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Broadway Battle a Sign of the Times Effort to Force Property Owners to Improve Their Street-Front Spaces Creates a Divide

Urban Scrawl on psychic helpers.

A low-income housing complex opens.

Running down the Downtown concerts.

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Robert Clinton, owner of Clifton’s Cafeteria, may have to remove lettering that has been at the restaurant for nearly 50 years. It violates city code, and officials are stepping up enforcement on Broadway. by Richard Guzmán city editor

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he lettering has been there for nearly half a century. It’s simple, to the point, sending a message of tradition. The words, in silver letters about two feet tall written on a window between two doors, read “Clifton’s Cafe.” It is one of the first things diners see when entering the restaurant that has stood at 648 S. Broadway since 1935. The signage went up around 1960, said Clinton, and though the street has seen theater marquees go blank and demographics change, the lettering has remained. It continues to lure diners for a $7.99 turkey dinner or the house specialty, apple pie with vanilla sauce. Now, another change is underway on the

corridor, this one spurred by 14th District City Councilman José Huizar. His Bringing Back Broadway initiative is an expansive plan to improve the thoroughfare. In addition to launching a streetcar and activating the faded theaters, it aims to create a more uniform look among the hodgepodge of street-front businesses. While almost everyone on Broadway is on board with the need to update the street and improve its infrastructure, a bitter divide has surfaced over the streetscape requirements. In recent weeks, business owners and landlords have been hit with a flurry of citations demanding changes to elements that, in some cases, have existed for decades. Clinton is one of many stakeholders who claim that the citations are difficult and expensive to fix.

Drugs and Counterfeiting, But No Jason Bourne As Reserve Lofts Suspect Brian Alexik Faces Additional Charges, It’s Clear He Was No Super Sleuth

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he District Attorney’s office last week filed a series of drug charges and one count of forgery against Brian Alexik, the man who set off a high-profile investigation when he fled his Downtown penthouse April 19. After evading police by fleeing down a fire escape, Alexik, 34, was arrested on June 3 on weapons charges tied to an AK-47 and a sawed-off shotgun discovered in his apartment at the Reserve Lofts in South Park. A third charge was for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

District Attorney Steve Cooley’s office is now pursuing seven additional charges, including counts of possession for sale of heroin, cocaine, crack and methamphetamine, and forgery of United States currency. Alexik pled not guilty to the seven new charges on Thursday, June 17, echoing his previous not guilty plea to the weapons charges on June 4. The former New Jersey resident faces a maximum sentence of 16 years, district attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison said. Appearing in court in a blue prison jumpsuit last week, Alexik conferred with his appointed public

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“We want Broadway to improve, but we also want to survive the process,” said Clinton as he studied a notice from the city Department of Building and Safety outlining some violations, including the size of the “Clifton’s Cafe” letters. The stepped-up effort comes from the department’s federally funded Pro-Active Code Enforcement team. The group targets problems in limited geographic regions of the city; the Downtown focus comes about a year after the City Council approved a set of Broadway streetscape guidelines. The Broadway Theater and Entertainment District Design Guide aims to give the street a more cohesive look by both enforcing city codes see Broadway, page 8 defender for about 10 minutes before his preliminary hearing was called. On behalf of Alexik, Deputy Public Defender Bijan Keyghobad then filed a motion requesting a new attorney. Judge Hilleri Merritt cleared the courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for about 10 minutes. When the public re-entered the room, Keyghobad was still representing Alexik. Alexik’s request for new representation was the latest in a line of unusual circumstances related to the case. At his June 4 arraignment he had been assigned a public defender, but he asked to represent himself. Another preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 14. Overlooking the Bank As Alexik’s case wends through the legal system, the alleged counterfeiter continues to be compared in some media accounts to fictional super spy Jason Bourne, the protagonist in the popular film series based on the novels by Robert Ludlum. The nickname surfaced after Alexik escaped police and clambered down to a third floor patio at the Reserve Lofts, carrying two duffel bags that some believe were full of fake money. see Alexik, page 7

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AROUNDTOWN Scott Turow, Dustin Hoffman Coming to Zipper Hall

ing was good for the U.S. Attorney as well as for me,” said Riordan. He added that City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was “supportive and gracious and a very big influence on me, from a management standpoint.”

dd another speaker series to the already hefty Downtown roster. Monday, June 28, will mark the Central City debut of Live Talks Los Angeles. An 8 p.m. event at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall will feature Scott Turow in conversation with Dustin Hoffman. The series is being produced by the Pearson Foundation and copresented by KPCC 89.3 and KCET. The Turow/Hoffman event will benefit 826LA, the literary project founded by Dave Eggers. Ted Habte-Gabr, a producer of Live Talks Los Angeles, said events will take place either on the Westside or in Downtown, where L.A. Live will also be utilized. “Downtown is ideal for an evening after work for those who work Downtown, as well as a destination for folks from surrounding communities, including those who live Downtown and close by,” said Habte-Gabr. Although the full fall lineup has not been revealed, Habte-Gabr said Matt Groening, Ken Follett and Anne Rice are on the schedule. Tickets for the Turow/Hoffman event start at $25. Information is at livetalksla.org.

