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NOT SO SCARY —Mrs. Annette Goldstein and her Kindergarten class at Horace Mann School celebrated Halloween with creative costumes, joined by several staff and district members. To see more photos of Halloween fun in Beverly Hills, see page 14.

Save Our Canyon met this week to discuss the proposed Benedict Canyon 8 Hotel.

$25 million gift will create the UCLA Laurie and Steven Gordon Commitment to Cure Parkinson’s Disease at UCLA. 10 •Arts & Entertainment •Birthdays •Letters to the Editor

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Recirculated Draft EIR For 100 N. Crescent Dr. Media Center Enters Comment Period By Victoria Talbot The City of Beverly Hills has opened the 45day comment period for a Recirculated D r a f t Environmental LOOMING BEHIND THEM—The photo captures the 43Impact Report foot building by Gin Wong behind single-family homes on (EIR) for a pro- Rexford Drive. The proposed structure would be 72-feet in posed commer- height, with an additional two stories; the developer has cial office space changed the plan to mass the structures further away to project located at mitigate shade and shadow impacts.

100 N. Crescent Dr. at the northeast corner of Council Chambers to discuss the recirculated Draft EIR. Wilshire Boulevard.

The Beverly Hills Media The recirculation period will Center Project is a comprehensive run from Oct. 29 – Dec. 13.

A public hearing at the renovation of an existing threePlanning Commission will be held story, 106,085 square foot building (see ‘100 CRESCENT’ page 8) at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the City

Federal Judge Set To Hear BHUSD’s Latest Gambit Against Metro Tuesday George Christy, Page 6 Beverly Hills’ Renowned Attorney And Commentator Discusses The Controversial News Headlines That Are Worth Talking About

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Board Of Education Votes To Create Dedicated Middle School

Mayor Julian Gold is leading a Beverly Hills delegation at the New York Sales Mission.

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By Laura Coleman On Monday, Beverly Hills Unified School District is slated to get another shot in court to stymie a planned subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School, where it must traverse scores of abandoned oil wells and pockets of methane gas.

U.S. Federal Judge George Wu, who previously ruled that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” with respect to the environmental effects of tunneling under BHHS in order to reach the Constellation station in

Century City, is set to preside over a status conference between the school district and the FTA at 10 a.m. 8:30 a.m. in federal court.

At the previous hearing on the matter in September, Wu stopped short of ordering any real change to force the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to alter a plan to run the Purple Line under Beverly Hills High School as part of the Westside subway extension project, but did order the parties to prepare a list of missing documents that might be added to the record of decision. (see ‘METRO’ page 19)

By Laura Coleman Come fall 2019, the Beverly Hills Unified School District is set to include a dedicated middle school following Tuesday’s 3-0 vote to move ahead with a plan to reconfigure the district’s century-old education model.

The approved plan, which was presented to the community at a formal board meeting

by Superintendent Michael Bregy, designated Beverly Vista to become the site of the newly created consolidated middle school for students grades 6-8.

“The time for this transition is long overdue; the time for

courage and commitment by the members of this Board of Education is now,” said board member Mel Spitz, who previously served two terms on the board in the 1970s. “This district’s mission is to inspire and enable each student to achieve academic excellence. We cannot achieve that mission without a dedicated middle school.”

Board President Lisa Korbatov, who was not present at the time of the vote, earlier stated that she would abstain.

Board member Howard Goldstein likewise abstained. (see ‘MIDDLE SCHOOL’ page 19)

Beverly Hills BOLD Holidays Kicks Off Nov. 15 For Second Straight Year

By Matt Lopez Beverly Hills is bringing back its BOLD holiday program for a second-straight year, kicking off on Thursday, Nov. 15 with the second annual Rodeo Drive Holiday Lighting Celebration, running from 5-8:30 p.m. and hosted by social media personality Dawn McCoy. America’s Got Talent contestant and electro hip-hop violinist Svet will perform,

along with a specially-curated 20-piece “BOLD” band that will play holiday classics.

During the event, the new 2018 holiday lights and decor, as well as a newly-created art installation by artist Alexa Meade at 262 N. Rodeo Dr., which will be open to the public daily.

While visitors mingle and listen to music, food trucks and a champagne garden will (see ‘BOLD HOLIDAYS’ page 19)

NEVER MET A PUP HE DIDN’T LIKE — Internationally acclaimed attorney Reeve Chudd’s favorite sport is dogsledding, and during one of his visits to Alaska he fell in love with a husky pup that he wished he could keep. Dog lovers are like that.

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For more photos, see George Christy’s column on page 6.

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Pet Adoptions • Vendors e • FFood Trucks Pet Entertainment & Ta alentt Show Pet Parade

The Amanda Foundation Beverly Hills Small Animal Hospital Centinela Feed and Pet Supplies • Doggie Do Good Healthy Spot • Just Food For Dogs Hwang’s Ta aekwondo Center • Muffin’s Halo Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital Only in Beverly Hills • Pawmigo Dog Harnesses “Big Shaggy Max” Pattie Ta anenbaum Pet Express • Royal Dog Academy VCA Miller-Robertson Animal Hospital Ve etted Pet Care

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Woofstock Returns On Sunday With Scores Of Adoptable Pets Available

ON A MISSION FOR BEVERLY HILLS – Mayor Julian Gold and a delegation including Vice Mayor John Mirisch, Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Julie Wagner and Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Todd Johnson are visiting New York City this week for its annual sales mission. Pictured: Mayor Gold is joined by staff from Louis Vuitton in a business retention meeting.

Beverly Hills 5K Run/Walk & Fitness Blast Set for January

By Victoria Talbot The second annual Beverly Hills 5K-10K Run/Walk & Fitness Blast is set for Jan. 27, 2019, from 7 a.m. to noon, right in the heart of the City.

City Council approval for the run/walk came this week, after weeks of negotiation.

A benefit for the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, the event is a celebration of the City’s founding, this year being the City’s 105th anniversary, and a continuation of the Beverly Hills Healthy City Initiative created by Councilmember Lili Bosse during the City’s Centennial Year.

In her two terms as mayor of Beverly Hills, Bosse launched several initiatives to encourage a healthy lifestyle, community, business community and state of mind, including Dion Jackson public meditation events with Dr. Deepak Chopra, group yoga and bike rides, lunchtime talks with leading health professionals, and her (see ‘FITNESS BLAST’ page 13)

By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills’ favorite dog event returns from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday at Roxbury Park, bringing loads of adoptable dogs to the City.

Woofstock is a celebration where dogs rule the day.

There will be amazing pet demonstrations by Disc Dogs, a Sheep Dog Parade, dozens of pet-care vendors with unique items for Rover, food trucks, and most importantly, a “lallapaloosa” rescue operation.

This year, adoptable pets from the West LA Shelter, the Amanda Foundation, Wags and Walks, the Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue, the Dove Foundation, Pugs and Pals, The Lucy Pet Foundation and

the South LA Shelter, sponsored by the Pet Care Foundation, will bring their special shine to the event.

There will also be a Pet Parade and a Pet Talent Show, which always draws a laugh.

And for kids, there will be face and body painting as well as a bounce house.

To register for the Pet Parade or/and the Pet Talent Show, visit the information booth by 12:15 p.m.

Awards will be presented to the top three in the talent show. Any pets that enter the Pet Parade will be eligible for random drawing gifts.

The event will have free parking at Beverly Hills High School and shuttles to the park from 10:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.

PRETTY PENELOPE – Penelope is a 1-year-old Shih Tzu poodle. She is very sweet and weighs eight pounds. It’s hard to imagine how a friendly, kind puppy like this could end up on death row, but she’s now available for adoption and eager for her new lease on life. To find out more about Penelope and how to adopt her, visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org or call 805-379-3538.

Beverly Hills Grads Have Experience Of A Lifetime In Israel

By Laura Coleman For business-minded young American Jews, there are perhaps few internships more enriching than the Israel Excel Fellowship.

Created by Taglit-Birthright Israel, the same non-profit organization that brings roughly 20,000 young American Jews to Israel annually for 10-day trips, the 10-week summer internship for roughly 50 university sophomores, juniors and seniors connects students with leading global biotech, consulting, cyber/tech, finance, marketing and venture capital firms in Israel.

As it turned out, three of the student interns this past summer - Shawn Ahdout, Josh Khalili and Yaniv Sadka – all attended Beverly Hills High School.

“Looking back now, it was probably the most life-changing experience I could have ever had over a summer,” COURIER IN BERLIN – The Courier enjoyed a trip to Berlin earlier this month, thanks to loyal readers Bud and Carole Foran, who traveled to Heidelberg where they made sure to bring along some reading material with their copy of the Beverly Hills Courier. To join the Forans in the Carry The Courier Club, snap a photo of yourself on your next trip holding the Courier and email it to mlopez@bhcourier, then keep reading each week to see when your picture makes it in!

Shawn Ahdout, Josh Khalili and Yaniv Sadka

said Ahdout, now a junior at Stanford University, who spent his summer interning at Ernst & Young in Tel Aviv.

The application deadline for next year is right around the corner, on Jan. 20, 2019. (see ‘ISRAEL’ page 15)

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FIGHT ON – Beverly Vista fifth grade teacher and USC alumna Dessie Jeffries and her class had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Wanda Austin, the university’s interim president, while visiting the USC campus. Though they thought they were only there for a tour, Dr. Austin presented Mrs. Jeffries with a World Teachers’ Day Award on the steps of the Bovard Auditorium. “I was surprised and deeply honored to share this time with my students,” Jeffries said. “What a great day!”

Beverly Hills Historical Society To Dedicate Tour Signs With Historic Homes Tour

By Victoria Talbot “History in the Park,” the unique program that brings the history of Beverly Hills right to your smart phone with a QR code, is about to expand with a dedication ceremony in Will Rogers Park at noon on Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Anderson Fountain, and the public is invited.

Local residents Robbie Anderson and Phil Savenick of the Beverly Hills Historical Society created a program to place the fabled history of Beverly Hills into the parks, “to inform and amuse residents and tourists alike,” said Anderson.

On Sunday, the first 10 plaques will be in place. The City contributed park space and paid for the signs that are now accessible in the parks to honor the heritage of the City and its legendary residents.

The innovative program accesses video images from strategically placed plaques by clicking on a bar code to access local history in Beverly Hills’ public parks.

Local talents featured in the series of videos include composer Michael Lloyd, narrator Larry

Ziff, photographer Zale Richard Rubins and archivist Marc Wanamaker. The videos are executive produced by Anderson, written and directed by Savenick.

Following the dedication will be a tour of the homes of some of Beverly Hills’ most legendary residents.

Beverly Hills Historical Society President Savenick will lead participants on a path from Will Rogers Park, offering the choice of a long or a short walk.

The short walk is a 45-minute loop which includes the stars of North Bedford Drive and Roxbury Drive. An additional leg of the journey covers the full 2.9 miles and includes many more landmarks and homes.

Walkers will be tracing a path that includes the homes of Gene Kelly, Greta Garbo, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Rex Harrison, Ringo Star, Barbra (see ‘HISTORICAL SOCIETY’ page 13)

Dan Colen’s ‘High Noon’ Opens At Gagosian Beverly Hills

By Laura Coleman Starting with an opening reception this evening from 6-8 p.m., Gagosian Beverly Hills will unveil a particularly compelling exhibition in Dan Colen’s “High Noon.”

A relatively young East Coast artist who lives and works in New York, this new series of works, which he calls his “Desert Paintings,” are lush oil-on-canvas interpretations of stills from Chuck Jone’s animated shorts featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.

Though based on images, the paintings veer toward hard-edge abstraction.

In Colen’s “The Trap,” a 116.5-inch by 154.5-inch oil painting, the artist probes notions of reality in rendering the iconic trompe l’oeil of a tunnel through which the Road Runner is able to avoid his pursuer, but through which the Wile E. Coyote is unable to follow; finding only a hard wall and a painting of a road when he attempts to continue the chase.

According to a spokesperson for the gallery, Colen’s paintings have continually investigated the foundational ques-

DAN COLEN – The Trap, 2016. Oil on canvas. 116 1/2 × 154 1/2 inches. 295.9 × 392.4 cm. © Dan Colen. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART. Courtesy Gagosian

tion of – to what extent does art come from the artist, and to what extent does it arise from forces independent of the artist? His “Desert Paintings,” in their turn, shed light on themes of performance, trickery and belief that course through the broader history of painting.

The exhibition will be up through Dec. 15 at 456 N. Camden Dr.

By Victoria Talbot As the nation reeled from the horrific violence Saturday at the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold reached out to Tree of Life Rabbi Hazzan Myers and Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto in a gesture of condolence and support for their grief.

The City responded quickly to the event in which 11 worshippers were killed, two were wounded and four police officers were injured Saturday during a baby’s circumcision ceremony, celebrating a new life.

“It is hard to comprehend the disbelief, pain and sorrow your congregation and your citizens are experiencing after such a horrific act of violence, especially in a sacred house of prayer,” wrote Mayor Gold.

“I know there are no words which can ease the pain or help us understand why this senseless act of hate occurred.

We can only grieve for the victims as we honor their lives and as we try to console their families. I pray that one day,

we may be free of the hatred which fuels this violence.”

Mayor Gold offered Beverly Hills’ support to assist the Tree of Life community.

Locally, flags were lowered to half-staff in front of City Hall by presidential decree.

Throughout the City, police patrols have been stepped up at all religious institutions, including foot patrols and bike patrols, indefinitely.

“Tragic, disgusting and, sadly, not entirely shocking,” said Vice Mayor John Mirisch of the shooting. “Hatred of Jews is pathological and we need to do a better job of curing and inoculating people against this age-old disease. I continue to be grateful to have grown up in and live in a community in which being Jewish is not only accepted, but completely normal.”

“I am devastated by the horrific hate crime massacre in Pittsburgh which has penetrated my very soul,” said Councilmember Lili Bosse. “As the daughter of Holocaust (see ‘PITTSBURGH SHOOTING’ page 13)

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• “Such as ‘blowing up the White House’ (Madonna); • “Showing Republicans ‘no civility’ (Hillary Clinton); • ‘You kick them’ (Eric Holder); • “Or mob them when they ‘show their face in public’ (Maxine Waters).

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When did it become politically correct to encourage these shameful acts with rhetoric?

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f course, now that people have died in the violence, these same accusers point the finger at the President, or are silent or sheepishly inquiring, ‘Can’t we all get along?’

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hen an avowed Democrat gunman attacked a Republican softball game and almost killed Rep. Steve Scalise, the Washington Post didn’t even mention the assailant’s political affiliation in all of its reporting, but a year later, when apparently ineffective bombs were sent to Democratic representatives and supporters, the Washington Post top front page headline referred to the bomb-maker as a “Trump supporter”.

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haring his views on the news is the distinguished attorney Reeve Chudd, who we long ago named the wise man of Beverly Hills.

Alongside the popular broadcaster Larry Elder, the sage of South Central.

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Funds To Fight Benedict Canyon Hotel Focus Of Meeting To Thank L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz

By Victoria Talbot It was a full house Tuesday at Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, where Save Our Canyon (SOC) boardmembers and local residents gathered to hail L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz (5th District) for deciding early in the process that he will not support the project as proposed.

With a theme of FULL HOUSE—Since it started, Save Our Canyon has com“Carrying the Baton” pelled community participation to fight a proposed 99-room hotel in the heart of Benedict Canyon. forward through the generations of Angelinos who have removal of 11,000 cubic yards of soil thousands of truck trips. sought to preserve the hillsides and in canyons, board members awarded Construction is projected to last at least Koretz a green baton inscribed “From six years.

