HOLMBY NEWS
May 4, 2018
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. HWPOA Annual Meeting – Tuesday, May 8
2. Westwood Neighborhood Council – Please Vote
3. UCLA Workers Strike Next Week
4. Metro Survey – Sepulveda Transit Corridor
5. Pollworkers Needed for June Primary Election
6. Upcoming Community Events
7. HWPOA Communication and Ad Policy
8. Resident Ads
9. HWPOA Contact Information
1. HWPOA ANNUAL MEETING – TUESDAY, MAY 8
You are invited to join us for the
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
Annual Membership Meeting
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
7:15 PM – Meet and Greet
7:30 PM – Meeting will begin
WHERE:
Belmont Village
10475 Wilshire Blvd.
(at Warner Ave.)
Free parking is available in the garage below the building.
Our agenda includes regular HWPOA business as well as several guest speakers:
- LAPD Senior Lead Officer Chris Ragsdale
- Metro Purple Line update
- City Councilmember Paul Koretz
- Greening Holmby Westwood’s Parkways
We will also be electing our 2018-19 HWPOA Board of Directors. The slate of nominees includes the following homeowners:
New nominees:
Marnie Bodek, Mark Gavens, Alison Mackenzie
Bettina Omara, Deborah Reamer
Karen Spiegel, Jann Williams
Current Board members:
Jamie Berger, Sandy Bernstein, Sandy Brown
Chip Chasalow, Carole Cohen, Jim De Meules
Jackie Freedman, Phil Gabriel, Earl Goldstein
Harry Green, Dick Greenblatt, Kathryn Welch Howe
David Jacobs, Judy Karz, Richard Keagy
Stephen Kolodny, Ken Korman, Susan Meals
Susan Reuben, Mark Rogo, Dennis Rosenblatt
Caron Schwartz, Dan Shalom, Greg Smith
Marilyn Stern, Shirley Talbot, Gail Title, Ellen Turner
Paul Verdon, Patty Wilson, Jeffrey Wolman
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
2. WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL – PLEASE VOTE
IMPORTANT! YOUR VOTE NEEDED!
Election regarding Student Neighborhood Council
Dear Neighbors,
You might have been forwarded a letter from Douglas Emmett, Property Management (business interests, not homeowner interests) who has offices on Wilshire Blvd. The letter asked you to vote “yes” for the new neighborhood council subdivision.
PLEASE VOTE “NO”
This is such an important issue that I want to follow up, and will continue to do so for the next few weeks to make sure we get the maximum number of votes to defeat this ill-conceived proposal.
A group of UCLA students want to split up the Westwood community, gerrymandering out the single family neighborhoods and commandeering Westwood Village and the commercial area south of Wilshire.
The City is proceeding to the next step: an election to determine if Westwood should be split up. You can apply to VOTE BY MAIL today or vote in person on May 22. (More info to follow regarding May 22). Our homeowner association hopes that you will file an application today with the City Clerk and vote “NO” when you receive your ballot in the mail from the City Clerk. Your ballot must be received back by the City Clerk no later than May 22.
Every vote counts! We have asked each family to get at least 5 votes from family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. If you are 17 or older, live, work, or own real property in Westwood, you are qualified to vote in this election. If your nanny, gardener, house sitter, babysitter, or dog walker is a regular visitor, he/she would be a Community Interest Stakeholder and eligible to vote “No.” Also, if friends are regular patrons of The Geffen, Hammer, UCLA programs, our library, synagogues, or churches – they are also a Community Interest Stakeholder and can apply for a ballot to vote “No.” This group includes anyone with “a substantial and ongoing participation with a group or organization” in the Westwood area.
When you fill out the application to the City Clerk, describe your interest (attend the Geffen) and in the “Stakeholder Address” line enter the organization’s address as (10886 LeConte). Please use your personal address for the mailing address.
If you live, work, or own property in Westwood, you can vote – you are a “stakeholder.”
If you shop at grocery stores, attend classes in Westwood, belong to a synagogue or church, eat regularly in the Village, are subscribers at The Geffen or UCLA events, you can vote – you are a “Community Interest Stakeholder.”
File an application at:
https://clerkappsele.lacity.org/vbmreg/#/vbm
If you have trouble using the City Clerk’s online system for applying for a Vote By Mail ballot, or if you would prefer to have a print application form, please contact hwpoa@aol.com or call 310-470-1785.
Your votes are crucial to keep Westwood ONE!
- Keep neighborhood influence on development in Westwood Village
- Preserve single family neighborhoods
- Keep control of permit parking in our neighborhood
- Keep Holmby Westwood’s input on traffic issues
- Keep Westwood residential neighborhoods and Westwood Village together in a united Westwood Neighborhood Council!
The Holmby Westwood Board of Directors thanks you for your help and for your vote!
Sandy Brown
President, HWPOA
3. UCLA WORKERS STRIKE NEXT WEEK
The union representing more than 25,000 University of California service workers and medical technicians have planned a three-day strike, citing what it calls stalled contract negotiations.
