HOLMBY NEWS
September 21, 2018
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. LAPD Crime Report
2. Filming in Holmby Westwood
3. UCLA Move-In Weekend
4. Community Police Advisory Board Meeting
5. Recycling Tips
6. Movie Premiere – Street Closures
7. Veterans “Stand Down” – Help Needed
8. Upcoming Community Events
9. HWPOA Contact Information
1. LAPD CRIME REPORT
BURGLARY (entry of structure w/intent to commit theft or a felony)
Incident #: 180816215
600 BLOCK S BEVERLY GLEN BL | 9/12/2018 @ 12:00 PM
“KNOCK KNOCK” BURGLARS POSING AS DELIVERY PEOPLE
LAPD is warning that knock-knock burglars are coming up with new tactics to fit in to the neighborhood. Renting nicer cars has already been in play for a year now, but police now report some bring props like food and drinks to appear to be a regular delivery service while they determine no one is home.
LAPD continues to encourage residents to install Ring or Nest or similar cameras that alert your smartphone when people are on your property.
See this link for a more complete report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHuYI3-S5vI&feature=youtu.be
2. FILMING IN HOLMBY WESTWOOD
Like all communities in Southern California, we recognize and support the city’s financial need to keep filming at home in Los Angeles.
The city ordinance that created FilmLA, the filming permit clearing house, recognizes the need to balance the needs of the filmmakers with those of homeowners. There are numerous cases where this balance has been missing and homeowners have been subjected to multiple late night/early morning shoots going on next door to their homes.
As of now, in the city of Los Angeles, there is NO LIMIT to the hours that filming can take place as long as 50% of those living within 300 feet agree. For example, we recently negotiated an agreement with a film company that wanted to film from midnight until 7a.m. They rearranged their schedule to finish at midnight. They completed their work and neighbors were not unduly inconvenienced.
Earlier this week, Dennis Rosenblatt, HWPOA board member, and Sandy Brown, HWPOA board President met with Councilmember Paul Koretz and CD5 staff to discuss this issue and explore possible solutions. The proposed solution is to copy the model in place in Beverly Hills which requires 90% of neighbor approval for an additional hour of filming after 10p.m. or before 7a.m., and 100% approval after midnight. This would ensure that no one tosses a stuntman out a 2nd floor window into a pool, less than 50 feet from your bedroom window at 2a.m. without approval by everyone who was affected. This happened recently on Wyton.
We thank the Councilman for his efforts, considering this proposal and hopefully, implementing reasonable neighborhood restrictions.
3. UCLA MOVE-IN WEEKEND
Please be aware that UCLA student “Move-In Weekend” began yesterday and continues through Sunday, Sept. 23. Parking at UCLA and in Westwood may be affected. The first day of classes is on Thursday, Sept. 27. Welcome, Bruins!
4. COMMUNITY POLICE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
The West L.A. Community Police Advisory Board (CPAB) was created to provide community members with an opportunity to provide information and advice to their respective Area and to take information from the police department back to the community.
The West L.A. CPAB will be meeting next week, on Tuesday, September 25. Community members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
West Los Angeles Community Police Station
Roll Call Room (Downstairs)
1663 Butler Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90025
- Senior Lead Officers (SLO’S) Report
- Crime and Station Reports and Updates:
Captain Valencia Thomas and Captain Brian Wendling - Speaker and Field Trip Committee Report
- Discussion on LAPD Museum Field Trip
5. RECYCLING TIPS
Recycling shredded paper and styrofoam peanuts
Did you know that shredded paper and styrofoam peanuts should be bagged and tied before placing in the blue bin? This helps prevent flyaways on collection day, helping to keep neighborhoods clean. Learn more about blue bin recycling at www.lacitysan.org/bluebin
How to rinse your recyclables without wasting water
It’s so important for recyclables to be clean and DRY when you put them in the recycling bin. This prevents contamination of paper and also helps to keep pests away. Please keep up your amazing recycling efforts, LA residents. We appreciate it! https://lifehacker.com/how-to-rinse-your-recyclables-without-wasting-water-1826764672
6. MOVIE PREMIERE – STREET CLOSURES
Warner Brothers will be holding the premiere of “Smallfoot” at 1:00PM on Saturday, September 22nd at the Regency Village Theater, located at 961 Broxton Avenue in Westwood Village.
There will be various sidewalk and street closures around the area of Broxton Avenue between Weyburn Avenue and Le Conte Avenue.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this event, feel free to contact Talia Shnaider at 310-742-1064 or 818-926-8319.
