BCNA March 11, 2014 Newsletter  
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Keep Infrastructure Reporting in the General Plan and Community Plans

 


Meeting downtown THIS Thursday (see below):

 

One of the issues that the City lost the Hollywood Community Plan Update lawsuits on was the absence of reporting on the state of the City's infrastructure sufficient to support the projected increase in population. The City Council, feeling stung, is reacting by trying to remove that reporting requirement from the Community Plans and to make it discretionary in the General Plan. It seems so simple that reporting on the state of the infrastructure is a sensible thing to do. Don't we want to know if we have enough police, fire engines, ambulances electricity and water to serve the population? Apparently, the City Council doesn't think so. They want to be able to bury the uncomfortable facts from a concerned citizenry. They are even claiming that reporting was never intended to be required even though the Wilshire Community Plan which the City Council previously approved had this sentence right in the document: "The Framework Element of the General Plan commits the Department of City Planning to develop a monitoring system and prepare an annual report on growth and infrastructure, to be submitted to the City Planning Commission, Mayor and City Council."

 

The City Council has been spending our taxpayer money on their mega-developer cronies instead of on fixing the streets and funding the police and fire department. They committed $1 billion to complete the unfinished Community Redevelopment Agency projects after Governor Brown, to his great credit, abolished those cesspools of corruption. Now the City Council is crying poor mouth and wants to us to approve a bond measure to finally the fix the streets that they should have done so previously using the money wasted on worthless CRA projects.

 

The City filed a California Environmental Quality Act Negative Declaration asserting that removing the reporting requirement would have no impact on public services, transportation and traffic, and utilities and service systems. Who do they think they are kidding? Let's show the City Council that we are disgusted with their continual evasive behavior when it comes to fulfilling their duties. If our infrastructure is inadequate, we want to know it. Let's demand that they keep the infrastructure reporting requirement in the General Plan and the Community Plans.

 

Email your objections to [email protected] specifying the following case in the subject line:

 

CPC-2014-669-CPU; ENV-2014-670-SE 

 

Please show up to the meeting to let them know that we want infrastructure reporting.

 

Public Hearing 

 

City Planning Commission

200 N. Spring Street, Room 350

Los Angeles, CA 90012

 

Thursday, March 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

 

PROPOSED PROJECT:

 

1) Rescind, vacate and set aside all actions approving the 2012 Hollywood Community Plan Update (HCPU) and certifying the EIR adopted in connection therewith, and all related approvals issued in furtherance of the HCPU, and thereby revive by operation of law the General Plan elements and zoning regulations that were in place immediately before the City's adoption of the HCPU;

 

2) Adopt an amendment to the General Plan Framework Element that reaffirms the City's historic interpretation and implementation that the Framework Element's monitoring policies and programs are intended to guide the community plan update process, that the Framework Element does not require, and was not intended to require, the community plans themselves to contain the same monitoring policies and programs set forth in the Framework Element, and that the monitoring programs are discretionary, and dependent upon the availability of resources and competing priorities as the Court of Appeal previously held in Saunders v. City of L.A., Case No. B232415.

 

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Neighbor Causes Change

   

Aaron Zelman got tired of all the traffic and confusion at the top of Deronda. He discovered searching for the Hollywood Sign using Google Maps directed people straight up Deronda as though that street provided access to the iconic sign. He swiftly contacted the City and tried to get them to get Google to correct their anchor for the Hollywood sign. Finally, out of frustration, he reached out to Google Maps. "I just went onto the Google Maps website and edited the location. They sent me an email back saying they would look into it. Then about a month later I got the email. I don't see how they can change it back now after doing the research that Mt. Lee Road is not for vehicular traffic. But nothing would surprise me."

  

Here's the response Google Maps sent to Aaron:  

Google Maps has been updated to correct the problem you reported. You can see the update here:

 

There is no way to access the Hollywood sign via Deronda Dr. Deronda is a cul de sac and directions to the Hollywood Sign via Deronda Dr. are erroneous, since Mt. Lee Road is a park access road closed to vehicular traffic. These directions have only served to direct an overwhelming amount of traffic through a fire route to Griffith Park, creating a safety hazard for all residences along the Deronda route.  


Perhaps if neighbors at the top of Beachwood could tell Google Maps not to send folks up there, maybe they would review your comments and change their information as they did for Deronda.

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Neighbor Releases CD

 

Neighbor Alan Bracket of the Peanut Butter Conspiracy has something to share:

 

This a note to let you know that I've finally got the CD out that I've been working on for years. It features Barbara, the female lead singer with the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, singing lead on every song. They are from the period of 1966 - 70 and I wanted to do this for all those people that have expressed their love of her voice and that they would like to hear more. The CD features 5 previously unreleased songs, 2 from rare movie soundtracks, and the rest hand-picked from previous releases. It's for sale at:

Click on Image

    

Below is one song from the movie soundtrack for "RUN ANGEL RUN" in 1969. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy used a fake name, The Windows, for this project. Sometimes they would use their name but in many of the movies they used names such as the Nuage, Jacks and Balls, The Windows, etc.    

 

Buy the CD: https://www.createspace.com/2050813  

Here's the mp3 of True Believers 

 

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Neighbor Invites You to Attend Vintage Clothing & Textile Show

 

 Sunday, March 30th - Pickwick Gardens, 1001 Riverside Drive, Burbank.  Early birds arrive at 8 am and pay $20. Otherwise, arrive at 9 am and pay $8. Return to top

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SAVE THE DATE: May 5, 2014
BCNA's SPRING MEETING
 

Mark your calendars now so you don't forget to join your neighbors at the Beachwood Cafe, May 5th at 7 pm for the Spring Meeting. 

More info and a full line up will follow. 

For more information, write to [email protected] 

or call our hotline: 323-462-BCNA (2262)

 
Beachwood Cafe DELIVERS

Now offering online ordering

 

Delivery available Tuesday - Saturday 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

 

Through the magic of the internet, we are pleased to announce that we are teaming up with forked.com to offer online ordering, as well as delivery. 

 

Simply click the image below:

 



Follow the Beachwood Cafe on Twitter

 

Check them out at Instagram 

 

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Feel Good Moment

 Norway's Got Talent - 7 year-old girl sings Billy Holiday's Gloomy Sunday

 

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Curated and written review by neighbor, Tony Clark, Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.  

 

Don't miss "Poetic Perspectives: An Exhibition of Hollywood Photographers" in a group show on Thursday, April 10, from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Click on the image to read the full sneak preview written by our dear neighbor, Tony Clark.

http://www.arttoartpalettejournal.com/2014/03/the-poetry-of-hollywood/

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In This Issue
Hearing THIS Thursday 3-13-14
Neighbor Causes Change
Neighbor Releases CD
Vintage Clothing & Textile Show 3-30-14
BCNA SPRING MEETING 5-5-14
Beachwood Cafe Delivers!
Feel Good Moment
Poetry of Hollywood - Review
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Sincerely,
 
Fran Reichenbach
Beachwood Canyon Neighborhood Association
[email protected]
323-462-BCNA (2262)