New Group Pushing High-Speed Rail

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ailLA, a recently formed coalition dedicated to promoting the California High-Speed Rail initiative, will host a workshop at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, at the Exchange (114 W. Fifth St.) to discuss the project. The public is invited to attend and share ideas about station and alignment locations. Led by RailLA co-chairs James Rojas and Alan Huynh, the meeting will provide a quick overview of high speed rail in Los Angeles and what it means for Downtown and Union Station as its hub. The group plans to use ideas generated at the meeting to help develop policy recommendations for transit decision makers by the end of the summer. “RailLA is ultimately about transforming the way we travel and develop our communities in order to create more sustainable, healthy and livable communities,” said RailLA chair Gunnar Hand. The group is asking individuals to submit new and existing ideas, concepts, designs, plans, papers, videos, models and other studies on high-speed rail. The top five submissions will get part of $2,500 in prizes; the deadline for submissions is July 13. More information is at railla.org.

Skid Row Injunction Architect Moves On

ruce Riordan, chief of the City Attorney’s gang division and co-architect of the recently filed injunction against Skid Row drug dealers, has accepted a position as senior counsel to new U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte, Jr. In the new job, which begins in July, Riordan will work with Birotte and his management team on the implementation and pursuit of the office’s federal and local priorities, Riordan said. Given the relationships and the network he built in the city attorney’s office, Riordan said the move will likely result in heightened interagency cooperation. An assistant U.S. Attorney for 15 years, Riordan joined the city in 2007, where he oversaw several anti-gang efforts, including the Downtown-focused injunction against the Fifth and Hill gang. “It was one of those fortuitous things where the tim-

Schwarzenegger, Griffin, Penn at Journalism Awards

he governor, a proud D-Lister and an actor/activist are all coming together in Downtown this week. If it sounds like a joke, it’s not, though jokes may fly at the 52nd annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Sunday, June 27. The 6 p.m. event hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel will feature opening remarks by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sean Penn, who has been active in relief efforts following the Haiti earthquake, will

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owntown is going to the dogs again, with the fourth annual Downtown Dog Day Afternoon at the Cathedral taking place July 27 from 6-9 p.m. The event is expected to draw hundreds canines and humans for an afternoon of mingling, sniffing, music, pet booths and Dodger Dogs (the latter for people only). Previous events have attracted more than 1,000 living creatures, and as of late last week, 359 humans and 217 dogs had RSVPed. The event at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is for Downtown dogs and only for pooches that are social and on a leash. RSVP at downtownla.com/dogday/.

Grand Avenue Committee Head Leaving for Metro

artha Welborne, managing director of the Grand Avenue Committee, has taken the top planning job at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Welborne joined Metro this month as executive director of Countywide Planning. “Los Angeles is on the cusp of the most significant improvements in public transportation in its history,” Welborne said in a statement. “To be part of the team that will bring this about is both compelling and exciting.” An architect and urban planner, Welborne’s work has ranged from individual building design to such largescale planning efforts as Los Angeles’ surface transit project, which led to the creation of the Metro Rapid bus system. Welborne continues in her role with the Grand Avenue Committee, which is laying the framework to break ground on the Civic Park component of the Grand Avenue plan in July. She will remain the committee’s director for several months as she transitions to the Metro post.

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EDITORIALS City Leaders Look Bad as El Pueblo Merchants Call Their Bluff he issue of rents at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument has been troubling for decades. Unfortunately, the best opportunity in years for progress is being squandered by city officials. It is a shame that leaders who have the power to secure fair-market value for taxpayer-owned property appear too scared of opposition and repercussions to spark real change. City officials need to step up and do what is right, which is enforce and collect the rents for this valuable public land. Their inaction sends the message that anyone can thumb their nose at the city without consequence. Some say this is a complex issue, but really, it’s not. It all boils down to a simple rent battle between the landlord, the city, and a few dozen politically connected merchants who are working hard to minimize rate increases. The city played its hand, but right now the merchants are calling their bluff. The issue has long festered at Olvera Street, where more

than 70 merchants run shops or restaurants that cater to 2 million visitors a year. The average rent is $1.35 per square foot, though some of the largest tenants pay less than $1 per square foot, a shockingly low amount. The city took a responsible first step to correct the situation: It commissioned a thorough rent study from a reliable company with no stake in the game. The report said rates should be $2-$6.50 per square foot. In January, the mayoral-appointed panel that oversees El Pueblo came up with increases that in most cases are close to the low end of the spectrum; the new rents would help the department bridge an approximately $800,000 annual budget shortfall. The city then gave the merchants two months notice of the hikes (only 30 days is required). This should have solved the problem. However, more than 40 merchants have since refused to pay the new rents, and each month hand over just their old

rates. With only 13 tenants paying their full rent (another 17 operate on 55-year leases and are not impacted), the city is short about $217,000 after three months. Over a year that works out to approximately $870,000. Months after they started withholding, the merchants came up with their own rent study. Los Angeles Downtown News reported last week that it suggests rents far lower than those called for in the city report. The city has the right, some would say the responsibility, to be aggressive in collecting what it is owed. It also retains the power to serve eviction notices to tenants who refuse to pay their full rents. These notices have been drawn up, but political pressure has kept them from being served. The result is that merchants are essentially deciding what they pay. There are no repercussions and no teeth from a city that is laying off employees because of severe budget problems. How long until the other 13 Olvera Street merchants see the lack of enforcement and make the same decision? How long until any tenant renting from the city and faced with a rate increase realizes they can withhold rent without consequences? Local leaders should remember that their responsibility is to the city as a whole. Nowhere in the world does a tenant get to decide what they want to pay in rent. A reliable study was conducted by the city. Take it, use it and collect what Los Angeles is owed.

