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September 2012 Beachwood Newsletter
Stand With Hollywood Leaders - You CAN Make a Difference!

Many Community Leaders in Hollywood are fighting the City's attempt to allow big-time developers to build high and wide on the already grid locked major streets you travel on in Hollywood. Developers, politicians, and lobbyists are salivating while plans are made to destroy the heart of the Hollywood we know and love and replace it with a soulless sea of skyscrapers.

 

In addition to being home to thousands of residents, Hollywood is the main entertainment destination for people in Los Angeles and for tourists from all over the world. However, this hosting burden of being the entertainment capital of the world is immense and no other community in Southern California is equally challenged, except perhaps for Anaheim with its Disneyland venue.

 

Hollywood's infrastructure is crumbling, and we don't have enough services to support it! We don't have enough resources to respond to the emergency needs of the current population.

 

Meanwhile, because of the City's spending sprees, we have gutted the emergency response fund! Our lives and the lives of our visiting guests from near and far are threatened!

Will you stand by silent and allow this? Or, will you support Hollywood's community leaders as they launch legal challenges to the life-altering changes that the current Hollywood Community Plan will bring?

 

Fighting costs money!

 

Don't stand by while Hollywood is sold to the highest developer bidders. This is your chance to make a difference.

We need your donations! We need them now!  

 

Also, if you are willing and able to donate your time and expertise in this fundraising effort, we welcome that, too! You can either visit our website at savehollywood.org or you can send your tax-deductible donation to:

 

SaveHollywood.org

P.O. Box 3943

Los Angeles, CA 90078

 

Thank you for your interest and support in this very important cause.  

 

The Team of SaveHollywood.org
 


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Earthquake Hits Hollywood Fault

A minor earthquake occurred at 3:26:56 AM (PDT) on Monday, September 3, 2012. The magnitude 3.3 event occurred 1 km (1 miles) ENE (62 degrees) of Beverly Hills, CA. The hypocentral depth is 0.1 km (0.1 miles).  

   

The Hollywood Fault runs along Hollywood Blvd and is directly under the land where Millennium Partners want to build two tall skyscrapers. The Hollywood Community Plan calls for many more tall buildings in this area. Earthquake Shake Map

 

   

Speaking of the Hollywood Community Plan, this text is in plain view within their Draft Environmental Impact Statement:

 

"Hollywood Fault. The Hollywood fault is located along the southern base of the Santa Monica Mountains, beneath northern Hollywood. Rupture of the entire Hollywood fault could produce a magnitude 6.6 earthquake (Dolan et al., 1997). The active Hollywood fault trends approximately east-west along the base of the Santa Monica Mountains from the Beverly Hills area to the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles (Dolan et al., 2000). Studies by several investigators have indicated that the fault is active, based on geomorphic evidence, stratigraphic correlation between exploratory borings, and fault trenching studies (Dolan et al., 2000). The fault is also considered active by the State Geologist. However, there is an absence of well-defined surface fault traces. For this reason, an Alquist-Priolo zone has not been established for this fault." [emphasis added]   

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Report & Video on Meeting with Schiff

 

Wednesday, August 8 the BCNA held the Summer meeting at the Reichenbach's home. The special guest was Congressman Adam Schiff. He had much to say about everything from local issues (helicopter impacts) to world affairs and government spending. Here's a light-hearted video of the events of the evening.

Click here to see the video
 

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The Dresser - New Business in the Village    
Take a moment and check this out - it's in the Hollywoodland Antique business in the Village: 
In This Issue
You CAN Make a Difference!
Earthquake Hits Hollywood Fault
Video of Summer Meeting with Adam Schiff
New Business in the Village
Quick Links
SaveHollywood.org

Hollywood Hills Crime Mapping

Report Crime and Crime

Sign up for the 311 twitter feed - get real time crime info

Senior Lead Officer Maggie Dillard

Cell: 213-793-0710

32080@lapd.lacity.org 

 

Hollywood Police Captain Beatrice Girmala

Phone: 213-972-2900

24916@lapd.lacity.org    

 

Emergencies: 9-1-1

 

Non-Emergency:

 

1-877-ASK-LAPD 
 

 

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Follow-up Links

Webtraker - See flights over the canyon 


Parking Enforcement 

 

ANIMAL LOVER LINKS: 

 

Number 1 Reason to Adopt a Dog (video) 

 

911 Vets - Home Pet Medical Care & Transport

 

Catster 

 

Bags on Board (BOB) over poopulation 

 

Veterinarian and Acupuncture Dr. Patrick Mahaney 

 

Local Veterinarian, Dr. Steve Smith 

 

Sari Yoga   

 

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Please send articles, news broadcasts, and events to us for consideration in our monthly newsletters.
 
Sincerely,
 
Fran Reichenbach
Beachwood Canyon Neighborhood Association
info@beachwoodcanyon.org
323-462-BCNA (2262)