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PAGE 9 Volume 17 Issue 269 @smdailypress @smdailypress Santa Monica Daily Press smdp.com Fundraising figures reflect quiet election season MATTHEW HALL City Council challenger Ashely Powell Her 58 donors included several current RCB property management companies and Daily Press Editor was the exception, reporting more than Commissioners, School Board members, several realtors. $63,000 in donations in the first few months College Board candidates and SMRR Challenger Naomi Sultan raised $4,225 Fundraising for candidates and issues in of the season, but most campaigns reported officials. She also received a donation from and spent $29. Her 20 donors include Denny this year’s November election is off to a slow significantly less. Sonya Sultan, the mother of fellow candidate Zane, Mary Marlow, Laurie Lieberman, start with most campaigns reporting a few In the race for Rent Control Board, Naomi Sultan. Anastasia Foster thousand dollars in donations for the first Incumbent Nicole Phillis was in first place Challenger Lori Brown raised $5,128 and reporting period. with $5,700 in fundraising and no expenses. had no expenses. Her 21 donors included SEE FUNDRAISING PAGE 7 Beauty within St. Johns Residents prepare to battle ANGEL CARRERAS Until about around a year ago. Daily Press Staff Writer Beauty Bus, a Santa Monica-based Ocean Park developments nonprofit, teamed up with St John’s to do A hospital is many things, but exciting what they do best: to color the worlds of KATE CAGLE this Wednesday, hoping to find sympathy and uplifting aren’t typically the words you’d terminally or chronically ill patients who Daily Press Staff Writer from the City Council. The neighbors along associate with one. Sterile and quiet — aside don’t often get the chance to indulge in San Vicente Terrace worry the 47-foot from the whir of machines and the plops of feeling good about themselves. Neighbors fighting a five-story apartment building will create a canyon facing the low- a nurse’s busy footsteps — hospital walls can The non-profit was born out of founder complex planned for 1828 Ocean Avenue slung homes on the opposite side on the be a place of immense solitude for patients, have vowed to appeal a Development Review their pain echoing around them. SEE BEAUTY PAGE 6 Permit if it clears the Planning Commission SEE DEVELOPMENTS PAGE 8 PANCAKES Matthew Hall The Lions Club held their annual pancake fundraiser this weekend. The event provided food and fun in pursuit of the organi- zation’s community outreach efforts. Isabel A. Ash Esq. Gary Limjap PERSONAL INJURY,PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE, (310) 586-0339 MOTORCYCLE, RIDESHARES, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, SLIP AND FALLS, CATASTROPHIC INJURIES In today’s real estate climate ... (877) 7 ASH LEGAL Experience counts! [email protected] T: 818.343.4480 | E: [email protected] www.garylimjap.com CalRE # 00927151 Calendar Vote LORI BROWN for SANTA MONICA RENT CONTROL BOARD 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018 Visit us online at www.smdp.com WISE/Santa Monica Dial-A-Ride LORI BROWN Including Door-Through-Door Service Are you a Santa Monica resident who is 60+ years or 18+ years and disabled? For Rent Board Commissioner Let us help you with your For Information: Together, We Can Do Better! transportation needs. (310) 394-9871 ext. 455 www.wiseandhealthyaging.org 2633 Lincoln Blvd #115 Santa Monica, CA 90405 Paid for by Lori Brown for Santa Monica Rent Control Board 2018 ID# 1410424 www.voteloribrown.com Vote Nov 6, 2018 What’s Up Westside OUT AND ABOUT IN SANTA MONICA through a gentle session of yoga and Monday, Oct. 1 meditation. Space is limited. Please bring a mat or towel to the program. Documentary Screening: Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean RBG Park Blvd, 6:30 p.m. An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Día de los Muertos With unprecedented access, the film- Community Meeting makers explore how her early legal Arts and culture consultant, Evonne battles changed the world for women. Gallardo, will lead the public engage- (Runtime: 96 min.) Main Library, 601 ment process including facilitating this Santa Monica Blvd. 7 – 8:45 p.m. community meeting, which will be the first of two. The purpose of this process Architectural Review Board is to engage the community around Meeting Día de los Muertos in order to establish The Santa Monica Architectural Review a vision and model for future cele- Board normally meets on the first and brations. Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 third Monday of every month in the City Virginia Ave, 6 p.m. www.smgov.net/dia. Council Chamber. City Hall, 1685 Main St. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 L.E.A.R.N.: Learn, Excel, Achieve and Read Now SCBWI Westside Writers One-on-one access to volunteers avail- Mingle able to help students with homework A monthly meeting of the Society of assignments and reading comprehen- Children Book Writers and Illustrators sion. Mondays and Wednesdays. Main that is open to all. October Topic: Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 3:30 Marketing/Business/Social Media/Self- – 6 p.m. promotion ideas and discussion. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main St, 7 Tuesday, Oct. 2 – 8:45 p.m. Planning Commission Making America’s Largest Meeting Urban National Park The Santa Monica Planning Commission Are you interested in exploring some of regular meeting. City Hall, 1685 Main the 500 miles of trails in your own back- St. 7 p.m. yard? Climbing a mountain or soaking your feet in the Pacific? Witnessing Angel City Jazz Festival movie history at the still-operating film Young Artists Competition set at Paramount Ranch? Discovering Three outstanding young jazz bands, what Southern California looked like selected from dozens of entrants, com- before urban sprawl? This informative pete for a gig at the Angel City Jazz and entertaining event is free, as are Festival. Each group plays a 20 minute parking and refreshments following the set, then a panel of experts will select program. No RSVP required. 7 p.m. the winner. Main Library, 601 Santa Lelah T. Pierson Theatre, 941 Temescal Monica Blvd. 7 – 8:30 p.m. Canyon Road, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 L.E.A.R.N.: Learn, Excel, Achieve and Read Now Gentle Yoga at Fairview One-on-one access to volunteers avail- In a class that is safe for seniors able to help students with homework and beginners, as well as relaxing assignments and reading comprehen- and stress-releasing for pros, veter- sion. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica an instructor Raghavan guides you Blvd, 3:30 – 6 p.m. For help submitting an event, contact us at 310-458-7737 or submit to [email protected] Local Visit us online at www.smdp.com MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018 3 COMMUNITY BRIEFS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Malibu SANTA MONICA ARCHITECTURAL Dark Sky Ordinance will be in effect REVIEW BOARD MEETING On October 15, the City’s Dark Sky Ordinance goes into effect, aimed at reducing light pollution in order to protect wildlife, habitats and Malibu’s rural coastal village character. DATE/TIME: October 1, 2018, 7:00 p.m. “In Malibu we are blessed to live surrounded by nature, and our dark, starry skies are a big LOCATION: Council Chambers, (wheelchair accessible) part of that,” said Mayor Rick Mullen. “I am proud that we passed this innovative legislation Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main Street that will protect that heritage for generations to come.” PROPERTIES: The Planning Department will hold special Public Counter Hours at Malibu City Hall on • 18ARB-0324: 3331 Ocean Park Boulevard: Office Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m., October 4 through October 25 to offer outdoor lighting guidance • 18ARB-0335: 1260 15th Street: Medical Office to residents or businesses. • 18ARB-0358: 2419-2421 Michigan Avenue: Retail/Commercial The City Council unanimously approved the ordinance in April 2018 in order to preserve • 18ARB-0367: 1443 18th Street: Multi-Unit Residential Malibu’s rural character and quality of life, protect wildlife and habitats from light pollution, preserve enjoyment of the night-time sky, and promote the City’s goal of conserving energy PRELIMINARY REVIEW(S): and natural resources. • 711 Colorado Avenue (Administrative Approval Application No. 18ENT-0129). Preliminary In order to ensure that residents and businesses have had enough time to make any review of a proposed 7-story, 56-unit, senior affordable housing complex with ground floor changes needed to meet the new requirements, the City distributed information and resourc- retail within the TA (Transit Adjacent) District of the Downtown Community Plan. es on the City website, social media, newspaper advertisements, direct mail, and email mes- sages to the community. More information is available on-line at https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards- Commissions/Architectural-Review-Board/ or at (310) 458-8341 (en espanol tambien). THE CITY’S PROJECT WEBPAGE AT WWW.MALIBUCITY.ORG/DARKSKY OFFERS EXAMPLES OF COMPLIANT Plans may be reviewed at City Hall during business hours. Comments are invited at the LIGHTING METHODS AS WELL AS RELEVANT DEADLINES AND OTHER INFORMATION. THE REQUIREMENTS OF hearing or in writing (FAX 310-458-3380, e-mail [email protected], or mail Santa THE ORDINANCE INCLUDE: Monica City Planning Division, 1685 Main St., Rm.