A Festival Fit

That is why another event that started Downtown last week is so exciting. The Los Angeles Film Festival, which kicked off June 17, appeals primarily to those in Southern California. It is expected to draw about 85,000 people by the time it closes on June 27. The lion’s share of those who see the approximately 200 features, shorts, documentaries and other fare, and attend the parties, discussions and related events will come via car. Which makes it easy for them to return if they glimpse a new community and like what they see. The festival was previously held on the Westside, but organizers reported reaching capacity in terms of the number of screens and venues. For the 16th annual event, they moved to the Central City. Although the majority of the screenings are at the 14-theater Regal cineplex at L.A. Live, the festival also utilizes unique venues such as REDCAT, the Downtown Independent, the Orpheum Theatre and the Grammy Museum. L.A. Live owner Anschutz Entertainment Group, now a partner in the festival, and the management of the Regal cinemas deserve credit for their roles in the event. Obviously this is summer blockbuster time, and the complex could conceivably sell more tickets with popcorn flicks than some of the edgy fare being shown. We’re pleased that Regal went this

route rather than pack their screens with additional showings of The Karate Kid or The A-Team, both of which are fun, but there is plenty of time for that. The biggest risk is being taken by the festival organizers, who knew they had a reliable audience on the Westside. This is the first year of a three-year commitment to Downtown, and it has to be somewhat of a gamble — there is always a question of whether crowds will risk traffic for a Downtown event. That said, we suspect the move will pay off for them as it has for others. The Los Angeles Conservancy has sold out shows for decades in its summer Last Remaining Seats series. In the past few years, both the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival and the Downtown Film Festival have proved that with the right fare, audiences will flock to the community. Each of those succeeded without the Regal 14, indicating a real potential for large crowds at this event. The Los Angeles Film Festival is a great addition to Downtown. About the only thing more exciting than what it is now bringing to the area is what it will deliver in the future. Organizers have said that by 2012, they hope to attract 200,000 people. Once those crowds see what the community has, many of them will come back.

hen it comes to grabbing prominent events, Downtown has been on a nice run. In the spring, the city announced that next year it will host a Microsoft convention, the biggest business gathering Los Angeles has ever secured. Last week, the Convention Center welcomed back E3, the mammoth video game confab that tourism officials say pumps $23 million into the city and generates more than 25,000 hotel room nights. Those are great for their respective industries and provide a vital infusion to the city in terms of exposure and tax revenue. Both also reveal how the new Convention Center hotel is already paying off and hint at the high-profile events and revenue streams to come. Yet while these are big victories for business, they have relatively little impact on the life of average Angelenos. Both are very large trade shows, and while Los Angeles can use more of them, it is not as if they give many in the region a chance to experience the Central City.

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‘Gnomes’ Insults City Workers Report Says Hall of Justice Repairs Dear Editor, read and enjoy the news proffered in your newspaper, and understand political satire and the privilege of a free press. But I must take issue with your referring to prior employees of the City Clerk’s office as “gnomes” (“Honoring Beyonce Is Honoring Los Angeles,” by Jon Regardie, June 14). The casual use of this word implies a ridiculous and non-human status and is insulting to the fine men and women who served for many years in dedicated and expert service to this City, and the pride and devotion they took with all aspects of their work produced with beauty and dignity often under duress. It is an insult to their families who were sustained by their livelihood. And it is an insult to all the elected officials and City departments who have utilized their expertise and to the scores of community leaders, schools and outstanding individuals who ever had the honor of such recognition from the City of Los Angeles. The Creative Services Division of the City Clerk’s Office served an honorable and historic purpose and those staff earned their right to be a proud part of the City family. —June Lagmay, City Clerk, City of Los Angeles

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Could Be $70 Million Less Than Anticipated by Richard Guzmán city editor

os Angeles County officials have renewed hope that the long-vacant Hall of Justice could finally be brought back to life. The sentiment follows a report that found that a renovation of the 1926 landmark could cost about $70 million less than anticipated a few years ago. In the report dated June 9, county CEO William Fujioka told the Board of Supervisors that based on the most recent estimates, rehabilitation of the 14-story edifice at 211 W. Temple St. could take up to three and a half years and cost $216.4 million. When plans on a rehab stalled in 2004, the price was estimated at $285 million. The board is expected to receive a final report in November detailing how the edifice would be rehabilitated and financed, along with the exact costs. If the plans are approved, the project would move forward with an aim to open the building in mid2014, said Paul Novak, planning deputy to Supervisor Michael Antonovich. Antonovich and Supervisor Gloria Molina introduced a motion last December asking what it would take to restore the building that was damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The structure once housed the Sheriff’s Department, a jail, the Coroner’s office and the District Attorney’s office. “The supervisor looks forward to the board making a final decision on moving forward by the end of 2010,” Novak said. The building was vacated after the 1994 earthquake, and is currently empty and gutted. A previous restoration effort was halted six years ago when questions arose over the extent of the damage and the cost of restoring the structure. Fujioka’s report offers additional details on how the project might pan out. It states that not only would the interior be repaired, but a multi-level parking garage for 1,000 cars would be built on site. The effort would also include landscape and utility improvements, The plan calls for the cleaning, refurbishment and repair of the exterior of the structure. The currently grayish building is made of

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The Hall of Justice was vacated after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Previous repair costs of $285 million have been downgraded to $216 million in a new report.