7. VETERANS “STAND DOWN” – HELP NEEDED
The 4th Annual Veteran’s Stand Down is October 26, 2018 at the VAGLAHS in West L.A. This one day fair offers a wide variety of services for homeless Veterans – see information below!
We need Volunteers and Donations from the community. Say thank you to our most vulnerable Veterans, our homeless and struggling Veterans, with your donation. Take the hand of a homeless Veteran by volunteering at the Stand Down.
Each volunteer assignment is two hours in length. Serve food, volunteer at registration or information desks, help to style women Veterans in the AmVet clothing tent. Discover the fulfillment of extending a helping hand to our soldiers as they struggle to find housing and overcome hardship.
The Stand Down is Friday, October 26th, 2018 at the Welcome Center, Building 257, at the VAGLAHS campus in West L.A., 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073
Contact us to volunteer and/or to provide donated goods at info@villageforvets.org.
Click the DONATE button below and help us to continue to serve Homeless Veterans at the VA Campus!
8. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Pop-Up Book Sale – Saturday, Sept. 22 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Westwood Library. Fully loaded carts of carefully curated books (including kids books) will be for sale at the usual GREAT PRICES (CHEAP!!!!) Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks, DVDs and CDs $1, Art books $4. You really won’t do better than this!
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Free Concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall – 7:00 PM on September 22nd. The American Youth Symphony kicks off its “Year of the Woman” with Tambor from Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower. Led by Music Director Carlos Izcaray, the concert also features Rachmaninoff’s groundbreaking third symphony, and a showcase performance from 2018 Concerto Competition winner, Sérgio Coelho, of John Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto.
Reserve your FREE tickets online at https://aysymphony.org/tickets/ or call 310-470-2332
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Free Bike Rides: Metro Bike Share Event – Saturday, September 22, 2018. Metro Bike Share is offering free rides to celebrate Car Free Day! To redeem your ride, walk up to any Metro Bike Share station and enter promo code 9222018 when purchasing a Single Ride. The first 30 minutes of each ride are free, and after that the standard rate of $1.75 per 30 minutes applies.
Metro Bike Share will also be hosting a free Metro Bike ride in Downtown LA to celebrate Car Free Day. More information is available at https://bikeshare.metro.net
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Metro Art: National Hispanic Heritage Month – Sunday, September 23 at 10:30 AM (meet at the entrance to La Cienega/Jefferson Station). Meet Metro artists Abel Alejandre and Shizu Saldamando during a special, free art tour in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Join us as we journey along the Expo Line with both Alejandre and Saldamando. They’ll share behind-the-scenes stories of their process in creating artworks for Westwood/Rancho Park Station and Palms Station.
The tour will begin at the entrance of La Cienega/Jefferson Station promptly at 10:30 a.m. and travel the Expo Line, concluding at Downtown Santa Monica Station. This tour is free and open to the public, no reservations required.
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater – Sunday, September 30 at 2:30 p.m. at Westwood Library. Bob Baker Marionettes will perform their “Traveling Jamboree”show. Meet the puppeteers at a reception immediately following the show. Free!
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Lawn Bowling Introductory Course – Saturday, September 29, at 10 AM at Holmby Park. Veteran bowlers will provide instructions for about one hour, supplemented by written and audio visual materials. Instructions, all equipment, coffee and refreshment will be offered. Free.
Dress is casual with smooth soled (tennis or deck) shoes. Those who are interested to return and learn more, will be offered vouchers for three more free lessons on other days. This is a low impact sport endorsed by the American Heart Association and played in 28 other lawn bowling clubs in Southern California. Interested residents should call (RSVP) Philip Fox, 310.273.7776 and/or visit www.losangeleslawnbowling.com for more information.
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Hammer Museum – Current programming includes:
- The Mash-Up Americans – Live!
- Family Flicks – The NeverEnding Story
- Screening: RBG (Documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Click here to see a list of weekly programs and exhibitions: Hammer Museum
9. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
HOLMBY WESTWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-470-1785
Email: hwpoa@aol.com
Web site: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Pay Membership Dues: https://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
You Are Invited . . .
- To attend our monthly Board Meetings*
NEXT MEETING – OCTOBER 9
- To let us know your concerns about our community and your ideas about how we might work to improve it
- To become involved in our Association.
*Board Meetings are usually held the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.