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DTLA SAYING GOODBYE TO SKID ROW ACTIVIST & WEST COAST HIPHOP LEGEND

GENERAL JEFF THE SCARIEST DTLA STORIES EVER TOLD DTLA APPETITE INSIDE

Girl &The Goat

2 THE SADDEST DAYS OF DOWNTOWN WEEKLY

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LA CITY TO GIVE $5000 GRANTS ...........3 DT APPETITE: GIRL & GOAT...............5 SAYING GOODBYE TO GENERAL JEFF....6 THINNING THE VEIL AT WISDOME LA....8 THE SCARIEST DTLA STORIES EVER TOLD.....9 THE HISTORIC CORE STRIKES AGAIN......11 Special thanks to...

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City Of Los Angeles To Give $5000 Grants to 5000 Small Business If you’re the owner of a small business in the City of Los Angeles you may want to visit the EWDD website before November 2nd to apply for a $5000 grant.

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ity of Los Angeles has allocated the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), funds to provide grants to eligible microenterprises and small businesses in need of economic support due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Comeback Checks Program will provide $5,000 grants to approximately 5,000 businesses in the City of Los Angeles.

There are three business types of small businesses eligible for the Comeback Checks grant program.

They include: Microenterprises with five employees or less, including the owners, with less than $100 thousand in annual gross revenue, Small: businesses with less than $1 million in annual gross revenue, and small to medium businesses with have yearly gross revenues between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 in the most recent tax return.

To qualify, all businesses must have prior tax returns for 2019 or 2020 to verify revenue.

The City has engaged Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF) to assist with the implementation of the Program.

CRF will assist in the pre-selection and eligibility review of the City’s Comeback Checks grant applications in accordance with Program guidelines established by the City.

Grant winners will be chosen through a randomized application system.

For example those entities located in low-to-moderate income areas as defined by HUD and those disproportionately burdened by, and vulnerable to, multiple Socioeconomic factors such as poverty, pollution, unemployment, etc.

Out of a longer list of small businesses that are not eligible, cannabis related, nightclubs and smoke shops and tarot card readers along with gun stores and strip clubs.

Businesses based in low to moderate income communities that were not able to take advantage of other public emergency funding sources will be considered first followed by those located in low-and moderate-income communities or owned by lowand moderate-income persons.

The Round 1 Application Period opens October 26, 2021 and closes November 2, 2021.

There will be at least 3 rounds for submittal of applications for the Comeback Checks Program.

Those who submitted applications in the first round and were not selected for funding, will not need to reapply for subsequent rounds as they will automatically be considered in future rounds.

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VAXX DEADLINE PUSH BACKS AS LA MAYOR ADOPTS NEW

SAFEPASSLA

ORDINANCE COMING NOV 8 Deadlines to get vaccinated or face routine testing and fees, or lose the opportunity to remain at your existing jobs keep getting pushed back all across the country due to a substantial amount of hesitant “purebloods” who refuse for whatever reason to take in the jab.

There is news of a nationwide walkout coming November 3rd floating around on social media as resistant content creators relentless on “spreading misinformation" keep calling for others to speak out and join them in protest for freedom of choice over their own bodies.

LA City mandates do provide exemptions with the proper documentation, including religious beliefs and underlining medical conditions. Still, it seems “age ain’t nothing but a number” when it comes to school-aged children after the FDA approved vaccinations for children 5 to 11 just this week.

Mayor Garcetti announced this week the City of LA would be pushing forward with a new ordinance known as SafePass LA. SafePass LA will require proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination to enter the indoor portions of food establishments, gyms, entertainment, and recreational locations, personal care establishments, and large outdoor events within the City, as well as certain City facilities.

SafePassLA launches on November 8, 2021, with City outreach and education, it will require establishments to clearly post signage stating the establishment is checking IDs of patrons (not employees) for vaccination proof and/or a negative Covid test within 72 hours to patronize their establishments indoors.

