HOLMBY NEWS
November 6, 2020
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. West LAPD – Letter to the Public
2. Dog Owner Etiquette
3. Parking Citation Discount Program
4. Honoring Our Veterans – Sunday Livestream
5. COVID Safety During the Holidays
6. The Flu and COVID-19
7. HWPOA Contact Information
1. WEST LAPD – LETTER TO THE PUBLIC
West LAPD Captain Jonathan Tom recently wrote a letter to the West LA Community, with updates on crime statistics; large gatherings and house parties; and election week safety concerns. Read the complete letter below:
LAPD CRIME REPORT:
VEHICLE, STOLEN
Incident #: 200815959
10800 BLOCK LINDBROOK DR | 11/1/2020 @ 1:28 PM
BURGLARY FROM VEHICLE
Incident #: 200815964
10700 BLOCK WEYBURN AV | 10/30/2020 @ 5:00 PM
E-Policing: http://www.lapdonline.org/e_policing
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
Pete Ojeda, Senior Lead Officer
West L.A. Community Police Station – 1663 Butler Ave.
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 36393@lapd.online
Website: www.lapdonline.org
2. DOG OWNER ETIQUETTE
Please Use Your Own Trash Bins
While everyone appreciates that you are picking up dog waste, please dispose of it in your own trash bin. Please be respectful and do not use your neighbors’ bins, particularly after the trash has already been picked up.
Thank you for your cooperation.
3. PARKING CITATION DISCOUNT PROGRAM
Early Pay LA is a new discount program for certain parking citations paid within 48 hours.
Mayor Garcetti has announced a new economic relief program that will provide motorists with an early payment discount on certain citations paid within 48 hours. The program, Early Pay LA, will award a $20 discount and remain in effect until June 30, 2021.
Starting Monday, November 2nd, the new program will award discounts for early payment on citations for residential street sweeping, overnight and oversize parking districts, and vehicles displaying recently expired permits within preferential parking districts.
For more information on the Early Pay LA program and parking regulations, please click here to visit the Parking Violations Bureau.
4. HONORING OUR VETERANS – SUNDAY LIVESTREAM
Hi Westwood,
Please join Congressman Ted Lieu in honoring our Veterans at his annual, non-partisan event, “Conversations with Veterans” which will be streamed on Facebook Live this Sunday at 2 p.m. All are invited.
Ten veterans will join Rep. Lieu in telling a cool story about something they experienced while in the military. Every branch of the Armed Forces will be represented. Patriotic music will be sung by Army Staff Sergeant Quartrail Tucker.
Date: Sunday, November 8
Time: 2PM to 3:30PM
Where: www.Facebook.com/RepTedLieu – Live event
Emcee: Tom Lasser
Pledge of Allegiance: Donald Keller
5. COVID SAFETY DURING THE HOLIDAYS
With Halloween behind us, the extended traditional holiday season begins. In a normal year, this would be the next couple of months of family time and holiday gatherings. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, 2020 has been anything but normal.
I am writing to urge you to exercise great caution as you consider how to celebrate the upcoming holidays. Earlier this week, the City Council hosted our LA County Director of Public Health, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, as well as the LAUSD School Superintendent, Austin Beutner, and heard again that LA County is still not yet in a safe infection range. Also, the LA County Health Department has announced the highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases since August. Combined with the infection spikes being reported all around the country and around the world, this is extremely alarming. Models are showing that some hospitals in other states are expecting to run out of hospital beds in the near future.
We do not want this to occur here in LA County and so we must remain vigilant and focused. We must continue to emphasize wearing masks, physical distancing, and to NOT HOST OR ATTEND LARGE GATHERINGS OF ANY KIND. Do it for yourself, do it for your elderly and at-risk friends and family members, do it for our medical professionals who need our assistance to keep them safe and effective as well to not overtax hospital facilities, and, most of all, do it in the memory of all those who we have sadly lost.
Thank you for all that you have done to keep yourselves safe. Thank you for understanding the very real need to make the hard call not to host a large family Thanksgiving dinner, and not to travel during the holidays. Please consider reaching out through other means such as online platforms, sending handmade cards to your loved ones, or even making donations to favorite charities in your loved one’s name.
The top infectious disease expert in the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said this week that it may be 2022 before we begin to approach any sense of normality again. I look forward to that day and I want very much for all of us to still be around so that we can all celebrate together.
Sincerely,
Paul Koretz
Councilmember, Fifth District
6. THE FLU AND COVID-19
From the LA County Dept. of Public Health:
Influenza (Flu) and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. Because some of the symptoms of flu and COVID-19 are similar, it may be hard to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone, and testing may be needed to help confirm a diagnosis. Flu and COVID-19 can both result in serious illness, including illness resulting in hospitalization or death. Call your doctor or get tested if you think you are sick with COVID-19 or flu.
In the video below, Dr. Erika Flores Uribe from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services discusses the differences between the Flu and COVID-19.
Access the LA County Flu Prevention Toolkit for the Community for additional resources.
7. 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://hwpoa.square.site/
You Are Invited . . .
- To attend our monthly Board Meetings*
- 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. Please confirm prior to attending.