Dear Neighbors,
The Holmby Westwood Board of Directors would like to wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday season!
This past year has been challenging for everyone as we worked together to keep our community safe and strong. And the tough times are not yet over. But with the support of our HWPOA community, we’ll be stronger on the other side.
Thank you for your membership to HWPOA! We’re grateful for the continued trust you place in us. We look to the challenges ahead with determination and understanding of our responsibility in ensuring that the Holmby Westwood neighborhood receives the city support and protections we deserve.
Best wishes for a safe holiday season and a happy, healthy new year. Our next newsletter will be sent out in 2022.
Sincerely,
Your HWPOA Board of Directors
HOLMBY NEWS
December 24, 2021
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. LAPD Crime Report
2. Security Reminders – Vacation Tips
3. Tips for a COVID-Safe Holiday Season
4. Christmas Tree Recycling
5. New California Laws for 2022
6. Resident Ads
7. HWPOA Contact Information
1. LAPD CRIME REPORT
VEHICLE, STOLEN
Incident #: 210817727
800 BLOCK WARNER AV | 12/17/2021 @ 10:00 PM
BRANDISHING WEAPON, EXHIBITING DEADLY WEAPON
Incident #: 210817779
10400 BLOCK LINDBROOK DR | 12/18/2021 @ 9:30 PM
File a Police Report Online: click here
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
James Allen, Senior Lead Officer
West L.A. Community Police Station –1663 Butler Ave.
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 39318@lapd.online
West LA Community Police Station Website: click here
LAPD Website: www.lapdonline.org
2. SECURITY REMINDERS – VACATION TIPS
Thanks to Westwood Hills POA and Brentwood Homeowners for the following list of safety tips:
- Porch pirates are in maximum overdrive. Remove your packages as soon as possible from your front door, and have a friend check your house daily if you’re planning on being away. If you work at an office that will be staffed while you are away, have your packages delivered to the office address. Amazon packages can be delivered to a nearby Amazon locker.
- Make sure trash cans are not left out after trash day.
- Two cars always in the driveway, with lots of dust, are one indicator you may be away.
- Newspapers and mail piling up is another indicator that you are away. Stop service while you’re away, or have a friend pick up for you every day.
- If you’re home and hear an unexpected knock, answer from inside and say, “we” can’t open the door right now. It lets possible criminals know you are not a good target. Barking dogs are also a great deterrent.
- Alarms on, windows locked, when you are away, even if it’s just a short errand.
- Put your indoor and outdoor lights on timers, so they will go on regardless of whether or not you are in town. This is also a great way to ensure that you never come home to a dark house at night.
- Ladder on the side of the house? Many criminals access second floors using items on your property. Keep access points to your backyard and sideyards locked or otherwise not easily accessible to criminals.
- Don’t leave items visible in cars, and certainly do not leave your key fobs in your cars.
3. TIPS FOR A COVID-SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON
From the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health:
4. CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
LA Sanitation has curbside collection for Christmas trees to make it convenient to properly and safely recycle your tree.
If your Christmas tree is too big to cut and place inside the green waste bin, simply place the tree next to your green waste bin on collection day.
How to Recycle your Christmas tree and put in the green bin:
- REMOVE all ornaments, decorations, tinsels and stand from the tree.
- CUT the tree into pieces, if needed, to fit into green bin.
- PLACE the tree pieces inside the green bin and put out for regular pick-up on collection day.
*Flock or artificial trees can’t be recycled – place them in the black container.
Collected Christmas trees will be recycled into compost and mulch that is available to residents for free.
What else can be recycled at the holidays?
Conventional gift wrapping paper may use glitter, foil, or a laminate to make it more durable and appealing; nonetheless, these items cannot be easily removed for recycling. There are some exceptions including holiday packaging like cartons, cardboard, certain plastics and gift boxes can be placed in the blue bin for recycling.
5. NEW CALIFORNIA LAWS FOR 2022
From the Westwood-Century City Patch:
A slew of laws takes effect in 2022, affecting everything from how you vote and shop to whether you get ketchup with your fries.
Here are 11 categories of new laws that take effect next year across California:
6. RESIDENT ADS
HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE
Hello, this young woman is looking for a Housekeeping job come January. She is a very sweet 18-year-old that is vaccinated and is starting her paperwork for a green card. She is very trustworthy and desk at work. I highly recommend her.
Please call her at: Ana 323-812-8147. She is Spanish-speaking only.
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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://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
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.