Sierra granite, which when cleaned shines bright white. The reduction in costs reflects an industry-wide decline due to the recession, the report states. It also says current plans are focused on consolidating the justice-related departments in that building, including the District Attorney, Public Defender and the Sheriff’s Department. The consolidation of the departments would increase savings through the cancellation of leases where they are currently housed. The report says that debt service payments would start at about $9 million in fiscal year 2012-13 and rise to about $20 million annually over 30 years, with a total debt service of up to $415 million. However, lease savings over that same 30-year period would amount to more than $600 million, according to the study. One proponent for reopening the building is Sheriff Lee Baca, who in the past has expressed a strong desire to move the department back to the Hall of Justice from its current home in Monterey Park. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Cobbling Together the Cobb Housing Complex Serves Some of County’s Most at-Risk Residents by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer

he Charles Cobb Apartments feels a lot like any market-rate residential complex Downtown. There is a flat-screen television and bright new furniture in the community room. Some of the 76 units boast balconies. Then there’s the “green roof,” with its white stone terraces and colorful, water-saving succulents gardens, illuminated at night by elegant light fixtures and an expansive view of the Downtown skyline. What sets the Cobb apart is its residents, all of them formerly homeless, and many of them once considered the most at risk of dying on the county’s streets. Although residents began arriving in April, the project at 521 S. San Pedro St. held an opening ceremony last week. When the building’s nonprofit developer, Skid Row Housing Trust, was looking to fill the complex, its director of external affairs, Molly Rysman, went to places like New Image homeless shelter at 38th Street and Broadway. She told counselors there that she was looking for its most challenged clients. “Don’t give me people you think are going to be easy to place in housing because they’re going to find housing other places,” she told them. “You need permanent supportive housing for people who are the hardest to place.” That’s how Ruben Reyes, 32, landed at the Cobb. A self-proclaimed lifelong criminal — he had been in and out of jail for burglary and battery charges since 1994 — he was homeless and living near Koreatown about two years ago. Tired of his street life, Reyes, who also battles mental illness, landed at New Image. Now he lives at the Cobb, in a fourth-floor apartment with its own bathroom, kitchen and television with cable that the building pays for. Living off of Supplemental Security Income, a federal and state-subsidized program for low-income people, Reyes spends his money on rent and things like video game consoles, which he says keep him busy and “out of trouble.” New Home for Project 50 The $13.1 million Charles Cobb Apartments represents a

continued investment by the city and county in permanent supportive housing, which combines residential space with in-house social services such as psychiatry and substance abuse counseling, as the predominant model for combating chronic homelessness. SRHT has built or renovated 23 buildings in and around the poverty-stricken neighborhood, providing about 1,400 apartments for homeless men and women, many of whom are mentally ill and have a history of drug or alcohol addiction. But with each project, there is a different funding puzzle to get the edifice built and pay for the social services. “The problem in Los Angeles is that we don’t have a system for doing integrated services in housing,” Rysman said. Most projects are built with some city funds supporting construction, augmented by grants from public and private entities. County dollars are used primarily for services. Traditionally county money is delivered to the housing providers, who in turn arrange for the services. At the Cobb, the county is providing the services directly, drawing on its resources and infrastructure in the Department of Mental Health and other agencies. The approach is part of an effort introduced last year by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas called Strengthening Homeless Coordination. “It’s looking at how does the county with its 37 departments coordinate resources?” said Kathy House, the county’s acting deputy CEO. Historically, the county has not placed much emphasis on serving the most vulnerable parts of the homeless population, in part because those individuals were the least likely to walk into a county facility requesting aid. Following in line with Project 50, a program that seeks to house the most vulnerable homeless individuals, Strengthening Homeless Coordination continues the county’s shift toward those unlikely to access services on their own. As part of the county’s investment in the Cobb, SRHT moved all of the original Project 50 participants into the new

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Patricia Garnett and Ruben Reyes recently moved from a shelter to the Charles Cobb Apartments. The complex on San Pedro Street held an opening ceremony last week.

building, along with their case managers and service providers. The shift of those 33 people also freed up space at other Trust buildings. Project 50 now has 68 people enrolled, House said. House sees the county’s partnership with permanent supportive housing providers as its primary model moving forward for reaching the chronically homeless in Los Angeles. “It is the Cadillac model,” she said. After the funding puzzles and evolving strategies for combating homelessness, there are people like Cobb resident Patricia Garnett. Garnett, 61, had also been at New Image. Before moving into the shelter more than two years ago, she was living with her mother, and had suffered several nervous breakdowns. Arthritis in her back and legs makes it hard to walk and bend down, a problem at New Image, where residents sleep on cots that are low to the ground. At the Cobb, Garnett has her own apartment, cooks her own meals and, unlike at the shelter, doesn’t need help getting in and out of bed. “It was hard laying on that cot for two years,” Garnett said. “The beds are high enough now.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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Alexik Continued from page 1 The comparison gained steam with the revelation that his penthouse apartment overlooked the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. That prompted speculation of plans for a greater crime. As investigators have uncovered more details about Alexik, LAPD Deputy Chief Mike Downing, who made the initial Bourne comparison, is no longer sold on the assessment. He said it has become evident that Alexik is “not as smart as he thought he was, obviously, because he got caught and acted a little carelessly, but most crooks do sooner or later.” There are numerous signs that Alexik has a fascination with secrecy and the Central Intelligence Agency, most notably the fivefoot-wide tile mosaic he had apparently crafted to resemble the agency’s seal and inlaid into his floor. Then there was the large framed photo of the famously anti-American Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that hung on a nearby wall of the apartment. Authorities initially responded to the building after a neighbor called reporting a gas odor emanating from Alexik’s residence, unit 701. After breaking the door down with a battering ram, they found automatic weapons, drugs and $15,000 in counterfeit currency, all in $100 bills. They immediately took notice of the view of the Federal Reserve Bank. Downing said that police believe that by arresting Alexik, they “certainly disrupted a bigger plan… either he was in formation of those plans or trying to figure what he was going to do.” Other signs indicate that Alexik fell far short of the calculated, focused know-how of the fictional Bourne. After he stopped paying his utility bills at the Reserve Lofts, for

