While reported crimes are up a bit from the past two months, crimes remain well below what we saw last year. For the entire West LA area, there’s been a significant increase in car thefts and an unfortunate increase (from a very low number) in homicides. However, all other crimes – both violent and property …
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Free COVID19 testing for all LA residents, symptoms or not
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on April 29 that all city and county residents who want a coronavirus test can now get one for the first time since COVID-19 cases began appearing there in January. Until now, because of a scarcity of test kits, only people showing symptoms of COVID-19, essential workers and those in institutional settings …
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Free meals for LA Seniors
Mayor Garcetti has announced Emergency Senior Meals Response, a free meal delivery service for residents of the city of L.A. who are age 60 and over. Through a partnership with LA-based restaurant and delivery chan Everytable, the City will provide 10 meals per week for over 12,000 seniors living in the city. To sign up, …
2301 Westwood: PROJECT ABANDONED
The proposed 6-story apartment building project at 2301 Westwood Boulevard has been abandoned by the owner, which means that any and all previous approvals for development on the site are now null and void. Read the official notice HERE. WSSM understands that the owner’s decision to abandon the project was in response to a lawsuit …
How to keep our street trees alive
One of the great treasures of our neighborhood is our tree-lined streets. Apart from looking beautiful, we all benefit from the shade and oxygen provided by our street trees – especially the mature specimens. But to keep our street trees healthy, we need to take care of them. And as so many of us transition …
AB 725: Bad Bill Alert!
The fight against Sacramento overreach and statewide one-size-fits-all land use legislation continues… Although SB 50 was killed in January, it is not resting in peace. SB 50 author State Senator Scott Weiner and his allies continue to take elements of the bill and push them forward in other pending bills. The latest of these proposals …