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KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer

It’s about to get more expensive to rent a city field, join a sports league and send your kid to some after school and weekend programs, as the City looks to increase Community and Cultural Service Department fees starting July 1, 2018.

The public has the next five months to give feedback on the proposed increases at a handful of SEE FEES PAGE 7

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APARTMENTS: The Planning Commission will hear proposals for several new apartment buildings this week.

From a pot shop in Santa Cruz that hung a banner proclaiming “Prohibition is Over!” to one in San Diego handing out T-shirts showing the first moon landing and declaring a “giant leap for mankind,” the Golden State turned a shade greener with its first sales of recreational marijuana.

Ceremonial ribbon cuttings marked the occasion Monday as the nation’s biggest producer of illicit marijuana moved from the shadows toward a regulated market. Freebies and food greeted those who waited in long lines to

KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer

Three mixed-use developments bringing 106 more apartment units to Santa Monica will go before the Planning Commission next Wednesday, Jan 10., as their developers seek approval for Development Review Permits. The commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall inside City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street.

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The Planning Commission will weigh in on two, new mixed-use developments headed to the corner of Broadway and

Cloverfield Boulevard in a largely commercial area near the Department of Motor Vehicles and Colorado Center, the 15-acre office park that houses Hulu. The two lots combined will bring 59 new apartments to the area and nearly 90 parking spaces.

The applicant is an LLC linked to La Terra Development, a Los-Angeles based real-estate development and investment company focused on infill properties, according to records from the California Secretary of State’s business registry. The two apartment complexes will be a half mile walk from the 26th Street/Bergamot Station Expo light rail stop.

The larger of the two three-story build-

ings plans for 34 apartments above nearly 9,000 square feet of commercial space and two floors of underground parking at 1450 Cloverfield Boulevard. About half of the units are one-bedroom apartments, with two of them deed-restricted for extremely low affordable housing. A three-bedroom apartment will also be deed-restricted. The building replaces a physical therapy office currently located on the site.

The second development is a threestory, 15,500 square foot mixed use building at 2225 Broadway. Four medical offices currently sit on the two lots near Broadway SEE DEVELOPMENTS PAGE 6

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PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Santa Monica PROJECT LOCATION AND EXISTING ONSITE USES: The approximately 45,009 square-foot (1.03 acre) project site is addressed as 1925 Arizona Avenue, 1234 20th Street, and 1242 20th Street, in the Health Care Mixed Use District of the City. The project site is comprised of two parcels, Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 4276-013-033 and 4276-013-032. The site is bordered by 20th Street on the northeast, Arizona Ave to the southeast, 19th Court alley to the southwest, and a daycare to the northwest. The project site consists of an approximately 45,009 square foot (sf) lot that is currently improved with a two-story funeral home facility, a one-story chapel structure, two two-story residential structures, and a surface parking lot.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed Wellness Center Project (“project”) would involve the adaptive reuse of approximately 7,965 sf of the existing funeral home and chapel building along with the construction of a new addition building for use as a Wellness Center. As part of the project, approximately 1,313 sf of the ancillary portion of the existing funeral home/chapel building, composing mainly of the rear alley facing garage section of the building, and both of the vacant residential structures would be demolished. The project would include the construction of a new 3-story, 45 foot tall addition building on-site, comprising approximately 59,548 sf. With the adaptive reuse of existing floor area and new construction, the project would be approximately 67,513 sff comprising of 53,091 sf of research & development uses, 17,702 sf of clinic/office uses, and 8,239 sf of ancillary meeting/conference room space.

The Wellness Center is envisioned to accommodate a range of traditional to cutting edge medical research activities, providing spaces for laboratory modules, specialized equipment, medical archives, and both private and collaborative office spaces for staff. Medical clinic and office functions such as outpatient care are also anticipated, and would require flexible spaces for patient treatment and administration. To accommodate on-site hosting of educational programming on topics of healthcare and wellness, there will be flexible meeting and conference space.

REVIEW PERIOD: As specified by the State CEQA Guidelines, this Notice of Preparation will be circulated for a minimum 30-day review period. Please go to the City’s webpage https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Environmental-Reports/1242-20th-Street-WellnessCenter-Project for the NOP and associated project info (including project location map, site plan, rendering). The City welcomes agency and public input during this period regarding the scope and content of environmental information that must be included in the Draft EIR. Comments may be submitted, in writing, by 5:30 p.m. on February 3, 2018 and addressed to: Rachel Kwok, Environmental Planner City Planning Division 1685 Main Street, Room 212 Santa Monica, California 90407 Telephone: (310) 458-8341 E-mail: rachel.kwok@smgov.net PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING: A public scoping meeting in an open house format will be held to describe the proposed project, the environmental review process, and to receive public comments on the scope of the EIR. The meeting will be held at the following date and location: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thursday January 18, 2018 Auditorium, McKinley Elementary School 2401 Santa Monica Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90404 The City will consider all comments, written and oral, in determining the final scope of the evaluation to be included in the EIR. ESPAÑOL: Este es un aviso de que la Ciudad está preparando un informe que describe los posibles efectos ambientales de la construcción propuesta de un centro de salud, que puede ser de su interés. Para más información, llame a Carmen Gutiérrez al 310 458 8341.

