News & Alerts

The City Planning Department is in the process of updating the West Los Angeles Community Plan and has recently made public a package of draft concepts, which includes proposals to allow increased density and building size/height – a process known as “upzoning” – in various parts of our WSSM neighborhood.  Among the most affected streets/blocks are: The east side of ...

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 such as nursing homes could ...

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 is AB 725, authored by  ...

As you read articles and hear statistics about the number of cases in California, you should understand that we have NO IDEA of the actual number of cases to date because of the lack of testing in our state (and across most of the U.S.).  Until there is widespread testing, many cases will have gone uncounted and we will have ...

As a result of the high number of potential/projected cases of Corona Virus in California, the Governor and Mayors of local municipalities (including Los Angeles) are ordering unessential businesses to close to the public and for Californians to remain at home for all but essential activities (which are clearly defined in the government orders).  Whenever individuals leave their homes, they ...

Updated Resources & Information City of Los Angeles Coronavirus Website LA County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Website California Public Health Dept. COVID19 Website CDC COVID-19 Website World Health Organization COVID-19 Website Doctor Fact-Checks Media On Coronavirus “The media is doing a poor job informing the public with accurate information on COVID-19. They bring on self-proclaimed experts that make claims ...