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Last week Brian Alexik was charged with seven additional counts, bringing his total up to 10. If convicted, the former Reserve Lofts resident faces up to 16 years in prison.

example, Alexik allegedly resorted to stealing power from the building. A spokesman for the Reserve Lofts said there were numerous instances in which he snaked extension cords from outlets in hallways and other areas into his apartment. In one case, Alexik ran a cord from another vacant apartment in through his ceiling, placed it along the notch between the ceiling and a wall, and concealed it with white caulking, the spokesman said. Building maintenance crews had to cut Alexik’s wires multiple times. In another instance, the spokesman said, they found a note affixed to a new cord warning them that it is “illegal to destroy private property,” an apparent warning not to cut his power again. Eventually, it appears Alexik resorted to powering his unit with a gas-powered generator that was found on April 19 and determined to be the source of the noxious odor reported by a neighbor. Searching for Brittney It took investigators almost six weeks to find Alexik. Police publicly wondered in media accounts whether he had fled the country. But detectives discovered information in his loft

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that linked him to his suspected girlfriend, Brittney Morrill, a resident of the American Hotel at 303 S. Hewitt St. in the Arts District, Lt. David Dolan said. It was less than two miles from his South Park residence. When detectives knocked on the door of Morrill’s roughly 100-square-foot second floor apartment on the morning of June 3, it was not their first communication with the woman. They had previously visited the apartment with questions relating to Alexik’s whereabouts. This time, however, authorities heard a male voice in the small apartment. It turned out to be Alexik’s, Dolan said. Police set up a perimeter a block around the building in every direction and sought to persuade Alexik to come out. He initially refused. Eventually, Morrill came out alone. Alexik later surrendered without incident to LAPD SWAT officers.

“He wasn’t saying a word,” Dolan said. “He refused to talk to us.” Morrill was arrested for aiding and abetting, a charge to which she pled not guilty on June 4. She was released last week on $50,000 bond, according to court records. Dolan and other detectives who worked on the case declined to provide details on the investigation, saying they located Alexik and Morrill largely through interviews with known associates and talking with people at the Reserve Lofts. “At the end of the day it was old-fashioned police work,” Dolan said. “We saw the girlfriend’s car, knocked on the door to talk to her to see if she had heard or knew anything, and basically we heard him inside. That’s really it.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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a permit when first installing the devices, the ordinance requires security doors to be located inside the windows facing the street. They also require the gates to have a quality that allows pedestrians to see into the business. If a solid, exterior gate was originally installed with proper permits, it can remain in place, according to the ordinance. The problem, Shocket said, is that many gates were installed decades ago and few business owners know if a permit was ever even obtained. “In our case the gates have been there for 20-25 years,” Shocket said. “We are not the people that put them in. When we moved in the security gates were already there.” Shocket is also concerned about graffiti, and in particular worries about having his windows scratched by taggers if he has to install gates that don’t cover the glass. He also fears restrictions on his neon signage, which he said is crucial to attracting customers on the busy street. It is an issue, he and others said, that has an impact not just on Broadway, but on the whole of Downtown. Some contend that the streetscape requirements amount to selective enforcement of city codes, and that Broadway

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his week the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council board of directors gets a makeover, and its new look will be up to anyone who lives, works or has a significant stake in the Central City. The volunteer body will have its biennial election on Friday, June 25, with 53 candidates running for 28 seats. Voting takes place at the Exchange at 114 W. Fifth St., from 2-8 p.m. No matter who wins, the council is sure to have a different face going forward, as longtime DLANC president Russell Brown is not on the ballot. The list of candidates includes both current DLANC directors and new names. Officers will be chosen by the new board at a future meeting. While there are fewer candidates than in the 2008 election, when more than 60 people vied for seats, this year every category has at least one registered candidate. In 2008 some seats lacked candidates, said Bert Green, a longtime DLANC volunteer who frequently serves on DLANC committees. A meet the candidates event is scheduled for Monday, June 21, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Ralphs supermarket at 645 W. Ninth St. As people head to the polls, they should know that a DLANC voting experience is unlike most other elections. Voters choose one of eight separate ballots depending on their relationship to Downtown. There is a resident ballot as well as ballots for business, arts and public sector stakeholders. There are also ballots for homeless community representa-

tives and social service providers. “When you get to the polling location, you have to know what category you want to choose,” Green said. “Otherwise you’ll spend 20 minutes trying to figure out how to vote.” Information on the various ballots and candidates is available at dlanc.com. The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council was formally designated on April 27, 2002. The group functions primarily as an advisory group to larger city entities, including the City Council. “DLANC has been enormously effective in being a catalyst for certain projects to happen, the Downtown Art Walk for example,” Green said. “And DLANC’s committee recommendations are taken very seriously by Council members Jan Perry and José Huizar. Without that info I think they would not have a finger on the pulse of what the community is wanting.” All seats are open every two years. Anyone who lives, works, owns property or simply spends a lot of time Downtown may vote. Candidates apply to represent a specific sector in one of seven geographic areas. Positions being filled this week include business representatives for the Fashion District, City West and South Park, among other neighborhoods; eight candidates are vying for the seat of the Arts, Cultural and Education Interest; there are four social service providers; and spots for residents of Bunker Bill, Central City East, South Park and other neighborhoods. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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nyone curious about the eerie green light that comes on in the dead of night in South Park need wonder no more: It’s about exercise. This month, Stephanie Arculli opened a Downtown outpost of the YAS Fitness Center. It offers yoga and indoor cycling classes in a building at 831 S. Hope St. Getting the exercise facility open was a nearly two-year process for Arculli, who before becoming involved in YAS only knew Downtown from her visits to the community as an advertising art director. She wanted to find a home for the studio based on a system founded in 2001 by Kimberly Fowler, a triathlete who aimed to make yoga more relevant to athletes.

