Tag: Cindy Chvatal-Keane
YMCA Summer Soirée honored local leaders
On Fri., Aug. 23, the Anderson Munger Family YMCA’s Summer Soirée dinner and fundraiser marked the tenth anniversary of the “Y” facility at Third Street and Oxford Avenue. More than 200 guests answered the call to show up and honor the first decade of the “Y’s” work at this impactful Koreatown location. The rooftop sports […]
A City Planning Department ‘out of touch’ with neighbors
A big push from City Hall to build affordable housing fast has left many communities perplexed and angry. Including ours. Called ED 1, the mayor’s executive directive to speed construction of 100-percent affordable housing and address the city’s homelessness crisis has railroaded projects that have hurt some of the communities the program strives to help, […]
Neighborhoods seek removal of another proposed upzoning
Score one for Hancock Park, Brookside, La Brea Hancock and single-family neighborhoods everywhere in Los Angeles. “We are taking a quick victory lap together, but we need to stay vigilant!” reads a November email from the Hancock Park Homeowners Association (HPHOA) to residents. The glee shared by local homeowner groups was the result of the […]
City’s Housing Element threatens our historic districts
In October the governor signed 56 new housing bills in an effort to address California’s housing crisis. The majority of these only continue to chip away at the issue through making construction a little bit easier here, offering an incentive there, or by enacting greater tenant protections, all in the elusive pursuit of bringing the […]
Traffic slows on Rossmore after striping
Increased speeds led to new lane striping In February, without warning, residents of Rossmore Avenue found their street painted with new traffic mitigation lines, including dashed stripes indicating spaces for driveway access. “The new traffic lines on Rossmore were added as a design feature to reduce speeding, which is a major concern of mine and […]
Electrical outages spark meeting on problems’ solutions
Residents ‘deserve a resilient… power grid’ Major storms in January and February left many residents in Windsor Square and Hancock Park without power for multiple days. Those affected dealt not only with the extended outages but also with confusing messaging as to when power would be restored. Banding together to try to get answers and […]