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Wednesday, January 3 Music Business 101 Workshop at Main Entertainment attorney Kellan Patterson and performer Barry “Clean” Victor Jr. discuss legal and financial issues facing musicians, including intellectual property, digital distribution, and much more. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Innovation Lab with Hacker Fund Want to build a technology project that helps your community? Mentors from the Hacker Fund incubator help you turn your idea into action by providing advice on how to get started as well as technology development, fundraising, and marketing. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd, 6 – 8 p.m.

A Lego Building Afternoon Kids can join organizers for fun with Lego building. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main St, 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Baby Time Storytime, songs and rhymes for babies ages 0-18 months. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main St, 10 – 10:20 a.m.

Friday, January 5 Guest House Open Free tours begin at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. No reservations needed. Marion Davies Guest House, 415 PCH.

Saturday, January 6 Cultivating the Expressive Body with Jeremy Hahn Basic arc of the practice: welcome circle – introduction to the workshop - Tune in meditation - Somatic warm up, visualizations and centering practices Improvisational movement explorations as an individual, with a partner or group Gratitude circle - Closing reflections and group share. Cost: $10. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/Ac tivity_Search/62857 or call (310) 458-2239.

Family Game Night Turn off those electronic devices and spend some quality time with your family. Board games for young and older kids provided — or bring your own! For Families. Refreshments provided. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

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Current Events Discussion Group Join organizers for a lively discussion of the latest news with your friends and neighbors. Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Ocean Park Branch Book Group: Our Souls at Night

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Fun-A-Day Hangout with Amy Bauer of Dreameco The premise is simple: pick a project, work on it every day in January, then show your work the following month in a big group show! Join folks around the country who are making January their Fun-A-Day month: here led by Amy Bauer of Dreameco Crafts. 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Free. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/fun-a-daygroup-show-with-amy-bauer-ofdreameco-tickets-40911050052 or call (310) 458-2239.

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California lawmakers to confront sexual misconduct scandal

BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press

California lawmakers will grapple for the first time as a group with a growing sexual misconduct scandal when they return to Sacramento on Wednesday.

The 2018 legislative year will bring debates over legislation to boost protections for victims and people who report sexual misconduct, as well as both chambers’ continued efforts to improve their own policies for handling misconduct.

On the very first day back, the Senate must confront how to handle one of its members, Sen. Tony Mendoza, a Democrat who has refused calls to step aside amid an investigation into his alleged inappropriate behavior toward young women who worked for him.

“This is certainly not something we thought we’d be working on,” Democratic Sen. Connie Leyva of Chino said. “We’re finally going to be able to get it right and make sure any injustices in the past we can correct and that moving forward, everyone who works in the Capitol can feel like they can come forward.”

That’s not all that’s on lawmakers’ plates.

Within a week of their return, Gov. Jerry Brown will submit his final budget proposal, kicking off six months of negotiating on

how California should raise and spend money. Proposals that stalled last year on bail reform, single-payer health care and expanding renewable energy also will be back for debate.

Still, sexual misconduct will be a dominant theme. A letter circulated in midOctober by lobbyists, lawmakers, legislative staffers and other political consultants cited a pervasive culture of harassment in California’s Capitol. Women eventually came forward with specific allegations that prompted Democratic Assemblymen Raul Bocanegra and Matt Dababneh, both of Los Angeles, to resign.

Mendoza, meanwhile, denies allegations against him and says an investigation will clear his name. But Republican Sen. Andy Vidak said he’ll move to expel Mendoza when the Senate reconvenes, setting up a potentially fraught showdown on the Senate floor.

Legislatively, Republican Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez will bring forward for the fifth time a bill that would give whistleblower protections to legislative employees who report ethical violations, including sexual misconduct. The Senate has killed her bill four times.

Dozens of women have said they do not report misbehavior by lawmakers or legislative staff because they are afraid of losing

their jobs or facing other professional repercussions. Several former Mendoza staffers have accused the Senate of firing them because they reported his overtures to a young woman who worked for him, something the Senate and Mendoza deny.

Melendez, of Lake Elsinore, has been tweeting the names of every lawmaker who has agreed to co-sponsor the measure as a means of ramping up pressure on the Senate. The bill has historically passed the Assembly with bipartisan support.

Leyva, meanwhile, will introduce a bill that would ban nondisclosure agreements in sexual harassment settlements, both in the public and private sectors, which can stop the parties from speaking publicly about what led to the settlement.

“Eliminating these secret settlements, the no-disclosure agreements, then the accused, the person who is doing the harassing, they have nowhere to hide,” Leyva said. “They have to stop their behavior.”

Whether or not taxpayer dollars should be used to pay for such settlements is another open question.

Sen. Pat Bates of Laguna Niguel, the chamber’s Republican leader, said the chamber should consider ending that practice.

Constituents have asked her why they should be responsible for paying for lawmakers’ bad behavior, she said.

Two other planned Assembly bills would extend the period in which people can report sexual harassment claims at the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing and impose stricter rules for employers — including the Legislature — to track sexual harassment complaints.

Democratic Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes of San Bernardino is backing both pieces of legislation.

Reyes sits on the Assembly subcommittee tasked with rewriting the Legislature’s sexual harassment policies. She was sharply critical during a hearing last month on the Assembly’s policy of not tracking sexual harassment complaints, only investigations.

She wants to mandate better tracking by the Legislature and other employers.

“The only way that were going to know if there’s a pattern is if we keep track of this,” Reyes said.