DT APPETITE: GIRL AND THE GOAT

BY KERI EATS DTLA

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Downtown Appetite: Inside Girl & the Goat Arts District Fresh New Pastures

If Old McDonald had a farm, he would definitely be sneaking over the fence to see what was making such a stir in downtown Los Angeles.

restaurant and covered patio.

Opening around 5 pm, relax with appetizers and cocktails, but leave room for the main course while you and the Mrs. enjoy the sunset.

Still single, oh? You may be seated for a romantic, family, or business rendezvous outdoors, indoors, or bask in the natural light inside the covered patio. Goat and the Girl will always leave you and your guest with a good impresario.

Eee-Eye-YO - Try something new!

Once inside, he would likely find the delectable mix of oven-roasted farm animals and freshly picked produce now being served to the delight of many at Girl & the Goat, the Arts District's newest open-air, farm to table family-style restaurant located on Mateo.

Brought to Downtown by Chef, Owner, and James Beard award-winner Stephanie Izard, Girl and the Goat is an expansion to LA offering signature dishes from both her Chicago location and new seasonal dishes that rely heavily on California's bountiful produce and local ingredients.

Have a seat Old Man!

Goat and the Girl is roomie enough to host you inside or out. When designing Girl & the Goat, Chef Izard tapped her longtime design partner, Karen Herold of Studio K in Chicago.

With trust and experience, the two have created a lightfilled, 200-seat restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows wrapping most of the space.

Causal LA-vibes are reflected in the light wood floors and neutral color furniture, as well as the generous use of greenery throughout the

Served family-style, Girl & the Goat's menu combines dishes that have become staples at the Chicago restaurant and new, undeniably Californiainspired dishes.

Fans of Izard will recognize signature Girl & the Goat dishes, such as Wood Grilled Broccoli, Sautéed Green Beans, Goat Empanadas, and Chickpea Fritters. Along with the classics, new dishes exclusive to the West Coast include Pork Belly salads, Roasted Beet salads, Goat Curry, and Pan Seared Opah.

For dessert, Izard's playful and nostalgic dishes include Choco Choco Choco Taco, "Garretts" Popcorn, and Tres Leches. For weekend brunch, standout dishes include Potato "Banh Xeo," Everything Crumpets, Parathas, and PB & J Pancakes.

These dishes are seasoned so perfectly that one can actually taste the chef's years of experience and expertise with every bite.

Girl & the Goat will regularly update the menu and showcase the abundance of seasonal produce through new relationships with local vendors and purveyors.

@girlandthegoatla The focus on seasonality extends to the cocktail list, where fresh interpretations of popular cocktails, such as a Bee's Knees and Spicy Margarita, make quite a sting.

With a focus on sustainable and organically made wines, the 80-label list includes a mix of wines from around the world, including selections from California, Oregon, and France.

They say there's no place like home unless, of course, you're dreaming about getting back to Girl and the Goat for more tasty eats.

Y'all come back and see us ya hear?

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SAYING GOODBYE: GENERAL JEFF

BY KERI FREEMAN

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SAYING GOODBYE TO SKID ROW ACTIVIST AND WEST COAST HIPHOP LEGEND GENERAL JEFF

When WestCoastStyles. com first broke the news of the passing of Skid Row advocate and hip-hop legend, General Jeff Page, it came as a shock to downtown Los Angeles but even more of a shock to his family and friends, who were still praying for his recovery at his bedside during his final days spent on life support.

A fighter for equality and the betterment of the human condition, General Jeff was not alone, but he was outstanding. A man of

integrity and character who steadfast in his beliefs. He was brave and relentless when it came to standing up for our city’s most impoverished community, known as Skid Row. Jeff stood tall, exhumed confidence, and had a lovable quality about him. If given a chance, Jeff used his keen intellect to recruit others by engaging openly with anyone who wanted to converse.

Jeff had no problems articulating the needs of the Skid Row community, which he often expressed, if met, would produce a desirable effect on the long-term wellbeing of Downtown LA as a whole.

