HOLMBY NEWS
January 3, 2020
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. LAPD Crime Report
2. Caution – Do Not Abbreviate 2020
3. Another Little Holmby Tree Planting Event
4. California “Real ID” Deadline
5. 2020 Homeless Count – Volunteers Needed
6. Help Wanted – Join the 2020 Census Team
7. Upcoming Community Events
8. HWPOA Communication and Ad Policy
9. Resident Ads
10. HWPOA Contact Information
1. LAPD CRIME REPORT
ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON (ADW) (likely to produce great bodily injury)
Incident #: 190820247
WILSHIRE BL & WESTHOLME AV | 12/31/2019 @ 6:30 AM
BURGLARY – ATTEMPTED
Incident #: 190820258
900 BLOCK MALCOLM AV | 12/31/2019 @ 2:00 AM
E-Policing: http://www.lapdonline.org/e_policing
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
Christopher Ragsdale, Senior Lead Officer
West Los Angeles Community Police Station
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 26690@lapd.lacity.org
Website: www.lapdonline.org
2. CAUTION – DO NOT ABBREVIATE 2020
From USA Today:
The new year is giving scammers an easy way to forge documents, but you can protect yourself with an easy New Year’s resolution: Stop abbreviating the year.
Why? This year’s abbreviation is easily changeable and could be used against you. The concern is that scammers could easily manipulate a document dated “1/1/20” into “1/1/2000” or even “1/1/2021.”
Writing out the full date “could possibly protect you and prevent legal issues on paperwork,” according to Hamilton County, Ohio, Auditor Dusty Rhodes.
To read the complete USA Today article, please click here:
3. ANOTHER LITTLE HOLMBY TREE PLANTING EVENT
Don’t forget that the Holmby Westwood Green Team is planting 22 new Canary Island Pines on three blocks of Dalehurst Avenue next Saturday, January 11 from 9 am to 12 noon. All Holmby Westwood residents (including children and high school students) are invited to join us at 523 Dalehurst for a tree planting demonstration, followed by the actual tree planting and a naming ceremony for each tree. Residents can do a lot or a little at the planting but neighborhood support and encouragement for the TreePeople volunteers will be welcome. Refreshments will be available. Start 2020 off right and come plant or cheer and enjoy your neighbors as we make beautiful Dalehurst even more beautiful.
Parking will be relaxed by the City from 8 am to 1pm on Warner Avenue between Hilgard and Loring Avenues and on Loring Avenue between Warner and Wyton.
For questions or to find out more about the Greening Holmby Westwood effort, please contact Marnie Bodek (mossbodek@msn.com) or Juliana Bancroft (julianabancroft10@gmail.com)
4. CALIFORNIA “REAL ID” DEADLINE
From the Westwood-Century City Patch:
Tick, tock! The deadline for obtaining your REAL ID will be here before you know it. Here’s what you need to know if you don’t yet have one.
The year is just about here. California drivers’ licenses and state identification cards must be REAL ID compliant in late 2020 as state-issued ID cards fall in line with federal standards. Starting Oct 1., 2020, drivers’ licenses and state IDs that are not REAL ID compliant will not be accepted as identification by federal authorities.
What’s more, the California DMV is using the New Year’s holiday as a reminder to state residents to get their new identification cards before time runs out, encouraging those who live in the Golden State to make it their resolution to get a REAL ID.
To read the complete article, please click here:
https://patch.com/california/centurycity/s/gyrlb/ca-real-id-deadline-in-2020-what-to-know
5. 2020 HOMELESS COUNT – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Every January, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) conducts a census of the homeless population through the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The Count helps us better understand homelessness in our region and direct fiscal and staffing resources where they’re needed most. LAHSA needs at least 8,000 volunteers to canvas more than 80 cities and 200 communities across LA County.
You can now register for the Count, which will take place January 21st through January 23rd. The count in our area will take place on January 22, 2020 – West Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles, & the South Bay (Service Planning Areas 5, 7, & 8)
6. HELP WANTED – JOIN THE 2020 CENSUS TEAM
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting to fill hundreds of thousands of positions across the country to assist with the 2020 Census count. Los Angeles County is hiring for a variety of temporary jobs, including census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff, and supervisory staff.
Candidates are invited to fill out an online job application. The application includes assessment questions about your education, work, and other experience.
7. UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
How to Be an Antiracist: Ibram X. Kendi – Wednesday, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. at the Hammer Museum. Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Award–winner Ibram X. Kendi re-energizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice. In his 2019 memoir, How to Be an Antiracist, he weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science—including the story of his own awakening to antiracism—bringing it all together as “a confessional of self-examination that may, in fact, be our best chance to free ourselves from our national nightmare” (Jeffrey Stewart). Click here for more information.
8. 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 lost and found pets, traffic alerts and similar situations will 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.
9. RESIDENT ADS
LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE
FREE intro or refresher to Bridge! Beverly Hills Bridge Club is offering a free bridge class to introduce those who might like to either start playing or come back to the game.
See flyer below about the ‘Quick & Easy Bridge’ workshop being held on Sunday, January 12 at Beverly Hills Bridge Club (located in the Beverly Hills tennis/community center at La Cienega and Olympic).
It is a WONDERFUL program — very welcoming and kind, yet challenging — fabulous teachers!!
10. 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*
NEXT MEETING – JANUARY 14
- 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 7:30 pm at Belmont Village (10475 Wilshire Blvd.). Please confirm prior to attending.