Regarding the state budget, another top concern for lawmakers, the governor must submit his blueprint by Jan. 10. Lawmakers must send a final spending proposal to Brown, who is term-limited out of office, by mid-June.

The Assembly has already staked out budget priorities, including providing health care for people living in the state illegally and expanding a tax credit for the working poor. The Senate hasn’t outlined its ideas.

US sees surge in women interested in running for office

BY CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press

Inside a classroom at a community college in Dallas, about two dozen women took turns sharing their names, hometowns and what they hoped would be their future titles.

Congresswoman. State representative.

County judge.

It was part of a training held by EMILY’s List, an organization dedicated to electing women at all levels of government who support abortion rights. One of the presentation’s PowerPoint slides flashed a mock advertisement on the projector screen: “Help Wanted: Progressive Women Candidates.”

A record number of women appear to be answering that call, fueled largely by frustration on the Democratic side over the election of President Donald Trump and energized by Democratic women winning races in Virginia in November. Experts say 2018 is on track to be a historic year, with more women saying they are running at this point than ever before.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List. “Every day, dozens more women come to our website, come to our Facebook page and say, ‘I am mad as hell. I want to do something about it. What should I do now?’”

In the four weeks after the 2016 election, 1,000 women came to the group’s website to learn about running for office. That number has now surpassed 26,000. By comparison, the group was in contact with 960 women for the previous election cycle.

Whether all that enthusiasm will result in full-fledged campaigns and translate to gains in the number of women elected to office remains to be seen.

Although women are more than half the American population, they account for just a fifth of all U.S. representatives and senators,

and one in four state lawmakers. They serve as governors of only six states and mayors in roughly 20 percent of the nation’s most populous cities.

For Sarah Riggs Amico, the executive chairwoman of a major auto hauling company, last year’s Women’s March in Atlanta ignited her interest in running for office.

“It was something that really lifted me up and made me want to demand better from my government,” said Amico, who recently announced plans to run for lieutenant governor in Georgia.

Sol Flores has been walking in marches with her mother in Chicago since she was a little girl, but never thought she would run for office. Now 44, Flores said she was enraged by policies put forward by the Trump administration and decided to jump into a crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District.

Flores said her network of friends has been crucial to helping her navigate the realities of being a first-time candidate and the challenges of gathering signatures for qualifying and fundraising.

“Women are really good at this, saying, ‘Let’s sit down and figure this out. You raised your hand, and let’s win. Let’s go to Washington, D.C.,’” said Flores, the executive director of a nonprofit helping homeless families and at-risk youth.

The last time the U.S. saw a surge in women running for office was 1992, in the wake of Anita Hill’s testimony before an all-male U.S. Senate committee weighing the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was called the “Year of the Woman” because women were elected to the U.S. House and Senate in record numbers.

The number of women in office has held steady in recent years, but experts say conditions are ripe for an increase in 2018 — especially if more politicians are forced to step down or retire amid the growing #MeToo movement that began with accusa-

tions of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein.

One U.S. senator and four congressmen have so far announced plans to retire or not seek re-election following allegations against them, presenting a prime opportunity for women to compete for their open seats. For example, seven women have expressed interest in an April special election for an Arizona congressional seat.

The increase in women candidates is largely being seen in U.S. House and governor’s races next year and driven primarily by Democrats, said Debbie Walsh, who leads the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

In addition to the 50 Democratic and 10 Republican congresswomen expected to run for re-election, there are 183 Democratic women and 14 Republican women running in primaries to challenge their current U.S. representative.

These can be uphill races, but many of the women running say they were encouraged by what happened in Virginia in November, when 30 percent of the women who challenged their state representative won.

Katie Hill is among those seeking to oust her local congressman, Republican Rep. Steve Knight in California’s 25th Congressional District, a key Democratic target this year.

As an advocate for the homeless, Hill recalled the joy she felt on the night of the 2016 election when voters in Los Angeles passed a $1.2 billion bond measure for housing and services for homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless. But that was quickly tempered by the outcome of the presidential election.

“November made us all realize that our country is not where we need to be,” Hill said. “And that’s the point when people start to stand up and say, ‘If no one else is going to fix, I’m going to.’”

It’s not just Democrats. First-time Republican and Libertarian women candidates are also jumping into the mix.

Republicans launched an effort in 2012 that is focused on electing women. Under the “Right Women, Right Now” program, 390 new GOP women have been elected since then.

“Twenty-five percent of state legislators are women, and that’s clearly insufficient,” said Matt Walter, head of the Republican State Leadership Committee. “That’s a Democratic and Republican number, and something we really felt strongly was something we needed to change.”

Tiffany Shedd, a lawyer for small businesses who lives on a farm in Eloy, Arizona, said she was talking with her husband one evening earlier this year about the importance of having someone representing them in Congress who will fight for rural communities. She said he challenged her to run.

“I said, ‘I can’t run. What’s a person from a little town in Arizona doing running for Congress?” Shedd said. “And then I thought, ‘Wow — that is exactly what we need.’”

She will be running in the Republican primary in the hopes of challenging Democratic Rep. Tom O’Halleran in November.

On the state level, 36 governor’s races will be contested in 2018. The Center for American Women and Politics says 49 Democratic women, including two incumbents, and 28 Republican women have indicated they will run for those seats. There has never been more than nine women serving as governor at the same time.

