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L E T T E R S ‘Delusional Donald’ Congratulations to our Presidentelect Joe Biden and our Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their comfortable, convincing victory over the truly terrible, corrupt racist Republican TrumpPence ticket. America is back, and diabolical Donald Trump is done! Like usual, dishonest Donald Trump and his dishonorable, dimwitted sycophants are lying nonstop to the American public, but fortunately a majority of Americans are nowhere near as delusional as Donald Trump. Biden-Harris won easily, and anyone not suffering from brain damage (or fascist brainwashing) is well aware of the fact that Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won. But deranged Donald Trump continues to whine, cry, complain and compulsively lie to the point where the vast majority of Americans are just laughing at him. Traitor Trump is a plump chump who can’t stop lying yet defeated Donald feigns outrage at not being believed. Donald, you’re a fool! And more importantly, Donald Trump is now and will forever hereafter be known as America’s biggest loser and laughable liar.
Oh yeah, and by the way, enjoy prison, Trump! Sincerely, Jake Pickering Arcata The voting process is over, and thousands of poll workers labored to accurately tabulate every single ballot from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on election day. A very challenging job, using discretion, poise and diplomacy right to the very last voter. Lunch breaks are skipped when a tsunami of eager participants in the voter process stretches snake-like around the voting center. All this for $6.66 an hour. We surely don’t do it for the money. Many have died to ensure our right to a secret ballot. I’m happy to do my part to continue this tradition for many years to come. Yet the salary is unacceptably paltry. A fast-food worker earns more in an hour than we do in two. Time to revise this pay rate. We labor under tremendous stress in the hot sun for hours for 10 days. For $6 an hour. For a brutal 10-day voting marathon. Try it. You might not like it. Kerry Kimbrell Playa del Rey
To the Editor: Thank you for the article in the November 12 Opinion section: Gov. Newsom shouldn’t bulldoze LA’s Ballona Wetlands. As a local resident and nature enthusiast, it is deeply troubling to see what is happening to our Wetlands. They’re bulldozing one of the last remaining Wetlands in Los Angeles! I’m so tired of seeing Greed take precedence over the Environment. If SoCalGas is allowed to continue, more than 1,000 kinds of native animals and plants will be destroyed, displaced or have their habitat obliterated. Even though SoCalGas has a “full page” greenwashing advertisement on page 7 of this same issue, I hope that everyone who reads it, sees through it and realizes that they’re simply masquerading it as a “restoration,” when what they really want to do is “restore” the crumbling oil wells and gas pipes that lie underneath the 640 acres of wetlands, and continue to operate! We want this gas storage facility CLOSED, and we want the land and the wildlife PROTECTED. Karla Redfield Playa del Rey, CA
Dear Editor: The only thing that Jane VelezMitchell and Marcia Hanscom got right in their recent opinion piece in the Argonaut was that climate change is real and is having significant impacts on habitats. Unfortunately, we can all witness the impacts right here at the Ballona Wetlands. The Friends of Ballona Wetlands have been working for decades to protect and restore this important and vulnerable local resource. For more than a century, the Ballona Wetlands have been filled, trashed, drilled, farmed, and more. Monitoring over the years has demonstrated that the wetlands are extensively degraded and getting worse. Native plants are being overtaken by non-native invasive plants and the species that rely on native plants are suffering. Most of Ballona is cut off from its natural water source, Ballona Creek, and we can all agree that wetlands need water to survive. Only restoration can heal a century’s worth of damage done at Ballona. While we know that changing geography and climate, as well as human activities have dramatically altered Ballona over centuries, we also know how to fix it. The big picture goal of its restoration is to
improve the site’s hydrology and restore diversity of habitats and native species in the face of climate change and urbanization. If we want to save the Ballona Wetlands, it is VITAL that Gov. Newsom approve the restoration of Ballona. Time is of the essence and the Friends of Ballona Wetlands is committed to finally restoring this resource, both for the local community but also for the entire region. Sincerely, Scott Culbertson Executive Director Friends of Ballona Wetlands Dear Editor: The opinion piece by Marcia Hanscom and Jane Velez-Mitchell in the November 12, Argonaut resembles nothing so much as a QAnon-style babble of fantasy. I saw the first protest by this willfully uninformed propaganda machine. JaneUnchained pointed to an egret flying over the freshwater marsh and screamed that the marsh would be destroyed and all wildlife killed by restoration. The freshwater marsh??? The marsh created by Friends of Ballona Wetlands and Playa Vista? The marsh that now hosts more species than all the rest of Ballona put
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together? Restoration planning will not only protect the freshwater marsh, it will complete its connection with the salt marsh, as nature intended. Poor muddled Jane didn’t know and obviously did not care to know where she was or what she was talking about since she and long-time opponent of anything the Friends support, Marcia Hanscom, continue spewing out conspiracy theories like this latest diatribe. Now they’ve concocted a story that restoration is a scheme to abet the expansion of the villainous Gas Company and to demolish the entire wetland with evil bulldozers, all to benefit the fossil fuel industry. What??? The Gas Company is abandoning all their wells in the wetlands and relocating monitoring wells within their property. Monitoring wells, only. Look, we’re all aware that the fossil fuel industry is on its way to being replaced by alternative, less destructive sources of energy. There will come a day when the facility will close. But it’s not today or tomorrow. So many homes rely on natural gas that when it happens it will have to be carefully planned. Clumsily linking Gas Company problems to Ballona restoration plans is a disservice to the public and to the truth. It’s been documented over and over that Ballona is in deep trouble. Barely 60 acres are functioning wetland, the rest consumed by weeds you could find in any vacant lot. To support their accusation, Hanscom and Velez-Mitchell falsely conflate the planned excavation of 10 to 15 feet of soil deposited on the Marina side of Ballona
when Marina del Rey was constructed with the gas well abandonment. They have nothing to do with each other. The soil excavation will allow smothered wetland to once again emerge and function. The abandonment of wells will end any maintenance disturbance by the Gas Company on the Playa del Rey side. As for access, it’s important that an accurate baseline be maintained at Ballona for restoration purposes. In the past, there has been unauthorized planting at Ballona, one including invasive salt marsh dodder which was consuming native pickleweed and wreaking havoc. Luckily, it did not survive. Until the pandemic, there were authorized tours at Ballona by the Friends and Audubon. Restoration planning also includes adequate public access. But Ballona is not a park. It is a fragile ecosystem and we have already shown over the past 150 years how much damage humans can do. It’s time to make amends. That’s what restoration is for. Ruth Lansford Founder & Board Member Friends of Ballona Wetlands
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By Christina Campodonico As a result of COVID-19, many educational institutions have had to close and switch to a virtual learning format. Otis College of Art and Design in Westchester went completely remote at the onset of the pandemic, then in the spring assembled a COVID-19 Task Force, including the firms EYRC Architects and Frederick Fisher and Partners, to develop a redesign study plan that would allow the campus to reopen during the 2020-2021 school year. Faculty and staff joined together for a Zoom call to discuss how to redesign classrooms and workspaces with COVID in mind. “That was a really, really interesting Zoom call,” says architect Whitney Wyatt, a principal at Culver City-based Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects. “It was almost like if they were in a design class. Some people, you know, in the architecture program, those plans were
A rendering that shows how the redesigned spaces will be used in the Fashion Department at Otis College of Art and Design. drafted ready for construction. 2016 campus expansion, which more insight into how art and There were dimensions down to included a new four-story design are taught at the university the end. There were some that academic wing and a five-story level. were like collages from the fine residence hall) were brought in to “I felt like I was auditing arts group.” consult and critique these courses in art education,” Wyatt While EYRC Architects and designs, Wyatt says that consultsays. FF&P (the joint team behind Otis’ ing on the project gave her even While Otis courses remain
remote due to the pandemic, designated studio, workshop and “maker spaces” equipped with a variety of hand-held tools and safety barriers are available to Otis students by reservation in three-hour blocks to work on their school projects, which often require time spent immersed in a photo lab, woodshop or other type of creative studio space. A limited number of students are allowed in the spaces between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. during these reservation periods. “After we had to go remote in March, there [was a] tremendous sense of loss over access to the campus,” says Joanne Mitchell, interim assistant provost at Otis College of Art and Design. “So, we were super committed to getting [students] back on campus…The priority of these lab, shops and studio spaces was super high.” So, Otis converted its Ben Maltz Gallery into a dedicated maker space accessible to all students
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ArgonautNews.com planning, I think forever.” EYRC Architects and Frederick Fisher and Partners also imagined how classrooms could be safely reconfigured for in-person classes. “One thing is so much of art education is kind of everybody clustered around a professor, and they’re looking at something, and they’re all huddled and they’re all facing the same way,” Kurtzman says. “With COVID, you really can’t do that. It’s not safe. So, I’m making sure that people could still kind of get that access, the visual access, to the teaching process but also still maintain safety.” “We ended up turning things like a 45-degree angle to what they had been because that allowed for the display of models or still life kind of objects and whatnot, but still allow for circulation,” Wyatt says. “And we tried to kind of think about circulation and how you could leverage the circulation as also kind of being a buffer zone between people and sort of activities or stations, if you will.” How could students and faculty safely maneuver between desks and sewing stations? How could
students interact with a model without even touching his or her clothes? (Projecting a model’s image from another room with a document camera was one idea.) But each artistic discipline within the college ultimately received a unique design treatment, from how students’ use of spaces could be staggered over time to how supplies and equipment could be sanitized and shared. “It really was like a case by case, like department and class-by-class basis,” Wyatt says. “We sort of started out with this ambition of we’ll have like three sort of templates that can be applied. And we quickly realized it wasn’t going to work at all. So, [it] became really like bespoke and custom for each one.” While dormitories have not yet reopened, “residence halls have been fitted with quarantine rooms—in case a residential student is exposed to COVID-19—that are complete with dedicated stairways allowing for entry and exit without contact to other students,” reads an excerpt from Otis’ redesign study. Another addition to the campus’ redesign—“a lot of plexiglass,” Mitchell says.
