WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM INSIDE • 4 a.m. bar bill sent to governor. pg. 3 Sunny, with • New barber shop highs in the in Hollywood. pg. 6 mid 80s Volume 28 No. 37 Serving the Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities September 13, 2018 Beverlyn Hills weighsCommittee had Prop. differing views 10 on the Proposition 10 would nL.A. welcomes Indigenous Peoples Day ballot measure during an Aug. 6 The City Council give cities rent control meeting. Vice Mayor John Mirisch flexibility that Costa- said he supports Proposition 10, and voted last year to Councilman Les Friedman, with con- replace Columbus Day Hawkins took away cerns about its application to single- family housing and condominiums, on the local calendar said he does not support the proposi- tion if it includes those two types of The Beverly Hills City Council housing. Of all the shows Pat Vegas has will decide whether to take a position In Beverly Hills, only 11 properties played in nearly 50 years as singer on Proposition 10, the latest ballot with multifamily housing have been and bassist of Native American measure to spark debate over housing built since Costa-Hawkins took rock band Redbone, the group’s gig and affordability throughout the state, effect. next month will commemorate a at its Sept. 17 study session. Gold said he doesn’t expect moment he’s been waiting for. Proposition 10, the Local Rent Proposition 10, if it’s approved by To celebrate the city of Los Control Initiative, will appear on the voters, to have any implications for Angeles’ first Indigenous Peoples Nov. 6 ballot. If passed, local govern- the city’s Rent Stabilization Day, Redbone will play a grand ments will be able to adopt rent con- Ordinance, which landlords and ten- finale concert on Oct. 8, concluding trol measures for properties that can’t ants have been debating for more a daylong series of events at City be subject to rent control due to the than one year. Gold said he’s hopes Hall and Grand Park. Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. the ordinance is completed by the end “We’re going to rock this house,” Costa-Hawkins prohibits local gov- of the year. said Vegas, who started Redbone in ernments from placing rent control on Last year, the City Council Los Angeles with his brother Lolly. housing that was first occupied after approved an urgency ordinance that “We’ve got a whole group put photo by Luke Harold February 1995. limited rent increases to 3 percent together with some great musicians “Whether you support rent control (since raised to 4.1 percent), made and great dancers, and backup Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, introduced a motion in 2015 or not, local government should be no-cause evictions reviewable by the singers. I’m going to have all my that led to the City Council adopting Indigenous Peoples Day. making decisions and not the state,” city and established a rental registry. cousins, my son-in-law, my mother, Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold The city has been working with both everyone up there singing.” From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., there will O’Farrell, a member of the said. sides to develop long-term provisions Vegas joined his son, musical be a sunrise ceremony, 5K run, Wyandotte Nation, introduced a The mayor added that he’s not sure ever since. The city hired artist P.J. Vegas, and Councilman parade of nations, Native American motion to the City Council in 2015 what the council will decide. Sukhsimranjit Singh, an assistant pro- Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, in powwow, panel sessions on Native that culminated in an August 2017 The two council members com- fessor at Pepperdine University, last front of City Hall on Sept. 10 in a American-related topics and a fash- prising the Legislative/Lobby See Indigenous Peoples page 21 See Beverly Hills page 21 prelude to L.A’s newest holiday. ion show. n SafeWork routesbegan on to school paved for local students Sept. 11 with the closure of Selma Ave. in Hollywood Motorists are being asked to be patient as a sidewalk and street improvement project occurs through Oct. 5 at the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard and photo by Luke Harold Selma Avenue in Hollywood. The Safe Routes to School pro- The AKA West Hollywood at 8500 Sunset Blvd. comprises an east tower ject includes the replacement of (pictured) and a west tower. sidewalks, curbs, gutters and por- tions of the street on both sides of Cahuenga Boulevard at Selma Avenue. Curb extensions known photo by Edwin Folven as bulb-outs will be installed, Drivers should plan for traffic delays on Cahuenga Boulevard near WeHo council rejects appeal reducing the distance between Selma Avenue during a sidewalk and street improvement project that corners, and new striped continen- began on Tuesday. tal crosswalks will be