Even if all the women who have reached out to groups such as EMILY’s List do not end up running next year, they are expected to play key roles in supporting those who do.

“This is the next decade of candidates,” Schriock said.

Associated Press photographer Matthew Otero in Dallas contributed to this report.

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get their hands on weed with names like “Oh Geezus” and “Banana Breath.”

“I’m scared, I’m excited, I’m relieved,” exclaimed Kimberly Cargile, director of a Sacramento shop that has sold medical pot since 2009.

Cargile’s shop, A Therapeutic Alternative, opened at 9 a.m. with the celebratory cutting of a red ribbon — a symbolic gesture that could be seen as a nod to those who cut through red tape in time to open the doors to a new era.

First-day sales were brisk in shops lucky enough to score one of the roughly 100 state licenses issued so far. But would-be customers in some of the state’s largest cities encountered reefer sadness.

Riverside and Fresno outlawed sales and Los Angeles and San Francisco did not act soon enough to authorize shops to get state licenses by New Year’s Day. California’s state and local governments still have a lot of work ahead to get the massive industry running that is projected to bring in $1 billion annually in tax revenue within several years.

Charles Boldwyn, chief compliance officer of ShowGrow in Santa Ana, which opened to retail customers Monday, said he is concerned that a delay in local and state approvals could create shortages of products for consumers.

“We’re looking at ... hundreds of licensed cultivators and manufacturers coming out of an environment where we literally had thousands of people who were cultivating and manufacturing,” Boldwyn said. “So the red tape is a bit of a bottleneck in the supply chain.”

Bureau of Cannabis Control regulators worked through the holiday to try to process 1,400 pending license applications for retail sales, distribution, testing facilities and other businesses, bureau spokesman Alex Traverso said.

A flood of applications for shops in Los Angeles and San Francisco is expected after being approved locally. Because Los Angeles is the biggest market in the state, some of those shops will be licensed by the state more quickly than others already in line, Traverso said.

The status of Los Angeles shops highlights broad confusion over the new law.

Los Angeles officials said they will not begin accepting license applications until Wednesday and it might take weeks before any licenses are issued. That has led to widespread concern that long-established businesses would have to shut down in the interim.

Attorneys advising a group of city dispensaries have concluded those businesses can legally sell medicinal marijuana as “collectives,” until they obtain local and state licenses under the new system, said Jerred Kiloh of the United Cannabis Business Association, an industry group.

It was not immediately clear how many of those shops, if any, opened.

“My patients are scared, my employees are scared,” said Kiloh, who owns a dispensary in the city’s San Fernando Valley area.

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ted even though the federal government continues to classify pot as a controlled substance, like heroin and LSD. California banned what it called “locoweed” in 1913, though it has eased criminal penalties for use of the drug since the 1970s and was the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1996.

California voters in 2016 made it legal for adults 21 and older to grow, possess and use limited quantities of marijuana, but it was not legal to sell it for recreational purposes until Monday.

The signs that California was tripping toward legal pot sales were evident well before the stroke of midnight.

California highways flashed signs before New Year’s Eve that said “Drive high, Get a DUI,” reflecting law enforcement concerns about stoned drivers. Weedmaps, the phone app that allows customers to rate shops, delivery services and shows their locations, ran a full-page ad Sunday in the Los Angeles Times that said, “Smile California. It’s Legal.”

In shops where recreational weed was on the menu, former medical marijuana patients got in line with pot-heads and hippies, as well as first-timers willing to give legal weed a chance.

Heather Sposeto, 50, who is not a marijuana user, wanted to see the hype around legal weed, so she went to Northstar Holistic Collective in Sacramento with her boyfriend, who is a daily pot smoker.

She said it felt surreal to be in a shop with options ranging from chocolate edibles to the green flower. Sposeto was considering taking a toke now that it’s not illicit.

“I come from the era where it was super illegal,” she said.

At San Diego’s Mankind Cooperative, lines were 40 minutes long and buyers from as far away as Iowa, Kansas and Canada waited with their California cannabis brethren to ogle offerings such as “Island Sweet Skunk” and a particularly potent strain called, “The Sheriff.”

“We’re insane down here. And it’s still going on, girlfriend,” said marketing retailer Cathy Bliss.

Outside KindPeoples dispensary in Santa Cruz, which tacked up the end of prohibition sign, people gathered in shorts and sweat shirts, winter coats and wool hats while waiting to get inside. A gray-bearded professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, wearing a blue sport coat was the first customer.

In Orange County, shops in Santa Ana received approval over the weekend to open and a steady flow showed up at ShowGrow.

Ellen St. Peter, 61, shopped with her son, Bryce St. Peter, 23, both medical marijuana users.

She said she smoked pot until she had kids and fantasized in her teens about pot shops but “couldn’t have dreamed of this place.”

Her son said he hoped legalization would change the image of pot users.

“I work hard and I play hard,” Bryce St. Peter said. “There shouldn’t be this stigma of people being lazy stoners.”

Melley reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers Ellen Knickmeyer in San Francisco; Terence Chea in Oakland; Krysta Fauria in Santa Ana; and Christopher Weber and Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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GOODBYE 2017!