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and the top of the college’s parking garage became an al fresco studio area. “There’s actually an array [of photovoltaics] on the fifth floor that creates kind of a shade canopy,” says Wyatt, explaining how the architecture team really looked for ways to carve out space for socially distanced maker spaces on Otis’ small, dense campus, which she likens to a “layered wedding cake.” While converting the roof of Otis’ parking garage seemed like a “crazy idea” at first, it’s actually very in keeping with the school’s ethos and traditions, observes fellow consulting architect Marisa Kurtzman, a partner at the West LA-based Frederick Fisher and Partners. “There was a precedent for that because Otis now holds its annual fashion show up in that space, so the idea of sort of converting that space into another use wasn’t a complete unknown,” says Kurtzman. “I think one of the neat things about Otis is that they have a long history of being very resourceful and scrappy, and you know, that DIY, ‘let’s-make-itwork-with-what-we have’ attitude has pervaded the campus
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Reimagined Religious Icons
Artist’s Black Madonna is three times a lady By Bridgette M. Redman Patrons who make an appointment to see the latest exhibit at the William Turner Gallery may have to look three times at each piece before they know what it is they’re looking at. Look once, and they’ll see gold leaf iconography that summons up ancient and medieval religious artistic practices adorned with circular motifs that represent visual mantras. Look twice, and there’s Black Madonna and child imagery that evokes Catholic and Byzantine art from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Look thrice, and almost comical background imagery of white supremacists being tormented and killed will catch the eye. This deeply layered work is what has made visitors to Mark Steven Greenfield’s “Black Madonna” exhibition linger for so long when they come to see the collection. William Turner, the gallery owner, has told Greenfield that when people come to the gallery, they are there for 45 minutes to an hour, carefully studying each piece and having deep conversations about them. With 17 Black Madonna paintings and 28 total paintings, Greenfield’s work tells many stories of the Black experience. He began the collection two years ago after having a conversation with his neighbors about the dearth of Black people in western art. It reminded him of his experience after graduating college when he still believed the art world was colorblind. “I’d go to art galleries and they would say, ‘I like your work, but it is so ethnic’—which is code for ‘Black,’” Greenfield says. It was that sort of experience that drove a lot of Black artists to create art for a white world, he says, but it drove him in the opposite direction. “That’s never been a preoccupation with me once I understood the lay of the land,” Greenfield says. “Why do I have to make art for white people when I can make art for Black people?” He has built a career doing just that, from paintings of Black
artists in Los Angeles to a collection on blackface. Now comes this exhibit where he has created paintings that live at the intersection of faith and fantasy, of past and future. Each of the Black Madonna paintings have four elements: Gold leaf Each painting frames the circular Madonna image with gold leaf, a practice that was common in Byzantine art and was used during the Middle Ages for paintings that feature the Madonna and child. “When I was a practicing Catholic, everything was shiny and gold,” Greenfield says. “It’s an indication of the reverence which people hold these images. I wanted to replicate that, so gold leaf was natural.” He also points out that icons, which were often covered with hammered metal of some sort, weren’t considered art works at the time. “Icons were talismans you carried into battle,” Greenfield says. “They were always looked at as something you had to have to bless the house or the family.” Madonna and child The dominant image is the depiction of a Black Madonna and Christ child. Greenfield draws upon many traditional images, from the Madonna looking with affection upon her infant to one holding her crucified adult son. In each painting, the skin color of the pair is a rich ebony. “It forces you to come to grip with your own feelings about religion, about the mother and child, about the Madonna,” Greenfield says. “The fact that they are Black forces you into all kinds of analyses.” While the images hearken onto the historically deep religiosity of the pair, Greenfield’s paintings include several irreverent touches. In one image, the Christ child is holding a marijuana leaf. In another, he is wearing bright sunglasses. “In the case of one of the Madonnas, he’s holding an afro pick,” Greenfield says. “He wants to look good because he knows he’s in a painting.”
The comic elements have a serious purpose in the story the artist is telling. “I fully acknowledge and embrace the whole idea of humor,” Greenfield says. “I realize it is very powerful in terms of getting people’s attention and getting them to maybe take a deep breath at something. They look at it and are entertained by it, and then they look deeper into it.” Revenge fantasies The background contains, as Greenfield dubs them, revenge fantasies about white supremacists suffering the agony they have inflicted on Blacks throughout the years. Greenfield noticed in medieval paintings there was often something going on in the background that was obscure and unrelated to the primary image. It might be a group dancing around the maypole or someone playing a flute. “Maybe it was intended to be an enigma, a visual redirect as a tool to get you to place the primary object in deeper focus,” Greenfield says. It was with that idea that he filled the background with violent, almost cartoonish imagery, whether it was Ku Klux Klan members hanging from trees or Nazis being zapped by a UFO. He says he wanted to draw a contrast of hate in the background. “The whole thing with the Madonna is that the dominant idea here is love, but you’ve got to acknowledge that in the back of that is hate,” Greenfield says. “In order to subdue the hate, it has to be dominated by something.” It is also his hope that perhaps those imageries can teach people to better relate to what Black people have been going through for centuries and feel the violence, fear and threats that Black people have been feeling since birth. “For all the atrocities and injustices that have been perpetrated on African Americans, why can’t those be done to the people doing it to me?” Greenfield asks. “Maybe if that happened, they would understand the anguish I go through
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Greenfield’s versions are rendered in the Byzantine style of their art historical predecessors, with the black Virgin Mother and Baby Jesus as the central focus within circular compositions, or tondos. and maybe once you see yourself as a victim, it might move you to a place of empathy.” He says he’s fully aware that his work won’t resonate with everyone and some people might get angry about it, but that that is something he has tolerated through his artistic career. “I will push buttons and push people to think in ways that are uncomfortable,” he says. “The fact that they are thinking means there is the possibility for change.” Visual mantras Accenting the work on the gold leaf are motifs that Greenfield names visual mantras. When he left Catholicism as a young man, he turned to Eastern religions and took up meditation. These motifs are his putting a mantra into a circle that inspires mediation. “Mantras are ethereal things,” Greenfield says. “If you repeat things that have no meaning, your mind can’t focus on anything other than itself. I was looking for something that could communicate that. The
centers are blank. Nothing is there, but it allows you to focus on the blankness.” Drawing attention to littleknown saints The other pieces in the collection are done in the same style, but rather than Madonna and child, they are Black people who were martyrs or lived saintly lives. It is this ancillary group of work that Greenfield plans to focus on in the months to come. He says he has three or four more Madonnas he wants to tackle but has been focusing on the little-known stories of African Americans or people in the African diaspora that embody saintliness. “I’m expanding my definition of what saints are,” he says. The stories and images are heart-breaking. One is the Brazilian patron saint of the disenfranchised, Escrava Anastacia, who was forced to wear a muzzle face mask and iron collar which caused the tetanus that killed her. She performed many healing miracles and even forgave her cruel masters. Another is Saartjie Baartman,
known as the Hottentot Princess, who was cruelly humiliated and exploited in freak shows and in medical experiments. While the imagery in this collection of paintings has many violent and heartbreaking elements, Greenfield hopes that they are able to affect positive change. “I would hope that (viewers) would maybe strive to live a more saintly life, to really delve into their spiritualism,” Greenfield says. “I hope that would acknowledge the fact that they have these dark feelings they’ve been able to suppress. But you have to acknowledge them to have the power of these things taken away.” What: Black Madonna Exhibition by Mark Steven Greenfield Where: William Turner Gallery, 2525 Michigan Avenue, E-1, Santa Monica When: Through November 28 Call to set up a viewing at 310.453.0909 Paintings can also be viewed online: williamturnergallery.com
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S T O R Y PHOTOS BY JENNIFER EVERHART
Left: Artist Tom Everhart works on a piece in front of “Blue Lagoon” from his “Coconut Radio” series. Right: Everhart working on “Floating With My Homies” in his Venice studio.