The project is located on a 33-acre Save Our Canyon to Paul Koretz, parcel between Wanda Park Drive, Champion of the Mountains 2018.”

“The Retreat at Benedict Canyon” Hutton Drive and Upper Oak Pass includes an 80-foot tall, 99-room hotel, Road that is currently zoned for nine residential estates, four parking Minimal Residential, Low 1 Residential structures with 708 spaces, a full-time and Very Low II Residential. Developer staff of 130 people serving four shifts and investor Gary Safady seeks not daily, banquet facilities to accommo- only a change in zoning, but the credate up to 700 guests, 5,500 square ation of a brand-new zone that would feet of bars and restaurants in 35 sepa- pave the way for the creation of similar rate detached structures that incorpo(see ‘SAVE OUR CANYON’ page 17) rate 782,000 square feet and entail the

GIN WONG OR SOMETHING ELSE? —The building located on the project site is a potential historic resource and the projects’ proposed modifications would have a “significant and adverse impact on a historic resource that cannot be mitigated,” according to the new report. The Applicant argues it is not eligible for a state landmark.

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designed by Master Architect Gin Dan Wong next to the Crescent Drive Mini Park.

The project would considerably alter the work of the architect, which has become more noteworthy with his passing this year. Gin Wong is the architect of Jack Colker’s 76 Station, the iconic Googie architecture located in the heart of Beverly Hills. He is also the architect of CBS Television City and the Theme Building at LAX. A resident of Beverly Hills, Gin’s work has garnered special meaning within the City. This project would significantly alter the graceful undulating wings and central dome of the building and replace it with a flat steel and glass surface.

The recirculated Draft EIR incorporates comments collected during the initial study and revisits some of the impacts during the initial Draft EIR circulation period from Nov. 13, 2017 – Jan. 5, 2018. Several changes have been made in response to comments from the public and further analysis of the project.

Several sections of the Draft EIR are being recirculated to incorporate the changes to sections addressing environments effects, aesthetics (shade and shadow), cultural resources (historical resources), and traffic and transportation (during the construction phase), which have impacts that would remain significant and unavoidable even after mitigations.

The recirculated report has found that, “the increased building height associated with the proposed project would increase shading experienced by the Crescent Drive Mini Park when compared to shading generated by the existing building. Therefore, shade and shadow impacts a Crescent Drive Mini Park would be significant and unavoidable during the winter period.”

The study did not find that shade and shadow would be a significant and unavoidable impact on the residential homes to the north of the building.

The report also finds that “the existing building does not satisfy the significance criteria of the National Register of Historic Places or the City of Beverly Hills Historic Preservation Ordinance.

However, it does satisfy the criteria for listing in the California Register of Historic Places for its architectural merit and association with creative designer, architect Gin D. Wong. As such, the property is considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA,” states the report. “The pro-

posed renovations would substantially alter a historic resource and result in impacts that would be significant and unavoidable.”

The applicant is proposing a fivestory building that would increase the height from 43 feet to 72 feet. This height does not include the mechanical penthouse (15 feet) and the elevator overrun (five feet), which would increase the height to 87 feet because these features are not included in the calculations.

The increase in floor area would include increases on the existing floors plus the two additional floors, for an additional 55,070 square feet of floor space, totaling 161,155 square feet.

The proposal includes 4,705 square feet of terrace area on the fourth floor, and an additional 2,970 square feet of outdoor terrace on the fifth floor.

Existing office space would be repurposed for a 4,330 square foot restaurant on the ground floor. The exisisting screening theater would be upgraded.

The existing three levels of subterranean parking would be reconfigured to accommodate the density increase.

The mini-park would be temporarily removed to accommodate a staging area during the construction for approximately 24 months.

The applicant will also remove all the existing mature trees and replace them with drought tolerant plants adding new park furniture.

The five-story building will have a 2.75 area ratio (FAR).

Zoned C-3, the project would require an amendment to the General Plan and the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to allow the proposed height and density and to allow tandem parking spaces, lifts for stacked parking and a valet serviced drive-aisle to meet the on-site parking requirement increase from 317 to 465 spaces.

The Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report is available online at www.beverlyhills.org/ environmental, or for public review at the Beverly Hills Public Library and at City Hall in the Planning Division and in the office of the City Clerk.

Comments can be directed to Alek Miller, AICP, Associate Planner, City of Beverly Hills Community Development Department, 455 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210 or emailed to amiller@beverlyhills.org.

Public comments will also be taken at the meeting on Nov. 29 at City Hall.

Alek Miller can be reached at 310285-1196 for comments and questions.

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Donation Establishes Laurie And Steven Gordon Commitment To Cure Parkinson’s Disease

Respiratory Failure In Children Leads To Better Diagnosis According to a first-of-itskind international study, a new definition of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) results in a more accurate diagnosis of many more children with the rapidly progressive disease than the widely used adult definition.

Findings from the Pediatric ARDS Incidence and Epidemiology Study were published online last week by the leading medical journal, Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome causes fluid to leak into the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and leading to low oxygen in the blood, called hypoxemia. Pediatric intensivists have long recognized that the condition manifests differently in children than in adults.

However, until recently, there was no pediatric-specific diagnostic criteria.

“PARDS is a major source of illness and death in critically ill patients, yet the disease historically has been underdiagnosed in children,” said lead author Robinder G. Khemani, (see ‘FAILURE’ page 11)

$25 Million Gift Will Advance Parkinson’s Research At UCLA A $25 million gift from a Los Angeles foundation will create the UCLA Laurie and Steven Gordon Commitment to Cure Parkinson’s Disease at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine,The initiative will accelerate research into the disorder, which affects more than 10 million people around the world.

The gift, from the Steven Gordon Family Foundation, will fund research, establish five endowed faculty chairs in fields related to Parkinson’s, and support a new lab with positron emission tomography, or PET scan, and MRI technology, where scientists can closely examine the mechanisms of the disease.

Steven Gordon, the foundation’s president, is a member of the executive committee for the Centennial Campaign for UCLA, and on the boards of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, the UCLA Health System and the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate.

He and his wife, Laurie, chair of the board of advisors of the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, have been longtime advocates for funding neuroscience training and research, including in depression and Parkinson’s disease, at UCLA. “The Gordons are generous funders of neuroscience investigations as well as influential advocates for families affected by Parkinson’s disease,” said Dr. John Mazziotta, vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences/CEO of UCLA Health. “The foundation’s gift is a testament to Laurie’s and

Steven and Laurie Gordon

Steve’s dedication to improving the lives and the health of people suffering from Parkinson’s. I cannot thank them enough for their generosity and their vision.”

The gift complements previous giving by the Gordons to support Parkinson’s research at UCLA, including their endowment of the Steven C. Gordon Family Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research, which is held by Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau, and support for a research collaboration with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

“Laurie and Steve met with many UCLA investigators over the past two years, each studying Parkinson’s from a unique angle,” said Dr. Kelsey Martin, dean of the medical

school. “The Gordons’ gift is a vote of confidence in the promise of team science to elucidate the causes and possible treatments for this debilitating disease. Laurie and Steve are fabulous partners because they understand the power of collaboration and focus within an academic medical center.”

In recognition of the gift, UCLA’s Neuroscience Research Building will be renamed the Laurie and Steven Gordon Neurosciences Research Building, and the new imaging laboratory will be named for the couple.

The Gordons hope other philanthropists will join them in their quest to improve the understanding of Parkinson’s and develop new treatments. “One of the most fulfilling aspects of our philanthropy is its ability to inspire hope in families who have been affected by diseases of the brain,” Laurie Gordon said.

Steven Gordon added: “I have seen Parkinson’s disease strike people I love and many more. I believe our gift will help advance our knowledge for the benefit of patients everywhere.”

Steven Gordon is chairman and a principal owner of Domino Realty, a real estate holding company and venture firm. Laurie Gordon is a former attorney for United Artists Communications and former vice president of Warner Bros. International Theatres.

The gift is part of the Centennial Campaign for UCLA, which is scheduled to conclude in December 2019 during UCLA’s 100th anniversary year.

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MsCI, associate director of research for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

The study represents the largest-ever international cohort of children with PARDS. A total of 700 patients were studied in 145 pediatric intensive care units (PICU) in 27 countries.

In 2015, the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC) issued a definition to overcome limitations of existing adult definitions, such as the widely accepted Berlin Definition. “Prior to the PALICC standard, pediatricians had been using adult definitions and applying them to children,” said Khemani, who headed the PALICC definition subgroup.

Since then, a handful of single-center or regional studies have supported the PALICC definition, but its performance in a large international sample was unknown until now. Working from May 2016 to June 2017, the investigators found that of the 708 pediatric patients who met PALICC criteria, only 32 percent also met the adult definition, meaning that two-thirds of the children would not have been accurately diagnosed.

In one major difference between the two definitions, pediatric guidelines recommend the use of pulse oximetry, a noninvasive method for moni-

toring a patient's oxygen saturation, while the adult guidelines call for usage of an invasive arterial blood gas test.

In a key finding, the investigators discovered that, contrary to previous thinking, mild and moderate PARDS have similar mortality rates, between 10 and 15 percent. However, patients with severe PARDS experience a huge jump in mortality — to 30 percent.

Another finding concluded that more than 3 percent of all PICU patients and 6 percent of patients placed on a ventilator develop PARDS. This is significant since, internationally, PARDS carries a high mortality rate for children—more than 17 percent overall.

The study conclusively shows that the PALICC definition can be used as a framework for future research, to inform clinical decisions and to test new treatment strategies,” said Khemani, associate professor of clinical pediatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine There were 287 collaborators involved with the study, representing 27 countries.

Other authors included: Jeni Kwok, Rica Morzov and Margaret Klein, CHLA; Christopher J.L. Newth, CHLA and USC; and Nadir Yehya, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Study supporters included the USC Clinical Translational Science Institute and the CHLA Department of Anesthesiology.

“LEGENDS & HEROES”—The Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California Legends and Heroes Gala at the Four Seasons on North Doheny Drive this month drew a capacity crowd of Beverly Hills philanthropists and patients to be entertained, to learn and be inspired. Honorees included Eli S. Gang, M.D, and David Albert, M.D. Taking part in the event, were (from left): Drew Carey, Peggy C. Frank, foundation executive director; Constance Towers Gavin, Dr. Ronald Karlsberg, CEO of the foundation and Jay Leno.

Photo by Maxine Picard

Ray Romano To Host Myeloma Foundation’s Comedy Celebration Comedian/actor Ray Romano will host the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) 12th Annual Comedy Celebration, beginning with a red carpet at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, 4401 W. 8th St, L.A. This year’s lineup includes Cristela Alonzo (Cristela, Lower Classy), Gabriel Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias), Jim Jefferies (The Jim Jefferies Show, Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now), Nick Kroll (Operation Finale, Big Mouth), Natasha Leggero (The Honeymoon Stand Up Special,

Another Period), Kevin Nealon (Man With A Plan, Hiking With Kevin), Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Sasheer Zamata ( I Feel Pretty, Saturday Night Live) and more.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Peter Boyle Research Fund, named for the popular actor who died in 2006 after a four-year battle with myeloma— a complex, and often misdiagnosed, cancer of the bone marrow that attacks and destroys bone.

For the sixth year, the event also supports the International

Myeloma Foundation’s Black Swan Research Initiative (BSRI), a collaborative global project aimed at developing the cure for myeloma led by a multinational consortium of myeloma experts.

Through the initiative, the IMF is conducting more than 40 concurrent studies to find the cure.

The evening will include red-carpet arrivals, pre-show cocktail reception and silent auction, two-hour comedy show, plus a post-show reception for VIP ticket holders. For tickets and more information, visit comedy.myeloma.org.

ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T

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Resident Dina Morrone Brings ‘La Dolce Vita’ To L.A. With One-Woman Show The Italian In Me

Robert Wagner, right, received the Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award at the Gold Coast International Film Festival.

From left are Budd Burton Moss and Regina Gill, festival president/founder.

Robert Wagner Honored At Gold Coast International Film Festival Screen icon Robert J. Wagner received the 2018 Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award at the Gold Coast International Film Festival (GCIFF), last week at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, N.Y. The award was established by the GCIFF as a way to honor the legacy of those who have contributed a lifetime of notable achievements to the performing arts. (Last year's honoree was Rita Hayworth. Her daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, received the award in her mother’s memory.)

In his acceptance speech, Wagner said he was thrilled to accept an award named for his life-long friend Budd Burton Moss. One of the top talent agents of Hollywood’s golden

age, Moss represented stars over his decades-long career including Bette Davis, Sidney Poitier, Robert Vaughn, Tom Cruise, Mia Farrow and Juliet Mills.

Wagner added that he and Moss were grammar school pals, and that he could never have imagined becoming a movie star or that he would one day receive an award named for his classmate. (The award was created by sculptor Edwina Sandys, a granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill. ) Born on Feb. 10, 1930, in Detroit, Mich., Wagner grew up in Bel-Air and has amassed an impressive list of feature and TV film credits, along with three hit television series—It Takes A Thief, Switch and Hart To Hart—over a nearly-seven decade career.

By Steve Simmons Beverly Hills resident and actress Dina Morrone is using her stories to take audiences on a journey to Italy.

Her acclaimed one-woman show, The Italian In Me, chronicles her 10 years in the country recounting acting experiences and characters she encountered including famed director Federico Fellini.

Morrone is bringing the show back to L.A. for performances at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 and 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11 at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, L.A. The show’s genesis began when Morrone returned to Los Angeles. “I was new here,” she says. “I had been on a soap opera, but I didn’t have credits, I had just lived in Rome.”

She found that her stories of life in Italy were entertaining at dinner parties and drew laughs from casting directors. “A lot of times my audition was anti-climactic. They were more interested in my stories.“ Responding to the advice “you should write a one-woman show,” Morrone joined Theatre West’s playwriting group (she‘s now a board member active in the company’s program of oneperson shows) and started creating her show.

She’s now performed the show from L.A., where it premiered, to Toronto and even Milwaukee. It’s drawn praise from fans like Norman Jewison and the late Doris Roberts and Mel Brooks who termed it “one of the funniest nights I've spent at the theater.”

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The Italian In Me is not your typical story of a young actress trying to make it big in Hollywood, but the adventures of an innocent aspiring actress from Canada—who’s been raised with old-fashioned values and Roman Catholic guilt—who upends her life by moving to Italy. She brings a small bit of cash and dreams of working in Italian cinema.

Once in Rome, she quickly discovers that things in the Eternal City are not as holy or romantic as she had imagined.

“I went to Rome in my mid20s and most of it was wonderful, but some things weren’t so funny,” says Morrone. “Looking back I appreciate it now and laugh and make comedy out of it.”

In Italy, her days are filled with not-always-welcome encounters with perverts, priests, producers and statues of saints in old churches, to whom she pleads for help. But help does

not come. Not even a chance sighting of the Pope at St. Peter’s brings her any closer to her dream. When all hope seems lost, she meets the cinematic maestro himself, Federico Fellini at Cinecitta Studios for what turns out to be a an illuminating encounter, Her 10-year Italian experience generated multiple characters and Morrone plays them all including her overbearing, old fashioned Italian grandmother (nonna), an agent, a director, “the guy in the car,” “the other guy in the car” and becomes Fellini.

“It’s fun and it’s allowed me to re-live all those meetings and roles, such as an American woman giving birth, working with a top Russian actress in Venice, as an obnoxious rich American with furs and jewels, in lots of commercials, for an Entertainment Tonight-type show, modeling, and dubbing and voice-overs in English.

Her encounter with famed director Fellini is the centerpiece of her story.