He fixed the Roman calendar with his Julian one in 46 BC, so the first widely celebrated (with Roman candles, no doubt) New Year’s Eve countdown (wait! — someone shine a flashlight on that sundial…) was 1/1/45 BC. He was assassinated a year later (probably not because of the calendar), and it continued in use for more than 1600 years! Not bad, for something that was 11 minutes off. (However, Caesar salad has lasted even longer.) The Gregorian calendar is still 26 seconds off, so if you think you will still be here in 4909, you will be faced with making up one solar day. (Don’t complain, says Ben.) Some Orthodox churches still use it today, such as the Russian Orthodox Church, to calculate the dates of important moveable holy feast days, like Trump’s birthday. (We don’t really know what day he was born, because… well, you know.)

(And that is my clumsy New Year’s tribute to longtime SMDP columnist Jack Neworth and his well-known style, because he wrote me a hilarious email that should have been a column but… well, it was too personal.

Hope this makes up for that, Jack. Have a great 2018. Whether you want to or not.

Stock up on Cheetos, eh?)

BUT THIS YEAR

Yeah, bring on the fuss, fire off the Roman candles, because 2017’s departure is something to celebrate. In all my years I’ve never seen a year so stupendously and unrelentingly awful.

Politically, environmentally, economically (for the 99 percent), socially, meteorologically, personally. Even the Pope said 2017 sucked. (Slightly different translation.) Not saying 2018 couldn’t be worse, but we can pray, and discuss, and march, and vote (if we make it to November).

I have tried to write less and less about the national scene because it’s exhausting, emotionally.

I think most of us feel that exhaustion.We can rally

QUOTES OF THE WEEK: Last week — “‘And now we

welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.’ — Rainer Maria Rilke (note: this is intended to be hopeful, I’m sure — at this moment in history I find it terrifying)” — what a difference a week makes. I am now, for no particular reason or event, determined to be unrelentingly optimistic. Here’s why: “Pessimism never won any battle.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James “Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.” — Norman Cousins “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”– Winston Churchill “Don’t let your failures define you—let them teach you.”– Barack Obama “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”– Anne Frank “When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” — Theodore Roosevelt “The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”– Mark Twain “The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”– Oscar Wilde “Relax. They’re not going to kill us. They’re going to TRY to kill us. And that is a very different thing.” — Steve Voake “My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.” — Henry Rollins “As long as there is coffee in the world, how bad could things be?” — Cassandra Clare CHARLES ANDREWS has lived in Santa Monica for 32 years and wouldn’t live anywhere else in the world. Really. Send love and/or rebuke to him at therealmrmusic@gmail.com

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All my life I could never figure out the fuss over New Year’s Eve celebrations. Oh I know, it’s pretty obvious, an excuse to party; hope and enthusiasm for the future; a marker. But it’s an artificial marker.

Jan. 1 is not a different day, in any way you can see, than was Dec. 31. The White House is still orange and the Lakers lost again. Often a whole batch of different laws go into effect 1/1 where you live, but you don’t really know what they are, do you? Except recreational marijuana in California. And because of that you’ll never bother to find out about the other laws.

And the fuss! It’s monumental! How many people jam into Times Square, even when it’s nine degrees this year? (The answer: about two million.) How many cities across the world shoot off millions in fireworks? How many people will get their pockets picked, their cars stolen, or return home to find the place ransacked and robbed? Happy New Year.

Jan. 1 wasn’t always the artificial marker.

In England they celebrated the New Year on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, known as Lady Day (“God Bless the Child”?), until 1/1/1752. The Brits resisted the imposition of the Gregorian calendar, as a papist plot, for 170 years. Imagine the great material that provided for 16th and 17th century Eddie Izzards. That year England and its colonies switched over, jumping overnight from Sept. 2 to Sept. 14. Quipped Benjamin Franklin, “It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on September 2, and not have to get up until September 14.”

around a cause or two or three but they have been coming in droves. That’s why the international marches on Jan. 20, the Women’s March, may be a good release. Maybe even bigger crowds than last year will make people realize we do have the numbers, the votes, the stamina, to overcome the big money that supports corruption and oligarchy.

Don’t vote for a single Republican, anywhere!

Don’t vote for a single City Council member who has contributed to the ruination of our fair and fragile city! (I know, subject to interpretation.) Demand transparency and fiscal responsibility! (It’s your money!) Work for candidates who will represent the will of the people!

32! — My standard sign off at the bottom of each column changes slightly each Jan. 1.

I have just celebrated the end of my 32nd year in Santa Monica, all at the same address.

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Plans include 35 parking spaces underground, a fitness room and an outdoor living space on the rooftop. The developer is asking to build the first-floor commercial space with 13.5-high ceilings, rather than the code-required 15 feet to “better balance” the floor heights to the benefit of the residential units, according to a report by City staff.

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The Planning Commission will also review a four-story, mixed-use development plan for 47 apartments and 17,000 square feet of commercial space at the southern edge of the city at 2903 Lincoln Boulevard. Plans include a two-level underground parking garage with enough room for 151 parking spaces. The development will replace an auto repair shop located a half mile up the street from the Whole Foods in Venice.

The developer is proposing to reserve a single one-bedroom unit and three twobedroom units for low-income families The project would result in the City receiving a $619,000 transportation impact fee from the applicant because of the increased traffic on already busy Lincoln. Other fees include $323,000 for parks and recreation, $140,000 to cultural arts programs, and $112,000 to build child care elsewhere in the city.

The modern building calls for floor to ceiling aluminum glazing along Lincoln Boulevard, with “neutral hues” and “industrial-materials” on the upper floors.