PAINTING THROUGH
A PANDEMIC Artist Tom Everhart on creating during COVID and his latest series ‘Coconut Radio’ By Kamala Kirk When COVID-19 occurred back in early March, Tom Everhart saw the silver lining in the situation, taking the opportunity to focus on creating new art without any distractions. Prior to the pandemic, his schedule was filled with frequent travel, art shows and
gallery openings, and various media events. But these days, he spends most of his waking hours in his Venice Beach studio doing what he loves most: painting. “I’ve probably completed about two to three years’ worth of work since the beginning of the year,” Everhart says. “I’ve never had so much uninter-
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rupted time. I lie in bed at night having conversations with myself trying to decide which concept I want to create next. I have so many images in my head right now. If I were to get hit by a truck tomorrow, I would be really upset because I still have so much left to create.”
With close to 100 pieces already under his belt for his current series, “Coconut Radio-The Sha La La Paintings,” Everhart shows no signs of slowing down. He started the paintings in January, unaware that his new project would end up becoming a reflection of the soon-to-be global crisis.
“I had been doing political themes for a long time, but it had started to get to me and I was becoming depressed by the subject matter,” Everhart shares. “What really got me the most was this last election we had, which was very important. We were very concerned about it, and for the people that live here
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Various works from Everhart’s “Coconut Radio” series in his Venice studio, 2020.
“Bitch Please,” 2017 acrylic varnish and pompom balls on canvas, 84” x 128”
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“Bon Appétit” from the “Coconut Radio” series is acrylic and varnish on canvas. 64” x 84” PHOTO BY JENNIFER EVERHART
some reference to that Polynesian ecstasy, whether it’s a flower behind the ear, a palm tree or a flower wreath. And sometimes the paint itself is the reference.” Another work, “Blue Lagoon,” features Snoopy leaning against Charlie Brown, who is wearing a headdress, and the two of them are gazing out over the lagoon together. “If you look straight ahead at the painting and take those two characters out, you’ll feel like you’re in a lagoon,” Everhart says. “You can feel the fluidity, you can feel the water, and you can feel those things that make all of us the same. Water is important to all living things and a large percentage of our bodies are made of water. No matter what color our skin is or what our beliefs are, we are all made out of the same things.” “Bon Appétit” depicts Snoopy going into the water. While it looks like he’s going for a swim, Everhart points out that the piece is simply about life in that moment and environment. “I paint right outside of our overwater bungalow in French Polynesia and at sunset the birds dive straight down into the water,” he shares. “My work is never about the way things look. It’s the way things feel, like the hot air and the coolness that comes at night or after the rain. A lot of the times the work I create gets nicknamed pop art, which is completely wrong because pop art is about exactly what you see. My work isn’t supposed to look like what I’m seeing, I’m camouflaging it. And I’m not painting about characters in popular culture. I’m using characters that I have borrowed and learned from Sparky to create a feeling and an experience.” For this particular body of paintings, Everhart laid each canvas flat on the ground, then poured the paint on the surface of the canvas. He has to determine right away how the entire painting is going to come together, because he only has about 30 minutes before the paint starts to dry. Once the paint has been poured, he lifts the canvas up in the air, creating the illusion of water when one color of paint goes over another. He also mixes in white archival glue with his paints and acrylic varnish, which helps him with the pouring, and results in the colors changing tones by the time the paint dries. “When I pour the paint, it’s
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in Venice, the upcoming election of the local officials was just as important, if not more so. Because of that personal connection to those politics, I decided to do something that would address how to make it better instead of just talking about it.” Everhart, who also has a studio in French Polynesia where he and his wife Jennifer typically go every three months, named his latest body of work “Coconut Radio,” which is a term used in French Polynesia that refers to the way the locals receive and share information around the islands. “You might ask where I heard a bit of news from, then I’ll say, ‘Oh, I heard it from so-and-so through the coconut radio,” Everhart explains. “That’s why I named the series that, not knowing that in a few months we would all be communicating like coconut radio. One of the big issues we’re dealing with is education. The only way to educate is through communication, which brings us together. I decided that I was going to protest the virus with color and imagery, and deal with the anxiety and isolation it has caused.” A recurring theme that can be seen in Everhart’s art over the years, including his “Coconut Radio” series, are his depictions of the late cartoonist Charles M. “Sparky” Schulz’s comic strip ‘Peanuts.’ The two met back in 1980 when Everhart was a young artist fresh out of graduate school, who drew and presented renderings to Schulz’s studios for a freelance project. Everhart impressed Schulz with his ability to reproduce the cartoonist’s line art almost exactly, and over the years they became close friends and collaborators. Prior to Schulz’s passing, he drafted a legal agreement that gave Everhart exclusive permission to use the visual object matter from Schulz’s imagery in his art for the “term of his life.” The first painting Everhart created for the “Coconut Radio” series was “Sha La La,” a 16-foot work that depicts ‘Peanuts’ characters Snoopy and Woodstock. Snoopy is wearing a Polynesian headdress and holding Woodstock in his arms like a hero, while Bora Bora can be seen on the horizon line. “Cartoon imagery is somewhat humorous and Polynesian imagery is paradise,” Everhart says. “Every single piece has
Everhart working on his piece “Stormy” in 2018. almost like that of a musician having to understand notes— you have to be able to look at them and hear the music,” Everhart says. “As for the term ‘watching paint dry,’ we do that all the time because many of the paintings take at least a month until that white glue turns into a clear color.” Everhart works on multiple pieces at once, sometimes as many as 50 or 60. His studio in Venice, which he lives and works out of, has two large floor spaces akin to basketball courts. The bottom floor is exclusively a work space while the top floor
is reserved for larger canvases due to the height of the ceiling, which can accommodate his bigger pieces. Some works Everhart can complete in a couple of days, while others can take as a long as year. Currently, Everhart continues to work on the “Coconut Radio” series and plans to have a show when the pandemic situation improves. When asked what inspires his work the most, Everhart says it’s the feeling of being alive. “I’m a visual social anthropologist because in each work of mine from the past 32 years,
I’ve tried to incorporate an anthropological study of the visual incorporated with a visual study of the anthropological in order to visually articulate how I see the feeling of being alive,” Everhart says. “I get inspiration from just looking around, sometimes it’s very simple things like something I had to eat. Falling in love, getting sick—it’s all of those moments that meant you were alive.” For more information, visit everhartstudios.com and follow on Instagram: @tomeverhartstudios
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Meet the Chef
10 questions with Tallula’s executive chef Brad Long PHOTO BY LINDSEY HUTTRER
By Kamala Kirk Located just steps from the beach, Tallula’s is a globally-inspired Mexican restaurant in Santa Monica Canyon that is a favorite among locals and visitors alike. Part of the Rustic Canyon Family, Tallula’s creates time-honored recipes with a focus on high-quality organic ingredients sourced from regional farmers, fisherman, ranchers and purveyors with sustainable practices, in addition to the nearby Santa Monica Farmers Market. Recently, the neighborhood destination welcomed executive chef Brad Long, a Long Beach native and third-generation Mexican American who makes his return to California after living on the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf for the past five years. Long honed his culinary skills at critically-acclaimed spots across the country like Playground, Husk and Shaya, and was previously the event chef at The Ace Hotel in New Orleans. He brings an incredible, wide range of
experience from modern fine dining and large-scale events to making charcuterie and cooking all types of cuisine, from Southern to Israeli. Long is excited to celebrate his heritage through the food at Tallula’s and put his own creative stamp on their California-influenced Mexican cuisine. “From the time I could eat, I have been enjoying Mexican foods of all varieties,” Long says. “The idea of grinding our own masa and making our own tortillas at Tallula’s is what has me most excited so far. I love the idea of being able to create familiar Mexican comfort foods with locally sourced, organic ingredients.” What got you interested in cooking? My grandmother actually cooked professionally for hospitals. Growing up and hearing her stories always had me interested in the trade from a young age. (Continued on page 22)
Brad Long is the new executive chef at Tallula’s in Santa Monica.