“He was at the end of his of life and didn’t know it,” recounts Morrone. “The meeting ended up being an intimate conversation about aging and aging in the film industry.”

She initially went in to meet the maestro for a role and their time together became something else, says Morrone.

‘He became small and on my level— a human being struggling to figure it all out.”

She learned from Fellini to (see ‘MORRONE,’ page 18)

Israel Film Festival To Screen Award-Winning Films With Arab Themes The 32nd Israel Film Festival, running Nov. 6-20, will premiere films focused on Arab themes.

The new features include: • The Oslo Diaries (2018) to screen at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills and 1 p.m., Nov. 18 at the Laemmle Town Center, Encino.

The film is set in 1992 when Israeli-Palestinian relations are at an all-time low. To stop the bloodshed, a small group of Israelis and Palestinians meet in Oslo – secretly and against the law. The meetings that changed the Middle East were never officially sanctioned and were chronicled only by the negotiators’ diaries.

The film was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival and winner of Best Screenplay Documentary film at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan will attend the screenings.

• Tzeva Adom: Color Red (2017) will screen at 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills and 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Laemmle

Town Center in Encino.

In director Michael Horwitz’s film, Ronit is an IDF soldier involved in a clash with two Arab children on one of the most hotly contested borders in the world.

After one of the children films the tense meeting on a smartphone, a third party uploads the video footage to the Internet in an edited fashion which blurs fact and fiction.

Both sides seek to learn the truth while the tense situation on the Gaza border escalates affecting both families.

The film was an Israeli Academy Ophir Award winner for Best Sort Feature.

Horwitz and actress Shani Atias will attend the screening.

A festival six-pack is $75 (available only at Laemmle Theaters) good for six regular screenings. General admission is $15; $13 for seniors, students and children. Matinees are $10, Monday-Thursday.

For more information or to purchase tickets for all festival events, contact the IsraFest Foundation by email info@israelfilmfestival.org or call 310-247-1800.

At right, Yitzhak Rabin, Yassir Arafat and Shimon Peres in The Oslo Diaries

At left, Jon Arkin, Sima Galanti, Kenzie Caplan, Jack Pitchon and Shani Atias in Tzeva Adom: Color Red.

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survivors, my heart is broken that we still live in a world full of anti-Semitism and hate.

Many people have perished because of their religion, race, skin color, sexual orientation and more. I am numb and at a loss for words.”

Members of the Jewish community throughout the City have expressed their support for Pittsburgh and many of the City’s synagogues are participating in international expressions of support across the Jewish community and beyond, such as #ShowUpForShabbat, sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, a global advocacy group that counts among its missions combatting antiSemitism.

To that end, Rabbi Pini Dunner of Beverly Hills Synagogue Young Israel of North Beverly Hills joined with other rabbis and communities on the Westside of L.A. for a Community Evening of Tefilla & Solidarity Monday following the shooting.

Dunner has announced an Extended Kiddush this Shabbat, “to honor the memory of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims and take our stand against anti-Semitism and all forms of hate by participating

in the nationwide #ShowUpForShabbat campaign.”

“May we all be consoled in the face of such evil, and may we come together in love and unity as a community that looks forward with hope and with faith in God,” said Dunner.

The community of Temple Emanuel will also participate in #ShowUpForShabbat. “We are joining in solidarity with synagogues, elected officials, religious and civic leaders, and other communal allies from all over the country as we take on hatred and violence with love and peace,” wrote Rabbi Jonathan Aaron. “We join together for comfort and community, and we honor the eleven Jewish souls who were killed while praying in their synagogue, to show that this act of violence will not intimidate us from entering our house of worship. ”#ShowUpForShabbat events are expected to take place throughout the nation Friday, and a GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the survivors. With a goal $1.2 million, $1.053 million had been raised by deadline Thursday.

To participate, call your local synagogue or check their website for more information.

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signature initiative, Walk with the Mayor.

Since then, the City has taken health seriously, banning smoking and vaping in public areas and multi-family dwellings, recognizing small businesses and legacy businesses, and creating bike lanes and improvements towards a Complete Streets initiative that will honor all forms of transportation in a safe and inclusive manner.

The Beverly Hills 5K-10K Run/Walk & Fitness Blast is a perfect complement to the City’s image as a healthy place to live, benefitting the local schools.

Launched by celebrity personal trainer Dion Jackson of All Seasons Fitness Media in its inaugural year (2018) the event presented a check for $30,000 to the Beverly Hills Education Foundation (BHEF) from the proceeds.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Continued from page 5)

Streisand, Jack Benny, Peter Falk, Betty Grable, Diane Keaton, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Kirk Kerkorian, Agnes Moorhead, Ricky Schroder, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers,

The starting line at last year’s inaugural 5K Run/Walk Fitness Blast

This year’s event is set to be even bigger, with the addition of a 10K event, the perfect training distance for quality runners training for the Los Angeles Marathon that takes place in March, according to Jackson.

“The runners had such a good time running the 5K up and down Rodeo Drive and the beautiful streets of Beverly Hills Golden Triangle this year, we decided to give them a chance

to run it twice by adding the 10K in 2019,” said Jackson.

Additional kid-friendly events and a Fitness Blast that will feature some of the most renowned instructors in the health and fitness industry leading short classes in yoga, dance, kickboxing and more will round out the program.

All the proceeds will benefit the BHEF. Save the date: registration is coming soon.

Jack Palance, Bugsy Siegel, Lana Turner, Gary Cooper, Lupe Vélez, Joseph Kennedy, Edwin Blum, Jackie Cooper, Maurice Chevalier, Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor – all still standing.

To access the tour any time, visit beverlyhillshistorical-

society.org on a smart phone and click on the Star Tour. The tour is absolutely free and the event is free.

The walk will take place without traffic escorts, so participants are encouraged to be aware of traffic, to wear comfortable shoes and to bring water, a hat and sunblock.

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SPOOKY

HALLOWEEN IN BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills preschool teacher Cathi Bond and costumeadorned students at Roxbury Park Preschool paraded their costumes on Halloween. Pictured: Cathy Bond, Emily Chung, Ryan Lee, Ian Liao, Summer Du, Auriana Iqbal, Leah Lalezari, Georgette Nash-Smith and Madison Crabb.

City Councilmember Lili Bosse got into the Halloween spirit with her friends Count Chocula and Frankenberry on Halloween in front of the Beverly Canon Gardens Lily Pond.

The Horace Mann Special Education team put a lot of emotion into helping their students succeed this Halloween! Pictured (back row): Marjan Chadorchi, Thrisha Campbell, Joy Young, Elisa Gomez, Phyllis Funches-Brown and Camille Murray-Carter; (front row): Jennifer H. Lee, Tiffany Barker, Kristi Bradbury, Everlyn Hunter, Ana Wilkinson-Flores, Mina Zargar, Gita Moallemi and Elmira Maghen.

SPOOKY SENIORS – Over 200 seniors had a spooktacular good time at the Annual Senior Halloween Dance on Monday at Roxbury Park Community Center. Sponsored by the Beverly Hills Active Adult Club, the dance included music, a costume contest and refreshments. Pictured, clockwise, from top: Gladys Aquino and Steven Gelb (chefs), John and Norma Simons (top hats) and Barry Katz and Helen Karagozian (pirates).

This house on Bedford Drive got into the Halloween spirit with creative decor.

Beverly Vista third and fourth grade students: Jake Shampansky, Liam Lopez, Donny Kruger, Jack Sherry

Beverly Hills High School PTSA volunteers treated staff to a particularly spooky lunch! Pictured: Laura Margo, Danielle Lieber, Eliza Eshaghian, April Jergens, Laurie Okum, Stephanie Rund and Cindy Newman.

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Beyond the fact that nabbing an internship at one of the big name firms in the U.S. is near-impossible for sophomores–which has given Ahdout quite an edge over most college students his age–the experience of spending so much time with a similarly driven cohort of young passionate Jews from across North America (including Mexico and Canada) is truly unrivaled.

“There were so many different perspectives,” he described. “There was such a variety of different experiences of people who were there and being able to have these really meaningful deep connections with these people over a period of just 10 weeks was really remarkable.”

From staying up late to discuss their goals and how to achieve them to inquiring into what it means to be happy to forging lifelong friendships while growing more secure in future career decisions, everyone on the trip came away enriched.

For Khalili, now a UCLA junior studying cognitive science who spent his summer interning with 83North Venture Capital in Tel Aviv, his experience as part of Excel was similarly life-shaping. Indeed, he now said he wants to pursue a career in venture capital.

“It was the best summer of

PASSING THE BUCKS– Following another successful October raising funds for Breast Cancer Awareness through the sale of its special tshirts the Beverly Hills Fire Department posed for a picture with Donna Rosen, board chairman for Tower Cancer Research Foundation, and a check for $2,500. Pictured, top row: Firefighter Kevin Lawson, Firefighter/Paramedic James Weinstein, Firefighter Zack Yslas and in the bottom row, Firefighter/Paramedic Austin Prince, Battalion Commander Mike Hand, Firefighter/Paramedic James Charron, Capt. Dan Maher, Eng. Kevin McHale, Capt. JR Berardinelli, Eng. Victor Gutierrez, Firefighter/PM Geoff Ertel, Firefighter Michael Weidl, Firefighter/Paramedic Kurt Beeson, Capt. Mike Urman, Firefighter/PM Nathan Foster, Firefighter Steve Bernard, Eng. Amy Horst and Eng. Kerry Gardner

my life,” he said, highlighting the opportunity to experience another culture while availingly himself to the myriad opportunities afforded by his internship.

From product management and development to researching prospective deals and working on the deal flow, Khalili described how his internship offered him unparalleled workplace experiences.

“At this age in the U.S. it’s pretty hard to break into product management,” Khalili noted.

Sadka (BHHS Class of 2014), who just graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in biomedical engineering and is now pursing his Master’s degree there, said his internship made him realize just what kind of a career path he

wants to carve out for himself.

“Like a personal accelerator, Excel gives startup Jewish leaders the tools they need to grow into successful professionals,” he wrote in an essay following his trip.

While helping a young digital microscopy startup called Scopio Labs grow as part of his internship in Israel, Sadka said he realized he wanted to pursue a career with

biotech start-ups or join a healthcare venture capital firm.

“It literally did change the trajectory of my life,” he said.

“As a kid, I think you reach for the highest tree branch you can see. And now I have been exposed to so much more.”

For more information about Excel visit: https://www.birthrightisraelexcel.com.

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS CELEBRATING AT THE WALLIS – Jaime Camil and Rob Morrow hosted the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra L.A. Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts last week, honoring Grammy and Tony-nominated American composer Stanley Silverman on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Previous recipients of the award include multi-Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer in 2014 and conductor Zubin Mehta in 2017. In addition to a delectable dinner, guests enjoyed listening to pianist Ory Shihor alongside members of the Israel Philharmonic, as well as a performance from Morrow and guitarist Carlos Calvo. Speakers also highlighted the importance of celebrating the legendary orchestra, which was founded by Bronislaw Huberman, who saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews from Europe in 1936 and brought them to Tel Aviv to form the orchestra that would become the Israel Philharmonic in 1948. Pictured (from left): Morrow, Silverman and Camil.

Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images

Giorgio Armani And The Blue Ribbon Partner For Fashion At Brentwood Home Of Susan Harris And Hayward Kaiser

FASHION FOR A CAUSE – Event co-chairs (from left): Joni J. Smith, Eva Stern, Karen Heilman, Annette Ermshar, Susan L. Harris and Christine Alexandra Chiu. Not pictured: Patti Halpert, Carolyn Clark Powers and Grazyna Simon.

Photo by Luis Luque/The Blue Ribbon

By Laura Coleman It was a delightful afternoon to remember for around 200 fashionably attired ladies who enjoyed an exclusive look at Giorgio Armani’s new Fall-Winter Collection in the Brentwood backyard of Susan L. Harris and her husband Hayward Kaiser last week as part of a fundraiser for the Music Center’s premier women’s support group, The Blue Ribbon.

With a runway built over the couple’s magnificent swimming pool and overlooking Mandeville Canyon, models wearing the collection strode the catwalk before Blue Ribbon members and guests, offering exclusive looks at the new designs. A

special “pop-up” Armani boutique was also created in the home’s veranda for members and guests, with a percentage of proceeds going to The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival Endowment Fund.

“We are so grateful to Giorgio Armani for producing this incredible event for the Blue Ribbon,” said Blue Ribbon President Jill Baldauf.

“They generously donated 10 percent of all sales from October 25 through October 28 to the Children's Festival Endowment Fund.”

California’s longest continuing free arts and education initiative, the 2019 Children’s Festival, which will be presented by The Blue Ribbon, and be held March 5, 6 and 7, 2019.

JVS Women’s Leadership Network ‘Woman To Woman’ Conference Returns To Skirball Nov. 15

By Laura Coleman The power of women will be at the forefront of JVS Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) “Woman to Woman” Conference on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 8 a.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center, where more than 500 women are expected to attend the annual conference, now in its sixth year.

“The conference continues to draw a devoted crowd of young professionals, philanthropists and executives across a broad range of industries who gather together to connect, be inspired and by attending, uplift and empower

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other women,” said a JVS spokesperson.

This year’s featured speakers include Justine Siegal, the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball team, Michaela Mendelsohn, a trailblazing entrepreneur and transgender activist, and Susan

Justine Siegal

Feniger, master chef, restauranteur and best-selling author.

All proceeds support JVS programs serving women in need.

Tickets are $200 per person. Visit: https://www.jvssocal.org/w2w-register/ to register online.

GIVING BACK – Philanthropists turned out in droves Tuesday evening for the International Medical Corps’ annual gala at The Beverly Wilshire, raising over $1.1 million for the global humanitarian alliance, which provides life-saving services across the globe. Honorees included Robert and Hope Smith and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Pictured (from left) are: Robert Smith, Hope Smith, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and International Medical Corps President Nancy Aossey.

Photos by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images

The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel To Perform At Vibrato Grill Jazz On Thursday Evening In Bel-Air

By Laura Coleman Get into the groove of another era on Thursday evening at Vibrato Grill Jazz when Bernie Dresel and his 16-piece big band takes the stage at this intimate Bel-Air supper club on Beverly Glen.

“The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel” will play two sets from 7:30-10 p.m.

“I kind of patterned it after the great drummer big bands of the past with a new twist on it that brings it into the modern

day,” described Dresel (pictured), the drummer and band leader. “We’re definitely not background music. This is aggressive big band music featuring the drums.”

The L.A.-based swing band, which recently released a new album, features four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, an upright bass, a guitar and a drummer.

Tickets ($20), reservations and information are available at www.vibratogrilljazz.com.

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projects throughout the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles.

That would be a designation he calls “Specialized Hospitality and Residential” zoning.

Historically, residents have rallied to protect Los Angeles’ historic canyons and hillsides through waves of developers who take advantage of LA’s alternating housing booms and busts. Koretz has been active in helping to staunch some of the latest developer outrages, including the Anti-Mansionization Ordinance, the Bel Air Overlay Zone, the Hillside Ordinance, the Bel-Air Overly, Hillside Construction Ordinance and the upcoming Ridgeline Protection and Wildlife Corridor ordinances.

Despite the fact that residents have come together and repeatedly demanded these protections, developers have shown expertise in exploiting loopholes.

The 2011 Hillside Ordinance, which placed height limitations on new development in an attempt to curb mansionization in the hillsides resulted in a new wave of “basements,” for example, which truly backfired in Bel Air and the Bird Streets. Basements are defined as pretty much anything that is below the grade – with bedrooms, balconies, and basketball courts – looking out on the neighbors and taking advantage of the view. Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of soil have been taken from the hillsides; wildlife corridors disrupted forever; neighborhoods have been overhauled, and as the housing market begins to slow, behemoth faux midCentury Modern wannabes dot the hillsides with “For Sale” signs and inflated price tags.

