The Public Facilities, Recreation, and Infrastructure Commission will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Plummer Park to review a naming request for the intersection of Lexington Avenue and North La Brea Avenue, which has been proposed to be named “Shalom Peace Square” in commemoration of Israel’s 75th anniversary of independence, to be celebrated on April 25, 2023, in West Hollywood.
The Naming Committee, comprised of Mayor Sepi Shyne, Mayor Pro Tempore John Erickson, City Manager David Wilson, the chair of the Public Facilities Commission, and the Public Works Director, met in March to review the ceremonial naming request received by staff. The Subcommittee approved the request as complete and meeting the intent and purpose of the established Naming Policy, selecting to proceed with Shalom Peace Square.
The Commission will hold a public hearing to review input received through the process, accept public testimony, and finalize a recommendation to the City Council on the request to name the intersection “Shalom Peace Square” at Lexington Avenue and North La Brea Avenue. The Commission will also consider signage, identification options, and cost estimates related to the naming request.
Staff proposes the signage for this ceremonial naming request to match the City’s parking wayfinding signage standards, which were approved in September 2019. The ceremonial name sign would be located at a street intersection and likely adjacent to regulatory street signs as shown in Attachment A. If the naming request is approved by the City Council, staff estimates that signage design, fabrication, and installation will cost approximately $800.
The public hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Public Facilities, Recreation, and Infrastructure Commission By-laws, section 7.3 Public Hearings. Notice of this Public Hearing was posted at all locations required by law.
The Commission will forward its recommendation to the City Council at its April 17, 2023, meeting, accompanied by relevant testimony taken at the Commission’s public hearing, as well as the reports of staff and any concerned Commissions/ advisory bodies. The decision of the City Council shall be final.
Another division of speciality. How about demonstrating peace, humanity and civility rather than posting signage and painting crosswalks.
If they just move it 100 feet to the south, it can serve as the helicopter landing pad for the LASD next time something happens at the Dylan.
Shalom means “Peace” so are they calling it Peace Peace Square or just Shalom Square?
Has city staff notified the Armenian owned business at that intersection about their planned name change to Shalom Peace Square ?
This is a great idea. It would be nice to see more aspirational messages like this in our daily lives. It honors the countless number of our Jewish neighbors who believe and fight for equality every day.
Years ago I had a dream in which Yasser Arafat & Ariel Sharon were at the sea shore with their grandchildren. Upon unexpectedly running into each other without their entourage, they decided to draw a line in the sand and declare peace for their grandchildren for ever more. Power without peace is meaningless. It is that simple.
I should have known! Doesn’t the CC have better things to address? A square in the middle of a busy street??? That’s what it looks like. And when one arrives at this imaginary Square; do what? Stop for a minute or what? Or is it just a token sign installation that the Atatollah thought up on one of her trips to DC? Sorry, but THIS here Jew is offended by the gratuitous “Let Not Forget The Jews” tokenism. Shuls, Jewish Community organization and myriad groups of the Tribe do an excellent job of deciding where, when and by whom we… Read more »
Hallelujah, Chlore! Throw down!
You have to stand back and really think about it folks. Consider this – every intersection is a square so what makes this one special and is it a sop to the Hebraic population…of which I am one? Will we all gather Jew by Jew (think Noah’s Arkish) and what? Methinks the Ayatollah CL dreamed this one up or perhaps a hookah smoking caterpillar chum of hers did. This isn’t about a line in the sand or peace in Golan Heights. This is a symptom of what West Hollywood’s City Council has become and it is not a very encouraging… Read more »
Free Palestine Support the BDS Movement.
NO thanks
Oh dear. There is no Palestine.
sure there is
Elaborate on this please.
Do all 10,000 of the world’s religions get their own intersection, or only the most popular religions and cults? How awful to oppress minorities as the city is doing.
ROFL. Dawoodi Moslems for example. Parsis. The Masons.Where would it end?
Redundantly redundant. Unfortunately another virtue signaling demonstration by the council members actions that disrupt rather than inspire peace. Peace is an act that needs simple demonstration not hollow glorification.
Israel and peace? An oxymoron
“All men are created equal” works too!
Cover up for standing down on the J ‘Accuse movie. Shyne selling the street to further her campaign and Meister not even in the loop.
I don’t mind the word Shalom and/or Peace and Paz at this intersection but I think a Star of David is much like a Cross and would cause issues with the First Amendment. I am all for honoring Kol Ami but it is not the City’s role to promote religion. The issue of the City honoring another country’s independence is also questionable and seems like a photo op for political pandering. But painting this intersection with an Israeli flag seems a bit over the top particularly given the reactionary anti-gay coalition that is currently in power.
It would seem to create yet another target for animosity.
No doubt. We don’t need to be involved. It will just be a target for vandalism.
Reading through the agenda item there is no painting of intersections or Star of David’s, just a sign on a lamppost if approved. The photo indicates the intersection’s location only, and that Star of David misrepresents the application.
That is good news.
Steve …Leona knows from real estate. But you have made salient points. Why is our little burgh even thinking about this kind of thing?
Israel is the only country in the region that doesn’t look at homosexuality as a crime.
NY Times just quoted an current Israeli cabinet member proclaiming himself to be a “proud homophobe”. Let’s hope Israel keeps its’ commitment to the LGBTQ community.
How about we just fix the potholes and keep the sidewalks clean.
Now that makes complete sense.