“While staff recommends approval of the project, there are significant concerns regarding the proposed design and massing that required further view by the ARB (Architectural Review Board),” reads the staff report on the project. The ARB complained the building facade along Lincoln appears monotonous and should be revised to provide more variation. Board members suggested improving the design to improve the feel for pedestrians walking along Lincoln. kate@smdp.com

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meetings. The increases impact programs offered by the Human Services, Community Recreation and Cultural Affairs departments, according to an information item posted by the City. Staff will present the new fee schedule to the City Council in May. Here are some of the proposed increases: Lifeguard training for non-residents will go up by $65 in 2018, to $235. For residents, the training will go up $60 to $200. City Basketball leagues will see their fees slowly over the next three years to reach $357 in 2020, up nearly $60 from the current rate of $300 for a resident. Several CREST programs for children will see increased fees like Homework Club (from $425 to $500), Rosie’s Girls (from $495 to $505) and full day sports camps. (CREST AM Care, PM extended care, and single full day care will stay the same price.) The hourly rate to rent city fields, Memorial Park space, and Miles Playhouse will also go up.

Financial assistance offered to CREST participants would continue to be available to families who qualify.

“Escalating costs associated with supplies, equipment, staffing, and contractual services necessitate increasing fees in some areas to maintain the high quality and diverse breadth of CCS programming offered to the community,” reads the staff report by Karen Ginsberg, the director of the Community and Cultural Services (CCS) department.

A study in 2016 analyzed existing fees, costs to provide programs and services, and cost recovery rates to restructure Santa Monica’s fee system. Most departments pro-

posed changes as a component of the 2017 budget, but the Community and Cultural Services department recommended postponing any increases until the 2018 fiscal year.

The proposed fees would increase recovery rates by one to eight percent, according to the report. Staff projects the proposed fee increases would generate about $250,000 in revenue in Fiscal Year 2018, an estimated 4 percent increase over the General Fund budget of $5.7 million. The report says most CCS program fees are highly subsidize, accounting for less than 50 percent of the operating cost.

The following committees, commissions and groups will consider the proposed fees and provide recommendations at the following meetings (dates are tentative and subject to change): ■ Field Sports Advisory Committee January 10, 2018 ■ Recreation and Parks Commission January 18, 2018 ■ Cradle to Career Work Group January 24, 2018 ■ City Council (Budget Study Session) May 22, 2018 ■ City Council (Budget Adoption) June 26, 2018 If adopted, the new fees would be effective July 1, with CREST fees effective Aug. 1 to align with the beginning of the school year. kate@smdp.com

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Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District of Los Angeles County (SMMUSD) Inviting Bids Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District of Los Angeles County (SMMUSD) will receive sealed bids from contractors holding a type “B” license, on the following: Bid #18.08.ES-DSA#03-118333 McKinley Elementary School – Windows, Paint, Floors, Doors, HVAC & Fire Alarm Project at McKinley Elementary School. This scope of work is estimated to be between $5,750,000.00 - $6,250,000.00 and includes construction of, Abate, demolish and replace specific window systems; Re-glazing of existing window systems as described in the drawings; Repainting of interior walls, selected ceilings, and previously painted casework; Paint Exterior Trim including Facias, Gutters, Downspouts, Breezeway posts, Handrails and portable ramps; Accessibility upgrades; Abatement and Replacement of interior flooring. (Carpet & VCT); Addition of carpet walk-off mats at doors; Replacement of doors and door frames; New Campus Wide Fire alarm and demolition of old Fire Alarm; HVAC upgrades and other associated improvements. All bids must be filed in the SMMUSD Facility Improvement Office, 2828 4th Street, Santa Monica, California 90405 on or before 2/14/18 at 2:00 PM at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened. Each bid must be sealed and marked with the bid name and number.

Bidders can attend a Non-Mandatory Job Walk to be held at the site, on 1/16/18 at 10:30 AM. All General Contractors and Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (M/E/P) Subcontractors must be pre-qualified for this project. To view the projects bidding documents, please visit ARC Southern California public plan room www.crplanwell.com and reference the project Bid #.

Prequalification Due Date & Instructions for Application Submission: All applications are due no later than 1/31/18 - Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has contracted with Colbi Technologies, Inc. to provide a web-based process for prequalification called QualityBidders. To submit an application at no cost please visit www.qualitybidders.com. Once you have been approved, you will receive an email indicating your approval expiration date and limit. The Districts approved contractors listing can be obtained via the FIP website at http://fipcontractors.smmusd.org/fip-office-website.aspx.

DAILY POLICE LOG

The Santa Monica Police Department Responded To 264 Calls For Service On Jan. 1.

HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Shots fired 1200 block 23rd 12:25 a.m.

Person down Ocean / Colorado 12:29 a.m.

Party complaint 1800 block San Vicente 12:30 a.m.

Vandalism 2600 block Santa Monica 12:46 a.m.

Party complaint 1700 block Ocean 12:49 a.m.

Encampment 800 block 2nd 12:57 a.m.

Party complaint 100 block Wilshire 1:07 a.m.

Party complaint 1100 block 9th 1:09 a.m.

Traffic collision Cloverfield / Michigan 1:16 a.m.

Overdose 1600 block Ocean Front Walk 1:46 a.m.

Battery 100 block Wilshire 1:47 a.m.

Fight 1100 block 2nd 2:16 a.m.

