IMPORTANT LA CITY HPOZ WORKSHOPS & PUBLIC MEETING

These are critically important meetings for all residents to attend. We have been notified that misinformation is being circulated throughout Holmby Westwood. This is your opportunity to learn the true facts, gain an understanding of how our Preservation Plan will work and how it will enable us to manage future change in order to protect the character of our community.

Dates and Times:
Thursday, July 14^th :  Workshop; 7:00 – 9:00 PM and
Thursday, July 28^th : Workshop 6:00-7:00 PM  and Public Meeting; 7:00 –9:00 PM

Where:
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave. @ Westholme

Parking:
Please park in the church lot only if you have a disabled placard. Relaxed parking will be available on adjacent streets

Why it’s important to attend:
The Office of Historic Resources (OHR) Planners will present the Holmby Westwood Preservation Plan and answer your questions. A diverse working group  of 15 of our residents (both younger and older, living in smaller and larger one and two story homes with different backgrounds and different points of view), along with OHR planners, has spent the past 4 months carefully creating our own preservation plan, word by word and sentence by sentence. Like all HPOZ Preservation Plans, our plan addresses rehabilitation , additions, and new construction  and  focuses on what is visible from the public right of way. We’re privileged to live in such a special and unique community. According to Survey LA, Holmby Westwood is one of the most historically intact areas on the Westside. Our HPOZ will ensure that the integrity of our distinctive character, which initially created our desire to live here, will be preserved while allowing flexibility. It will provide a balance of preservation and property rights. Our HPOZ will provide the stability buyers seek to ensure their investment will be protected.

Ken Bernstein, Director of the Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources states:

• Study after study across the nation has conclusively demonstrated that historic designation and the creation of historic districts actually increase property values.
• Historic neighborhoods have an ambiance and caché that sets them apart from the ordinary
• They provide potential homebuyers two rare and economically valuable assurances: that the very qualities that attracted them to their neighborhood will actually endure over time, and that they can safely reinvest in sensitive improvements to their home without fear that their neighbor next door or across the street will undermine this investment with a new “monster home”