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The Homeless Housing Struggle Westside projects to combat homelessness face logistical and financial challenges PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ
A Venice Boardwalk encampment. By Kellie Chudzinski Despite state, city and countywide efforts to house those living on the streets, the picture of homelessness on the Westside continues to look bleak with rising numbers, more and larger encampments, increased incidents with residents and stalled permanent housing projects. The need for more housing is growing rapidly every year. The numbers recorded at the start of 2020 show 41,290 people experiencing homelessness in LA and 70% are unsheltered and struggling to survive in tents, encampments, vehicles and other locations. In 2019, the Westside saw the greatest increase in homelessness in the county, growing by 19%. Though, that number is likely higher now, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the states two months after the most recent count, with estimates suggesting homelessness is 16% higher since the pandemic began. Observationally, residents are feeling growth in the unhoused population living on the streets. Recent numbers by the Los
Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) show that Council District 11 on the Westside has one of the highest numbers of unsheltered people at just under 3,200. Those numbers may not fully reflect the true number as the pandemic has sent more people to the street with high visibility of homeless encampments in Venice. One resident who spoke with The Argonaut estimated that there are nearly 2,500 people on the streets and beaches of Venice as it remains the largest portion of District 11’s homeless count. Residents’ experiences Along with higher numbers, many Westside residents are at their wits end with the daily impacts they’re facing with their unhoused counterparts and are pleading with the city and Councilman Mike Bonin to take more action for everyone’s sake. Nextdoor feeds, social groups and locals report a bleak scene in the area as they individually say they see more incidents of crime, unsafe health conditions among the unhoused and disturbing interactions.
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Mar Vista resident Diana Sieker, whose home is located near one of the Westside’s major homeless encampments on Venice Boulevard and Globe Avenue under the 405 freeway, has witnessed everything from drug dealings and overdoses to public urination, masturbation, defecation, physical abuse, psychotic episodes and even a suicide attempt in the alleyway nearby by people who live in the encampment. Recently, she witnessed an explosion at the site. “I walked to my back bedroom window, which faces the alley, and I saw an eruption, like, truly like a Mount Vesuvius eruption!” she recalls. “It erupted in flames that looked like a volcano went off underneath the 405.” She says the encampment situation near her home has only worsened over the last five years, becoming even more acute in 2019, and then absolutely exploding after the pandemic with “wall-to-wall” bulky items crowding the site and mystery cars coming and going to drop off suitcases and duffle bags. “It’s just unchecked,” she says. “This
has completely proliferated to the point that it’s just like the Wild West.” “It’s never been like this,” echoes Nick Antonicello, who has lived in Venice for nearly 30 years. “I’ve never seen it this bad, this severe, this dysfunctional, and nothing being done about it.” A man who has been living on the sand and near homes on the beach in Playa del Rey was caught on camera exposing himself to passersby, including children. Resident Lorelei Shellist captured the video and shared it with the Argonaut. “I am sick and tired of this disgusting situation,” Shellist says as she added nothing had been done. On the streets outside of Westside Neighborhood School in Playa Vista, RVs line the streets and debris is strewn on the grass. While only a few students physically attend the school due to the pandemic, one parent shared that a man was standing naked as he drove by with his young children in tow, echoing stories of other encounters with those who are unhoused or are vehicle dwellers.
Tents have also become common on Westchester streets and in Westchester Park, near a Safe Parking location that allows a specific safe place for those living in vehicles to park and sleep overnight. Residents remain troubled by the tents and using the park as a Safe Parking location, despite the program rules and time limits. Crime in Venice has seen spikes since the pandemic began, with data provided to the LA Times through July showing violent crimes peaking in April and June with 27 and 34 incidents respectively. Additionally, fires related to homelessness are up 82% from last year, NBC I-team reported. Multiple fires have consumed encampments in Venice, two at the tents outside of Penmar Golf Course, one near the pier and another in a tent stationed in a boardwalk parking lot. The fires caught the attention of Bonin and the encampment outside of the golf course was emptied as part of his new Encampment to Home program. The new program has already housed over 40 people, with a goal of 100, from the
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Homeless encampments continue to proliferate on Venice Beach. encampment near Rose and Penmar, which was formerly noted as the “largest encampment on the Westside.” While many applauded Bonin’s work to clear the large encampment it came later than locals would have liked, and some residents remain unimpressed. “Is Venice better off today than it was four years ago or three years ago or two years ago or one year ago?” Antonicello said. “The answer was no. Absolutely. Positively no. And there lies the problem. People want solutions. The pandemic can’t make this situation be ignored.” Those who have been housed were placed in shelter beds, permanent supportive housing placement, shared housing, given rapid rehousing vouchers or in Project Roomkey hotel rooms. Though, the use of Project Roomkey units seems to be a Band-Aid solution that may raise more questions as the program winds down and again looks to move those in the program. During the pandemic, LA participated in California’s Project Roomkey, partnering with hotels and motels to house high-risk people experiencing homelessness. In late September, LAHSA announced that the project would slowly shutter hotel rooms monthly until the
program was completely closed by early 2021. Three sites had closed by the end of September. While Project Roomkey aimed to house the 15,000 people LAHSA has on record in the high-risk group and 65 or older, the project peaked at just 30% of that goal with just over 4,300 people in the program. Currently, 3,592 people are housed in 3,485 rooms across all of Los Angeles County and only two locations on the Westside provide 183 rooms servicing 169 people. So far, over a third of 6,600 people housed in Project Roomkey across the state have moved out with only 10% going to permanent housing and 3% into shelters. At least 20% went back to the street and the rest were unaccounted for, in a numbers report obtained by the LA Times. Bridge Housing locations in Venice have also been the center of focus for residents with encampments popping up on the street outside of the building and reports of an increase in crime and police calls in the area. Councilman Joe Buscaino authored a motion asking the city attorney to draft a motion banning tents outside of all city shelters, including Bridge Housing locations, and removing encampments that are already in these locations.
Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield, Monica Rodriguez and Paul Krekorian co-authored the motion with Buscaino and three others seconded that motion that was submitted in October. Bonin opposed the proposal, which was delayed until November 24, instead offering a counter measure with a “more aggressive approach to providing housing, shelter and services.” “Without those housing alternatives, the ban on sleeping presented by the city attorney would only serve to push encampments deeper into residential neighborhoods,” Bonin says. “This is an emergency situation and it requires emergency action and using the hotels and motels will provide fast options for getting people off the streets and into housing.” “We need an urgent, focused response that can show rapid results,” Bonin said in an earlier statement on the state of homelessness. Life on the streets Experiencing homelessness has always brought challenges, but a pandemic and lockdowns have made the situation even more uncertain. For a period in Venice, the common pre-pandemic encampment sweeps by police were stopped, but they
have since resumed. During the reprieve people from other parts of L.A. were drawn to the beach city, some even just to keep their belongings. And for those who have long been living on or around Venice beach, the empty boardwalks, closed indoor businesses and lack of tourists have provided unique challenges to get by. One woman shares that while grocery stores or fast-food chains had long been a place to “wash up” or use the restroom, closed dine-in options and pandemic guidelines made finding an open facility nearly impossible. Many others struggled with the basics of food and water as volunteers all but stopped early into the pandemic and with them went water and snacks. “We’ve had to minimize our services,” Mischa DiBattiste, CES Regional Manager with a Safe Place for Youth that provides services to homeless youth in Venice, said through social media. “The pandemic has really made people realize how dangerous it is to be out on the streets.” DiBattiste adds that while SPY has tried to identify and continue to provide essential items of food, clothing and water, the organization’s doors are closed and the unhoused community in
need continues to struggle for the most basic items. “We’re all told to stay home but not everybody has that luxury in this city,” she said. “Not all of our neighbors have homes. They don’t have bathrooms. They don’t have access to sinks or soap.” As fires rose, people who are homeless in the area told NBC Los Angeles that the flames were likely retaliation after two people in the encampment got into an argument. “Every day, there’s fires, guns, knives,” Jack Rivers, who lives on the Venice Boardwalk in an encampment, told NBC LA. And while there is no data on the involvement of people experiencing homelessness in crimes this year, crimes against the homeless rose 24% in 2019, and crimes with homeless suspects rose 50% in 2018, across the city. Project Homekey and recovery housing As Project Roomkey is shuttered, the city now turns to Project Homekey, which aims to provide long-term housing. From the statewide fund, Los Angeles has been awarded nearly $78 million after submitting 16 applications, according (Continued on page 20)
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to Mayor Eric Garcetti. Funds from HomeKey will support LAHSA’s transition from RoomKey to COVID Recovery. In transition, LAHSA is aiming to house those in the program in “long-term housing solutions,” largely newly leased “Recovery Housing.” Pre-existing buildings, hotels and motels will be purchased and will be “deeply” subsidized for those in need, while also providing supportive services. Most will move into the hotels and motels for interim housing for one year, while some move into supportive units. After a year, those in the greatest of need will move into permanent housing, others will go into a “long-term shallow subsidy program.” The county approved $43 million for the project, and LAHSA hopes to receive another $80 million from the County Emergency Solutions Grants and $15 million in Measure H funding once the grant funds run out. By March, LAHSA aims to move 400 to 1,000 homeless individuals, per month, from 37 emergency
shelter sites into housing, with a minimum of 4,900. Across LA City 10 mostly vacant hotels have been approved by the City Administrative Officer to be purchased through the program, for a total of $105 million, though none of the properties are on the Westside. Combined, the locations will provide shelter for 536 people and are expected to open 90 days after purchase. LAHSA is also set to pilot the COVID-19 Street Recovery program, which is working off an order from Judge David O. Carter that ordered housing for those living under freeways or overpasses. The pilot will focus on six districts across the city including District 11, where large encampments have taken shape near the 405 and the 10 freeways. With anywhere from 6,000 to 7,000 people living near freeways in LA County, Judge Carter, the city and county came to an agreement for that population in June. By April, 5,300 new beds must be provided, rising to 6,000 over the next year and a half. In exchange, LA County will provide $300 million in funding.
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According to the new agreement, LA County will pay the city up to $60 million each year for the next five years and a one-time bonus of $8 million if it reaches its 5,300-bed target by April. To combat crime on Ocean Front Walk, Bonin recently announced that 21 security cameras will be installed along the boardwalk, near certain restrooms and on certain parts of Speedway. Bonin continues to push for more Safe Parking locations, “safe camping” sites and places for tiny home villages that could offer safer alternatives for those living on the streets and for residents, but are still only an interim measure as the city continues to try and tackle the homeless crisis on the streets. “The homelessness crisis in Los Angeles is unprecedented and we need fast, inexpensive and outside-the-box solutions,” Bonin says in a Facebook post. “To truly end inflow to homelessness, our region must make similar investments to address LA’s shortage of 509,000 affordable housing units,” LAHSA Executive Director Heidi Marston said in a statement. “And reform the
systems that are pushing new people into homelessness faster than we can move them out. Until then, we will continue to improve the effectiveness of our rehousing system, which is moving people out of homelessness at historic speed and scale.” Reality check: Proposition HHH’s struggling efforts While city and county officials aim to achieve ambitious goals and mandates, LA has struggled to build units and house those living on the streets. In 2016, LA voters overwhelmingly approved Prop. HHH authorizing city officials up to $1.2 billion to reduce homelessness through housing with a goal of 10,000 units. City Controller Ron Galperin wrote in a recent report that only three projects have been completed to date from Prop. HHH funds, including 179 supportive units and 49 nonsupportive units. (Multiple affordable housing projects are in the pipeline for Venice including Safe Place For Youth’s Lincoln Apartments, the Rose Apartments—both HHH-backed properties—and Reese Davidson at the Venice
Median, all of which have faced backlash for different reasons from the locals), Galperin also noted that only 19% of projects will be completed by 2022. Efforts to house the homeless population under the ambitious proposition are not only falling behind the growing need for those unhoused, the majority of units are coming in at a higher cost than expected, with 69% coming in over $500,000 per unit. Residents remain frustrated with the lack of housing that has materialized from the prop’s funds, as the city seems to get further behind the rapidly growing crisis, with Galperin even agreeing, “We can and must do better.” For residents like Sieker, housing relief for her unhoused neighbors can’t come soon enough. “We don’t have any more time,” she says. “We need housing options. We need bridge housing, we need shelters, safe camping sites, the parking sites. We need everything, like all hands on deck. This is a crisis. And people are just endlessly suffering. And it shouldn’t have to be this way.”
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PROFESSIONAL Response: “Gov. Newsom Shouldn’t SERVICES DIRECTORY Bulldoze LA’s Ballona Wetlands” As professors at Loyal Marymount University, we were shocked to see local residents calling on Governor Newsom to abandon the restoration of the Ballona Wetlands. As academic experts, we felt compelled to explain to our community the scientific facts surrounding the restoration and to emphasize that there is no “alternate science” as it relates to the restoration. Specifically, the LMU Center for Urban Resilience supports, and wants the communities most impacted by Ballona, to be aware of the following statements: • Some animals will be relocated throughout the project. Small animals like rabbits, lizards and snakes are sometimes trapped during construction and moved to another part of the reserve. They will not be kept in cages. No animals died in trap relocation during Malibu Lagoon restoration. The work will proceed cautiously, in phases, and will be strictly monitored by scientists and biologists. • Changing geography and climate, and human activities have dramatically altered Ballona over centuries, but Ballona has never been freshwater only. Ballona is a diverse ecosystem made primarily of salt and brackish marsh, but also with riparian, dune, coastal sage scrub and other habitat types. The big picture goal is to improve the site’s hydrology and restore diversity of habitats and native species in the face of climate change and urbanization, rather than returning to a point in history.
