HOLMBY NEWS
March 31, 2023
From the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, serving the Holmby Westwood community since 1960.
1. Seeking New HWPOA Board Members
2. LAPD Crime Report
3. Broken Curb Repairs
4. L.A. Conservancy – Walking Tours of Little Holmby
5. UCLA Eucalyptus Trees
6. In Memorium
7. Spring Egg Hunt & Event at Westwood Rec. Center
8. Activities & Things to Do
9. Resident Ads
10. Local Discounts & HWPOA Benefits
11. HWPOA Contact Information
1. SEEKING NEW HWPOA BOARD MEMBERS
Join the Board of Directors of
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
The HWPOA Board is seeking Holmby Westwood residents to volunteer to serve as a Director for 1 year. We ask only that you be a financially current member of the Association for the past 2 years and have an interest in maintaining and improving the quality of life we have all come to know and enjoy. The election of the Board of Directors will take place at our Annual Meeting on May 9.
Serving on our Board of Directors is a great way to meet your neighbors! It’s a commitment of only 2 hours per month. You will have an extremely worthwhile experience while giving back to our community. HWPOA is a highly respected association throughout the city and, with your involvement, we hope that will continue indefinitely. We can only keep our property values high with resident participation.
We usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM. Our meetings have been on Zoom in recent years (due to COVID) but we may transition back to in-person meetings, which will be held at Belmont Village (on Wilshire at Warner Ave.)
We encourage all Board members to join one of our committees, which include: Security, Green Team, Westwood Village, Traffic, Holmby Park, Architectural Supervising Committee, 4th of July event, Filming (in the neighborhood), Membership, LAPD liaison and more.
Please contact Dana Glenn, our Office Manager, and let her know that you want to join our Board. Send an email to hwpoa@aol.com or call (310) 470-1785 to contact Dana. The deadline for submissions is April 10. We look forward to hearing from you!!
2. LAPD CRIME REPORT
BURGLARY (entry of structure w/intent to commit theft or a felony)
Incident #: 230807776
900 BLOCK THAYER AV | 3/28/2023 @ 7:30 PM
File a Police Report Online: click here
EMERGENCY: 911
NON-EMERGENCY: 1-877-275-5273
All other City Services: 311
West L.A. Community Police Station –1663 Butler Ave.
James Allen, Senior Lead Officer
Office: 310-444-0741
Email: 39318@lapd.online
West LA Community Police Station Website: click here
LAPD Website: www.lapdonline.org
3. BROKEN CURB REPAIRS
Thank you to Brentwood Homeowners Association for the following information:
Who Is Responsible for A Broken Curb?
A member recently wrote us after their Service Request to LA’s Street Services to repair their curb was denied. The reason? “Per Municipal Code, Chapter VI, Section 62.104 adjacent property owners are responsible for maintenance and upkeep of the public right of way from Curb face to property line.” A check of the municipal code section cited confirms this:
“SEC. 62.104. REPAIRS TO SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAY APPROACHES, CURB RETURNS AND CURBS….
(b) Responsibility for Maintenance. The owner of a Lot shall maintain any Sidewalk, Driveway Approach, Curb Return or Curb on or fronting on the Lot in such condition that the Sidewalk, Driveway Approach, Curb Return or Curb will not endanger any Person or property passing thereon or violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
In general, for city services (e.g., reporting downed trees, streetlight outages, potholes, scheduling bulky-item pickups, etc.) you can use MyLA311, or by calling 311. Be sure to get a Service Request Number so you can follow up if the matter is not addressed in a reasonable amount of time.
4. L.A. CONSERVANCY – WALKING TOURS OF LITTLE HOLMBY
Little Holmby Walking Tour
April 23 and April 30 (Sundays)
Various tour times available
Expected to sell out!
Join the L.A. Conservancy for a guided walking tour through the historic neighborhood of Westwood-Holmby, or “Little Holmby.”
Holmby-Westwood is one of the City’s premier historic neighborhoods. An early residential suburb, it is well known for its period revival architectural styles and homes dating from the 1920s through the 1950s. It is extraordinary for its collection of residential architecture and early Los Angeles history.
On this guided tour, you’ll see stunning exteriors designed by master architects, learn about Holmby-Westwood’s relationship to nearby Westwood Village and UCLA, and discover what’s happening today in this bucolic neighborhood.
This program was part of our All Roads Lead to Westwood fall tour. We’re thrilled to be able to bring it back for a limited engagement for folks who missed it the first time around.