When they learned of Safady’s intent, residents Mark Levin and Bob Mann moved quickly to form a 501(c)(3) and a board of directors, beginning a massive outreach campaign to inform neighbors that their previously safe enclave was no longer safe. In short order, hundreds of emails reached Koretz office to request his support.

Koretz held off proffering his support for their campaign. Instead, he held a meeting with the developers, Benedict Canyon Association representatives and Save Our Canyon board members for a discussion to outline his concerns.

Still, Koretz waited for the process to unfold.

He responded two weeks ago with a letter that is unambiguous, calling the proposal and the staffing requirements for high-end patrons, “a major concern.” He cited traffic impacts, narrow roads, grading, protected trees, wildlife corridors and fire hazards as issues. Finally, Koretz wrote, “the project seems entirely inconsistent with all the policies that I continue to work for…”

“I’m coming out this early in the process because I do not want the planning entitlements to set a precedent or create a template for converting natural hillsides to hotel and other commercial uses. I cannot support … a Zone Change. A project like this could have a profound impact on the surrounding community – forever changing the character of this residential area.”

Last night, upon accepting his baton and a standing ovation from the audience, Koretz said that, in his entire political career, “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten support for opposing a project…

I am truly honored.”

“We asked them to withdraw the plans,” he said. “I don’t see how this project ever gets built,” but Safady is determined. “I will stand alongside you shoulder to shoulder,” he pledged.

But the fight for Benedict Canyon – and every other open space and canyon in the L.A. area – has just begun.

“The developer is going ahead with the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for the project,” informed Koretz, which will have the project, an alternative and a by-right project that would not require variances or zone changes.

In a Q &A following the presentation, resi-

GREEN BATON –Mark Levin, president of Save Our Canyon, handed a baton to Council Member Paul Koretz with the inscription, “to Paul Koretz,

Champion of the Mountains 2018.”

dents asked no-nonsense questions about the legal team, costs and future activities.

One resident reported that Safady had told him the alternative would be hundreds of condominiums and the by-right would be a number of estate homes.

Another resident reported possible grading and tree removals.

In an email response, Safady said, “I hope you won’t swallow the misinformed so-called ‘facts’ spouted by irresponsible people hoping to stir up the neighborhood. No alternative condominium project has ever been contemplated.

And no grading or tree removal has been done without a permit. The environmental review will be released to the public when it’s completed and I’ll be happy to get you a copy at that time.

These are actual facts, not fake news. Also, there has been no scoping session yet and, as such, no alternatives have been studied.”

Asked to respond to the allegations of tree removal, Safady said, “There has been no removal of trees. It’s once again slanderous and misinformation.”

Inquiries at the Los Angeles Department of City Planning through Public Relations Specialist Lauren Alba showed that Safady is moving forward with the EIR. In an email Alba said, “I am told that this project is currently on hold pending further review. Please contact the project representative, Stacey Brenner, if you have any questions.”

Brenner confirmed that, “We are ‘on hold’ while we finalize the project description and prepare for the environmental assessments.”

The EIR, said Koretz, will most likely be “hundreds of pages” and years to complete.

So, while much of the meeting was a victory dance for Koretz, the pitch for donations was substantial.

Seeking an initial target of $250,000, the group has not yet raised half of that figure.

Levin asked the packed house to contribute at least $1,000 per family. “I can assure you it’s not going to make a difference in your life, but if you don’t, your life will change in a very negative way,” he said. “If you don’t contribute we are not going to be able to celebrate the defeat… We need a team of expensive people,” including lobbyists and land use attorneys who specialize in defeating developers.

In addition, he told the audience, “When we ask this community to show at a meeting, it’s important. Part of the process is showing up. When 300 people come, they start listening.”

At the conclusion of the meeting, many residents left with yard signs. Donations can be made through the website at SaveOurCanyon.LA/donate.

CAN’T TAKE THIS AWAY – Tom Friedman's sculpture entitled “Takeaway,” was installed Tuesday in Beverly Gardens Park on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Rodeo Drive as the latest contribution to the City's Public Art Collection, which boasts over 70 pieces. Pictured (from left): Fine Art Commission Chair Zale Richard Rubins; Commissioners Michael Smooke, Alan Kaye, and Carolyn Hiller; Artist Tom Friedman; Senior Director, Luhring Augustine Gallery (representing the artist) Lauren Wittels; Councilmember Lili Bosse; and Vice Chair Stephanie Vahn.

Photo by Zale Richard Rubins

STOP THE BLEED –The Beverly Hills Fire Department, in partnership with Beverly Hills CPR and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center hosted a free “Stop The Bleed” event at Fire Station 1 Tuesday evening. Close to 50 students learned lifesaving, bleeding control techniques including tourniquet use, direct pressure and wound packing. Stop the Bleed is designed to empower the general public to make a difference in a lifethreatening bleeding emergency - and to make life a little less spooky in the event of an emergency. Pictured: Resident Sherry Tedeschi and Fire Cadet William Pridy work on a “patient.”

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To celebrate three exhibitions of African art on view this fall, the Fowler Museum will present an Arts of Africa Festival from noon-5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4 at the museum, 308 Charles E Young Dr. North, on the UCLA campus.

The event will include: • Gallery talks including guest curator Dr. Nancy Neaher Maas discussing cast metal bells from Nigeria.

• Family activities including storytimes and a Mbira (fivenote thumb piano) making workship with musical education Dr. Craig Woodson.

• Blacksmith artists of L.A.based Adam’s Forge will present a live forging demonstration to coincide with the museum’s “Striking Iron” exhibit.

Guests will also enjoy African food and a concert by Nsimbi.

For more information, visit https://www.fowler.ucla.edu/ev ents/arts-of-africa-festival/.

• • • • • The inaugural Infinity Film Festival (IFF) will feature a spe-

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Thalians Pledge $1 Million To UCLA’s Operation Mend, Set Holiday Party Over its 60 years, The Thalians has raised more than $35 million for mental health charities. Since 2011, The Thalians’ main focus has been the well-being of America’s heroes. UCLA’s Operation Mend, established to treat U.S. military men and women severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan is their cause.

In 2014, The Thalians made a pledge of $1 million to support the project’s mental Kira Reed Lorsch health programs for patients and their families. And now the Thalians has renewed its pledge of another $1 million.

The public can help support “The Thalians: Hollywood For Mental Health” initiative by attending the Hollywood Holiday Party at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Bel-Air Country Club.

“I love that we are continuing to support Operation Mend at my alma mater UCLA,” said Thalians president/event chair Kira Reed Lorsch. “Guests at our holiday soiree will enjoy cocktails, an elegant seated dinner, dancing to the Sinatra-inspired Jimmy Carnelli Band and special guests Frank Stallone and Freda Payne.”

Attendees will also receive a gift bag including items like Kira’s Organic CBD Bronzing Cream by Donore.

The Thalians will again be presenting a big check to UCLA Operation Mend and thanking donors including The Robert H. Lorsch Foundation and “2018 Thalians Angel” Madeline Gussman.

To RSVP for the event, call 818-792-4510.

For more information, visit http://thalians.org/. cial screening of Dave Navarro Presents Mourning Son, Todd Newman’s documentary telling the story of Navarro's mother's murder, at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4 at RealD Theater, 100 N. Crescent Dr. in Beverly Hills at 4:30 p.m.

In the film, the Jane's Addiction guitarist discusses the murder of Constance Navarro, and her friend, Sue Jory on March 3, 1983, by Constance's ex-boyfriend, John Riccardi.

Navarro and Newman will take part in a Q&A following the screening In addition to the special screening, on the final day of the IFF, festivalgoers can enjoy other programming including the HULU sneak preview of Zen Dog and the behind-the-scenes short Zen Dog: On The Road at the Laemmle Music Hall with a Q&A with director Rick Darge and producer Chadwick Dunn.

For tickets, more information and a complete schedule, visit https://www.infinityfilmfestival.com/tickets.

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kicks off a yearlong party celebrating 30 years as a leading Southern California’s artist residency program with We The Artists from 7-10 p.m, Saturday, Nov. 10 at the center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica.

The evening will highlight new collaborations with 18th Street’s founding partners La Pocha Nostra and Highways Performance Space and new commissions by alumni including Kenyatta AC Hinkle, Kate Johnson, Asher Hartman, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario and Amitis Motevalli.

There will be tours of artists’ studios and site-specific installations by Kate Johnson, Daniel Canogar, Po-Yen Wang and more.

Performances curated by Highways Performance Space will feature Egrets on Ergot, Sebeyu and Bethany WardLawe.

For more information, visit 18thstreet.org.

• • • • • Jewish Women’s Theatre (JWT) and the Wende Museum have teamed to create an

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be herself and “not act.” He didn’t like the “false and glamorous“ headshot she gave him saying, “it doesn’t look like you.”

Accompanied by music from Fellini movies, much by Nino Rota, the third section of the play has Morrone audition in New York, for the musical Nine, based on Fellini’s 8 1/2.

She created the last part of the piece to show “what the character wanted had things gone my way,” says Morrone.

“I get to live out that experi-

evening that includes opportunities to survey the museum’s current exhibits and see a performance of JWT’s Past & Present: Russian Jewish American Stories.

The Sunday, Nov. 11 event will begin with a private museum viewing (featuring the exhibits “War of Nerves: Psychological Landscapes of The Cold War” and “Red Shoes: Love, Politics, and Dance during the Cold War”) and a reception at 5 p.m., followed by a performance and Q&A at 6 p.m. at the museum, 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City.

The play features professional actors retelling personal narratives of Jews born in the former Soviet Union, and now living in America. “There are stories of confusion, loss, antiSemitism, and the difference in opportunities for Jews in each country,” said Ronda Spinak, JWT’s artistic director.

Tickets are $50. For more information, visit www.jewishwomenstheatre.org.

• • • • • Vocalist Jan Daley, who resumed her career last year after a nearly 20year absence, landing two bestselling CD’s at the top of the Billboard Jazz Chart, will Jan Daley perform her new show, “An Evening With Jan Daley,” at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood.

The new show includes songs from Daley’s new hit recordings, as well as highlights of her recent concert, “Broadway Lights Up the Silver Screen.”

Daley will also share anecdotes and videos from her years as part of the Bob Hope Christmas Tours, singing to 40,000 G.I.s in Vietnam and around the world.

For reservations, call 323466-2210.

For more information, visit www.catalinajazzclub.com.

ence and I’m glad things didn’t turn out that way.”

The surprise at the end, Morrone says is that the character comes full circle and realizes that “the treasure is buried in you backyard and its your family and life. The show is not just funny; there are lessons and people are moved.”

A Beverly Hills resident since 1999, Morrone is an active member of the Beverly Hills Women’s Club, often in its fashion shows.

For more information and tickets visit theatrewest.org/onstage/theitalianinme/ or call 323-851-7977.

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“We remain cautiously optimistic that though the diligent efforts of our stellar legal team we will have some measure of success in the courts continuing with the upcoming hearing,” said Board of Education President Lisa Korbatov.

At the previous hearing, BHUSD attorney Albert Shemmy Mishaan with Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP argued that Metro and the FTA were in possession of a multitude of documents that would be helpful to the district’s case; however, he conceded that he

didn’t know specifically what those documents were.

“They’re grasping,” stated FTA attorney Joshua Wilson, who likened BHUSD’s request to supplement the record with “unspecified” documents to a fishing expedition.

Following Wu’s 2016 ruling, the FTA was required to provide a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and explain to residents why it decided to spend $200 million more on a subway tunnel that runs through toxic soil beneath BHHS rather than re-examine 15 alternatives previously identified, including the “locally preferred” alignment running

along Santa Monica Boulevard.

BHUSD subsequently found fault with the results of that SEIS and earlier this year, on Jan. 26, attorneys for the school district filed a federal lawsuit against the FTA and Metro challenging the legal sufficiency of the agencies’ latest environmental analysis, alleging that the FTA and Metro violated federal law by conducting a faulty and biased supplemental environmental analysis of the impacts of Metro’s Westside Purple Line Subway Extension.

In addition to having sparked widespread concerns from students, scientists and the community at large as to whether being above a

methane explosion is a safe place to be, multiple experts further contend that the staging area will generate harmful levels of airborne toxins, in addition to noise and vibrations.

Last month, roughly 1,400 BHUSD students (grades 3-12) participated in a walkout in an effort to draw President Donald Trump’s attention to the fact this particular section of the subway will have to travel through fields of methane and abandoned oil wells as it trav-

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be on site. The evening will conclude with a robust fireworks show.

The City’s BOLD holiday program will run every Friday and Saturday evening between 5-8 p.m. from Nov. 16 through Dec. 22 on the 200, 300 and 400 blocks of Rodeo Drive and elsewhere throughout the City.

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“The vote rightfully belongs to the new board,” Goldstein said, referring to the two new members who will be voted in Nov. 6 to replace him and Korbatov. “I’m not going to be accountable for my vote and I don’t get to oversee my vote.”

Before the vote, several community members addressed the board to ask them to delay the vote until after this coming Tuesday’s election. Former Mayor Bob Tanenbaum told the board they would essentially be “jamming it through on the eve of an election.”

Other speakers who addressed the board during public comment, however, expressed support for the current board voting to move ahead with a plan to reconfigure.

Tuesday’s vote followed nearly a year of discussions on how to thoughtfully reconfigure the district’s four K-8 schools to create a dedicated middle school. Earlier this year, the board shot down less specific reconfiguration models recommended by both Bregy and the district’s Future Focused Schools Team.

Predicated on an estimate provided by Facilities Chief Donald Blake that the school district could save around $16 million and 30 months in construction time by taking El Rodeo offline for a protracted period of time in order to safely and expeditiously finish the school’s reconstruction, last month Bregy urged the board to move forward with taking immediate steps to reconfigure the district for the 2019/20 school year.

“If you ask me, can we build projects that ensure and have consideration for the safety of children and staff and

November 2, 2018 | Page 19 erses the toxic soil under BHHS. “I do agree with the general proposition that the plaintiffs are asserting,” Wu stated at the previous hearing in September.

At the close of that hearing, Wu had directed both sides to confer and to provide him with a list of specific available documents that might be included in the record. He is slated to make his determination upon that list on Monday. gram will also include the West Coast debut of QuinCoach’s motorcycle coaches on Dec. 14, 15, 21 and 22, as well as the return of “BOLD rides” throughout the City in luxury cars provided by Midway Car Rental, live music in Beverly Canon Gardens and holiday art walks throughout the City.

For information on BOLD holidays, visit www.lovebeverlyhills.com/boldbh. people, well, of course,” Blake told the board before the vote.

“The question at El Rodeo was not safety; the question at El Rodeo was category of risk.

How much risk is there involved in working and doing the construction within close proximity to children? That was number one. Number two (was) from a cost standpoint.”

The board-approved recommendation will move the entire El Rodeo school community grades K-5 students to Hawthorne; move the entire Beverly Vista school community grades TK-5 to Horace Mann, and move the entire El Rodeo, Hawthorne and Horace Mann school communities grades 6-8 to Beverly Vista.

Goldstein emphasized that even though he was not voting to support the creation of a consolidated middle school, he fully expected that the next board would have the opportunity to review, discuss and ultimately vote on a more advanced reconfiguration plan.

