Public correspondence submitted to City Council for their June 27 meeting. Submit your letter to publiccomment@weho.org.
BUDGET
My name is Susan and I’m a frequent visitor of West Hollywood.
The city-sponsored Pride this weekend has highlighted the social and economic disparities within the city and how public dollars are being misallocated. As you consider the next 2 year budget with millions in new funding, I ask that you invest in the care our community needs and stop all plans that further state violence.
-Phase-out the LASD contract starting with reallocating 20% immediately to social services.
-All new revenue the city earns should go to permanent supportive housing, social housing and human services.
-Stop the expansion of the Block by Block program: an anti-homeless patrol force that regularly violates constitutional rights and exploits its employees.
-Stop further investment in surveillance systems. While using these for traffic enforcement sounds good on paper, in practice police use these systems to justify racial violence and criminalizing poverty.
-Stop charging for public services. The public has already paid for these via tax and the revenue that charges bring in is negligible. Paywalls for recreation or public transit only serve to exclude and further police the poor.
-Stop all investment in “economic development.” The global scientific consensus is that continued gluttonous development can no longer be sustained on earth. West Hollywood should lead in following science instead of money. Gentrification is displacing our residents, our homes are literally on fire and increased policing is making us less safe
Thank you, Susan
BUDGET
Hello!
My name is Jared Jacovich and as a long time WeHo Resident I’m voicing my support for reducing the LASD Contract by the planned $3.2 million. LASD has proven again and again unwilling to demonstrate any clear benefit to the community in line with the enormous financial expenditure. Numerous independent studies have shown there is no substantive reduction in crime in line with the amount of money we pay them, in fact they are an outside force not invested in our community and our well-being.
The $3.2 million would be much better spent on unarmed patrols, social services, and mental health outreach to those who need it the most in our community. These are the things that keep us safe.
West Hollywood prides itself as a paragon of progressive ideals and values, it is now commonly and widely known that continued investment in the police does nothing towards the pursuit of keeping people safe and upholding those ideals and values. This reduction in funding is not only a prudent financial decision but a moral imperative. My future vote in West Hollywood will be going to support candidates who advocate for continued defunding and eventual abolition.
Best,
Jared Jacovich
BUDGET
Hello
I would like to submit a comment to the upcoming budget meeting on 6/27
To whoever is present at this meeting:
Please, we urgently and desperately need more funding for anything to do with law enforcement and public safety. We need more police, more block by block, more whatever we can get to make the City safe. The City is crime and drug ridden and top priority and dollars need to be allocated to get this under control. We, the residents are not safe and our tax paying dollars need to be allocated in such a way to afford us the right to live peacefully and with out the day to day stress and fear of being attacked, robbed, burglarized, or harmed in any way. Please act and govern yourselves accordingly with this meeting and get this problem fixed, thanks.
Grant Port
LATER CLOSING TIMES FOR BARS
As a resident of West Hollywood, specifically the Norma Triangle neighborhood, I am writing to express my vehement opposition to the proposal to extend Bar closings until 4:00 am. This extension would mean that the weekend noise and loud music, which we’ve come to accept until 2:00 am, would now be extended much later. A
4:00 am closing would significantly reduce the quality of life for those of us living within a close proximity to the clubs of Weho. The patrons consuming alcohol for an additional two hours would also make the neighborhood less safe during these late night hours.
We must continue to fight to preserve the safety and quality of life of the residents of Weho. I’m urging you to reject this proposed extension of bar hours.
Sincerely,
James Waese
TENANT SCREENINGS
We strongly object to any limitations on tenant screening. It is very important that we are able to determine the financial resources of a prospective tenant. It is difficult enough to get all the information from a prospective tenant in order to determine if they will be able to pay the rent and whether they have given truthful information. The eviction process is onerous enough and it costs the landlord a great deal to perform these proceedings.
MYRON A KLEINBARD
TRASH/RECYCLING
Hell I am a Landlord in West Hollywood and in Los Angeles. I have noticed some problems with the Recycla program in Los Angeles and wanted to hopefully save WeHo some issues.
1-City of WeHo doesn’t want trash bins outside. The new proposal means that aside from the increased prices the trash company will charge us an additional fee PER trash pick up to move bins that are stored neatly. So please city– chose to keep trash bins hidden and get rid of this charge, or get rid of the edict to keep trash cans hidden. Doing both is patently unfair.And what is the walk out service? does that mean a fee for bringing it out and and then another fee to walk it back in?!?
2-There is a charge for ” overweight bins”. This has been one of the BIGGEST problems with the recycling program.
1-there is no set weight that the bins are “over” . It is literally if the worker feels it is too heavy. If we are going to be charged for overweight bins there should be some sort of Weigh in!There needs to be a set weight. There is None in Los Angeles. I have a video of me weighing my whole trash bin and the weight was low but they still charged an overweight fee.
When do they have to alert us of this, and how do they prove this? If something is going to be ” overweight” there needs to be a weight that this is over and they need to weigh the bins.Yet they don’t weigh them. Can anyone explain that?!?
3-There is a charge for driver delay. So if someone parks illegally and blocks the driver I have to pay an additional $40.00 per occurance? How can I be charged for someone else breaking the law?! (This happens ALL THE TIME in LA)
Recycling has gone down in los Angeles and there is trash everywhere and there are RATS everywhere. The trash co is trying to get as much money as possible . They don’t care about how it impacts the city. Only their bottom line. And there is nothing I can do as a landlord to get folks to actually recycle- I have no power at all, and in fact if someone gets mad at their landlord they can contaminate the trash on purpose- are we going to make any laws that hold the tenants who are responsible for that?
I would like to speak in open comment section please.
Thank you,
Dyanne DiRosario
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(Well, lost my scooter screed.) SCOOTERS!!!! Thank you brilliant council persons who brought these trip hazards back for people to see laying in front of the building! Maybe even fall over one and get hurt???? I thought they were gone? If you are a CC members who voted them back onto WeHo city Streets; I think it might be appropriate for whoever has, to ride one for an entire week and see how it works or you. And please take lots of photos. Even The Little Rascals didn’t have to be told twice to get rid of a a nuisance.
So hundreds of drunk drivers will converge on West Hollywood from other parts of Los Angeles and suburbs after 2am? Who will pay for increased parking and law enforcement, and vomit cleanup? West Hollywood really is moving in the wrong direction if they allow this.
yup.
Regarding the bars, I say, if you chose to live near them, you should have expected noise to come with the territory. I certainly did, when I lived on Larrabee for 5 years.
Exactly.
I was Lost of Larrabee myself, but was usually waiting for sunrise to come home. I wonder what the bar hours in other loosely wrapped cities throughout the country. Seriously
The first commenter, Susan, appears to be mentally ill or on the verge. Slightly interesting to hear that perspective.
She is completely delirious.