Arculli said she began touring locations and quickly settled on South Park. “I wanted to make sure wherever I landed that I would have parking and I was concerned about noise,” she said. “Our classes start at 5:30 a.m. and being under lofts didn’t seem like a good idea.” Arculli found her location and construction started in February. Her first class was held on June 3 at 11:15 a.m. “Since then our new neighbors have been nothing short of amazing,” she said. “Overwhelmingly they are so happy we’re here. And the feeling is mutual. I feel as though I have landed in a small town somewhere in the middle of the U.S., but it’s right here in Downtown L.A.” Classes start at 5:30 a.m. on weekdays and the last class of the day begins at 7:30 p.m. (there are no weekend sessions yet). Single class rates start at $17 ($14 for students), though there is an opening special of 10 classes for $100. Monthly deals are also available. YAS Fitness Center Downtown L.A. is at 831 S. Hope St., (213) 430-9053.

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Yoga and cycling classes start at the YAS Fitness center at 5:30 a.m. The South Park studio opened this month.

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or many people, summer means the beach and bathing suits. In Downtown Los Angeles, it means something else entirely. In the Central City, the warm months mean music. Lots of it. With a huge portion of it free and outdoors. Over the next three months, music will flow from Pershing Square to Bunker Hill to the Financial District, and just about any musical style can be found without spending a dime. Below are the highlights to the shows at California Plaza, Pershing Square, 7+Fig and Bank of America Plaza.

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Soul singer Goapele performs June 23 at 7+Fig as part of Brookfield’s Summer on the Plaza series.

Grand Performances: The granddaddy of Downtown concert series is at the California Plaza Watercourt. Now in its 24th season, Grand Performances offers free noon and evening shows in Bunker Hill, along with a couple of films and dance performances sprinkled in. But the music is what drives the lineup. This year, more than 30 acts representing song styles from around the world are scheduled. “Grand Performances has always been eclectic with an eye on being inclusive of cultures that make up Los Angeles’ communities,” said Michael Alexander, executive director of Grand Performances. With as many as 5,000 people attending shows, the focus on world music attracts not only Downtown residents, but people from all over the city, Alexander said. “We keep discovering that people from outside of the area will come Downtown, although the audience is also growing as the Downtown population grows.” The lineup this year includes a July 9 noon performance by Orgone. The band is inspired by classic funk groups such as Parliament-Funkadelic. That night, there is an 8 p.m. show by Zarzuela, which mixes dance, music and song. Persian composer Kayhan Kahlor takes the stage July 10 at 8 p.m. Kahlor may be familiar to non-Persian crowds as a veteran of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road, a traveling ensemble the noted cellist headed. Alexander said the performance will mix traditional and improvisational music from Iran and Central Asia. Kahlor will be joined by Turkish musician Erdal Erzincan, who plays a mean saz, a pear-shaped stringed instrument. Fans of bossa nova will enjoy Tita Lima’s noon show July 16. The singer performs in English and Portuguese while adding bits of hip-hop, jazz and samba. Alexander said one of the crowd favorites this summer will be Afro Reggae. They play at 8 p.m. on July 17. The band hails from the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Alexander said Afro Reggae turns the negative into a positive with a message of unity, love and peace. The music is a mix of reggae, funk, Afro-Brazilian drumming and hip-hop beats. “This is a band that comes from an impoverished area and music is part of how they communicate this social conscience,” he said. The concert series closes with Turtle Island Quartet on Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. The show will be an homage to rock legend Jimi Hendrix. More information at (213) 687-2159 or grandperformances.org

Pershing Square: The concert series has not yet begun at Pershing Square. But once it does, it continues almost non-stop. The Downtown Stage Summer Concerts run July 21-Aug. 24. “It’s going to be a super summer at the square,” said Louise Capone, the senior recreation director for Pershing Square. The Downtown Stage is broken up into four free weekly events. Wednesdays belong to Beta Records, an online community of unsigned artists in all genres of music who will bring their own roster of bands. This year their lineup includes Theory of Flight on July 21, Purple Melon on July 28, and Bushwalla on Aug. 11. Thursday nights are eminently popular, with Downtownbased Spaceland Productions booking a roster of alternative and indie bands. Many of them come directly from the stages of the Spaceland and Echo nightclubs. The lineup has yet to be determined. The Pershing Square stage takes a break from music Friday nights with Friday Night Flicks, which showcases family films, action flicks and classics. Catch Boulevard Nights July 23 and the Kurt Russell vehicle Escape from L.A., which focuses on the anti-hero Snake Plissken looking to escape the now prison island of Los Angeles. It screens Aug. 20. The tunes pick back up Saturday nights, as Pershing Square partners with KSWD 100.3 The Sound to bring two acts per night to the park. Highlights include a July 24 ’80s party as former Stray Cat Lee Rocker takes the stage with his rockabilly tunes. The night also includes Flashback Heart Attack, a New Wave tribute band that performs in slick red leather suits. The Tubes on July 31 are another highlight. The San Francisco band combines their music with political and social satire. And on Aug. 7 Fishbone, the Los Angeles based near legends, take the stage. Its mix of funk, ska, rock and metal will certainly energize the Downtown crowd. More information at (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Summer on the Plaza: Brookfield Properties is known to many people for its vast real estate holdings. In Downtown, it seeks to be more than