The three-day strike is set to take place next week, from May 7 to 9.
4. METRO SURVEY – SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR
Metro is currently conducting a Feasibility Study to identify and evaluate a range of high-capacity transit alternatives between the San Fernando Valley and LAX, with possible connections to existing and planned Metro bus and rail lines, including the Orange, Purple, and Expo Lines.
As the study gets underway, we need your input to learn more about the travelers who currently use the Sepulveda Corridor, including the 405 Freeway, Sepulveda Boulevard and the hillside roads connecting the San Fernando Valley, Westside, LAX, South Bay, and other areas in the L.A. region. We would like to know more about travel times, destinations and what’s most important to you when making this trip.
We encourage you to take our short online survey in English or Spanish to help guide our work. As an incentive to participate, Metro is offering a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
5. POLLWORKERS NEEDED FOR JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) is actively recruiting pollworkers for the upcoming June 5th Statewide Direct Primary Election.
Apply to become a pollworker today: https://apps1.lavote.net/SECURED/pollworker/Default.cfm?AppType=General_Public
Pollworkers can earn up to $240 for their service. If you have any questions please call us at (800) 815-2666, option 7.
6. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
Pop Up Book Sale – Saturday, May 5 from 10AM to 12PM at Westwood Library. Don’t want to wait until June for the next big one? Several fully loaded carts of carefully curated books (including kids books) will be for sale at the usual GREAT PRICES (CHEAP!!!!)
Come and purchase some wonderful books for family and friends! We have a great collection of Coffee Table books, Children Books and DVD’s.
4th Annual A Cappella Jam – Saturday, May 5 at 7:00 PM at Emerson Middle School. This year, Emerson’s Annual A Cappella Jam features crosstown talent from the top A Cappella singing groups at UCLA and USC: the award-winning Resonance and Random Voices from UCLA and Troy Tones and SoCal Vocals from USC. We are also excited to feature a special performance by the all-male The Gentlemen Project and, as always, Emerson’s own student a cappella group.
The A Cappella Jam is a benefit concert to support arts education at Emerson Community Charter School. The event is made possible by a generous grant from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation that provides funds for the music program at Emerson.
TICKETS: General Admission: $12; VIP (Rows 1-9): $16
BUY TICKETS: 4th Annual A Cappella Jam
Come early for dinner. FOOD TRUCKS start selling at 5:00 p.m.
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/EmersonAcappellaJam/
L.A. Times Food Bowl – The L.A. Times Food Bowl brings together L.A.’s best cafes, hotels, markets, restaurants and the world’s top chefs for hundreds of extraordinary events that help raise awareness to fight food waste and promote sustainability. L.A. Times FOOD BOWL is now underway all May, with 31 days of events celebrating L.A.’s great food and drink scene and helping raise awareness and funds to fight food waste, hunger and food insecurity.
For more information, please click here: http://lafoodbowl.com/
Metro Art Events – From an evening of immersive, spatial electronic music to a floral botanical sculpture installation in honor of Mother’s Day, here’s your guide to all the Metro Art events happening in May. All are free and open to the public!
7. HWPOA COMMUNICATION AND AD POLICY
Please direct all comments, questions or issues regarding the Holmby News to hwpoa@aol.com.
Ads for plumbers, housekeepers, garage sales, etc. will be posted in the weekly News. Emergency situations such as coyote sightings, lost and found pets, traffic alerts and similar situations will continue to be published during the week as received.
When placing an ad, please send to hwpoa@aol.com for the Holmby News moderator to review. Responses to ads should be directed to the ad placer, not to HWPOA.
8. RESIDENT ADS
BEAUTIFUL ROOM AVAILABLE IN HOLMBY WESTWOOD
Beautiful room – walking distance to UCLA in exchange for 15 hours assistance to active senior couple. Some driving, some cooking. No housework necessary as we have full-time housekeeper. Salary/stipend available depending on skill/ability to help with our needs.
sollymar2@aol.com
(310) 475-0110
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SEEKING HOUSEKEEPER
I am looking for a housekeeper (with references) for one day a week or two half days a week.
Thank you,
Buf Meyer
cbufmeyer@gmail.com
(310) 475-3354
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COMMUNITY VISIONARY AWARDS BANQUET
On the occasion of Israel’s 70th Anniversary, please join us in proudly presenting
Westwood Kehilla’s
2018 Community Visionary Award to
The Honorable Zev Yaroslavsky
Join us also in proudly presenting
Westwood Kehilla’s 2018 Ner Tamid Award to
Asher and Jacalyn Shalom
Sunday, June 10, 2018
For more information and to register, please click here:
Kehilla.org
9. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
HOLMBY WESTWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-470-1785
Email: hwpoa@aol.com
Web site: www.holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Pay Membership Dues: https://squareup.com/store/hwpoa
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 at 8:00 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.