After the vote, board member Isabel Hacker requested that Bregy create a transition committee to help the community understand the unfolding process; however, no action was taken in response to her request. Following the vote against reconfiguring earlier this year, Goldstein’s suggestion to form a new committee to assess the creation of a consolidated middle school never materialized.

Board VP Noah Margo underscored that it made sense that this current board, which has been studying the issue for the past two years, take responsibility for making the vote.

“The evidence suggests that K-8 schools do not in fact ensure academic successs,” he said. “It really comes from leadership, a dedicated faculty, involved parents and a robust curriculum that adapts to all levels of learning.”

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FRIENDS OF SHEBA–Another fundraiser was the Friends of Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer 70th anniversary gala at The Beverly Wilshire. From left are: emcee Jason Alexander; Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center; Parham Zar, president of the Friends of Sheba board; and his wife Shoshana Djavaheri Zar, boardmember. Photos by Chris Robertson and Kyle Espelesa BIG BASH GALA–Big Brothers Big Sisters raised more than $1 million at The Beverly Hilton from its “Big Bash Gala.” Pictured (from left): honorees Chris Silbermann, Lori Greiner, and Steve Soboroff and his “Little Brother” Terry A. Williams.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. honored outstanding members of the community at its annual “Big Bash Gala” in The Beverly Hilton. Awards recognized individuals who are inspiring and positive role models to our youth.

These went to Chris Silbermann, founding partner of ICM Partners, (Walt Disney Man of the Year Award, presented by Lorrie Bartlett of ICM Partners); LAPD Police Commission President Steve Soboroff and his “Little Brother” Terry A. Williams (Golden Legacy Award, presemted by Pat Harvey of KCBS and KCAL9); inventor/entrepreneur of Shark Tank fame Lori Greiner (Sherry Lansing Award, presented by Stephen Galloway, executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter); and in absentia actor Michael B. Jordan (Trailblazer Award, presented by comedian Tommy Davidson.).

Host Orny Adams kicked off the evening by welcoming the Debbie Allen Dance Academy to the stage for an exciting performance. Host Orny also revealed that honoree Chris Silbermann had broken a “Big Bash Gala” record, by raising more money for the BBBSLA event than any other honoree in history.

Board Chair Laura Lizer introduced the new modernized logo for BBBSLA and a renewal of its mission to enlist parents, guardians, mentors to be “defenders of potential.” Inspiring testimonials from Big and Little matches Miles LeBlanc and Reginald Leslie set the mood for a heartwarming night which raised a record $1.007 million.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change the

to innovative medical care across the globe. The SRO event,which raised more than $1 million, was chaired by Benjamin Boston and Gal Ben-Naim and featured dinner and dancing plus a musical performance by acclaimed Israeli composer and singer Shanee Zamir.

Emceed by actor/director/comedian Jason Alexander, the 450 guests were also treated to his interview with Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center, during which the latter provided remarkable insight into Sheba’s City of Health and the astounding accomplishments in patient care, medicine and research.

Dr. Itai Pessach, director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center, a senior pediatric critical care physician, spoke about the unbelievable challenges and incredible reward of his heroic efforts to save the lives of children of all ethnicities across the Middle East.

Former elite Israel Defense Forces soldier Ohad Ben-Ishay provided a personal testimony of Sheba Medical Center’s life-saving expertise as he recounted his harrowing story of surviving critical shrapnel wounds to the head during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. At Sheba, he was treated and rehabilitated, enabling him to literally become a walking success story. ******

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Friends of Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, held its 70th anniversary gala at The Beverly Wilshire to highlight the history of Sheba and its legacy of saving lives, as well as its remarkable contribution

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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 18-O-2762 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE NO CAUSE EVICTION FROM CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE 4 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council hereby amends Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code by amending Section 4-6-6 thereof to read as follows:

H. USE BY LANDLORDS: 1. A landlord may recover the possession of an apartment unit if the landlord seeks in good faith to recover such possession for use and occupancy by the landlord or the landlord's spouse, children, or parents provided all of the following conditions are met: a. The landlord has provided not less than ninety (90) days' written notice of tenancy termination to the tenant, which notice specifies the name and then current address of the proposed occupant, and has filed a copy of such notice with the city clerk prior to serving such notice upon the tenant;

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b. The tenant is paid a relocation fee in accordance with the provisions of Section 4-6-9 of this chapter; and

It is unlawful for a landlord to bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit except upon a ground specified in this section.

c. At no time during the ninety (90) day notice period is there a vacant apartment unit in the building comparable to the one sought by the landlord; and

A. FAILURE TO PAY RENT: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the tenant has failed to pay the rent to which the landlord is entitled or any surcharge which has been lawfully imposed.

d. The unit to be recovered by the landlord is occupied by the most recent tenant(s) to occupy a unit comparable to the type of unit sought by the landlord or relative described in subsection of this section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no senior citizen or handicapped tenant shall be evicted unless there is no other unit on the parcel of land comparable to the type of unit sought by the landlord or relative. If there are one or more comparable units in such case, the landlord shall recover the comparable unit occupied by the most recent tenant who is not a senior citizen or handicapped person. For the purposes of this section, "senior citizen" shall mean a person sixty five (65) years of age or older. Whether a unit is comparable to the type of unit sought by the landlord or relative shall be determined by the city.

B. VIOLATIONS OF OBLIGATIONS: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the tenant has violated an obligation or covenant of the tenancy, including, but not limited to, any obligation in a written apartment rental agreement, other than the obligation to render possession upon proper notice, and has failed to cure such violation after having received written notice thereof from the landlord.

C. MAINTENANCE OF NUISANCES: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the tenant is committing or permitting to exist a nuisance in, or is causing damage to, the apartment unit or to the appurtenances thereof, or to the common areas of the complex containing the apartment unit, or is creating an unreasonable interference with the comfort, safety, or enjoyment of any of the other residents of the same or any adjacent building.

D. ILLEGAL USES 1. A landlord may bring any action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the tenant is using or permitting an apartment unit to be used for an illegal purpose.

2. For the purposes of this section, "illegal purpose" shall mean and include, but not be limited to, the occupancy of the apartment unit by a number of persons in excess of the following numbers: Bachelor/single Bachelor/single 11 bedroom bedroom of of 1,200 1,200 square square feet feet or or less less 11 bedroom bedroom in in excess excess of of 1,200 1,200 square square feet feet 22 bedrooms bedrooms of of 1,500 1,500 square square feet feet or or less less 22 bedrooms bedrooms in in excess excess of of 1,500 1,500 square square feet feet 33 bedrooms bedrooms of of 2,100 2,100 square square feet feet or or less less 33 or or more more bedrooms bedrooms in in excess excess of of 2,100square squarefeet feet 2,100

3 persons 4 persons 5 persons 5 persons 6 persons 7 persons 8 persons

E. REFUSAL TO EXECUTE LEASES: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit following the expiration of a written apartment rental agreement, or any written renewal or extension thereof, if a tenant who had such an agreement has refused to execute a written renewal or extension thereof provided all of the following conditions are met: 1. The landlord made a written request or demand for such renewal or extension at least thirty (30) days prior to the date such agreement expired; 2. The proposed renewal or extension was for a term of the same duration as the agreement which expired; and 3. The proposed renewal or extension contained the same terms and conditions as the agreement which expired provided the rent level in such proposed renewal or extension has been determined in accordance with the requirements of Section 4-6-3 of this chapter.

F. REFUSAL TO PROVIDE ACCESS: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the tenant has refused the landlord reasonable access to the unit for the purpose of making repairs or improvements, or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required by an apartment rental agreement or by law, or for the purpose of showing the apartment unit to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee.

G. UNAPPROVED SUBTENANTS: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the person in possession of the apartment unit at the end of the term of any apartment rental agreement is a subtenant who was not approved by the landlord. This section shall not be deemed to invalidate any provision in any written apartment rental agreement pertaining to the assignment or subleasing of an apartment unit.

2. A landlord may recover the possession of only one apartment unit located on the same parcel of land for the purposes set forth in this section, regardless of the number of buildings on such parcel.

3. If the landlord or the landlord's relative, as defined in subsection 1 of this section, occupies an apartment unit obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section for at least one year, such apartment unit shall be deemed to be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, if such apartment unit is subsequently re-rented to a person who is not the landlord or such relative of the landlord , such apartment unit shall again be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

4. For the purposes of this section only, "landlord" shall mean only such natural persons as have the largest ownership interest in the building or in the entity owning the building.

5. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the landlord has not acted in good faith if the owner or relative for whom the tenant was evicted does not move into the apartment unit within thirty (30) days and occupy said unit for a minimum of twelve (12) continuous months thereafter. In situations when the apartment unit is being remodeled pursuant to a building permit issued by the city, the thirty (30) day period shall commence when the final inspection of the remodeling work is performed and approved by the city's department of building and safety.

I. CHANGE OF BUILDING MANAGERS: A landlord may bring an action to recover the possession of an apartment unit if the landlord seeks in good faith to recover the possession of an apartment unit then occupied by an apartment building manager whose employment as such has been, or is to be, terminated, and such possession is needed for the sole purpose of occupancy by a new manager.

J. DEMOLITION OR CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS: A landlord may bring an action to recover possession of an apartment unit if the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession so as to demolish or move the building or to convert apartment units into condominiums, stock cooperatives, or community apartments provided there is compliance with all of the following conditions: 1. The landlord has given the tenant not less than ninety (90) days' written notice, which has been approved by the city's rent stabilization office, that such tenancy shall terminate on a date after October 18, 2018. The notice shall state the specific reason for giving such notice and shall be deemed to include a representation and agreement by the landlord that the recovery of possession of the apartment unit is solely for a reason within the scope of this section and for no other reason. If payment of the relocation fees required by Section 4-6-9 of this chapter does not accompany such notice, such notice shall also specify the amount of the relocation fees so required and that the tenant may collect such fees at the time the tenant vacates the unit. Such notice shall not be required if: a. The demolition of the building has been mandated by law to be performed at an earlier date; or b. Such notice has been given to a tenant who has vacated the apartment unit, the apartment unit has been rerented to a new tenant, and the new tenant has been advised by the landlord in writing that the notice of termi-

nation of tenancy had been given to the prior tenant. This exemption shall apply only if a copy of the written notice provided to such new tenant is filed with the city clerk within one week after such new tenant begins the occupancy of the apartment unit; or c. A prior written notice which specified less than one year's notice has been given, and the tenant has been notified in writing, within thirty (30) days after October 18, 2018, that prior written notice shall be considered an effective one year notice under this section.

2. The notice required by subsection 1 of this section shall not be given or served until such time as the landlord has: a. Filed all necessary applications for the proposed project or development including, but not limited to, application for a demolition permit, moving permit or tentative map and paid all of the fees required by the city in connection with such applications; b. Notified the city's rent stabilization department that an application to convert apartment units to condominiums or to move or demolish the building has been filed with any other department of the city so that notice of such filing may be given to the tenants at the property; and c. That all permits or approvals necessary to commence demolition, removal or conversion have been issued.

3. No notice of tenancy termination given pursuant to this section after October 18, 2018, shall be effective unless all the applicable provisions of this chapter have been complied with, and a copy of such notice has been placed on file with the city clerk prior to such notice being served on the tenant. A minimum fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each building for which notices of tenancy termination are to be filed with the city clerk shall be paid to the city for processing the notices prior to the filing of a notice with the city clerk. Where there are more than ten (10) apartment units in a building which are subject to this provision of this chapter, and for which notices of tenancy termination have been given, an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the city for each unit in excess of ten (10) units for which a notice of tenancy termination is given.

4. A relocation fee shall have been paid or deposited into escrow in accordance with the provisions of Section 4-69 of this chapter. If an apartment unit vacated pursuant to this section has been re-rented, the new tenant shall not be entitled to any relocation fee or other relocation benefit if he or she received the notices required by subsections 1b and 5 of this section.

5. Any apartment unit vacated pursuant to this section, if re-rented, shall remain subject to the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be the responsibility of the landlord to notify any new tenant in writing of the controlled rents and the duration of the notice of termination. A copy of such notice shall be filed with the city clerk within one week after the new tenant begins occupancy of the apartment unit.

6. No writ or judgment restoring possession to the landlord shall be issued or entered unless and until the complaint for such writ or judgment filed by the landlord contains the landlord's declaration under penalty of perjury of the giving of notice to the tenant as required by this section, the expiration of any required notice period, the payment or deposit into escrow of the relocation fee specified in section 4-6-9 of this chapter, and that demolition or moving or the work of conversion into condominiums will commence within sixty (60) days after the filing of such complaint.

7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a building manager who is entitled to the occupancy of an apartment unit solely because of his or her position as building manager.

K. MAJOR REMODELING: 1. A landlord may bring an action to recover possession of an apartment unit if the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession so as to do alteration work on the building for the purposes of major remodeling provided that there is compliance with all of the following conditions: a. The landlord has given the tenant not less than one year's written notice that such tenancy shall terminate.

The notice shall state the specific reason for giving such notice and shall be deemed to include a representation and agreement by the landlord that the recovery of possession of the apartment unit is solely for a reason within the scope of this section and for no other reason. Such notice shall contain a statement of the rights of the tenants pursuant to this section and section 4-6-9 of this chapter and shall be approved by the city. Such notice shall not be required if: i. Major remodeling of the building has been mandated by law to be performed at an earlier date; or ii. Such notice has been given to a tenant who has vacated the apartment unit, the apartment unit has been re-rented to a new tenant, and the new tenant has been Continue to page 23 >

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PUBLIC NOTICES advised by the landlord in writing that the notice of termination of tenancy had been given to the prior tenant. This exemption shall apply only if a copy of the written notice provided to such new tenant is filed with the city clerk within one week after such new tenant begins the occupancy of the apartment unit. b. The notice required by subsection 1a of this section shall not be given or served until such time as the landlord has received approval for the giving of such notice by the hearing officer. Such approval shall be given upon a showing by the landlord that written notice was received from the building official that the landlord has complied with all requirements, except for approval of final plans, for the issuance of a building permit for the purpose of major remodeling. The landlord shall file with the application for giving notice a copy of the final plans and specifications for the proposed remodeling. A hearing officer designated by the city manager ("hearing officer") shall establish the estimated new rent for the remodeled unit which shall not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the previous base rent. The notice required by subsection 1a of this section shall include such estimated new rent. c. No notice of tenancy termination given pursuant to this section after October 18, 2018, shall be effective unless all the applicable provisions of this chapter have been complied with and a copy of such notice has been placed on file with the city clerk prior to such notice being served on the tenant. A minimum fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each building for which notices of tenancy termination are to be filed with the city clerk shall be paid to the city for processing the notices prior to the filing of a notice with the city clerk. Where there are more than ten (10) apartment units in a building which are subject to this provision of this chapter, and for which notices of tenancy termination have been given, an additional minimum fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the city for each unit in excess of ten (10) units for which a notice of tenancy termination is given. d. A relocation fee shall have been paid or deposited into escrow in accordance with the provisions of section 4-6-9 of this chapter. If an apartment unit vacated pursuant to this section has been re-rented the new tenant shall not be entitled to any relocation fee or other relocation benefit if he or she received the notices required by subsections 1a, and 2b of this section.

2. Any apartment unit vacated pursuant to this section if re-rented after eviction but prior to remodeling, shall remain subject to the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be the responsibility of the landlord to notify any new tenant in writing of the controlled rents and the duration of the notice of termination. A copy of such notice shall be filed with the city clerk within one week after the new tenant begins occupancy of the apartment unit.

