Series of “No” Votes Leaves LAUSD Seat Vacant Indefinitely by Sarah Favot, Ledger Contributing Writer
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No. 3 September 2018 Atwater Village, Echo Park & Hollywood Hills PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT George McKenna Monica Garcia Scott Schmerelson Nick Melvoin Vacant Kelly Gonez Richard Vladovic DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT 7 Series of “No” Votes Leaves LAUSD Seat Vacant Indefinitely By Sarah Favot, Ledger Contributing Writer It appears the Los An- 1 to hold a special election on also declined to appoint for- “I’m doing this not be- “Let the people decide,” geles Unified School District March 5th and, if no candi- mer LAUSD boardmember cause I’m going to launch an- said Vladovic, who held the (LAUSD) board seat vacated date receives more than 50% and former CA State Assem- other career of any type,” she swing vote. by Ref Rodriguez last month of the vote, a runoff election blywoman Jackie Goldberg to said. “I’m doing this because Additionally, the board will remain empty this 2018- on May 14th. fill the seat temporarily until I think I may be in a unique rejected a proposal to open 2019 school year unless the Boardmember George the special election is held. position because I have served up nominations to all eligible now six-member board—cut McKenna, who represents Goldberg, who has been on this board.” residents in District 5. in two by an idelogical di- South Los Angeles, was the critical of past decisions made LAUSD Board President Had that idea been ap- vide—comes up with an inter- one holdout on that vote, say- by the board, told board- Monica Garcia; Vice President proved, the board would im plan until an election can ing he wanted to have an elec- members she could help make Nick Melvoin and boardmem- have potentially selected a be held next spring. tion as soon as possible, which tough decisions regarding the bers Richard Vladovic and temporary appointee from During their August 21st could have been in January. district’s stretched budget be- Kelly Gonez voted against the the names at its next meeting meeting, the board voted 5 to Additionally, the board cause of her past experience. Goldberg appointment. see LAUSD page 14 Los Feliz Film Studio LFNC Dissolves [OBITUARY] Brings Home Emmy Affordable Immaculate Heart Alumna By Erin Hickey Pinheiro, Ledger Contributing Writer Housing Killed in Terrorist Attack By Erin Hickey Pinheiro, Ledger Contributing Writer LOS FELIZ—Removed from Committee the bustle of Hollywood, on By Allison B. Cohen the second floor of an unas- suming Kingswell Avenue LOS FELIZ—The 19-member building in the heart of Los governing board of the Los Feliz Village, is Breakwater Feliz Neighborhood Coun- Studios, a Golden Age-in- cil (LFNC) voted 15 to 2 in spired film studio that recent- August to dissolve its contro- ly won a “Best Independent versial ad-hoc committee on Programming” Emmy award housing affordability, after the Ledger first reported in May for its PBS-aired short docu- Ben Proudfoot, founder of Los Feliz’s mentary Montage: Great Film Breakwater Studios. Photo by Errisson that the committee had been Composers and the Piano. Lawrence. meeting in violation of state The brainchild of pia- But the film’s July win and city policy related to open nist Gloria Cheng, the film at the Los Angeles Area Em- meeting laws—known as the Lauren Geoghegan. Photo: simplycycling.org challenged six renowned film mys—a regional ceremony Brown Act—and questioned composers—John Williams, held in advance of September’s if one of its co-chairs had a Immaculate Heart alum- where the Washington, D.C. Randy Newman, Michael televised Emmys—was only conflict of interest as he works na Lauren Geoghegan and couple had traveled as part of Giacchino, Bruce Broughton, icing on the cake, according as a developer and has a lead- her boyfriend Jay Austin, both a worldwide cycling trip. Alexandre Desplat and Don to Breakwater Founder and ership role in a pro-housing 29, were killed July 29th in The couple, who recount- Davis—to write original piec- CEO Ben Proudfoot, who advocacy group called Abun- an ISIS-claimed attack in Ta- ed their adventures, which be- es for solo piano, performed by said awards weren’t on his dant Housing