Sexual assault 1200 block 3rd Street Prom 2:22 a.m.

Drunk driving 1200 block 4th 2:25 a.m.

Battery 1100 block Pico 2:26 a.m.

Assault w/deadly weapon Lincoln / Pico 3:34 a.m.

Petty theft 2700 block Barnard 5:07 a.m.

Traffic collision 7th / Santa Monica 6:21 a.m.

Encampment 800 block 10th 9:54 a.m.

Assault w/deadly weapon 2200 block Wilshire 9:55 a.m.

Burglary 1500 block 4th 11:37 a.m.

Encampment 800 block Montana 11:48 a.m.

Indecent exposure 1500 block 2nd 12:14 p.m.

Auto burglary 2500 block Pico 12:47 p.m.

Death investigation 2300 block 34th 1:04 p.m.

Burglary 1200 block 18th 1:12 p.m.

Vandalism 600 block Pico 1:31 p.m.

Theft suspect 300 block Colorado 2:25 p.m.

Vandalism 1800 block Wilshire 2:26 p.m.

Person down 6th / Wilshire 2:26 p.m.

Grand theft 1300 block Stanford 2:29 p.m.

Found property 1500 block Palisades Park 2:38 p.m.

Petty theft 100 block Santa Monica Pl 2:53 p.m.

Petty theft 900 block Lincoln 2:54 p.m.

Drinking in public 200 block Bay 2:59 p.m.

Petty theft 300 block Santa Monica Pl 3:08 p.m.

Theft recyclables 600 block Ocean 3:09 p.m.

Vandalism 2000 block Santa Monica 3:19 p.m.

Traffic collision 1500 block Pacific Coast Hwy 3:21 p.m.

Sexual assault 3rd / Washington 3:55 p.m.

Speeding Harvard / Washington 4:47 p.m.

Grand theft 1200 block 2nd 5:06 p.m.

Hit and run 2800 block Santa Monica 5:12 p.m.

Petty theft 1400 block 3rd Street Prom 5:36 p.m.

Traffic collision Moomat Ahiko / Ocean 5:36 p.m.

Traffic collision Centinela / Washington 5:48 p.m.

Found person 300 block Santa Monica Pier 6:06 p.m.

Traffic collision 1300 block Arizona 6:06 p.m.

Petty theft 100 block Santa Monica pl 6:10 p.m.

Stolen vehicle 1500 block Arizona 6:20 p.m.

Battery 1700 block Ocean 7:46 p.m.

Traffic collision 1300 block 4th 7:52 p.m.

Petty theft 1600 block 20th 8:13 p.m.

Auto burglary 1400 block 4th 9:47 p.m.

Burglary 2200 block Navy 10:16 p.m.

Auto burglary 1300 block 4th 10:17 p.m.

Hit and run Ocean / Pico 10:18 p.m.

Auto burglary 1300 block 4th 10:23 p.m.

Auto burglary 1200 block 2nd 10:25 p.m.

Auto burglary 1400 block 4th 10:48 p.m.

Armed robbery 1500 block 2nd 11:34 p.m.

DAILY FIRE LOG

The Santa Monica Fire Department Responded To 36 Calls For Service On Jan. 1.

HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. EMS 100 block Wilshire 12:37 a.m.

EMS 1200 block Berkeley 1:05 a.m.

EMS 100 block Wilshire 1:33 a.m.

EMS 1600 block Ocean Front Walk 1:46 a.m.

Automatic alarm 1200 block California 2:13 a.m.

EMS 1500 block 6th 2:57 a.m.

EMS 1400 block Ocean Park 3:01 a.m.

EMS 1300 block 20th 5:41 a.m.

Traffic collision with injury 7th / Santa Monica 6:22 a.m.

Structure fire 1700 block Ocean 8:26 a.m.

EMS 800 block 18th 8:52 a.m.

EMS Ocean / Colorado 9:09 a.m.

EMS 1300 block 5th 9:48 a.m.

EMS 2200 block Wilshire 10:06 a.m.

EMS 3rd Street Prom / Santa Monica 10:51 a.m.

EMS 1100 block Pico 11:05 a.m.

EMS 1300 block 26th 11:46 a.m.

EMS 2600 block Lincoln 12:48 p.m.

EMS 2300 block 34th 1:06 p.m.

EMS 2700 block 25th 1:12 p.m.

EMS 2200 block 5th 1:25 p.m.

EMS 100 block Broadway 1:47 p.m.

EMS 300 block Santa Monica Pier 2:13 p.m.

EMS 900 block 6th 2:19 p.m.

EMS 100 block Wilshire 2:22 p.m.

EMS 900 block 3rd 3:10 p.m.

EMS 1200 block 2nd 4:25 p.m.

EMS 7th / Colorado 6:03 p.m.

EMS 1200 block 3rd Street Prom 6:21 p.m.

EMS 3100 block Main 7:05 p.m.

Electrical fire - no fire visible 2400 block 25th 19:58:44 EMS 4th / Santa Monica 8:04 p.m.

EMS 1000 block 3rd 8:11 p.m.

EMS 1400 block Euclid 10:06 p.m.

EMS 2100 block Ocean 10:47 p.m.

Non-Mandatory Job Walk: Tuesday, 1/16/18 at 10:30 AM Job Walk location: McKinley Elementary School – 2401 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica CA 90404 – All Attending Contractors MUST meet representatives outside the front entrance of the school.

