Council Polishes Grooming Ordinance
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BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • Det. Amber Leist remembered pg. 3 Sunny, with • Arrest made in highs in the domestic violence 70s murder pg. 4 Volume 30 No. 5 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities January 30, 2020 Beverly Hills council Obamas to make Miracle Mile appearance n LACMA selected for stands up against hate tour of presidential n City selects an official definition of anti-Semitism portraits BY CAMERON KISZLA camp. The vote also comes on the BY CAMERON KISZLA heels of a recent rise in anti-Semitic In a unanimous decision on Jan. attacks and incidents across the The National Portrait Gallery, 28, the Beverly Hills City Council country, including the vandalism of home to portraits of many of the decided to adopt the International Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills American presidents and first Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s in December. According to data ladies, is bringing two of its most definition of anti-Semitism. from the Los Angeles Police recent and popular additions to the The council’s vote came the day Department, anti-Jewish crimes Los Angeles County Museum of after International Holocaust were up 60.5% in 2019 over 2018, Art next year. Remembrance Day, which marked and of the 81 religion-based hate The gallery, which is located in the 75th anniversary of the libera- Washington, D.C., and is part of tion of the Auschwitz concentration See City page 25 the Smithsonian Institution, announced on Jan. 23 that the por- traits of former President Barack photo © 2018 Kehinde Wiley/courtesy of the photo courtesy of the National Portrait Obama and former first lady National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Michelle Obama will visit five “Barack Obama” by Kehinde Wiley and “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson American cities from June 2021 Obama” by Amy Sherald will be exhibited at LACMA next year as part through May 2022. of the portraits’ tour of five U.S. cities. The portraits will be at LACMA from Nov. 5, 2021, to Jan. 2, 2022. unveiling of these two portraits of engage people in the beauty of The other selected museums are the Obamas, the Portrait Gallery dialogue and shared experience.” the Art Institute of Chicago, the has experienced a record number The portraits – “Barack Brooklyn Museum, the High Art of visitors, not only to view these Obama,” an oil painting on canvas Museum in Atlanta and the works in person, but to be part of by Los Angeles native Kehinde Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. the communal experience of a par- Wiley, and “Michelle LaVaughn “We view the country as our ticular moment in time. This tour Robinson Obama,” an oil painting community,” said Kim Sajet, is an opportunity for audiences in on linen by Amy Sherald – mark photo by Morgan Keith director of the National Portrait different parts of the country to Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills was vandalized in December. Gallery, in a statement. “Since the witness how portraiture can See Portraits page 26 Council polishes grooming ordinance ‘Sign, sign, everywhere a sign’ n Beverly Hills to would provide an exemption for n WeHo City Council well as how far away they are and animal groomers who have worked the time it would take to get require cameras, in the industry for a minimum of approves pilot program there. accreditation and use of seven years from needing grooming for wayfinding signs The pilot program was school accreditation. approved by a 4-1 vote, with grooming loops “Seven years to me seems like a BY CAMERON KISZLA Councilman John Duran voting BY MORGAN KEITH relatively long time period that if against the signs. someone was working full time for On Jan. 21, the West Quoting the song “Signs” by At a Jan. 28 study session, the five years, that would be suffi- Hollywood City Council Five Man Electrical Band, Duran Beverly Hills City Council deliber- cient,” Councilman Robert approved a pilot program for argued the signs would be visual ated on the final details of an ordi- Wunderlich said. wayfinding signs for bicyclists “blight.” nance aimed at reducing occur- Councilman Lester Friedman and pedestrians. “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. rences of animal injuries and death suggested that the clause specify The signs are expected to show Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ in grooming establishments, which full-time employment since mobile which direction walkers, bicy- my mind. Do this, don’t do that, it plans to introduce in March. groomers may only work on week- clists, wheelchair users and oth- can’t you read the sign?” Duran A number of protections would ends or a few days a week and still ers should travel to reach popular be implemented for animals during qualify for the accreditation exemp- sites, such as the Sunset Strip, as See Pilot page 25 grooming sessions including tion. photo courtesy of VIP Mobile Dog Grooming installing video recording systems, “I don’t know that that’s fair. VIP Mobile Dog Grooming uses a requiring staff accreditation from a There are people that are groomers grooming loop with tightening grooming school and prohibiting that it’s not their full-time job,” restrictions. the use of grooming nooses, which Councilwoman Lili Bosse said. tether animals to a surface or table. The council ultimately decided to fication is asking too much. Grooming nooses tighten after leave the clause broad to allow flex- Other stipulations added to the being placed around the head or ibility for code enforcement staff to ordinance at the council’s April neck of an animal and are not limit- enforce the ordinance. Still, some meeting include the installation of ed when pressure is applied. groomers are worried that the extra high-definition video cameras in all Grooming loops can be used for the requirements would burden their bathing and styling areas in groom- same purpose but have tightness businesses with additional costs. ing facilities, as well as the imple- restrictions. “I think there needs to be some mentation of a video storage sched- Council members spent the most sort of safety regulations, but ule. Self-grooming establishments, time discussing a grandfather clause they’re going overboard,” said where owners can groom their own about accreditation they added to William Recinos, co-owner of VIP pets, are exempt from this require- the ordinance, which was modeled Mobile Dog Grooming. He added ment. photo by Cameron Kiszla after West Hollywood’s ordinance, that the council’s request for all The West Hollywood City Council wants any potential wayfinding signs at a meeting last April. The clause groomers to have professional certi- See Groomers page 26 for pedestrians and bicyclists to resemble the city’s existing signs. 2 January 30, 2020 CALENDAR Park Labrea News/Beverly Press Roe v. Wade at 47’ Cinema,” will introduce the film. Film with the gallery’s exhibit “She Too! A is free with $14 museum admission. Curated Selection of Art by Women.” Join the city of West Hollywood’s 4700 Western Heritage Way. 417 N. 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