• The current status of the wetlands is not healthy. It has been drilled, filled, farmed, trashed and more. Years of monitoring demonstrates that the wetlands are degraded and conditions are worsening. Invasive plants are spreading fast, out-competing native plants that provide the habitats local wildlife require to thrive. • Wetlands need water, but most of Ballona is cut off from its natural water source, Ballona Creek. The salt marsh now receives only a tiny fraction of the water that once flowed through its channels during tidal exchanges. Only restoration can heal a century’s worth of damage done at Ballona. Restoration is vital for the wetlands to survive; the current plan accounts for sea level rise. Without restoration, the wetlands will become a stagnant mudflat with no access to the Creek. We all have taken students through the Ballona Wetlands over the years as part of our education programs and research projects conducted at Loyola Marymount University. Most of us knew and respected the late LMU Biology professor Dr. Howard Towner, who was an original Board Member of the Friends of Ballona Wetlands when Founder Ruth Lansford put that group together to save the Wetlands from development some 40 years ago. We have seen the Wetlands deteriorate and the time is now to do something to change the direction we are headed in with sea level rise and other threats. If nothing is done what’s left will be lost, and countless genera-
tions will be deprived of accessing their Wetlands after paying for it to be restored— especially the indigenous people of California and under-served communities. We fully support the restoration of the Ballona Wetlands and believe the restoration will benefit—not only LMU and the surrounding community—but the entire Southern California region as well. It’s time.
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Meet the Chef IMAGES COURTESY TALLULA’S
Tallula’s is a globally-inspired Mexican restaurant that focuses on highquality organic ingredients. (Continued from page 16)
How did you become a chef? I started washing dishes when I was a teenager and worked my way up through the kitchen. My years working under Travis Grimes at Husk in Charleston, South Carolina really helped guide me to where I am now. Most important thing you learned in culinary school? I did not attend culinary school. It was a lot of hard work, long hours, asking a ton of questions and always reading. What’s the first dish you learned to make really well? The first dish I learned to make really well was my mother’s infamous rice. It’s the one thing at all family gatherings that everyone looks forward to and I couldn’t wait to learn how to make it on my own. Signature dish you’re known for? I don’t necessarily have a “signature dish” but my wife and friends always ask me to make my salsa verde smoked pork butts for gatherings. Pre-COVID, of course.
Favorite ingredient to cook with and why? I love cooking beans and legumes. There are so many different varieties— they vary from region to region and are always different to cook with or use. Kitchen tool you can’t live without? A very sharp mandoline. Who do you look up to in the culinary world? I’m very grateful to be working with Jeremy Fox (chef and co-owner of Tallula’s, Rustic Canyon and Birdie G’s). He is always someone I have respected and looked up to as far as food and everything he has accomplished. What do you love about being a chef? I love getting excited about ingredients, mentoring and teaching other chefs, and building relationships with local farms and purveyors. If you could have a meal with anyone, who would it be? My wife has always been my favorite person to eat with and I couldn’t imagine enjoying a great meal without her. For more information, visit tallulasrestaurant.com
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APT. 201B OR NOT TO B My boyfriend and I have been together for two years and my lease is up in a few months. I was thinking about asking him if he wants to live together. When is the right time to move in with someone, and how do you know whether that’s even a good idea? —Housing Crisis
orientation, summed up by researchers as “female demand/male withdrawal.” “Female demand” is driven by how women tend to be higher in the personality trait of “neuroticism,” which involves a tendency to react with negative emotions. People high in neuroticism see the world through mud-covered glasses: they’re anxious, moody, easily irritated and perceive There are people you can share a intentional slights in incidents others home with who do not do a slew of shrug off as the small frustrations of life. annoying things, and there are those Basically, high neuroticism is the who are continuing their tenure on our personality trait of picky complainers: planet in an urn. “You loaded the dishwasher all wrong!” As a failed romantic (aka humannature realist), I think there’s a right time “You’re feeding the baby all wrong!” to move in with another person, such as And then the inevitable, “You’re climbmy boyfriend of 18 years, and it’s never. ing out the window and running down the street screaming all wrong!” That said, in my financial dream world, Regarding “male withdrawal” (lest you I’d be into buying houses next door to dudes start feeling all smugly superior), each other. Of course, this sort of thing men tend to respond to relationship is less practical for a couple with kids because a substantial part of parenting conflicts by going emotionally comainvolves finding your children so annoy- tose, experiencing an emotional ing in the moment that you take steps systems overload that clinical psychologist Robert Levenson and other reto civilize them. And let’s be honest, all searchers call “flooding.” In short, men children are irritating (loud, sticky and are more likely to get overwhelmed by often unbelievably tedious), save for emotion and simply shut down. Not those frozen in mute adorableness in surprisingly, same-sex couples are less photographs, my favorite kind. predisposed to plunge into a negativity There’s often financial pressure to live spiral. Tierney and Baumeister explain, “If together, especially in urban elitevilles it’s two men, they’re less likely to initiate where a grim little closet pretending to be an apartment rents for the price of a a complaint; if it’s two women, they’re less likely to withdraw after being gleaming penthouse in any city in the criticized.” Midwest. Unfortunately, though sharing That said, simply being human — in a an apartment saves big on rent, it can job, a friendship or a relationship cost a couple their relationship if they — makes us prone to go negative. end up going at each other like rats in That’s important to understand in light an undersized cage. As for what makes a relationship work, of research by psychologist John Gottman surveying couples who’d just cohabitational or otherwise, there’s this gotten married and looking at which notion that couples who have happy, couples were divorced six years later. lasting partnerships love each other What mattered were not the positive, more than those who break up. Sorry, loving sentiments couples expressed romantics! Sure, when a relationship is but how they responded to conflict. brand-new, affection and lust make for Citing this research, Tierney and a big heart-shaped airbag against annoyance and resentment. However, in Baumeister explain: “Being able to hold your tongue rather than say something “The Power of Bad,” science journalist nasty or spiteful will do much more for John Tierney and social psychologist your relationship than a good word or Roy Baumeister explain that, over time, deed.” (Love is not blind, but love can the sweet, tender things each partner says and does matter far less than how choose to throw on a blindfold.) When I got together with my boyfriend, a couple deals with “the negative stuff I made a pact with myself to never — their doubts, their frustrations, their speak to him like I’ve forgotten I love problems.” him. This has helped me avoid going Their book centers on what researchers call the “negativity bias”: how we ugly over the years, but I have to give pay far more attention to negative living apart a good bit of the credit. information, emotions and experiences Psychologist Erich Fromm wrote, “Mature than positive and give the negative stuff love says: ‘I need you because I love far more weight. The negativity bias is you.’” Cohabiting love says: “I need you especially toxic in heterosexual relation- to take out the trash because I’ll get 20 ships, due to some general sex differto life for electrocuting you in the ences in personality and emotional bathtub.”
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Sara Lashkari is a stylist and the founder of Lily Love Boutique.
Passion for Fashion A fashion stylist opens Lily Love Boutique in Playa del Rey By Kamala Kirk Sara Lashkari has loved fashion for as long as she can remember. When she was 5 years old, she enjoyed playing with dolls and sketching dresses. After graduating from college in her native Canada, she moved to South Korea to teach English for two years. During her time living abroad, Lashkari noticed how advanced the fashions were in Asia, which sparked her interest in pursuing a career in the industry. “I noticed that all of the clothing I saw in Korea was coming to Canada five years later,” Lashkari says. “I couldn’t believe how fashionforward they were. That really inspired me to want to do something in that realm.” 10 years ago, she moved to the United States from Canada and established a successful career for herself as a stylist working in TV production and
commercials, as well as doing personal and celebrity styling. After Lashkari’s mother passed away in 2018, she decided to follow her dream of opening a clothing boutique—something her mother had always known she wanted to do. “My mom was Persian and her name translated to ‘Lily’ in English,” Lashkari explains. “I wanted to incorporate her into my new business, so I came up with Lily Love Boutique.” Lily Love Boutique launched online in July, then Lashkari opened her brick-and-mortar shop in October in Playa del Rey. She had planned to open in March, but then COVID-19 hit and her plans were delayed. “It’s been a whirlwind and there have been ups and downs, but I decided I had no choice but to try and open my doors,” Lashkari says. “Once I had built some traction online, I set a date and opened the boutique.”