just a landlord. It has an arts programming side, and for the past few weeks its Summer on the Plaza series has been drawing crowds to the Financial District and Bunker Hill. “We are the new kid on the block and the program is a much shorter season than the others, but it is growing,” said Debra Simon, vice president of arts and entertainment for Brookfield Properties. “We love being able to provide world-class entertainment for people where they live and work.” The season began June 9 and culminates this week. The shows take place at the 7+Fig shopping mall at Seventh and Figueroa streets, and at Bank of America Plaza at Third and Hope streets. Soulful R&B singer Goapele takes the stage at 7+Fig on Wednesday, June 23, at 6 p.m. Inspired by singers like Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and Nina Simone, Goapele uses sociopolitical lyrics. On Friday, June 25, Mateo hits the stage at Bank of America Plaza, for a 12:30 p.m. show. The R&B singer describes his music as “urban mod,” with a sound that touches on pop, alternative and soul. “We look for artists that have wide appeal and that we think our tenants and visitors will enjoy, along with more established acts that have more recognition,” Simon said. More information at artsbrookfieldproperties.com.

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The Lakers-Celtics game wasn’t the only bit of Downtown competition on Thursday, June 17. A crowd also gathered at Fifth and Flower streets for the third annual Psomas Paper Yacht Challenge. About 45 people crafted boats from paper and raced them across the fountain in front of City National Plaza with the “Double Ascension” sculpture. Cathy Thomer, an employee of Thomas Properties Group, had the fastest boat of the day for the second year in a row; it crossed the fountain in 41 seconds. The event raised about $,5,000 for the Weingart Center Association.

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hose wondering where Glenn Danzig has been hiding himself need question no more. On Saturday, June 26, he comes out of the shadows, bringing his band Danzig to Club Nokia in support of Deth Red Sabaoth, its first studio album in six years. Heavy metal, doom metal, gothic metal, industrial metal, call it what you will; it’s hard rock with the dark factor squared. Opening acts All Shall Perish and Toxic Holocaust will set the mood. Glenn Danzig led the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain in previous musical incarnations, but at the other end of the spectrum, the songwriter has penned tunes for Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd. (800) 7453000, clubnokia.com or ticketmaster.com.

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Friday, June 25 Farmlab Public Salons 1745 N. Spring St. #4, (323) 226-1158 or farmlab.org. Noon: Paul K. Chappell speaks on “Why World Peace is Possible and How We Can Achieve It.” Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, served in the Army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad and left active duty in November 2009 as a captain. MOCA Grand Avenue 250 S. Grand Ave., visit moca.org. 1 p.m.: In conjunction with LA Opera’s Ring Festival LA, LA Opera’s Domingo Thornton Young Artists Ronnita Nicole Miller, mezzo-soprano and recent recipient of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition, and pianist Douglas Sumi perform an art song recital. Music Center 135 N. Grand Ave., visit musiccenter.org. 6:30 and 8 p.m.: The Friday Night Sing-Along invites you to belt out popular favorites and classic tunes with hundreds of fellow song lovers while accompanied by live musicians. Lyric sheets are provided. No experience necessary. Tonight, The Jacksons. Friday Night Flicks 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/ pershingsquare/. Sunset: Pershing Square’s amphitheatre transforms into an outdoor movie palace for the third season of “Friday Night Flicks.” Tonight, Babe.

Thursday, June 24 Readings at Metropolis Metropolis Books, 440 S. Main St., (213) 612-0174 or metropolisbooksla.com. 5 p.m.: “Chick Lit Is Not Dead.” Dorothy Howell and R.T. Jordan read and discuss their books Shoulder Bags and Shootings and Set Sail for Murder, saTurday, June 26 respectively. Esotouric Bus Tours Customs and Departures: An Evening with Thai- See web site for departure locations, (323) 223-2767 or American Writers esotouric.com. Noon-4 p.m.: Bus adventures into the secret heart of USC Mark Taper Hall, 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, penusa. L.A. include today’s Eastside Babylon crime bus tour. org/customs-and-departures. 7:30 p.m.: PEN USA, the USC College of Letsunday, June 27 ters, Arts & Sciences and the USC Master of Professional Writing Program bring together notable Pershing Square Thai-American writers: young-adult novelist/TV 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/ writer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, playwright/ pershingsquare. 9 a.m.: Meet Your Neighbors Day starts with blogger Prince Gomolvilas, memoirist Ira Sukrunthetoo Pershing Squaredeadlines Discovery Ride Let around gruang and poet Pimone We’ve Triplett. Readings got the solution.and Juggling many projects, andBike vendors? yoga stretch warm-up. Q&A session will be followed by a Thai re- andDowntown; PIP manage thefood creation re-orderingitofbegins all of with your abusiness communications. In one location, yourThere PIP consultants bring all the resources will be prizes fortogether riders including bikes, scootception.

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FILM Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. June 17-27: Los Angeles Film Festival. June 24, 9:30: Mondo Celluloid presents the silent film Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) from the Soviet Union. Though the main focus of the story is the daily lives of a small group of people during the post-war Soviet Union, the enduring importance of the film comes from its early science fiction elements. Flagship Theatres University Village 3323 S. Hoover St., (213) 748-6321 or flagshipmovies.com. Through June 24: Toy Story 3 2D (noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m.); The Karate Kid (12:45, 3:45, 6:45 and 9:45 p.m.); Shrek Forever After 2D (1:15, 3:30, 5:45,8, 10:15 p.m.). Grand Performances 350 S. Grand Ave., visit grandperformances.org. June 25, 8 p.m.: In collaboration with the Los Angeles Film Festival, a screening of Climate Refugees.

