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(Continued from page 1) link for that meeting can be found on the association’s website, www.HancockPark.org.

Windsor Square event Although hosted in their Windsor Square backyard by the Fains, that Dec. 5 gathering actually was organized by residents throughout CD 13’s new areas, including Patti Carroll, Brian Curran, Charles D’Atri, Larry Guzin and Jane Usher, as well as the Fains. About 60 neighbors gathered to meet O’Farrell and several of his CD 13 staff members, including field deputy George Hakopiants, who has become the deputy for this “southern” part of CD 13. Guests at the event included all of the local association presidents. There were Rory Cunningham and Liz Gabor of the St. Andrews Square Neighborhood Association, Bob Reeves of the RidgewoodWilton Neighborhood Association, and John Winther of the Larchmont Boulevard Association — in addition to hosts D’Atri of the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association and Guzin of the Windsor Square Association. Redistricting Changed political lines that affect the Larchmont Chronicle readership area have been created not only for the city, but also for the county and state. For those jurisdictions other than the city, the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council areas fared well, at least through the six months of public participation leading to the final draft maps of Nov. 10, 2021. Then, in last-minute changes made public with the final maps of Dec. 20, 2021, the State Redistricting Commission switched to an untrue community boundary line created in 2009 by a “Los Angeles Times” mapping project that made up a wholly artificial and historically incorrect western boundary for what that newspaper’s interns and/or editors decided was “Koreatown.” As a result, for the coming decade beginning in 2022 and for the U.S. Congress and State Assembly, Greater Wilshire will be split again, with the dividing line being the middle of Wilton Place, from Beverly to Wilshire, and then south along Crenshaw Boulevard. At least for the State Senate, the communities within Greater Wilshire are largely kept together. With respect to the County of Los Angeles, there has been significant boundary shifting among its five Supervisorial districts. Most of Greater Wilshire now will be in Supervisor Holly Mitchell’s District 2, with the dividing lines separating District 2 from Sheila Kuehl’s District 3 being along La Brea Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. Mitchell was just recently elected, and Kuehl is serving her final term this year.

Election challenges There will be lots of campaigning getting underway soon for all of these elected positions — plus the citywide offices of mayor, city attorney, and controller. These days, it often seems like our communities are in constant campaign mode.

WINDSOR SQUARE BACKYARD was the setting for a December gathering where association presidents welcomed new councilmember Mitch O’Farrell. Shown (left to right) are: Rory Cunningham and Liz Gabor, St. Andrews Square Neighborhood Association; Charles D’Atri, Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association; O’Farrell; Larry Guzin, Windsor Square Association; Bob Reeves, Ridgewood-Wilton Neighborhood Association, and John Winther, Larchmont Boulevard Association. HOST BILL FAIN discusses how he and the area’s new City Council representative have in common an interest in American Indian affairs in Oklahoma. Left to right are Fain, Rory Cunningham, Liz Gabor, and Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell.

ON THE PORCH, Councilmember O’Farrell, left, speaks with (left to right): Jeryl Bowers, Windsor Square; Bob Reeves, Ridgewood-Wilton; Rory Cunningham and Patti Carroll, St. Andrews Square; CD 13 field deputy for the new areas, George Hakopiants; Nora Houndalas, Windsor Square and Larchmont Boulevard and Karen Gilman, Larchmont Village.

New Year brings new elections — fi rst deadline is February 12

It’s a new year, and 2022 will bring some new leaders and possibly keep some favorites. Potential candidates for mayor, city council, city attorney and city controller have until Feb. 12 to file their applications with the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, the first step in the process. Next, the city candidates will file a Declaration of Intention with the Los Angeles City Clerk Election Division between Feb. 7 and Feb. 12. They then obtain nominating petitions and begin gathering signatures. The deadline to submit signed petitions is March 9. The signatures are then verified before the qualified candidates’ names are forwarded to the Los Angeles County Registrar in time to be listed on the Tues., June 7 primary ballot. The general municipal election, including any June runoffs that are necessary, is Tues., Nov. 8.

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