News & Alerts

A 5-story, 77-apartment mixed-use building is proposed for this double-lot at 2136-2140 Westwood Boulevard, replacing what is now a low-rise commercial complex.    The developer is seeking  Tier 2 height and density incentives under the citywide Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) program and (as with the other TOC projects on Westwood) there is no alleyway behind the project site to separate it ...

Westside Neighborhood Council held its town hall style board selections on March 14th.  Organized and implemented by the LA Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the City Clerk's office, the town hall meeting was very well attended by stakeholders.  The energy and level of engagement was amazing!  Special kudos to neighbors from the Seat 7 area (which corresponds to WSSM boundaries) ...

Noah Riley, of Riley Projects, architect and owner’s representative for the 2301 Westwood project made a presentation at the WSSM HOA meeting on February 5, 2019 to bring us up-to-date with the design proposals, which have changed somewhat since we first connected with Noah in December 2018. The current proposal includes 60 apartments (6 set aside for extremely low income ...

The motion made by Councilman Koretz on January 23 to rezone Rancho Park from the current R1 (Baseline Mansionization Ordinance) zone to variation zone R1-V2 (which would allow construction of larger houses) will not proceed any further.  The news was announced by CD5 Planning Deputy Hagu Solomon-Cary at our February 5 meeting and was met with a round of applause ...

The 6-story 89-unit apartment building proposed for the former “Norm’s” restaurant site, at 11001 Pico Boulevard was the subject of a special WSSM Board Meeting on October 29, 2018.  At that meeting, neighborhood stakeholders presented a list of concerns about the negative impacts of the project, which would include increased traffic, parking overspill, shadows/visual blight, loss of privacy, noise and inpacts ...

Westside Neighborhood Board elections will be on March 14, 2019.  If you live, work or own a business within the WNC boundaries and want to get involved, you can file online here or follow the filing link on the WNC website.  Candidate filing is open from December 29, 2018 to February 12, 2019. WNC Board Selection Flyer