3. Any provision of this chapter notwithstanding, in lieu of receiving a relocation fee or being relocated to a comparable unit, a tenant, within sixty (60) days after the service of the one year notice of tenancy termination required by subsection 1 of this section, may elect to relocate to a comparable unit in the building to be remodeled. The comparability of the replacement unit shall be determined by the city. For the purposes of this subsection, "comparability" shall mean a unit with the same number of bedrooms as the unit vacated, and which is in a clean, functional, and secure state.

4. Should a tenant elect to be relocated to a comparable unit in the building to be remodeled, he or she shall serve written notice of such election on the landlord and file a copy thereof with the city clerk. Such notice shall be served and filed within sixty (60) days after service of the one year notice of tenancy termination required by subsection 1 of this section. Upon the service and filing of the required notice of election within the time set forth herein, the notice of tenancy termination shall become null and void as to that tenant for the purposes of eviction. Upon the receipt of multiple notices required hereby, the landlord shall make an application to the hearing officer for a determination of the order of relocation. The hearing officer shall determine the order of relocation, taking into consideration the relative hardships relocation will place on the tenants electing to relocate hereunder.

5. Upon the approval of the order of relocation as provided for in subsection 4 of this section, or if only one notice of election is received by the landlord, the landlord shall serve upon the tenant(s) and shall file a copy thereof with the city clerk notice of availability of the replacement unit.

The tenant shall have thirty (30) days after the service and filing of the notice of availability to relocate to the replacement unit. The landlord shall pay the reasonable cost of such relocation. Any disagreement between the landlord and tenant regarding the reasonableness of the cost of relocation shall be submitted to the hearing officer for resolution. Should a tenant fail to relocate to the replacement unit within said thirty (30) days, the tenant shall vacate the unit within ninety (90) days after the date the notice of availability of the replacement unit was served and filed, and the landlord shall be relieved of the obligation of paying any further fees or costs provided for in this chapter.

6. Upon the completion of the remodeling, the landlord

shall serve upon tenant(s) and shall file a copy thereof with the city clerk notice of availability of the remodeled unit. The tenant shall have thirty (30) days after the service and filing of the notice of availability of the remodeled unit to relocate. The landlord shall pay the reasonable cost of such relocation. Any disagreement between the landlord and tenant regarding the reasonableness of the cost of relocation shall be submitted to the hearing officer for resolution. Should a tenant fail to relocate to the remodeled unit within said thirty (30) days, the tenant shall vacate the replacement unit within ninety (90) days after the date the notice of availability of the remodeled unit was served and filed, and the landlord shall be relieved of the obligation of paying any further fees or costs provided for in this chapter; provided, however, the landlord shall not be relieved of the obligation of paying fees or costs provided for in this chapter if the new base rent is in excess of the estimated base rent.

7. If an apartment unit has been vacated for major remodeling, upon the completion of such remodeling the new allowable base rent for the apartment unit shall not exceed an amount equal to the previous base rent increased by the actual amount expended on such remodeling, including such items as interest or the value of capital up to eighteen percent (18%) per annum, and any fees or costs required to be paid to or on behalf of tenants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, amortized in accordance with the straight line depreciation schedules allowed under the federal income tax law, but in no case less than five (5) years. The tenant evicted for the purpose of such remodeling shall have a right of first refusal to rent the remodeled apartment unit provided such right is exercised within thirty (30) days after the landlord notifies the tenant when the apartment unit will be ready to be rented.

If such tenant re-rents the remodeled apartment unit, the landlord may increase the actual rent chargeable to such tenant at the time he or she actually occupies the unit to the new base rent allowed by this subsection or twenty percent (20%) above the estimated rent, whichever is less; provided, however, if a tenant elects to relocate as provided for in subsection 3 of this section, the new base rent shall not be applicable until one year after the notice of eviction required by subsection A of this section. The new base rent shall be established by the hearing officer within ninety (90) days after the tenant has reoccupied the unit or, if the tenant decides not to reoccupy the unit, within ninety (90) days after the unit is ready for occupancy, and the tenant has requested to be notified of the new base rent. The hearing officer shall be provided copies of documents by the landlord to be used to establish the new allowable base rent. If a tenant who was evicted pursuant to this section re-rents the remodeled apartment unit, such tenant shall return the relocation fee to the landlord, less actual direct moving expenses and the amount by which such tenant's rent during the period when the tenant was out of the apartment exceeded the tenant's rent prior to such move, but not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month.

8. No writ or judgment restoring possession to the landlord shall be issued or entered unless and until the complaint for such writ or judgment filed by the landlord contains the landlord's declaration under penalty of perjury of the giving of notice to the tenant as required by this section, the expiration of the one year notice period, the payment or deposit into escrow of the relocation fee specified in section 4-6-9 of this chapter, and that the major remodeling work will commence within sixty (60) days after the filing of such complaint.

9. The landlord shall file true copies of rental agreements for the re-rented apartment units after major remodeling has been completed with the city clerk within one week after the new tenant begins occupancy of the apartment unit.

10. The city manager or his designee shall issue guidelines for the implementation of the foregoing requirements, and all applicants for major remodeling pursuant to this section shall comply therewith.

11. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a building manager who is entitled to occupancy of an apartment unit solely because of his or her position as building manager.

12. For the purposes of this section, "major remodeling" shall mean the remodeling or reconstruction of more than one apartment unit subject to the provisions of this chapter in an existing building and a minimum amount per remodeled unit is expended on such work as follows: Bachelor/single 1 bedroom 2 bedrooms 3 or more bedrooms or 2 bedrooms and den

$ $ $ $

7,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00

13. The landlord shall obtain the building permit to perform the major remodeling within ninety (90) days after the date when the affected unit becomes vacant. The major remodeling shall be completed within one year of the date of issuance of the building permit. However, the building and safety department may extend the one year completion period upon a showing by the landlord of good cause for the failure to complete the repairs within the one year

period and diligent efforts to complete the work timely. If the major remodeling work is not completed within the time period established by this subsection, including any extensions thereof approved by the city, the landlord shall be liable in a civil action, if commenced within two (2) years of the displacement, to any tenant who is evicted from an apartment unit as a result of a notice issued pursuant to subsection 1a of this section for the actual damages that were the proximate result of the displacement.

L. WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL STRUCTURE FROM THE RENTAL MARKET: A landlord may bring an action to recover possession of an apartment unit if the landlord intends to withdraw all apartment units in a building or structure on a parcel of land from the rental market, subject to the following conditions and requirements: 1. This section shall only apply to and shall only be exercised for the concurrent withdrawal of all apartment units in all buildings or structures on a parcel of land from the rental market, except where there is more than one building on a parcel and all buildings contain four (4) or more apartment units, in which case the landlord may withdraw all of the units in one or more of the buildings.

2. Not less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the landlord intends to withdraw the apartment units in a building or structure from the rental market, the landlord shall: a. Provide written notice under penalty of perjury to the city of such intent, which notice shall contain the following information: address and legal description of the subject property, number of rental units being removed, the names of all tenants residing in the units being removed, the year the tenant(s) moved into the unit, the base rent for the unit and the current lawful rent applicable to each such unit. b. Record with the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder a written notice prepared by and containing such information as is prescribed by the city summarizing the landlord's notice of intent and certifying that evictions have been commenced or will commence in accordance with applicable law. c. Provide to the city's rent stabilization office copies of the notice recorded with the county and the notice(s) which were provided to the affected tenants. d. If the tenant or lessee is at least sixty two (62) years of age or is disabled, and has lived in his or her apartment unit for at least one year prior to the date of delivery to the city of the notice required by subsection 2a of this section, then the date of withdrawal of that apartment unit shall be extended to one year from the date of delivery of the notice to the city, provided that the tenant or lessee has given the landlord written notice of his or her entitlement to the extension within sixty (60) days of delivery to the public entity of the notice of intent to withdraw the apartment unit from the rental market. In this situation, the following provisions shall apply: i. The tenancy shall be continued on the same terms and conditions as existed on the date of delivery to the city of the notice of intent to withdraw, subject to any adjustments otherwise available under this title; ii. No party shall be relieved of the duty to perform any obligation under the lease or rental agreement; iii. The landlord may elect to extend the date of withdrawal on any other accommodation within the same building up to one year after the date of delivery to the city of the notice of intent to withdraw, subject to subsections 2di and 2dii of this section; iv. Within thirty (30) days of the notification by the tenant or lessee to the landlord of his or her entitlement to an extension, the landlord shall give written notice to the city of the claim that the tenant or lessee is entitled to stay in his or her apartment unit for one year after the date of delivery to the city of the notice of intent to withdraw; v. Within ninety (90) days of the date of delivery to the city of the notice of intent to withdraw, the landlord shall give written notice to the city and the affected tenant(s) or lessee(s) of the landlord's election to extend the date of withdrawal and the new date of withdrawal under subsection 2diii of this section.

3. The landlord shall provide written notice of termination of tenancy to all affected tenants at least thirty (30) days prior to the service of and recordation of the notices in subsection 2 of this section which has been approved by the city's rent stabilization office and filed with the city clerk's office and which notice shall contain the following information: a. That the landlord is evicting the tenant pursuant to this section and will provide the city with written notice required in subsection 2 of this section; b. A summary of the specific information to be provided to the city in that notice regarding the tenant's unit; Continue to page 24 >

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PUBLIC NOTICES c. That within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice to terminate, the tenant may notify the landlord in writing that the tenant would be interested in re-renting the unit if it is reoffered for rent at a future time and advising the tenant to notify the landlord and rent stabilization office of all future address changes; d. A description of the tenant's rights as set forth in subsections 5, 6 and 7 of this section; e. That the landlord will provide a relocation fee in accordance with the provisions of section 4-6-9 of this chapter and that such fee may not be waived by the tenant, except as specifically provided in section 4-6-9 G of this chapter; and f. That if the tenant or lessee is at least sixty two (62) years of age or is disabled, and has lived in his or her apartment unit for at least one year prior to the date of delivery to the city of the notice required by subsection 2a of this section, then the tenancy shall be extended to one year after the delivery of the notice to the city, provided that the tenant gives written notice of his or her entitlement to the extension to the landlord within sixty (60) days of the date of delivery to the city of the notice of intent to withdraw. The notice shall further state that if these circumstances exist, the extended tenancy shall be continued on the same terms and conditions that existed on the date of delivery of the notice of withdrawal to the city, subject to any rent increases that are allowed by this chapter, and that no party shall be relieved of the duty to perform any obligation under the lease or rental agreement during the extended tenancy.

4. At the time when the tenant(s) vacate the unit, the landlord shall pay a relocation fee in accordance with the provisions of section 4-6-9 of this chapter.

5. In the event the withdrawn units are reoffered for rent by the landlord within two (2) years from the effective date of withdrawal, the landlord shall: a. Provide written notice of such action to the city not less than thirty (30) days prior to re-renting the units; b. Offer the units at the same rent level as of the date of withdrawal plus any annual rent increases permitted by this chapter that would have applied had the units not been withdrawn; c. Provide those tenants who provided a notice of interest in re-renting pursuant to subsection 3c of this section the right of first refusal to re-rent the unit by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the last address provided by the tenant, in which case the tenant shall have no less than thirty (30) days within which to accept the offer, by personal service or certified or registered mail. Copies of these notices and the mail receipts shall be filed with the city's rent stabilization office within one week of mailing; d. Be liable in a civil action if commenced within three (3) years of displacement to any tenant evicted due to withdrawal of a unit pursuant to this section for actual damages which were the proximate result of the displacement, in accordance with the principles enunciated in sections 7262 and 7264 of the California Government Code, and punitive damages; e. Be liable in a civil action if commenced within three (3) years of displacement to the city for exemplary damages for displacement of tenants or lessees.

6. In the event the withdrawn units are reoffered for rent by the landlord within five (5) years after any notice of intent to withdraw the apartment unit is filed with the city, or within five (5) years after the effective date of the withdrawal of the apartment unit, whichever is later, the landlord shall provide not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice of such action to the city prior to re-renting the units and shall offer the units at the same rent level as of the date of withdrawal, plus annual rent increases permitted by this chapter that would have applied had the units not been withdrawn.

7. Moreover, if the units are reoffered for rent within ten (10) years from the effective date of removal, the landlord shall provide those tenants who provided notice of interest in re-renting pursuant to subsection 3c of this section the right of first refusal to re-rent the unit, by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the last address provided by the tenant, in which case the tenant shall have no less than thirty (30) days within which to accept the offer by personal service or certified or registered mail. Copies of these notices and the mail receipts shall be filed with the city's rent stabilization office within one week of mailing.

Failure of the landlord to provide the tenant with this right of first refusal shall render the landlord liable in a civil action to the tenant in punitive damages in an amount not to exceed six (6) months' rent.

8. This section shall in no respect relieve a landlord from complying with the requirements of any applicable state law or of any lease or rental agreement.

9. The remedies provided for in this section shall not be exclusive and shall not preclude a tenant from pursuing any alternative remedy available under law. Failure by any

landlord to comply with the requirements of this section shall constitute a defense in any unlawful detainer action brought to evict a tenant under this section.

10. For the purpose of this section, the term "landlord" shall be interpreted to include any and all successors in interest of any landlord, and the term "disabled" shall mean a person with a disability, as defined in section 12955.3 of the California Government Code.

11. The notice to the city provided for in this section shall be accompanied by a processing fee in an amount determined by resolution of the city council.

12. This section is intended to implement the requirements of sections 7060 through 7060.7 of the California Government Code, and shall be interpreted so as to provide the city with the broadest range of authority permitted under these provisions and to intrude the least into the city's authority in all other applications of its power.

13. This section shall apply to any apartment units that are being removed from the rental market, if the notice of termination of tenancy required by state law or by a lease agreement has not been given at the time of adoption hereof or if such notice has been given, the notice period has not expired at the time of adoption hereof.

Section 2. Urgency Findings. finds as follows:

The City Council

Currently, there is a shortage of affordable housing that is available to all segments of the community both within the County of Los Angeles and specifically within the City of Beverly Hills. The increased cost of constructing and purchasing housing within the Southern California region has caused an increase in the rents that are being charged for apartment units. Studies, which were presented to the City Council in 2017, which are hereby incorporated as part of the record regarding the adoption of this ordinance, have shown that there is a shortage of the number of apartment units that are available for rent. In addition, Because of the state Costa Hawkins statute (Civil Code Section 1954.50, et seq.), rents often are increased substantially following a vacancy. The ability to increase rents following a vacancy is an incentive for a landlord to evict an existing tenant so the unit can be re-rented for a rent that is significantly higher. In the City of Beverly Hills, apartment units that are subject to Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code are not subject to “just cause” eviction constraints. Accordingly, tenants living in those units (“Chapter 6 units”) may be given notice by their landlords that their tenancy is being terminated for no specified reason, and they must vacate their units and find a different apartment unit within which to live. As part of the presentation by HR&A Advisors to the City Council, which is hereby made a part of the record leading up to the adoption of this Ordinance, there has been a substantial increase in the number of no-cause evictions from Chapter 6 units. In particular, the HR&A report states: “As shown in monthly data in Figure 3, there were no evictions reported to the City during the six months following the enactment of the RSO amendments. Between July 2017 and March 2018, there were generally between four and eight evictions reported monthly. In April 2018, the number of evictions reported to the City spiked to eighteen, sixteen of which were no cause evictions. In August 2018, there were eleven evictions reported to the City, nine of which were no cause evictions.”

In addition, tenants who were or are residing in Chapter 6 units in the City have testified before the City Council that they are being evicted from their units, even though they are good tenants who pay their rent timely. This ordinance is designed to address this situation by eliminating the “no cause” evictions from Chapter 6 units and adding new “just cause” eviction requirements that must be satisfied in order to evict tenants from Chapter 6 units.

