Meeting Reminder

Sunday, February 3, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Village Coffee Shop

Meet your neighbors, share your neighborhood concerns, and offer suggestions for an Action Plan for 2011!

We want to focus is on Polling Places this time and we're hoping that you will have some thoughts on this topic. We plan to hit the ground running after this meeting in order to get the attention this canyon needs from the County and other agencies.

We have some officers that would love to be reelected, a new officer who wants to throw her hat in to fill a vacant board seat and a couple of seats for anyone who is willing and able to do some hard work for our community. We meet four times a year but spend time downtown and working with neighbors on an issue by issue basis. We deal with land use issues, traffic, crime, neighbor to neighbor disputes, public safety and infrastructure, beautification and many other needs that show up in Beachwood Canyon. We could use your help.

Light refreshments will be served. Bring your ideas, concerns and hopefully, a sense of humor. The business of the neighborhood can take place in a safe and civil - and even fun environment.

Contact us at info@BeachwoodCanyon.org, 323-462-BCNA (2262) or check out our website:

BeachwoodCanyon.org

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How was your voting experience last election cycle? If you live south of the gates, you probably had to search to find your polling place. Many reported to us that they never did locate theirs and if they did, it was more than a little inconvenient. People who used to vote at Cheremoya School, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, or the Hollywood Seventh Day Adventist Church were very disappointed to see notices directing them to Grant Elementary (far away, little parking and very disorganized).

Breaking News!  Cheremoya Ave Elementary WILL be a polling place this time around! They have signed the papers and it IS official!!! Now to see if the neighbors across the street from the school on Cheremoya and other local neighbors will be allowed to vote there. The work goes on!

Sadly, rumor has it that Hollywoodland's one and only local polling place, Hollywoodland Realty, will not be able to serve us on the next election.

Polling places needed!  

Do you live on Beachwood near the Village? Please let us know right away if you can offer your property for the next election.

Poll workers needed:

While the County will provide poll workers (once a site has been provided), wouldn't it be wonderful to have neighbors work the polls? There is a two-hour training opportunity and an application to be completed. Training locations are plentiful.

Let us know if you will be a poll worker.
 

And here is a list of requirements found on the County's website (LAVote.net):

"Pollworkers serve on the frontline of democracy. Your commitment to public service is a tribute to you and your communities." Dean Logan , Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

BECOME A POLLWORKER!

Who Can Become a Pollworker?

A Los Angeles County Pollworker must meet the following requirements:

1. Resident of Los Angeles County

2. United States Citizen

3. 18 years of age or older

4. Registered voter in California

What Are the Responsibilities of a Pollworker?

Pollworkers must be available between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. to set up the polls, provide assistance to voters, and conduct poll closing procedures.

Pollworkers must attend a two-hour training session. (schedule and location of sessions available at the LAVote.net website)

https://lavote.net/SECURED/POLLWORKER/Default.cfm?AppType=General_Public

Got questions about procedures at the polling place or something you did not fully understand at training class? Email your questions to askWanda@rrcc.lacounty.gov or call 562.462.2728. For other types of problems, please call our toll free number 1-800-815-2666 - option 7.

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From the LAPDonline.org website:

Hollywood 6A15, "The Hills of Hollywood "Senior Lead Officer Maggie Dillard (213) 793-0710Basic Car Coordinator Sergeant Davis (213) 485-4316Car break-in's continue to be the most prevalent crime in the city.  I know you have heard this before, but please keep all items out of sight.  If the criminal doesn't see anything inside your car they will likely move on to the next.  Your trunk and glove compartment are two great places to store anything you can't of don't take with you. The Hollywood Senior Lead Officers continue to work Homeless Outreach Details with the goal of assisting the homeless back in to the main stream of society. We always have assistance and guidance from all of the local social service agencies.  If you are aware of any encampments where we may be able to help, please contact me. If you have any questions or concerns regarding my area, please contact me on my cellular phone, (213) 793-0710. As always you can call the Hollywood Area Community Relations Office at (213) 485-4316, or you can e-mail me at 32080@lapd.lacity.org. Call 911 for emergencies and call (877) ASK-LAPD for non- emergencies. 

E-Policing:

Also, log on to www.lapdonline.org to check on crime statistics and other LAPD information that is posted on the web site.  You can sign up for the e-policing web site to get updated crime statistics.

Graffiti:

Graffiti Hotline: (800) 611-2489   Graffiti causes area blight. If you see graffiti please report it. Simply call the graffiti hotline and leave a message as to the location and type of graffiti, or call "311."  You can also contact the Hollywood Beautification Team (HBT) at 323-463-5180.
 

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Free Bulky Item Pickup: The number for big item pick-up for the City of Los Angeles is 3-1-1.  This number serves to alleviate the problem of blight on our streets such as couches, mattresses, refrigerators, etc. being left on the sidewalks and streets. You can call this number to make the appointment to have the items picked up. You don't have to be present and it can be for any address that you spot bulky items. Please give this number to your friends and neighbors.

If there is any delay in pick up, feel free to contact us at 323-462-BCNA (2262) and we'll follow up for you. If you would like to help in clearing our streets of this kind of blight, call board member Nina Van Tassell at 213-503-1225. She makes a routine sweep and could use your eyes to help complete her weekly list of bulky items as she reports them to the City. If we all work on this, there is no way that we will have to look at the same pile of junk week after week on our streets. Thanks for your help and vigilance.
 

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With Steven Freedman

Besant Lodge and Theosophical Center

2560 No. Beachwood Drive

Tuesday & Thursday mornings

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Mixed level class - beginners and advanced students are welcome

Steven is a well-known and much beloved yoga teacher who has been teaching since 1982. Many yoga students know him from his classes at the Larchmont Center for Yoga (now Yogaworks) where he taught for well over two decades. Steven takes a general Hatha practice, refines it with the precision of the Iyengar method and energizes it with flow. His goal is to enhance awareness of body alignment in the pose, and thereby awaken the intelligence within.  Whether just beginning or more advanced, Steven's classes offer a solid foundation with challenges to meet your personal level.

Class pricing: 

Single class $12           

5 class series $55

10 class series $100

Please bring your mat.  Some props (belts, blankets, blocks) available on site.

"This is a real coup -- to have a teacher of Steven's caliber offering classes in 'our backyard'.  I have been a student of his for over 10 years and would highly encourage everyone to check him out!" 

Sandra Rabbin, longtime Beachwood resident

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Local Artist Kurt Reichenbach at Vitello's

Monday, February 14, 2011 

Seating 6:30 pm

Show 8pm
(One show only)

Jim Cox piano · Tom Warrington bass · Ralph Penland drums
and special guest Bill Reichenbach bass trombone

A Long Stemmed Rose for each couple 

$20 Cover plus $13 drink or Dinner minimum

$85 VIP Package available
(Extended Menu, Champagne, tax & gratuity included

See Vitello's website for details) 

Reservations recommended.
Phone - 818.769.0905

Tickets - www.ticketweb.com or www.VitellosRestaurant.com 

 Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club · 4349 Tujunga Ave. · Studio City, CA

To hear samples of Kurt's music or to see video, please visit
www.myspace.com/kurtreichenbach