This tour is provided in partnership with the Holmby-Westwood Property Owners Association.
$20 Member/$25 General Public/$10 Youth (age 17 and under)
5. UCLA EUCALYPTUS TREES
Some neighbors may have noticed many trees missing on the UCLA campus on Sunset, west of the Westwood Plaza entrance. Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer for UCLA, addressed the issue at a recent meeting with community leaders. Ninety-six Eucalyptus trees along Sunset have been identified as having a fungus that necessitates their removal. Thirty have already been removed, four have fallen, and sixty-two are slated to be removed soon. Not all trees along Sunset are Eucalyptus and those that have been removed will eventually be replaced by a different species.
At present, UCLA is doing a risk assessment of trees on and off campus of its 20,000 trees. For additional information, please visit https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/landscape-and-biodiversity/
6. IN MEMORIUM
HWPOA extends condolences to the families of Barbara Zola and Barbara Levitt, both of whom were previous members of our Board of Directors. They volunteered a great amount of time to our association and served our community well.
7. SPRING EGG HUNT & EVENT AT WESTWOOD REC. CENTER
Westwood Recreational Center
Spring Egg Hunt & Spring Events
Saturday, April 1st
11am to 1pm
Egg Hunt starts 12:30
Food, Bouncers, and Arts & Crafts
See flyer below for details:
8. ACTIVITIES & THINGS TO DO
UCLA FIRST THURSDAYS
Thursday, April 6
in Westwood Village
Join us on Broxton Ave. every first Thursday to connect with each other, celebrate the moment, enjoy tasty food and free entertainment!
Westwood Village Farmers’ Market
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
UCLA Climate Justice Conversations Farmers’ Market Pop-Up
Let’s kick off Earth Month with UCLA Climate Justice Conversations! Learn about our April events, UCLA climate resilience planning and how to up-cycle your gear with screen printing!
Evening Block Party
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Arts Avenue
Join us for an interactive and exploratory arts journey along Broxton Avenue and surrounding spaces—featuring a series of hands-on creative moments with live performances and art-making by Hammer Museum’s Art Lab, The Poetry Bureau and much more. Bring your creative spark!
HAMMER WEEKLY PROGRAMS
April 1-4
at the Hammer Museum
The Hammer Museum is hosting a variety of events this weekend, for adults and children:
Art Lab
Sat Apr 1, 1 p.m.
Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum. For anyone—at any age or skill level—who wants to experiment with art making.
Art in Conversation
Sat Apr 1 & Sun Apr 2, 1 p.m.
Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.
826LA@Hammer: Choose Your Own Epic Ending
Sun Apr 2, 11 a.m.
In this workshop, participants develop an outline and create a storyboard for a short story with fun choices that lead to multiple epic endings. Recommended for ages 8–14.
Cao Fei: Short Films
Tue Apr 4, 7:30 p.m.
Three films—Cosplayers (2004),
Whose Utopia (2006), and San Yuan Li (2003)—by Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei.
9. RESIDENT ADS
HOUSEKEEPER SEEKING EMPLOYMENT
María is looking for a housekeeping position after working twenty years for my next door neighbours here in Westwood. They were very happy with María and treasured her, but needed to move to Assisted Living. Specific details about Maria’s availability (days and hours) can be discussed when people get in touch with her.
María is available right now. Please contact her at 323-736-8543 (call or text) Thank you.
HWPOA Communication & Ad Policy:
Please direct all comments, questions or issues regarding the Holmby News to hwpoa@aol.com.
HWPOA members are welcome to post free ads (such as ads for plumbers, housekeepers, garage sales, etc.) in the Holmby News. When placing an ad, please send to hwpoa@aol.com for the Holmby News editor to review. Responses to ads should be directed to the ad placer, not to HWPOA.
10. LOCAL DISCOUNTS & HWPOA BENEFITS
Below you will find links to discounts and benefits that local businesses have offered to HWPOA members. We hope to add more as often as we can. Please let us know if you would like to submit additional discounts for other Westwood retailers.
Current benefits include:
- Campus Shoe Repair – 10% off any shoe or bag repair
- Phew Tech Help – Free service to first 100 family & friends
- Generac Home Generators – special discounts on generators and whole home battery backup system
11. HWPOA CONTACT INFORMATION
Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 49180
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 470-1785 (call/text)
Email: hwpoa@aol.com OR info@holmbywestwoodpoa.org
Website: 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. Please confirm prior to attending.