HOLMBY NEWS
May 10, 2024
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. HWPOA Board Meeting – Video Conference
2. Holmby Westwood Green Team Update
3. UCLA Campus Security Update
4. Pancake Breakfast at Fire Station 71
5. Summer Camp Guide
6. Free Concert at Westwood Library
7. Activities & Things to Do
8. Resident Ads
1. HWPOA BOARD MEETING – VIDEO CONFERENCE
On Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30 PM, the HWPOA Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting. The meeting will be a video-conference held online via Zoom. Please click here to see the agenda.
Members of the community are welcome to join the Zoom call. Please let us know if you plan to attend and we will send you the link to access the video-conference. Email Dana at hwpoa@aol.com.
2. HOLMBY WESTWOOD GREEN TEAM UPDATE
Tree Trimming near Warner Ave. School
Last week, the Street Tree Division of the City trimmed numerous trees around the perimeter of Warner Ave. School. The Holmby Westwood Green Team thanks Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky and her Westwood Field Representative, Patty Macias for their assistance in prioritizing the maintenance of Holmby Westwood streets. They promise that more tree trimming and stump removal is in the works for our neighborhood.
3. UCLA CAMPUS SECURITY UPDATE
Earlier this week, UCLA Chancellor Block shared the following message with the UCLA campus community.
Changes to Campus Security Operations
Dear Bruin Community:
Protecting the safety of our community underpins everything we do at UCLA. Our students, faculty and staff can only learn, work and thrive in an environment where they feel secure.
In the past week, our campus has been shaken by events that have disturbed this sense of safety and strained trust within our community. In light of this, both UCLA and the UC Office of the President have committed to a thorough investigation of our security processes. But one thing is already clear: To best protect our community moving forward, urgent changes are needed in how we administer safety operations.
I am therefore taking several actions to significantly alter our campus safety structure. These decisions were not made lightly — but my leadership team and I feel that decisive change is needed to help maintain a safe campus environment.
Effective immediately, I am moving oversight and management of UCLA PD and the Office of Emergency Management from the Office of the Administrative Vice Chancellor to a newly created Office of Campus Safety, whose leader reports directly to me. It is clear that UCLA needs a unit and leader whose sole responsibility is campus safety to guide us through tense times. This organizational structure, which elevates our safety and emergency management operations, has proven to be an effective one at other major universities across the country.
Leading the Office of Campus Safety as its inaugural associate vice chancellor is Rick Braziel, who brings to the position more than 30 years of public safety service, including five years as chief of police for the City of Sacramento. Braziel has also served as an instructor in community policing and has led reviews of law enforcement agencies and police responses.
Additionally, I have created a formal advisory group with expert leaders who will partner with AVC Braziel. Members of this advisory group include UC Davis Chief of Police and Coordinator of the Council of UC Chiefs of Police Joe Farrow, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Professor of Health Policy and Management Vickie Mays and UC Office of the President Systemwide Director of Community Safety Jody Stiger. I am confident that AVC Braziel, in partnership with this advisory group, will provide effective new leadership of our safety and emergency management operations.
The well-being of our students, faculty and staff is paramount. These actions are essential for creating a secure environment where everyone at UCLA can confidently pursue their studies and careers.
Sincerely,
Gene D. Block
Chancellor
4. PANCAKE BREAKFAST AT FIRE STATION 71
Thank you to everyone who attended last weekend’s Pancake Breakfast at Fire Station 71. Special thanks to Robert Wyatt and the Adopt Fire Station 71 board for a very successful and fun event and to Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky for joining the community at the breakfast.
If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution, please make a check payable to Adopt Fire Station 71 and mail to:
Adopt Fire Station 71
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Thank you!
5. SUMMER CAMP GUIDE
From The Brentwood News:
As summer approaches rapidly, it’s time to find engaging activities for your West Los Angeles kids! Explore our extensive list of summer camps across LA, offering a wide range of options from sports to robotics. Whatever your child’s interests may be, we have something to foster growth, happiness, and learning throughout the summer!
View Guide Here:
Summer Camp Guide 2024
6. FREE CONCERT AT WESTWOOD LIBRARY
Don’t miss the next Free Concert @ Westwood Library, this Saturday, May 11 @ 3 PM.
We’re excited to welcome Italian pianist FILIPPO LUGNAN, pursuing his Masters in Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, who will present the Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331, with its famous “Turkish March” last movement, and the beloved Schubert Wanderer Fantasy.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
3:00 PM
at Westwood Library
1246 Glendon Ave.
FREE! With free parking at the Library
Saturday Concerts take place upstairs in the alcove by the balcony while the library is open for regular business. Starting at 3 PM, concerts will last approximately 90 minutes. This is a great opportunity to introduce your kids to live classical music and musicians in the casual, safe, familiar setting of our local library.
7. ACTIVITIES & THINGS TO DO
Angel City Chorale – Rhythms of the Americas
Sunday, June 9 at 3 p.m.
at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Tickets are now on sale for Los Angeles’ premier community choir Angel City Chorale (ACC), for their vibrant spring concert, Rhythms of the Americas. For this special event, ACC will be led by the much sought-after Guest Conductor Dr. Cristian Grases, the Vice Dean for the Classical Performance and Composition Division at USC’s Thornton School of Music who has directed prestigious musical groups all over the world. ACC will also offer a livestream of the concert for guests who are not able to attend in person.
The program is a highly rhythmic slice of music of the Americas, from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, to native North American, to big band jazz! No orchestra, just piano, guitars, and DRUMS! And dancing… and the Angel City Youth Chorale, our kids’ choir.
Clarkia Festival
Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
We warmly invite the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association to the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden inaugural Clarkia Festival on May 18, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival aims to cultivate community among our neighbors and support local organizations.
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Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 470-1785 (call/text)
Email: hwpoa@aol.com OR info@holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Website: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
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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.