For those who do not know, this area of DTLA called Skid Row (currently being rebranded as Central City East), is roughly 40 square blocks consisting of some of the most impoverished, marginalized citizens in the nation.

Centralized between Main and Alameda exist city service workers, social service providers, and slightly overwhelmed nonprofit organizations who stand as forts in a losing battle against the lawlessness of drugs, crime, mental illness, and homelessness that have run rampant in the area for almost a century.

General Jeff moved to this impoverished district of DTLA in the early 2000s and since made it his life’s mission as a community member to advocate for the improvement of Skid Row for its residents.

As an activist, Jeff fought for those coming into the area seeking social services and its long existing unhoused population.

His motivation: “I was forced to confront disparities after being discriminated against by those put in power who were supposed to help.”

Believe it. That is what Jeff did best. Whatever preconceived notions you might of had about Skid Row or whomever you wanted to blame, Jeff just had a way of helping you conceptualize who was responsible, how and why.

Anyone who’s ever taken a walk through Skid Row with General Jeff would come back changed. Jeff changed hearts and minds with facts, persistence and understanding.

“You see the trash?” Jeff told us during our tour back in 2013, “this is from people coming and feeding the homeless but never bringing enough trash bags or taking the trash back with them. If you look around, you will see this community has no public trash cans whatsoever…And that trash over there, this is caused by the food industry, the produce and the fish industries that exist here that dump anywhere they please

yet manage to go unchecked by the city.”

“There are no bathrooms here, there are no water fountains, and look at the sidewalks (pointing to a broken curb with failing yellow caution tape blowing freely in the wind), the city should make the sidewalks safe for pedestrians…and where is our bike lane?”

This was at a time when it seemed like all of Downtown LA was developing while Skid Row was steadily being neglected.

After looking around with Jeff as our tour guide, we began to notice the lack of fresh paint, trees, shade, the dismal grays, lack of public art, and roads of rundown properties surrounded by urban campers with dejected faces to match.

… and then there were the property pimps.

GENERAL JEFF

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LOOKING BACK OVER THE MANY YEARS OF HUMANITARIAN SERVICE OF GENERAL JEFF

Question: What major nonprofits do you support in Downtown, Jeff?

Answer: None of them. They all take advantage of the situation for money and have no intention of ending the homeless situation.”

Huh? Hearing this for the first time, we admit it was hard to wrap our heads around.

Yet, talk was cheap, and Jeff knew it, so he had long set out to prove his point and put his words into action.

In 2007, he had turned to the Downtown Neighborhood City Council (DLANC), becoming one of their Board of Directors and Former VP of Outreach and Communications.

In 2012, with a revolving board of new DLANC members with votes swaying towards gentrification and what Jeff perceived as little effort being put towards Skid

Row, he left DLANC with a new level of frustration but stayed committed to his work; becoming an appointed official on several city, county and state boards.

Immediately after leaving DLANC, he served as an Official California State Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity Advisory Committee member until 2015. He Co-Chaired the Skid Row Community Advisory Board for the Department of Mental Health until 2017.

Jeff chaired the Skid Row Public Space Task Force while being appointed Official Consumer Representative on the LA County Health Agency Integration Advisory Board and became Chair of LA County Health Agency (IAB) Subcommittee on Homelessness; both seats he held until 2018.

The entire time Jeff spent researching the law and seeking federal resources aimed at supporting the

disadvantaged, including gaining access to Section 8 vouchers for people living in SROs and hotels so they can move to other places in the city. Jeff also advocated for local hiring in CRA-funded projects and kept in close contact with like-minded officials and federal judges.

For nearly two decades, Jeff collaborated with a network of like-minded Skid Row leaders, including Pastor Cue JnMarie, Katherine McNenny, Bobby Buck, George “Pancake” Herod, Daniel Garza, Pete White, Manuel Compito, Ron Crockett, Charles Porter, Tom Grode, Mary McLaughlin, Danny Park, Tony Anthony, Demetra Wilson-Washington and many others plus a long list of connections he had made over the years.