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Located in Playa del Rey Center, Lily Love Boutique offers a variety of stylish and affordable clothing, accessories and jewelry for women of all ages. Because of her experience working in the fashion industry, Lashkari hand selects versatile and comfortable pieces that she knows her customers will love. “I spend a lot of time sourcing things that I really think people will like and I’ve found a lot of things from different vendors in Downtown where I walk around and see the items and fabrics in person,” Lashkari shares. “I try to get new styles every month and I’m trying to find more brands that are designed in LA.” Current trends in fashion include cozy and soft loungewear sets, cardigans, fuzzy Sherpa jackets and teddy coats. Another popular item is the shacket—a slightly oversized, shirt-jacket hybrid—which
Lashkari sold out of quickly. Another thing that customers love about coming to Lily Love Boutique is the extra input that Lashkari provides, the product of her previous experience as a stylist. She also has an Instagram account @_saralista_ where she shares her latest outfits and style ideas. “A woman came in the other day and thought that a particular item wouldn’t fit her, but I encouraged her to try it on and she ended up buying it,” Lashkari says. “I like putting complete outfits together on the mannequins to show the different ways that things can be worn together to give my customers ideas. I like helping other women look and feel good.” Lashkari also offers private shopping appointments for those that want a more personalized experience and all of her merchandise is available online for those who can’t visit in
person. She ships internationally and has sold to customers as far away as Ireland and Australia. “Everyone who comes in here is really excited that there is a clothing boutique that’s affordable in the neighborhood,” Lashkari says. “They’ve told me that this is exactly what was needed in this area and that they love the vibe, which is always nice to hear. I would love to be the go-to boutique in town and in the future I’d like to host events. I’ve already hosted several virtual events where I’ve raised money for charity. My mom always loved to give back and that’s something I want to keep doing as well.” For more information, visit lilyloveboutique.com and follow on Instagram: @lilylove.boutique. 8125 B W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey, 323-373-5490
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Compiled by Caden Sullivan No-Cost COVID-19 Antibody Testing, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Santa Monica Cavalry Baptist Church is offering free antibody tests through November 21. Registration is highly recommended, because walk-ins are not taken after 3:30 p.m. Register: app.smartsheet. com/b/form/1daf38073da34d75 8a930e7722c6df8f Community Workshop: Managing Mental Well-Being During COVID-19, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Fusion Academy is hosting a free, online workshop for students struggling through online learning. Guest speakers Christina Ortiz and Brittany Beyerlein will discuss signs of anxiety, coping mechanisms and other useful tools for troubled students. RSVP: fusionacademy.com/ campuses/south-bay/event/ community-ed-event-managingmental-well-being-during-covid-19/ “The Ongoing Moment: Literature and Art from SMC Emeritus,” 5 to 6:30 p.m. Santa Monica College’s Emeritus Art Gallery is pleased to present a collaborative journal/exhibition of original writing and art created by Emeritus students in the memoir writing class led by author Monona Wali and the watercolor studio class taught by artist Catherine Tirr. A free, live Zoom virtual launch event will feature readings by Emeritus authors and will be hosted by Tirr and Wali with Emeritus Associate Dean Dr. Scott Silverman and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson. For more information, visit smc.edu/emeritusgallery Black Lives Still Matter:
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On November 22, Ocean Fever is hosting a community paddle race to raise awareness for mental health. Staying Engaged in a PostTrump Presidency, 7 to 8:30 p.m. El Segundo for Black Lives will be hosting a virtual panel that will discuss how the social justice movement continues in the wake of the election, and why the need for pragmatic and meaningful change remains despite many electoral victories. Panel topics include the 2020 election results, intersectionality, criminal justice reform, and how to achieve a new normal. Preceding the panel will be a one-on-one interview with newly elected school board member, Dieema Wheaton. For more information, visit elsegundoforblacklives.org
Friday, Nov. 20 Venice Farmers Market, 7 to 11 a.m. The Venice Farmers Market is in full swing, but wear a mask and stay six feet apart! The free market is at 500 Venice Blvd., and parking is available near Dell Avenue. More information at venicefarmersmarket.com IMAGE CREDIT: ESTEVAN ORIOL, LA FINGERS, 1995.
On November 23, photographer Estevan Oriol joins DISRUPT for a conversation about some of his most famous images.
Artist Conversation: 45 at 45, 2 p.m. Each working with clay, but varied in approach, the artists will discuss the role ceramics play in their practice and the necessity to work within this medium as part of their artistic output—from Tony Marsh’s elemental use of glazing and forms, Jiha Moon’s contemporary take on traditional vessels, Matt Wedel’s largerthan-life constructions, and the elegant realism of works by Tia Pulitzer. Following the conversation, the artists will be available to answer questions during a live Q&A on Zoom. For more information, visit lalouver.com Jazz Nights at Runway, 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy live music every Friday at Runway! Grab a meal from one of their restaurants and enjoy seating on their newly developed Town Center Drive. 12775 Millennium Drive, Playa Vista
Saturday, Nov. 21 Playa Vista Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Playa Vista Farmers Market is still open, but with precautions! Elderly or endangered individuals may enter at 9 a.m. and everyone is required to wear a mask. Online ordering is available. Live music, handmade jewelry, fresh produce, and more is available every Saturday at 12775 W. Millennium Drive. For more information, visit farmermark.com/playavista Allies for Every Child’s Fall Celebration, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Allies for Every Child is hosting a drive-thru celebration giving out baskets, bread, produce, and lunches for those in need this Saturday at 12120 Wagner Street, Los Angeles. For more information, contact Rebecca: Rsaltman@ alliesforeverychild.org
A Whale of a Tale. Every year, the Venice Oceanarium hosts a reading of Moby Dick on the beach. For the online installment of their 25-year tradition, they’ve accepted submissions from at-home readers to create a video compendium of Moby Dick chapters! Check it out on November 21 or 22 to support the Oceanarium and exercise your literacy! More information is available at veniceoceanarium.org
Sunday, Nov. 22 Thanksgiving Paddle Race, 8 a.m. Ocean Fever and some friends are hosting their first Community Paddle Race to raise awareness for mental health. Ocean Fever is a non-profit organization focused on mentoring, ocean safety, and other community services. Register on eventbrite.com/e/ thanksgiving-free-paddle-racetickets-128057859505 Mar Vista Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the Mar Vista’s Farmers’ Market for fresh produce and handmade meals! With music, art and activities, this market has much more to offer than just food. 12198 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles Sundays Live: Encore Edition, 6 to 7 p.m. Miss Sundays Live at the LA County Museum of Art? They’re providing an encore live stream with performances from Sarah Rommel and Jonathan Dormand for free this week! To watch, visit lacma.org Sheba Medical Center’s International Virtual Gala, 10 a.m. Featuring guest of honor emcee, Shira Haas, Emmy-nominated actress from Netflix’s “Unorthodox.” Virtual tables, sponsorships and young leadership tickets
are available for purchase. Visit shebagala2020.squadup. com, call 310-838-0700 or email: molly@shebamed.org
Monday, Nov. 23 DISRUPT and the Fowler: A Conversation with Estevan Oriol, 4 to 5p.m. Director of Netflix’s “LA Originals” and internationally-celebrated photographer Estevan Oriol presents some of his famous shots and the thinking behind them in a talk hosted by UCLA’s DISRUPT and the Fowler Museum. Register:eventbrite.com/e/ disrupt-the-fowler-estevan-orioltickets-126898457703
Wednesday, Nov. 25 Miracle on Ocean Avenue, through January 3. Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel is hosting a holiday decoration display. For information, visit loewshotels.com
Thursday, Nov. 26 Santa Monica Turkey Trot 2020, 7 a.m. The annual Turkey Trot across Los Angeles doesn’t stop this year! Medals, T-shirts and goodie bags will be distributed online, but that doesn’t mean you can’t participate on Thanksgiving. The run begins in Crescent Bay Park, but start times are staggered to ensure social-distancing. Walking options are also available, but everyone must wear a mask. More information and ticketing is available at abetterworldrunning.com Beach Yoga in Santa Monica, 9 to 10:30 a.m. This Thanksgiving yoga class on the beach is themed around love and appreciation. It’s near Guard Tower 8 at 810 Pacific Coast Highway, and all participants will be spaced according to social distancing guidelines. Register: eventbrite.com/e/ beach-yoga-thanksgiving-daytickets-127807442501
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“This home is so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “That beat grows louder as you enter the welcoming foyer of this family-friendly floor plan which truly has it all, even the Foscarini chandelier. The spacious kitchen features prep sink, Caesarstone counters, and breakfast bar designed to please every chef. Separate family room and main level bedroom complete the lower level. The lush landscaping is worthy of a magazine feature with its outdoor kitchen, artificial turf, and private putting green.” Offered at $2,595,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020
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Law requires California employers to notify employees of potential COVID-19 exposure California employers — including real estate brokers — need to be aware of new notification requirements for employees exposed to COVID-19. Previously, under California’s COVID-19 Employer Playbook, employers were strongly encouraged to follow guidelines to inform employees of potential COVID-19 exposure. With the passage of AB 685, these guidelines have now become law. Beginning January 1, 2021 through January 1, 2023, employers need to inform employees of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the workplace. Within one business day of receiving notice of potential COVID-19 exposure, the employer needs to provide: • written notice to all employees, including the employers of any subcontracted employees, who were on the premises at the time the infected individual was present during the infectious period; • any disinfection or safety plan the • employer will implement to address the COVID-19 exposure;
• information regarding COVID-19 related benefits to which the employee is entitled, such as: • workers’ compensation; • COVID-19-related leave; • company sick leave; • state-mandated leave; and • anti-retaliations and antidiscrimination protections. For these purposes, written notice includes any usual way of communicating employmentrelated information which can be expected to be received within one business day, including: • email; • text message; or • personal service. When a COVID-19 outbreak occurs among employees, the employer needs to notify the local public health agency, providing the names, number, occupation and worksite of the infected employees. The California Department of Public Health defines an outbreak as three or more COVID-19 cases occurring within a two-week period.