June 26, 8 p.m.: In partnership with Dance Camera West, the screening of the award-winning documentary Dzi Croquettes. Japanese American Cultural & Community Center JACCC Plaza or Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 628-2725 or jaccc.org. June 25, 7-9 p.m.: The Movies on the Plaza: Summer Outdoor Film Series features free screenings and musical performances on the JACCC Plaza. Last Remaining Seats Million Dollar Theatre, 307 S. Broadway, (213) 4304219 or laconservancy.org. June 23, 8 p.m.: Last Remaining Seats is the L.A. Conservancy’s annual series of classic films and live entertainment in the historic theaters of Los Angeles. Screening Flor Silvestre (Wild Flower) (1943). Regal Cinema L.A. Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com. Through June 24: Get Him To The Greek (12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 and 10:40 p.m.); The A-Team (11:20 a.m. and 2, 4:40, 7:20 and 10:20 p.m.); The Karate Kid (12:20, 1:10, 3:40, 4:30, 6:50, 7:50, 10 and 10:50 p.m.); Jonah Hex (1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:50 p.m.); Shrek Forever After 3D (12, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 p.m.); Toy Story 3 in 3D (11 a.m. and 1:40, 4:20, 7 and 9:40 p.m.). June 25: The Big Four: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer Encore (7:30 p.m.).

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Request for Proposals for Rehabilitation and Development of a Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Project in the Council District Nine Corridors South of the Santa Monica Freeway Recovery Redevelopment Project Area RFP No. NP-12541 The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, California (“CRA/LA”) plans to issue Request for Proposals No. NP-12541 (“RFP”) seeking qualified and experienced developers, contractors, firms, individuals, and/or joint ventures for the rehabilitation and development of a mixed-use affordable housing project on three (3) CRA/LA and Los Angeles Housing Department owned sites in the Council District Nine Corridors South of the Santa Monica Freeway Recovery Redevelopment Project Area. The properties are located at 4201-4219 (“Somerville I”), 4225 (“Dunbar”), and 4251-4263 (“Somerville II”) South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90011. Respondents are required to propose a redevelopment plan that incorporates all three (3) sites.

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The RFP No. NP-12541 will be available for direct downloading on or after June 16, 2010 on the CRA/LA Website at www.crala.org. The CRA/LA plans to hold a mandatory pre-proposal meeting and site tour to discuss this RFP on July 7, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at the CRA/LA Central Office, 354 S. Spring Street, 6th Floor Board Room, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

CRA/LA staff has determined that the proposed project, which would revise the Central Industrial Redevelopment Project Design for Development to include land use standards for pallet yards, recycling facilities, residential uses, commercial uses, and some non-industrial uses, qualifies for a Negative Declaration. The Initial Study and Negative Declaration are available for review at CRA/LA’s Central Office Records Department, 354 S. Spring St., Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA. Copies of documents may be obtained at $0.20 per page.

Qualified and experienced developers, firms, individuals, and/or joint ventures interested in attending the meeting should RSVP to Ms. Norma Ruiz by e-mail to nruiz@cra. lacity.org or by telephone at (213) 977-1959. All inquiries about this RFP or for placement on the Registered List for this RFP, should be directed to Ms. Ruiz by e-mail. 6/21/10 CNS-1885665# DOWNTOWN NEWS

The public review period begins on June 15, 2010 and will end on July 6, 2010. Written comments must be received at the CRA/LA Central Office on or before 5:00 p.m. July 6, 2010. Please address comments to Ms. Teresa Li, Associate Planner, at 354 S. Spring St., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90013 or by fax at (213)687-9546. 6/21/10 CNS-1883881# DOWNTOWN NEWS

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We Got Games It’s Dodger Blue vs. Pinstripes as the Yankees Come to Town Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., (213) 224-1400 or dodgers.mlb.com. June 25, 7:10 p.m.; June 26, 4:10 p.m.; June 27, 5 p.m.: People of Los Angeles proper, get in your car and drive down the 5 to the City of Anaheim of Los Angeles. It’s the Freeway Series! Yep, the Dodgers visit the town of Mickey, Goofy and Torii (as in Hunter) for some inter-league action (June 2224). The three games against the Orange County team with an L.A. identity crisis will also serve as a tune-up for a Chavez Ravine visit by the New York Yankees, a team Dodger skipper Joe Torre knows well. The Dodgers will look for continued run production from the middle of the lineup, and especially first baseman James Loney, who leads the team in RBIs. Los Angeles Sparks Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 929-1300 or wnba.com/sparks.

The Sparks hit the road this week, stopping in Washington, D.C. to take on the Mystics (June 24). Then they skip down to Atlanta to battle the Dream (June 27). It’s been a tough start for Candace Parker and the Sparks, whose record at press time was 3-7. Fight Night Club Club Nokia, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 234-8425 or clubnokia.com. June 24, 7 p.m.: Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and AEG join forces to present the latest instalment of the monthly Fight Night Club. The event presents boxing in a nightclub atmosphere, with a DJ, music and a VIP room, as well as a unique set-up where the ring is on Club Nokia’s stage with standing room for fans as well as balcony seating. The highlights of this month’s six-fight card are appearances by Jesse Vargas and Frankie Gomez in separate bouts. —Ryan Vaillancourt

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James Loney leads the Dodgers in RBIs. He’ll need to drive in some more runs this week as the Dodgers host a three-game set against the New York Yankees.

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