General Jeff and his army of advocates worked side by side to improve the living conditions and morale of the people in Skid Row. Together they gained

victory after victory, ending plans for beer and wine sales at proposed storefronts at the base of SROs intentionally meant for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts and ending the overnight guest fees at SROs. General Jeff’s army brought faith, hope, and beauty, along with cafes, trees, public art, art shows, music, festivals, water, trash bins, and worldwide attention and accountability. More changes included shower stations, bathrooms, water fountains, a neighborhood basketball league, and a brand new basketball court for Gladys Park sponsored by Nike.

By this time, and with minimal intervention from DLANC, Jeff had gained a pretty good understanding of how our town’s bureaucracy worked. In 2014, Skid Row activists, led by General Jeff, came to a conclusion, “To address the immediate needs efficiently and consistently of

the Skid Row population…” they would have to break away from DLANC and establish their own Skid Row Neighborhood Council.

That’s how the fight for Skid Row began.

However, despite hundreds of Skid Row residents showing up in mass for the first time to establish their own voice, with a democratic vote, their zealot effort was shot down by what Jeff and others still feel was a collaborated effort, nothing less than betrayal from mendacious City leaders, philistine BID heads and their peanut gallery of ingratiated DLANC members who existed at the time.

Consistent with Jeff’s nature, the Skid Row Neighborhood Council Formation Committee challenged the election results, filing a lawsuit that is still active against the city and county to this day.

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'The Thinning Of The Veils" at Wisdome LA

This Halloween balances your chakras to unravel the secrets of the sacred universe inside Wisdome LA, a 24,000 sq. ft. domed art entertainment park located in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.

Wisdome LA & Kentyah Present, 'The Thinning Of The Veils: An Uplifting Halloween Celebration' of music, yoga, movement, sound healing and costume party. Immerse

yourself within this 360 degrees VR experience while you explore the 14 outer dimensions of the cosmos to uncover ancient knowledge and lost civilizations.

Attend dressed in your favorite mystical costume or just as your highest self for this evening of soulful celebration, and don't forget your yoga mat.

Special guest DJs Robin Parrish (Ecstatic Dance), House Of Hamsa (World Music), Mashi Cohen & Liberat8 (Yoga & Sound Healing) are ready to take you to a higher level.

As a bonus, enjoy "Mystic Universe," Wisdome LA's newest spiritual animated art masterpiece from the creators of Samskara.

See you when you return from your spiritual journey.

LA METRO WALK-AND-TALK BRINGS CEO STEPHANIE WIGGINS & CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HILDA SOLIS TO Walking with Metro Board Chair Hilda L. Solis and MetroCEO Stephanie Wiggins to various locations in Little Tokyo proved to be an informative and delightful experience as the future of Downtown transportation steadily comes to life.

Our trip began at the Japanese American National Museum (Plaza area) and continues within as the two led us around a one-block radius highlighting key elements of the program.

The Eastside Access Improvements Project is designed to implement a program of streetscape, pedestrian safety and bicycle access improvements in a one-mile radius around the

Regional connector’s 1st Street and Central Avenue Little Tokyo Arts District Station near downtown Los Angeles. The project includes crosswalk improvements at 19 intersections, a bike/walk esplanade between 1st Street and Temple Street featuring double rows of street trees, new bike lanes, streetscape improvements and improved energy-efficient lighting.

Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins announced the start of construction on the Eastside Access Improvement Project in the Little Tokyo District highlighting key elements of the $29.7 million project.

MONUMENTS IN TIME BY JAMES BARTLETT

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JAMES BARTLETT PRESENTS: THE SCARIEST DTLA STORIES EVER TOLD As the oldest part of Los Angeles, it’s not surprising that downtown has many stories of murderand mayhem. There are plenty of ghost stories too, and, believe it or not, many of them have their origins in real reports from the dusty archives of the L.A. newspapers.

