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Development will be back on the ballot in November KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff writer
Two years after a contentious election concerning citizen initiative Measure LV, the City Council hopes to quell community concerns over development once and for all with its own ballot measure this fall. The measure to require a supermajority vote to amend the
city’s land use plans narrowly passed Tuesday with a 4-2 vote. Now, it’s up to the voters to decide whether to pass it when they go to the polls Nov. 6. “A supermajority will cause developers to up their ante,” said Councilmember Sue Himmelrich before voting for the measure. “When a project is a good project, it goes unanimously and we don’t have
the ill will and acrimony over it.” The supermajority requirement would not apply to development agreements for individual projects, discussions which have produced the most community controversy in the past. Rather, it restricts the ability of future Councils to increase height and density allowances in the Land Use and Circulation Element and
Downtown Community Plan. “It’s not about individual projects, it’s about our land use standards going forward,” Mayor Ted Winterer said. If adopted, the measure will expire Nov. 6, 2028. The measure has an exemption for affordable housing and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, which has considered an expansion of the Double
Tree Hotel to supplement other revenue sources. The measure requires all eligible Councilmembers to be present for the votes. Mayor Pro-Tempore Gleam Davis and Councilmember Terry O’Day were vocal in their opposition to the measure, with O’Day calling it a “nonsensical election SEE DEVELOPMENT PAGE 6
Council waves white flag over Labor Peace
Felon to Fashion, the LAers Apparel Story
KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
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FASHION DREAMS: LEFT: Guidry with NFL wide receiver Julian Edelman. RIGHT: Guidry wearing items from his LAers clothing line.
ANGEL CARRERAS Daily Press Staff Writer
Derrick Guidry is a nice guy. In a phone call with the Daily Press he’s kind and polite, asking about your well being, your day, and apologizing if he may have excitedly spoken over you, and who can blame the guy?
He’s passionate about the reason for the phone call, his clothing line named LAers Apparel. LAers (pronounced ‘layers’) isn’t just a way to say Hey, I’m From LA, it’s an acronym that means Love All Equally, Respect Self. It’s a creed Guidry came up with and lives by after a short stint in prison.
“After I did my time and came home, I wasn't bitter,” Guidry says, his slow-asmolasses, Louisiana-born southern drawl still clinging to the timbre of his voice. “One of my friends said I had a great attitude for just getting out. He said, ‘You have such a great attitude, you positive while
others might have fallen back into bad habits.’ I like my freedom, I like my lifestyle. My life is, I love everybody. If you don't like me, that's on you. You gotta respect yourself before you respect others. Makes sense to me. I don’t discriminate. I grew SEE FASHION PAGE 7
A two-year war of attrition over potential Labor Peace Agreements on city-owned property ended Tuesday, with the City Council abandoning the idea amid outcry from local restaurant owners. After directing staff to explore potential models for mandating a no-strike agreement with a union in leases on the Pier, the beach and at the airport, the majority of the Council said the idea was too fraught with potential legal and economic challenges. “As I’ve delved into it further and further, I’ve come to the conclusion that the community’s interest and labor’s interest have diverged from one another,” Mayor Ted Winterer said, who initially asked for staff to look into LPAs.“I think that we have already imposed a lot of requirements on our small businesses.” City leases already stipulate owners can not impede workers’ efforts to organize. The City has about 27 restaurant tenants who pay about $4.5 million a year in leases. The union most likely to benefit from an LPA requirement, Unite Here Local 11, remained mostly SEE LABOR PAGE 6
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