News & Alerts

WSSM hosted our first post-pandemic community-wide Annual Meeting on the evening of November 14, 2023 at St. Timothy’s Church Social Hall. It was wonderful to gather together IN PERSON over dinner and to hear updates about what’s happening in the City and in our neighborhood. To welcome everyone back, WSSM hosted dinner for all dues paid members and attendees enjoyed ...

Concerned about zoning issues, housing availability and local control of city planning decisions? Join your fellow neighbors to address these issues and more. WSSM is excited to be holding it's first in-person Annual Meeting since the onset of the pandemic, on Tuesday evening, November 14th at Saint Timothy's Church at the corner of Pico and Beverly Glen.  Free parking is ...

CD5 Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky recently introduced a proposal to create a 30-bed interim housing facility on L.A. City Parking Lot #707, located at the northwest corner Pico and Midvale Ave. The proposal, while addressing the urgent need for interim supportive housing in CD5 (CD5 currently has no interim housing for homeless individuals in development) has been controversial.  Many residents in ...

It is often said that to make wise decisions about the future, it is important to understand your past – your history. As we embark upon writing the West Los Angeles Community Plan, therefore it may be helpful to look back to the origins of the communities that now make up this western region of the City of Los Angeles ...

The LA City Sanitation and Environment Department (LSAN) has widened the scope of its curbside green bin composting program --  it now includes mandatory organics recycling of most kitchen food scraps and waste. As of January, Los Angeles City residents served by LSAN, who currently place yard trimmings into their green waste bin, must also recycle their food waste.  The ...