For Halloween, the DT Weekly decided to dig up a few…

Bradbury Building 304 S. Broadway Rookie craftsman George Wyman was unsure about his first assignment, so he contacted his dead brother Mark through a device similar to a Ouija board. Spiritualism was popular at the time, and when he supposedly received the message “take the / Bradbury building / and you will be / successful,” he went ahead with the $500,000 project. The building opened in 1893, and in 1908 the head janitor was searching for his assistant, Carl King. Last seen on the third floor, he seemed to have disappeared into thin air – and on payday, no less. Tragically, he was many found many hours later at the bottom of the freight elevator shaft, “his skull crushed and many bones broken,” the victim of a tragic accident.

Millennium Biltmore Hotel 506 S. Grand Ave The Biltmore hosted the first few Oscar ceremonies and is decorated with angels, but the swirl of glittering chandeliers and afternoon tea can be misleading.

In early 1947 this was the last place – officially – that Elizabeth Short was seen before she became forever known as the Black Dahlia. The Gallery Bar’s cocktail of vodka, Chambord black raspberry liqueur, and Kahlua, was created in her honor, and there’s a picture of her in their Historic Corridor too.

In 1984 the Biltmore did duty as the “Sedgwick Hotel” when ghostbusters Ray (Dan Ackroyd), Peter (Bill Murray) and Egon (Harold Ramis) captured their first “Slimer”, but real guests over the years have pointed out the ghosts of two kids, a boy and a girl,

running across the – usually closed – balcony in the Crystal Ballroom, and a man in an Abraham Lincoln-style stove pipe hat has been seen in the corners of the Tiffany Room.

Alexandria Hotel 501 S. Spring St

Opened in 1906 as the most luxurious hotel in town, “the Alex” was home to Fred Astaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, and many others.

Two men fell to their deaths during its construction, and it has some supernatural residents too, including a woman dressed in black who glides along the corridors, and a mysterious young female who dances in the Palm Court.

It’s also the place where some people many checked out for good. In 1922 the Los Angeles Examiner declared

“Ghost Woman Sought” when Oregon man Vaden Boge drunk cyanide in his coffee, and gasped that his wife was the poisoner. Police combed the city, but it emerged that there was no Mrs. Boge. The unhappy fake husband had created an elaborate hoax suicide, and, as the next day’s headline read, “Had Feasted To Death Alone.”

Outside, check out the fierce dragon statues and the grey, dusty windows of the “Ghost Wing,” an annex of the hotel that was sealed off, and has been unoccupied for over 80 years…

Fine Arts Building 811 W. 7 th St

You’ll spot spooky gargoyles and griffins on the outside of this Romanesque Revival building, which opened in 1926.

Inside is a bronze fountain sculpted by Burt William Johnson, who used his three-

year-old daughter Cynthia Mae and his five-year-old son Harvey as models. Sadly, Johnson, who suffered from heart troubles throughout his life, died before the building was finished.

However, the ghost of an older man has been seen in the building, and a contractor reportedly once heard the giggle of a little girl. Staff and tenants have said they it’s Johnson and daughter Cynthia, trying to reunite in the building he created.

Later, in 1967, two secretaries who worked at a brokerage officer here were found dead in Florida. After stealing a fortune in securities, they both left L.A. – and then unwisely gotinvolved with infamous jewel thief Jack “Murph the Surf” Murphy…

The Cecil Hotel 640 S. Main St Infamously, this is the place where Canadian student Elisa Lam was found dead in the water tank in 2013, a tragedy that launched TV shows and countless conspiracy theories.

Thought some hotels might deny it, every one of them has story or two of suicide, and even an occasional murder – but the Cecil is where nearly 40 people have committed suicide, there have been several murders, a stalker, arsonist, and not one but two serial killers, including “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, stayed (and killed) while in residence. Want some bad dreams?