Bid Opening: Wednesday, 2/14/18 at 2:00PM Any further questions or clarifications to this bidding opportunity, please contact Sheere Bishop at smbishop@smmusd.org directly. In addition, any pre-qualification support issues relative to Colbi Technologies, Inc., website or for technical support please contact support@qualityBidders.com directly.

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Call for Entries opened January 1 and Entry Deadline is February 9. There will be no extensions. OFF THE CLOCK is open to both APA members and non-members. APA Members $20 per submission and Non-Members $40 per submission.

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APA Los Angeles Announces Call for Entries for the seventh annual OFF THE CLOCK The Los Angeles chapter of APA (American Photographic Artists) has announced its call for entries for the 2018 OFF THE CLOCK Curated Personal Photography Exhibition.

Photographers are encouraged to show their most powerful, personal work — photographs that they create when not constrained by assignment parameters. Different from a contest, OFF THE CLOCK is curated by a respected member of the fine art community.

The guest curator for this year’s OFF THE CLOCK is Laurie Kratochvil. Laurie Kratochvil is a photography consultant on visual projects that include magazines, books, and film as well as a photography collection archivist and appraiser. She has curated exhibitions for Rolling Stone, MOPA, and TheRock Portraits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to name a few.

Ms. Kratochvil will select her top one hundred images from those submitted. The resulting exhibition gallery opening night is on April 21 at the Santa Monica Art Studios. Each selected photographer will also receive a bound catalog with the entire exhibition.

Once the OFF THE CLOCK selects have been made, the fun begins with their work gaining unprecedented exposure among the leading advertising, publishing and graphics firms in the country. The images will be shown in rotating exhibitions among multiple leading Southern California advertising agencies throughout the summer of 2018. Agencies include Ignited, Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, David & Goliath, and RPA. To further expose their work to the industry, APA Los Angeles will display the complete exhibition on our website for a full year.

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Bullet Journaling at Santa Monica Public Library Santa Monica Public Library presents Bullet Journaling on Monday, January 8, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Main Library’s Multipurpose Room, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Bring organization and creativity into your life with bullet journaling. A Bullet Journal is an amazing productivity tool that can accommodate a wide variety of planning schemes.

It can be your to-do list, your planner, your sketchbook and your diary, all-in-one. We’ll guide you in the process, you’ll customize your journal into whatever works best for you.

All materials will be provided. Limited quantities available. Just bring your creativity.

This program is free and open to all ages. Space is limited and on a first arrival basis.

The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommodations, call Library Administration at (310) 458-8606 one week prior to event. The Main Library is directly served by Big Blue Bus lines 1, R10, and 18. The Expo Line and other bus routes stop nearby. Ride your bike. Bicycle parking racks are available at the library.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 3)

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Strange Brew

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You’re decisive, tenacious and very aware of opportunities, especially the ones others overlook. This will land you in a prime position over the next six weeks. Your ideas catch on. This translates into money in your pocket. Travels with loved ones are tinged with all kinds of luck. New people come into your life in May. Aries and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 6, 44, 49 and 12.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

It’s wise to look for the upside of a situation, especially if it’s a bad situation. You recognize the downside, of course, but it would be pointless to dwell there.

If you could fix what another person is going through, you would. It’s painful to watch without being able to do something about it.

Getting involved would mean crossing a line — not always a bad thing, but certainly worthy of careful deliberation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In today’s case, ignorance will not be bliss.

Ignorance will be something more akin to apathy. Bliss isn’t on the menu today anyway, but you will be happier seeking knowledge than not.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) There are those who won’t be able to keep up with you, and you’ll have to find a workaround for this.

Everyone doesn’t have to get there at the same time, but stay hopeful that all will get there eventually.

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By TONY COCHRAN

GEMINI (May 21-June 21) If your eyes were sun lamps, you’d be giving a certain someone a face tan. The exchange of extra attention will be good for both of you. On a side note, your nutritional needs are changing. Consider changing your eating style.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CANCER (June 22-July 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Sleep is underrated. It’s a healer and a spiritual tool. It’s a teleportation system, an entertainment system, a protection system and an energetic restoration system. Bottom line: Get more sleep.

You feel it’s time to prove your worth to your boss or loved one. The trouble is, you have to believe it, or it’s not going to work.

Furthermore, once you believe it, proving it to others will be a moot point.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

At the juncture of an important decision, you may be worried that you’ll do something you’ll regret. Don’t. People usually don’t regret their mistakes. What they regret is their missed opportunities.

Before you embark on a project, ask yourself: Who would be the most fun person to do this with? Then ask: Who has the expertise I most need? The right person will bring both levity and serious skills to the table.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Someone is hiding his or her true feelings from you, probably afraid of being an inconvenience. But convenience isn’t everything.

Make your caring heart known. Be a soft place to land.

Complaining is a favorite pastime for the modern human ... or maybe it’s more of a disease.

While it’s important to note the problem, to stop there would be folly and weakness. It’s why you take action today.

People are good at different things. You may look at the next guy and wonder how he does it, but you can bet that in a different category, others think the same thing about you. Give yourself more credit today.

Gregarious Leo Moon Some situations are more conducive to building positive, life-enhancing relationships than others. And yet, when it all shakes out, it’s about a person’s ability to be and make good friends out of the people around them, not about always being in the “perfect” social situation. So says the gregarious Leo moon.

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