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Further, when a working environment poses an imminent risk of infection, the employer needs to prohibit entry into the immediate area where such risk exists. [Lab C §6325 (b)] Of note: California’s new notification requirements are not a free pass to violate privacy laws. Any notifications provided to employees may not include identifying characteristics or names of the infected individuals. COVID-19 safety compliance These new notification requirements are on top of a growing list of laws brokers and other employers in California need to stay on top of to maintain a safe workplace in the time of COVID-19. For example, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (formerly known as the Department of Business Oversight) has conducted checks of branches to confirm all licensees and clients are complying with the latest guidance on face masks from the California Department of
Public Health (CDPH). All clients and customers are required to wear face coverings in accordance with CDPH guidance. Those who refuse to wear masks or do not meet CDPH exemptions may not enter places of business. While not a legal requirement, agents and brokers also ought to be ready with a plan to show clients. This includes information on what precautions the brokerage is taking to keep everyone safe and healthy, and what precautions the brokerage expects their clients to take, too. This will put everyone’s minds at ease and allow agents and clients to focus on completing the home sale.
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Probate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARISKA ROGERS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARISKA ROGERS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Gary Steven White in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. 11701 S. La Cienega Bl. Los Angeles, CA 90045-Airport Courthouse. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Gary Steven White be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Gary Steven White(son) 229 W. Harmont Dr. Phoenix, Arizona 85021 (602) 469-6959 The Argonaut Newspaper 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20
Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Gary Steven White(son) 229 W. Harmont Dr. Phoenix, Arizona 85021 (602) 469-6959 The Argonaut Newspaper 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20
Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20SMCP00398 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JONATHAN MITCHELL TAVSS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: JONATHAN MITCHELL TAVSS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Jonathan Mitchell Tavss to Jonathan Mitchell Tavssberger b.) Elise Marie Barnesberger to Elise Marie Tavssberger c.) Jensen Olivia Tavss to Jensen Olivia Tavssberger d.) Emory Walker Tavss to Emory Walker Tavssberger 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/05/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401Santa Monica Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: November 13, 2020. Hon. Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 11/19/20, 11/26/20, 12/3/20, 12/10/20
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Jonathan Mitchell Tavss to Jonathan Mitchell Tavssberger b.) Elise Marie Barnesberger to Elise Marie Tavssberger c.) Jensen Olivia Tavss to Jensen Olivia Tavssberger d.) Emory Walker Tavss to Emory Walker Tavssberger 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/05/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401Santa Monica Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: November 13, 2020. Hon. Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 11/19/20, 11/26/20, 12/3/20, 12/10/20 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20GDCP00332 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of M A R I S U Z A N N E FLORENCE and HAROLD CORD NUOFFER, guardians ad litum for KATHARINE FLORENCE NUOFFER, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: MARI SUZANNE FLORENCE and HAROLD CORD NUOFFER II filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Katharine Florence Nuoffer to Katharine Rosa Florence 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/17/2020. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. The address of the court is Glendale Courthouse, 600 East Broadway Glendale, CA 91206. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: October 20, 2020. Darrell Mavis, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 10/29/20, 11/5/20, 11/12/20, 11/19/20
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20SMCP00292 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ALINA SHRAYBMAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: ALINA SHRAYBMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Alina Shraybman to Alina Shraybman-Volken 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/11/20. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K, Room: A-203 . The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401-Santa Monica Courthouse- West District. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: October 28, 2020. Hon. Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper, 11/5/20, 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20TRCP00247 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of MISHA URSULA FARMAS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Misha Ursula Farmas filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Misha Ursula Farmas to Misha Ursula Farmas 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/11/20. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: B. The address of the court is 825 Maple Avenue Torrance, CA 90503-Torrance Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: October 23, 2020. Gary Y. Tanaka, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 10/29/20, 11/5/20, 11/12/20, 11/19/20
Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020181095 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHORELINE SPEECH THERAPY & LANGUAGE CENTER, INC., SHORELINE SPEECH & LANGUAGE CENTER, SHORELINE, SHORELINE SPEECH. 2200 Pacific Coast Highway Suite 210 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 3736596. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Shoreline Speech Therapy & Language Centers, Inc., 2200 Pacific Coast Highway Suite 210 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Maureen Jennings. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Shoreline Speech Therapy & Language Centers, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 5, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/19/20, 11/26/20, 12/3/20, 12/10/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020174929 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NEMCO FOOD PRODUCTS. 2350 E. 57th Street Vernon, CA 90058. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Coldwater Canyon Corporation, 2350 E. 57th Street Vernon, CA 90058. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/1960. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Frank Nemiroff. TITLE: Vice President, Corp or LLC Name: Coldwater Canyon Corporation. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 29, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the resid-
which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20, 12/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020172330 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NUEVA, NUEVA VENICE, NUEVA VENICE-THE LITTLE FRIEND; 822 Washington Boulevard Marina del Rey, CA 9292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) David Reiss, 1515 Abbout Kinney Boulevard Unit 100 Venice, CA 90291. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: David Reiss. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 27, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20, 12/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020161588 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WEST LA AUTO GLASS; 7927 Winsford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Alan Omar Lopez Westendorff, 7927 Winsford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 089/2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Alan Omar Lopez Westendorff. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 14, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth
statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 14, 2020. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally Fic. Business Name expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/05/20, 11/12/20, 11/19/20, 11/26/20
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SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Nancy Greenstein, Chair; Dr. Susan Aminoff, Vice Chair; Dr. Louise Jaffe; Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez; Rob Rader; Dr. Sion Roy; Barry A. Snell; Joshua Elizondo, Student Trustee; Kathryn E. Jeffery, Ph.D., Superintendent/President Santa Monica College | 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 | smc.edu