Stabilization Program Ad Hoc cation, and that’s what they were looking direction,” said Mirisch, “as it not only Committee with regards to the selection of the facilitator to lead the at. The issue of the size of the home is not would mark an important shift towards dialogue sessions between tenants/landlords. part of the application, and that’s what they proportional representation, it would also 2.