Therefore, the City Council finds and determines that the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety requires that this ordinance be enacted as an urgency ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 36937(b) and take effect immediately upon adoption. If this Ordinance does not become effective immediately, but instead becomes effective thirty days after its second reading, an increased number of tenants, including seniors and disabled tenants, will be evicted from their Chapter 6 units without cause, which will have a significant adverse effect upon these tenants. Therefore, this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and its urgency is hereby declared.

Section 3. Applicability. This ordinance shall apply to any tenant including, without limitation, any tenant who has been given a notice of eviction but does not wish to vacate his or her existing rental unit in response to this notice of eviction .

Section 4. CEQA. This ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), which is the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and CEQA does not apply where it can be

seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment.

It can be seen with certainty that the amendments to the City’s rent stabilization regulations to prevent tenants from being evicted from Chapter 6 units without cause will not cause a significant effect on the environment. In addition, the amendments to Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code are not a project that is subject to the provisions of CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(2) and (b)(5).

Section 5. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be considered a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this ordinance.

Section 6. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the city Clerk’s certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this city.

Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety within the meaning of Government Code Section 36937(b), and therefore shall be passed immediately upon its introduction and shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by a minimum 4/5 vote of the City Council.

Section 8. Duration. This Ordinance shall remain in effect until it is superseded by another Ordinance adopted by the City Council.

Section 9. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.

Adopted: October 18, 2018 Effective: October 18, 2018 JULIAN A. GOLD, MD Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California ATTEST: BYRON POPE City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: LAURENCE S. WIENER City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT MAHDI ALUZRI City Manager VOTE: AYES: Councilmembers Wunderlich, Friedman, Bosse, Mirisch, and Mayor Gold NOES: None CARRIED

Notice Inviting Contractors for CUPCCAA Registered Contractors List Notice is hereby given by the Beverly Hills Unified School District (“District”) that it shall establish a list of registered contractors per Section 220304 of the Public Contract Code. This list shall include licensed general contractors and specific licensed trade contractors seeking to participate in the solicitation of bids per Public Contract Code Section 22019.

As required by the District, it may solicit bids for the following Public Work Projects: 1. Construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work for the District.

2. Painting and repainting for the District Contractors shall provide the following information: 1) Firm Name 2) Contact Name 3) Contact Phone and Email 4) Type of work interested in and currently licensed for 5) License Number(s) and Class of license(s) held Contractor shall provide the required information on Company Letterhead addressed as follows: Beverly Hills Unified School District Attention: Construction and Facilities 255 S. Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Published: November 2, 2018

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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270582 The following is/are doing business as: THE LET GO 6063 Fairview Pl., Agoura Hills, CA 91301; CG Works, Inc. 6063 Fairview Pl., Agoura Hills, CA 91301; The business is conducted by: A CORPORATION, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Charisse Glenn, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270638 The following is/are doing business as: 1) EVRLINK 2) INVITTLE 9461 Charleville Blvd. #276, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Tamara Cholakian 9461 Charleville Blvd. #276, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Tamara Cholakian, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270644 The following is/are doing business as: MYINTY 10861 Moorpark St. #113, Studio City, CA 91602; Adrienne M. Cossar 10861 Moorpark St. #113, Studio City, CA 91602; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Adrienne M. Cossar, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270640 The following is/are doing business as: DENISE ROSNER HOMES 9454 Wilshire Blvd. 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Denise Rosner 9454 Wilshire Blvd. 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed October 2016: Denise Rosner, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270642 The following is/are doing business as: 1) PLATINUM LUXURY & COMMERCIAL 2) PLATINUM REALTY GROUP 3) PLATINUM REALTY PARTNERS 4) PLATINUM REALTY RESOURCE 439 N. Canon Dr. #Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Sheila Mac 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #1108, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has NOT begun to transact business under the name(s) listed: Sheila Mac, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270584 The following is/are doing business as: 1) I LOVE MY DOUBLES PARTNER 2) TENNI LOVE 226 N. Crescent Dr. #303, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Chocbite, LLC 214 Main St. #130, El Segundo, CA 90245; The business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed April 2015: Adeline Arjad Cook, President: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C –––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2018270580 The following is/are doing business as: 1) ICON 11 2) SBH CONSULTING 2481 Hollyridge Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068; Sandrine Auerbach 2481 Hollyridge Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068; The business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL, registrant(s) has begun to transact business under the name(s) listed February 2015: Sandrine Auerbach, Owner: Statement is filed with the County of Los Angeles: October 25, 2018; Published: November 02, 09, 16, 23, 2018 LACC N/C ––––––

NOTICE—

Fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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Housesitting also avail.

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SUZAN

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OFFICES & STORES

FOR LEASE

PRIME BEVERLY HILLS • 4 9 9 N . C A N O N D R .

An a m a z i n g o p p o r t u n i t y to lease class A office space in Beverly Hills’ 90 EMPLOYMENT p r e s t i g i o u s OPPORTUNITY G o l d e n Tr i angle.

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M AMA’ S H OME C ARE 323/655-2622

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This prime location on the cor ner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Nor th Cañon Drive is t w o b l o c k s e a s t o f t h e w o r l d - r e n o w n e d R o d e o D r i v e a n d a c r o s s f r o m Wa l l i s A n n e n b e r g Center for the Per for ming Ar ts. Offices feature spectacular views with plenty of natural light and on-site valet parking. This is an ideal loc a t i o n f o r a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e .

For more info call 310.887.7000 *** FOR LEASE ***

ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Fully Furnished

Adj. Beverly Hills $1,550 323/782-1144

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Plug and Play 1,140 sf

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Seeking Videographer

RESIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM

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BEVERLY HILLS SUBLEASE Professional appearance.

SONGS FOR 2-OFFICES Small complex, A DOOMED PLANET. B.H.+Westside Area Wilshire Blvd.

Recordings of 12 @ San Vicente Management/ songs available. Video 140 sqft. Quiet, private Maintenance, creating with composer and professional Leasing in Pacific Palisades. environment.

Possible Experience a Plus.

Budget $3,350-$5,000. for Musical Project,

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Free Rent + Salary!

SEEKING LIVE-IN Fax Resume: H O U S EK EEP ER 310/829-2630 Or Email: IN BEVERLY HILLS THEROBERTSCO @ Days/Hours • Sun.-Thurs 1pm-9pm. Must have 5 THEROBERTSCO . COM plus years experience, non-s moker, speak English and must be legal to work in the U.S.

Please call Jackie at 310/278-2401

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COMMERCIAL LOT FOR LEASE

HOLLYWOOD

phone answering service. Unfurnished. $925/Mo.

310/281-2667

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Zone C2 Lot Size: 5,755 S.F.

Long / Short Terms Lease.

• • • • • • Contact Katerina:

310/205-0500

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KELEMEN

LUXURY 90210 TOWNHOUSE NEXT TO BH CITY HALL

REAL ESTATE (310) 966-0900 License 00957281

all listings are on CenturyCityLiving.com

NOW AVAILABLE GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES *BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST CONDOMINIUM

CORNER 2 BED, 2 BATH $969,500 WARNING! DO NOT BUY ANY CENTURY CITY HIGH RISE CONDO UNTIL YOU SEE THIS UNIT.

Bank of America Building Wilshire Bl./Beverly Dr. Shared reception / kitchen areas.

www. bhcourier .com Call 310/277-4662

Location. 2 Jumbo Balconies Real Hardwood Floors. State of the Art Kitchen. SubZero Gagganeau. 2nd Bedroom is Office. Lots of Fitted Closets Value Priced for Quick Sale 1+DEN+ 2 BATHROOM $945,000

High Floor. Renovated. High Floor. Ocean & City Views

COMPLETELY REMODELED SPACIOUS 3 BEDROOMS, 3 BATHS 2,123 sf. Magnificent kitchen with matching stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops, soaring ceiling in living & formal dining room, wide planked hardwood floors, sensational huge outdoor patio, washer/dryer in unit and direct access gated side-by-side 2 car parking.

Shown by appointment • Cell: 310-666-2334

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HOUSES FOR SALE LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! 308 N. WETHERLY DR. BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-5

MOTIVATED SELLER-MAKE OFFER

LOCATED IN THE BEST AREA OF BEVERLY HILLS FLATS!

3 Bdrms, 2 Baths. Renovated master opens to beautiful stone paved backyard, loaded with fruit trees and crystal blue pool, with access to alleyway.

For more information call

Homa Nassi 310-570-6000

CENTURY PARK EAST $671,000 TO $1,050,000

CENTURY TOWERS $699,000 TO $1,099,000

Century Park East

PARK PLACE

Rare Private Doggy Park with Dog Park Parties!

N/S Tennis-Tennis Anyone?

6-Lane pool, fitness center, valet too. A Great Lifestyle!

$935,000 TO $1,139,000

$799,000 • 6th Fl. 2+2 Beautiful Garden Setting, treetop views, light/bright.

Great location in building. $899,000 • 19th Fl. 2+2 Corner Condo, Ocean Views, City+Downtown Too! Lrg. balcony, upgraded kitch. top of line appliances, sub-zero.

$1,250,000 TO $2,390,000

• DIANA COOK • 468 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, 90210

• 310-203-8333 •

2DianaCook@gmail.com

Available December 1st.

Attorney Suite

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Recently Remodeled LAND FOR LEASE Large Corner Office 1323 N. La Brea Ave. Unobstructed City Views.

Totally Renovated. Mid Floor • • • • • • In Boutique Building

**Under Market Rent** 8950 Olympic Bl. Suite 210 Philip Springer, 1 & 2 - PERSON Rick 818/439-6951 Composer of The Original Classic “Santa Baby”

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR LISTINGS Contact George at 310-278-1322

LE PARC

$2,099,000 TO $2,895,000

CENTURY HILL

ONE CENTURY

$3,400,000 TO $10,099,000

CENTURY WOODS

$1,369,000 TO $2,799,000

BEL AIR CREST $1,788,000 TO $9,500,000

Some Complexes include Heated Pools, Sundeck, Tennis, Doorman, Houseman, Staff Engineers, Switchboard, Security Staff, Switchboard, Saunas, Business Center, Pet PlayLand, Restaurant, Acres of Flower Gardens and Grassy Lawns.

ROCHELLE ATLAS MAIZE

dre #01365331

rochelle@rochellemaize.com

direct: 310.968.8828

www.rochellemaize.com

office: 310.274.4000

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Beverly Hills Courier Reporter

KELEMEN

••••••• SEEKING to RENT Guesthouse or Room with

Private Entrance ••••••• With pet.

up to $1,500/Mo. 424/901-9942

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BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

* BEVERLY HILLS * School District

BEVERLY HILLS GREAT LOCATION!

• BRENTWOOD •

License 00957281

Crescent & Clifton

all listings are on

3 BR + 2 BA CONDO

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH $2,850/MO.

CenturyCityLiving.com

1,816 Square Feet

N O W AVA I L A B L E

Bright Corner Unit

GATED 5 STAR LUXURY PROPERTIES

Inside Laundry

*BEL AIR *WESTWOOD *CENTURY CITY

CENTURY PARK EAST

3 Car Garage $5,495/MO.

Steve Gellar 310/922-2141 Coldwell Banker

2 BDRM /2 BATH / DEN

BRE01153015/00616212

$5,400/MONTH

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Exciting High Floor. Great Views Magnificent Newer Renovation. Chic European Kitchen. Custom Cabinetry Quartz Counters. Luxurious Baths. Fireplace. Hardwood Floors. Lots of Fitted Closets Air Cond. Heating Paid

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

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•• • • • • • • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •

•• Newly Remodeled • Large & Spacious • • 2 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. French doors in bdrm.

1 Bd.+Den+2 Ba. open to large balcony • • • • • • • • • • • overlooking pool • 8725 Clifton Way

Totally remodeled with modern fixtures and new granite counters throughout all amenities in kitchen and includes all appliances. Breakfast area. Large closets, Lrg. unit. balcony, balconies, Berber carpet/ walk-in closet, harwood foors and verticle blinds. Fireplace, washer/ central air, intercom dryer included in laundry entry, laundry facility, • GORGEOUS UNITS • area. Secured building Hardwood flrs., central elevator, parking. with atrium and garden air, pool, elevator, courtyard view. Choice • CHARMING & BRIGHT • on-site laundry, location Near Beverly Center, • 310/276-1528 • intercom entry.

Cedars- Sinai, Restaurants, Close to Cedars, Move-In! *1+1 only Easy Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets.

320 N. La Peer Dr. Beverly Center

125 N. Barrington Av.

N E W LY U P D AT E D • • • • • • 1 Bdrm. + 1 Bath • Upscale, Bright, Gorgeous & Spacious.

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Upscale, Bright, Gorgeous & Spacious.

With Pool, hardwood floors, balcony, central air, fireplace, stainless steel appliances, elevator, intercom entry, parking. gym.

LUXURIOUS • 310/476-2181 • 2 BEDROOM, 3 BATH Shown By Appointment. restaurants, shopping • 310/246-0290 • Close to shopping, HOUSE FOR LEASE 8544 BURTON WAY PENTHOUSE C LOSE TO dining & schools.

Includes Spacious Loft Call 310/273-6770 & transportation.

3 BD. + 1.75 BA. HOPS & D INING S w/ Private Bath, or 213/444-8865 Grand Opening + DINING ROOM. Closet, Bonus Room & or 310/734-7263 BEVERLY HILLS Large Rooftop Deck.

BRENTWOOD ’s 221 S. Doheny Dr. Newly remodeled with 2 BDRM /2 BATH / DEN Large closets, balconies, huge backyard includes Unobstructed Views. Jumbo all amenities in kitchen Corner Condo..

2 Large w/ breakfast area + large playroom. hardBalconies. Totally Renovated granite counter tops and Hardwood Floors. Décor wood floors, fridge, all stainless steel Kitchen/Baths. Quiet Location appliances. all harwood stove and dishwasher.

Lots of Fitted Closets floors and verticle blinds.

Laundry room includes Fireplace, wet bar, 1 BEDROOM /1 BATH washer/ dryer included in $3,650/MONTH washer and dryer.

High Floor. Unobstructed East laundry area. Secured $5,900/MO. Views. Jumbo Balcony building with garden Viking Kitchen courtyard. Choice location 209 S. CLARK DRIVE Hardwood Floors Near Beverly Center, CedarsLoft Style Interior 310/980-3296 Sinai, Restaurants, Trader Joes, Etc. No Pets.

CENTURY PARK EAST $4,000 to $5,300/month $3,850/MO. 430 Shown By Appointment.

FURNISHED 8544 BURTON WAY PARK PLACE APT’S/CONDO’S $4,200 to $4,950/month $4,950/MONTH

BEVERLY HILLS • Burton Way • 3 Bd.+3 Ba. Condo Tri-level, fully equipped stainless steel kitch., marble countertops, tv+ internet, washer/dryer in unit, patio, secured building, 2-parking.

Fully Furnished $5,995

• 310/271-4207 •

Blocks to shopping and dining.

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR LISTINGS Contact Rod at 310-278-1322

CENTURY TOWERS

$4,950 to $8,900/month

LE PARC Sorry

BEVERLY HILLS

ONE CENTURY $16,500 to $27,000/month

CENTURY WOODS Sorry

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Some Complexes include BEVERLY HILLS ADJ. Heated Pools, Sundeck, 1127 GLENVILLE DR. Tennis, Doorman, TOTALLY RENOVATED Houseman, Staff 2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS Engineers, Switchboard, New kitchen with granite Security Staff, counters tops and all new Switchboard, Saunas, appliances. Wood laminate Business Center, Pet flooring and 2 car tandem PlayLand, Restaurant, garage prkg. $2,900 Mo. Acres of Flower Gardens (2 units available) and Grassy Lawns.