Look up the history of the 98-year-old Cecil (now called Stay on Main) online… @gourmetghost

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SAYING GOODBYE TO GENERAL JEFF

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So imagine now for a second that you’re a downtown resident living in the Historic Core, or any other place where there is a higher concentration of urban dwellers whom, for the most part, chill at home enjoying life’s relaxing moments, but instead of coming outside and being greeted by 2 to 3 drugaddicted or mentally homeless people on your doorstep, there are dozens sometimes hundreds. Would it not make sense for you to advocate for a better neighborhood?

And what would you do if most times you tried, you came up against opposition, lallygagging and complete apathy from the people who professed to help you?

This is why Jeff and his regimen continued to advocate for a Skid Row Neighborhood Council.

Jeff used social media as a platform for what he called “healthy dialogue in my book,” many times taking on multitudes of commenters who did not understand him, thought they had better points, or those who were intentionally truculent in their attempts to silence his voice and discredit his name. “While we are playing checkers, the naysayers are playing chess”, he once told our paper.

Following the sharing of two back-to-back controversial posts about the possibility of misused

funds from measure HHH and UN investigations over human rights violations in Skid Row, Jeff was banned from our town’s main social media group meant solely for community discussions in 2017.

Yet again, relentless Jeff began supplementing his freedom of speech by writing articles for CityWatch while making guest appearances on KPFK FM, Spectrum TV, and other major news outlets, ultimately widening his forum and exposing more of his truths.

This may have seemed like a ploy to strike back at his opponents but mostly fell in line with the strategic nature to bring hope and attention to the Skid Row resident’s positive movement.

“If more people would hold the Skid Row nonprofits, the businesses, and property owners accountable, Skid Row would not be crumbling.

Rest assured, there are active options taking place right before your very eyes which will secure Skid Row’s longevity and increasing improvements.”

Before Jeff died, he gave DT Weekly a list of grassroots nonprofits, business leaders, and activists in Skid Row whom he felt deserved media attention and those he felt could carry the torch.

Jeff did return to the recording studio recently to recapture some of the fire from his younger days with Rodney O, Joe Cooley, RUN DMC, and Uncle Jamm’s Army, one of the earliest hip-hop groups on the West Coast.

As part of West Coast Hip-Hop history…Jeff once wrote…” If I can use any of that [HipHop era] energy to help bring more attention to Skid Row and all of the positive things the residents are doing to help, you damn straight, I will very well use it!!!!!!!”

Jeff’s work moves forward within the newly existing Skid Row Park Advisory Board, a City-recognized advisory panel covering Skid Row parks. This project took years to get off the ground.

And there’s that bit of unfinished business in the form of a lawsuit challenging the results of the Skid Row Neighborhood Council Election.

From beginning to end, General Jeff Page was a maverick and pillar of strength for the Skid Row Community and despite him no longer being with us, his works, his passions, and his memory will remain inside of the hearts and minds of Skid Row and beyond for decades to come.

Rest in Power, General Jeff. And thank you for your service, Sir.

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THE HISTORIC CORE STRIKES AGAIN

Woman On Scooter Lands Head First – Hit & Run Driver Escapes On Foot

A woman driving a rental scooter was hit by a driver in a stolen vehicle on 4th and Main, Wednesday, October 27, around 1pm.

Witnesses say the woman, who was driving in the opposite direction on a one-way street, had no time to react to the speeding car as it collided with her head on sending her several feet into the air. The unidentified woman who landed head first on the hard hot concrete is expected to recover.

Good samaritans rushed to the aid of the unconscious woman

while the driver exited the car and continued to make his way down Spring Street on foot.

The hit and run driver, caught on surveillance is described as “a lowlife, piece of sh*t, car stealing junky/ gang member” by social media followers on IG @dtlaweekly is still at large.

However, considering our immense surveillance system with a cameras recording our every move, he surely will not get far.

More details to follow as this story develops.