L.A. jikistan—located just north of gan in 2017, on their shared Cheng in the film. see EMMY page 5 see LFNC page 11 Afghanistan and Pakistan— see OBITUARY page 5 COMMUNITY NEWS: THEATER: Arrival & Departure SCHOOL NEWS: PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD: RESTAURANTS: Modern Mexican East Hollywood Target gets brings American Sign Language to Fall high school sports preview, The Vista’s masked manager cel- spots both coming and going, construction go-ahead, page 6 the stage, losfelizledger.com losfelizledger.com ebrates 30 years, losfelizledger.com losfelizledger.com Los Feliz Ledger [LETTER FROM THE ASSISTANT EDITOR] A long-await- fails to answer the one ques- to avoid gridlock on Rowena, in this game. I’d happily see council committee. ed, nearly tion it presumably set out to but fails to provide any data the Rowena Road Diet kept City officials have de- $90,000 study answer: Has the Rowena Road on their condition before the if data showed a reduction in fended the study as a starting on the Rowena Diet made Silver Lake safer? road diet. injuries or fatalities, and I’d point—a necessary step before Road Diet, re- The study does present, It also indicates the ma- happily see it go if data didn’t. community input meetings leased August without comment, collision jority of vehicles obeyed local But the data in this study can be held—but if it costs 10th by Los data for the area before and af- speed limits in 2017, but ne- shows nothing. It’s a glorified nearly $90,000 just to start Angeles City Council District ter the road diet, but the data glects to include pre-road diet book report that could have discussions about the road 4 (CD4), hardly seems to live sets compare a four-year before speed data. just as easily been drafted at diet, how much will it cost to up to its pre-release hype, let period with a two-year after Personally, I have no stake no cost by a neighborhood finish them? alone its price tag. period, making an apples-to- The study, conducted by apples analysis impossible. Raleigh, NC based engineer- Why not compare two ing consulting firm Kimley time periods of the same Horn and paid for with dis- length? I don’t know—Kim- cretionary funds from CD4 ley Horn didn’t return my Councilmember David Ryu, calls—but the decision ul- is more a summary of the road timately renders the data diet issue than an analysis. meaningless. It presents all possible Similarly, the 38-page options for the street—from study details the existing con- leaving the road diet as-is to ditions of Waverly Drive and removing it entirely, save for Angus Street, two narrow resi- one remaining left turn lane— dential roads locals say have as its “recommendations” and been used as a “cut-through” FOUNDED 2005 Available at these locations: Delivered the last Thursday of Atwater Library each month to 34,500 homes and 3379 Glendale Blvd. businesses in the Los Feliz, Bruce Q’s Barbershop & Salon Silver Lake, Atwater Village, 3013 W. Los Feliz Blvd. Heroic Savings Echo Park and Hollywood Hills Casita del Campo 1920 Hyperion Ave communities. Alcove & Big Bar $400 Rebate 1929 Hillhurst Avenue 1933 Hillhurst Ave. on qualified high efficiency clothes washers Courtney + Kurt Real Estate Los Angeles, CA 90027 3167 Glendale Blvd. (323) 741-0019 It doesn’t take much but it does take all of us. Dresden Restaurant PUBLISHER/EDITOR 1760 N. 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Marshall actu- children in the Bahamas. ally defeated Verdugo Hills 61 to 26 that day to win the L.A. City Section Division 3 Championship game, Marshall’s In Pasadena, Texas they provided first ever football city championship. shoes to disaster victims. *** In Starville, Mississippi they helped As the publisher of the Los Feliz Ledger, I deeply apolo- teach students 9,000 miles away. gize to the community, the staff at Trader Joe’s and the family and friends of “Mely” Corado for my decision to let Howard In two small Alabama towns, Gindoff’s editorial cartoon regarding the hostage situation they gave iPads to sick, at Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake run in our August 2018 print hospitalized children. edition. The cartoon did not appear on our website. When I saw the cartoon shortly before it went to print, my reaction was it was extremely macabre.