Call 714/514-0018

facilities. No pets.

$2,450/MO. (12th Month Free) 310/503-2414

Great Location!

439 S. LE DOUX

Border of BEVERLY HILLS

424/343-0015

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321 S. Sherbourne Dr.

• • Spacious • • • • Jr. 1 Bdrm.

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*PRIME LOCATION* 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH WEST HOLLYWOOD On Wetherly Drive Upstairs, granite, A/C, GORGEOUS & SPACIOUS parking, laundry on-site, stove, fridge and pool.

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHS

$3,150/MO. JUST RENTED

• 1 Bd. + 1 Ba.

GRAND OPENING Most Spectacular

Brand New 2018 Construction

Near Roxbury Park • • • • • • and Pavillions.

Spacious, hardwood flrs., = BRENTWOOD = NEWLY REMODELED The Sanremo huge closets, built-in ONE BEDROOMS a/c, dishwasher, pool, 417 S. Barrington Av. Option: wood/carpet :::::::::::::: elevator, controlled flooring, includes 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath access, laundry dishwasher and pool.

Call 310/273-6770 or 213/444-8865

Newly remodeled unit in newly renovated building.

All appliances included, central A/C, balcony.

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$6,500 to $7,000/month

CENTURY HILL

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$1,995/MO. By appointment only

Call 310/425-9070 BEVERLY HILLS 218 S. Tower Dr.

Balcony, controlled access, a/c, stove, elevator, laundry facility, parking.

• 310/247-8689 • Close to Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Center & Trendy Robertson Bl.

BEVERLY HILLS ADJ.

• • • • • •

• • • • • • Old World Charm!

Good closet space, a/c, Bright, intercom entry, elevator, dishwasher, fridge, stove, laundry fac.

CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS controlled access. Close SHOPPING .

323/651-2598

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to Cedars/shops/trans.

310/247-8689

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• 3 B d . + 2 1/ 2 B a .

• 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

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Large units, walk-in closet, custom kitchen, built-in washer/dryer, all appliances, hardwood floors throughout, some units w/ skylights+high ceilings.

Health club, wifi, sauna, heated pool, controlled acess, parking.

Open floor plan, high ceilings, French oak flrs+porcelain tiles, x-lrg. walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, pool, 424/272-6596 • state of the art gym, Close to Brentwood laundry hook-ups, Village, Restaurants, controlled access, prkg, UCLA, Mt. Saint Mary’s, free WiFi. Close to & Transportation.

Brentwood Village.

• 310/477-6885 • VERY UNIQUE • MUST SEE

————— HEART OF BRENTWOOD

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11931 Goshen Ave.

11815 Mayfield Ave.

Brand New Bldg.

Large Luxury Units

• BrentwooD •

< < < < < Newly Remodeled

—————–––– • 2 Bd.+2 Ba.

• • 309 S. Sherbourne Dr. •• 1 Bd.+1 Ba. •• ( • • • ----- • • • ) •• • • 1 Bd.+Den+1.5 Ba. •• ••

&

3 Bdrm.+ 21/2 Bath

Apartments

120 Granville Ave.

Hardwood floors, impressive living room, dining room, balcony, a/c unit, fridge, dishwasher, walk-in closet, intercom entry, laundry facility, carport parking.

310/312-9871

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• 3 Bd. + 3 1/ 2 Ba. • 2 Bd. + 2 1/ 2 Ba.

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Very private, hi-ceilings, large veranda, luxury kitchen+bathrooms, walk-in closet, all new appliances, washer/dryer in unit, central air, prkg.

Please Call:

310/473-1509 Close: great restaurants, • Easy Move-In • shops, UCLA, beach.

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WILSHIRE

CULVER CITY

1433 Brockton Ave. 1409 Midvale Ave. CORRIDOR 3830 Vinton Ave. 872 S. Westgate Ave. 904-908 Granville Av. 1 = = = = = = 2 Bd.+1 /2 Ba. Spacious • • • • • • • • • • • 10530-10540 Wilshire Bl. • 1 Bdrm+1 Bath • • Single • • Very Bright Includes: • 2 Bd.+2 Ba. • • ∞∞∞∞∞∞ Air conditioning unit, Laundry facility, 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath •• • ∞ • • •• parking. • 1 B d . + 1 B a . • laundry facility, = = = = = = •• • • • 1 Bd.+1 Ba. • Pool, sauna, subterranean prkg. Close to shopping, Totally Redone.

Harwood+carpet floors, fireplace, patio, parking, laundry facility.

Near Whole Foods.

310/592-4511

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11618 Kiowa Ave. • • • • • • • • Newly Updated BRENTWOOD • Bachelor 11640 Kiowa Ave. • S i n g l e • • • • • •••••••• • • • A/C, internet access, Newly Updated pool, controlled access, 2 Bdrm. + 2 Bath on-sight laundry. No pets.

• • • • • • • • Close to Whole Foods, Transportation Balcony, dishwasher, and Restaurants. a/c, heated pool, 310/826-4889 WiFi, elevator controlled access, BRENTWOOD on-site laundry, prkg.

519 S. Barrington Ave. Close to Brentwood Village, ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚Δ˚ Shops & Restaurants.

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• • • dining & ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ intercom entry, • • • elevator, on-site transportation.

WiFi, a/c, intercom • Luxury Living • laundry, parking.

Please Call: entry, laundry facility, with valet, lush garden All Utilities Paid.

310/477-6885 elevator, parking, pool. surrounding pool, 310/841-2367 CLOSE TO U.C.L.A., gym, elevator, etc.

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72 What un desierto lacks 74 Lyrical lament 75 Not able to catch something 77 Growth ring 80 Farthest point in an orbit around the moon 82 This woman 83 Closure opening?

84 Vote in France 85 Blue swaths on maps 87 They follow oohs 90 Like the simplest instructions 95 Talk show host Cohen 97 Trade punches 100 Hills with gentle slopes on one side and steep slopes on the other 103 Fake 104 Verdi tragedy 105 “Grand Ole” venue 106 Say whether or not you’ll attend 108 Blow out 110 Imbroglio 111 Prostates 115 French 101 verb

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Chairman 2014 Paula Kent Meehan President & Publisher Marcia Wilson Hobbs Senior Editor John L. Seitz Special Sections Editor Stephen P. Simmons

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The following letter from former Beverly Hills Mayor Stephen Webb was sent to members of the City Council regarding Board of Education member Lisa Korbatov. Her reply follows afterward.

I was curious as to why a congressman from Indiana would travel to Beverly Hills during election season. Guess what; he is not running for reelection and will not be around next year to do anything. Why? He ran for senate in the Indiana primary and lost so as a lame duck congressman having lost a senate primary bid, he has little power.

So again, why did he travel to Beverly Hills besides enjoying the great weather? A check of federal campaign contribution records shows that Lisa Korbatov and her husband, Igor, contributed several thousand dollars to the congressman’s political fund.

Other interesting tidbits on line–it was widely reported that he claimed that illegal immigrants posed an Ebola threat and twice has been accused of ethics violations.

You should ask yourself why a school board member would ask such an individual to speak to the high school kids and mislead them into thinking that he was there because of genuine concern and not campaign contributions and that he would be able to take up their cause without mentioning he was leaving Congress in a few months.

Stephen P. Webb ****** This letter responds to a vicious and unwarranted email from one of our ex-mayors, Stephen Webb, to the entire council and former mayors, attacking a fine man trying to help our school district, Todd Rokita, a congressman from Indiana.

If Webb even cares to do so, he needs to get his facts straight. The issue continues to be L.A. Metro’s determination to put electrified subway tunnels right under the 1928 main building at Beverly Hills High School through dozens of old oil wells in a methanepacked gas field in earthquake country. Webb and others blindly support this dangerous effort, including Metro’s placing its “construction staging area” right next to our campus. Metro admits this staging area will increase the cancer risk to our children, staff and parents by over 3.4 percent, though our experts say it’s higher.

Webb never mentions this real danger. Instead, he attacks directly and via innuendo an Indiana congressman who just happens to be the #1 elected official in the U.S. House of Representatives charged with school safety, and who came to our district to see firsthand what we are facing.

Apparently, in Webb’s book this is a sin. Webb’s take: this “sin” of a congressman going out of his way to do his job was made worse because – long before any planned trip by the congressman – my husband and I contributed to his campaign for U.S. Senate in Indiana.

Anyone who thinks that a few thousand dollars into a multi-million dollar statewide campaign “gets you anything” obviously has never been a donor to any federal election campaign. Webb’s innuendo is a joke – a bad, vicious, hateful falsehood.

It’s no secret that I am an active Republican. I support many House and Senate members running for office. Many of them make their way to the Greater L.A. and the Beverly Hills areas. I met Rep. Rokita at an event in early 2018. He is the chairman of the House Education Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, and also serves on the House Transportation Committee.

Of course I shared with him L.A. Metro’s plan to route the Purple Line through the high school campus, right through between 70-80 abandoned, uncapped and unmapped oil wells and the litigation that the district is in with L.A. Metro and FTA .

Rep. Rokita was appalled to hear this. He did not speak out of turn. He told me that he has visited at least 100 schools all over the country and never heard of such a plan. He told me he would help the BHUSD in any way he could. And, he was good on his word.

As a member of the House Transportation Committee, he sent a letter to Secretary Chao asking her to look into the planned route and questioning why such a route would go through the methane zone. He has made certain that our concerns were brought to the attention of the administration and the Secretary of Transportation.

Rep. Rokita has oversight responsibilities in his legislative capacity at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education and takes those duties seriously.

He had wanted to visit Beverly Hills High School earlier this year and possibly even conduct a legislative hearing here, but other legislative matters had to be addressed.

So, he decided to visit last week and report back to his committees before he leaves Congress. To claim, as does Webb, that my tiny contribution to his campaign caused him to come here is absurd.

His entire life in public office proves beyond a doubt that he cares deeply about children. His records show that when he sees a health and safety issue that could hurt children, he speaks out with or without a campaign contribution. You should know he has a special needs son and cares passionately about children’s issues.

He is a very principled and honorable congressman; someone who really cares. In his free time, he is a private pilot who flies supplies to Florida and other states when there are disasters. He also filed a House resolution condemning the anti-Semitic remarks of Louis Farrakhan.

You should also know a U.S. senator who is neither running for office this year nor from California also visited the school that same day. He too was appalled at L.A. Metro’s plan to route a subway through the campus and under instructional buildings. I have not contributed to this senator but he wanted to see Metro’s reckless plans, too. I only wish our own congressmen and senators cared as much as Rep. Rokita and the other senator does about our kids, but they do not!

It does not help our community or our school district for ex-mayors on their way out in some measure in our City – or anyone else – to try to reclaim the public spotlight even for a second by spreading false and hateful messages.

We need to come together to protect our only high school, our children, parents and staff. Lisa Korbatov ****** Next Tuesday (Nov. 6), every registered voter in the City of Beverly Hills will have the right and the duty to vote. For those unmotivated to cast a ballot because they feel they don’t know what they are voting on and don’t think their vote will make a difference, if the 2016 elections didn’t demonstrate how important every single vote is to a candidate or an issue, then we might as well just abandon our right to vote altogether.

There are important consequential votes this election cycle. In addition to our local school board elections and initiatives that affect everyone who owns residential property in Beverly Hills, or drives on the roads, or requires medical attention (either emergency or regular dialysis), there are elections for our representatives in Washington and elections for judges before whom you may find yourself .

Every registered voter receives a California General Election Official Voter Information Guide. If you’ve never opened it before, now is the time. Or if you prefer, you can find it online at http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov. It provides (1) the text of all the proposed initiatives (propositions), (2) an independent analysis of the purpose and impact of each proposition and (3) the pros and cons submitted by supporters and opponents. You have all the information you need to cast an informed vote on each and every candidate and issue.

You don’t know which judge to vote for in the judicial nominations? Check the L.A. County Bar Association’s website for its list of vetted candidates to see who is qualified and who is not.

Disregard the title of any ballot measure as they are all misleading and often titled in contradiction to their ultimate goal. You must read the text of the proposition and its analysis to really know what its effect will be once passed and implemented. And never pay attention to the partisan ads on TV or radio. It’s all spin.

Do go online and find as many different posts from as many different sources as you can to weigh and judge for yourselves what a candidate is really about or how a particular proposition will actually affect you.

It’s easier than ever before to become informed and participate in our democratic system of government. Our nation was built on the grand experiment that an educated citizenry could govern itself through representation without the imposing the whim and will of a monarch, oligarch, plutocrat or worse. For 200+ years, our system of representative government has proved to the entire world that our nation’s founders took the right road. We have survived and thrived by our form of one man/woman one vote democracy ever since.

Like anything else, use it or lose it.

Linda E. Spiegel

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Astrology

By Holiday Mathis TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 2). You'll add seven meaningful achievements to your life list before your next birthday. It won't be because you're driven to impress anyone or to receive validation for your work.

It will be because you are genuinely curious and/or so moved by certain events that you can't help but throw yourself into the mission. Sagittarius and Cancer adore you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). “It takes one to know one” applies all over the place today. For instance, you'd almost have to slip into an unkind state to decide that someone else is being unkind. Also, you know when you're loved because you're loving.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You're brave. You stay awake to what you're doing instead of burying your head in the sand like the ostrich myth. Maybe you can't always control your behavior, but you're aware of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you feel emotionally out on a limb, don't ask anyone else to join you there. The branch could break.

Make your way to the trunk, shimmy down and touch the roots.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Hearing the words “I love you” from one you hold dear may or may not give you a sense of security. The thing to work on is loving yourself -- a much more dependable source of security.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). No stone gets polished smooth without friction. It's the rub that makes things shine. You'll put some muscle into that today, maybe physical or maybe emotional. Push through resistance to knock off the grime and get to the luster.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). To distinguish a face from all of the other faces is a human talent that goes back to our more primitive days. If only names were as easy to remember! That memorization will take effort and will pay off handsomely today.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Though it certainly will help to believe you can do something before you embark, it isn't necessary. So if you're having a crisis of faith, just ignore it and take the next step anyway. It's the steps that get you there, not the faith.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Love what you do, and you'll do great work effortlessly. That's good for you and good for the world. If you don't love it, you'll force yourself to do great work anyway. That's how character is built, which is also a benefit to both you and the world.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know what it's like to want something that isn't a good fit for you. Seeing someone else with what you once wanted will be an eye-opening experience that makes you glad for the way things turned out.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You're naturally influential today. Even your most mild-mannered expressions will be powerful enough to get people to go with your ideas, follow your lead and generally give you the room to do as you please.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The more you want to accomplish something, the less it will feel like work. The struggle ceases to be a struggle; it's just what needs to happen to get where you want to go.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Find out who has the power to greenlight your project before you waste your time pitching to the wrong person. Also, “Never allow a person to tell you no that doesn't have the power to say

****** Beverly Hills welcomes the latest addition of “fine art” to the Burton Way “M.W.M.” or Metal Without Meaning collection.

Designed by our own Public Works Department, the eight geometric objects are called: “Beverly Hills, The Shape of Things to Come.”

At the dedication ceremony, the artists described our City of the future as eight, self-contained mega buildings housing thousands of residents.

Each structure will have its own police and fire departments, schools (K- college), hospital (with a special Botox wing), dental facilities, workout space, retail and entertainment centers, and a dog park.

All-electric, driver-less vehicles and rickshaws (creating employment for the homeless and future undocumented caravan freedom fighters ) will be the mode of transportation throughout the City. Good things happen when art and community work together.

Robert Block

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