created at over 8500 Sunset Blvd. the intersection. School and within walking dis- puses. Council last week ruled that the “The goal of the project is to tance of Hollywood High School, The work began on Sept. 11 property’s operator, Korman make this a safer corridor for peo- where a similar project was com- with a full closure of Selma A few residents of the AKA West Communities, was renting units in a ple – particularly children and pleted last year at the intersection Avenue east of the intersection. Hollywood on the Sunset Strip said manner similar to a hotel as opposed families – in the area,” said Dan of Selma and Highland avenues. Northbound Cahuenga Boulevard that the property’s flexible leasing to offering long-term residential Halden, Hollywood field deputy The Safe Routes to School pro- was also reduced to one lane. options have allowed them to make units that the development agree- for Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, gram is a partnership between the Westbound motorists on Selma the city their home when work or ment for the property calls for. 13th District. city and the Los Angeles Unified Avenue are being diverted to Ivar travel prevents them from being The appellants, Korman The project is three blocks east School District to ensure students able to commit to a long-term lease. of Selma Avenue Elementary can safely walk to and from cam- See Improvements page 22 But the West Hollywood City See WeHo page 22 2 September 13, 2018 CALENDAR Park Labrea News/Beverly Press by stars, new techniques, satellites 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. RSVP by vis- Los Angeles and improved telescopes have found iting wehochamber.com/small-business- thousands of exoplanets (planets that seminars.html. orbit stars outside of the solar system), LosFilmforum Angeles Filmforum at MOCA with tens of thousands more expected presents “Deconstructing Portraiture: to be identified in the near future. The Embodied Landscapes” on Thursday, event is part of the “Cosmic Musings” JazzMusic lovers at won’tthe want Bowl to miss “Jazz Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. at MOCA Grand series. Tickets are $10 for Friends of at the Bowl” on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Avenue’s Ahmanson Theater. The the Observatory members; $25 for 8 p.m. at the event features film and video works nonmembers. 2800 East Observatory Hollywood Bowl. that employ portraiture in visual odes Road. foto.org. The performance to female embodiment. They include includes “Stories “Black Girl As A Landscape,” by of a Groove” with Sondra Perry; “Portrait of My the Clayton- Mother,” by Sophia Nahli Allison; Photographer Hamilton Jazz “Ex Utero,” by Michelle Dizon; and Bruce Talamon Orchestra and spe- “Phyllis: I Am Not Alone” and Hammer Museum welcomes photog- cial guest Gerald Clayton Trio, as well “Sarogua Morning,” by Zina Saro- rapher Bruce Talamon for a discussion as “Spaces,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning Wiwa. Dizon will participate in the on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and featur- event. General admission is $15. 250 Talamon chronicles many of the top ing Lil Buck and Jared Grimes. Tickets S. Grand Ave. (323)377-7238, lafilm- musicians and solo acts during the start at $1. 2301 N. Highland Ave. forum.org. golden age of soul, R&B and funk, (323)850-2000, hollywoodbowl.com. including James Brown, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Rick James and Aretha Beverly Hills Franklin. He will be joined by one of favorite subjects, bassist Verdine White, of Earth, Wind & Fire. 10899 TheChamber Beverly Hills Chamber of Wilshire Blvd. (310)443-7000, ham- Commerce invites prospective mem- mer.ucla.edu. bers to its September Networking Breakfast on Friday, Sept. 14, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. Join chamber members, local Blood Rock: professionals and community leaders to collaborate, generate business and The“Blood MusicalRock: The Musical” will learn about events in Beverly Hills. debut at the Odyssey Theater from Admission is $25 for chamber mem- Thursday, Sept. bers; $35 for nonmembers. 9882 S. 20-23, and Santa Monica Blvd. members.bever- photo by Michelle Shiers Thursday, Sept. lyhillschamber.com. 27-30. The pro- Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter Nina Shallman will perform on duction tells the Monday, Sept. 17, at 8:30 p.m. at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood. story of two rival Kybele Dance Shallman performs original songs with rock, jazz, and pop influences, vampire gangs including her new single “Oftener Than Often.” She is currently recording that have been new songs with producer Andrew Williams. The concert is part of the secretly living in KybeleTheater Dance Theater, founded in Philadelphia for hundreds of years. 2003 by Turkish American choreogra- Singer Songwriter Night series.