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Jean | October 21, 2025 | Get to Know the Neighborhood
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An Amazing Thing Happened
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WSSM Annual Meeting Sept. 18
Jean | August 30, 2025 | Action Alerts, Get to Know the Neighborhood, WSSMHOA News
Please join us for the Westwood South of Santa Monica Boulevard (WSSM) HOA Annual Meeting. Guest Speakers include: Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky West LA PD Captain Gabaldon LAPD Sr. Lead Officer Rick Ballesteros Chief Program Officer Randall Trice, Whittier First Day And more… DATE: Thursday, September 18, 2025 TIME: 6:30 PM Dinner (Optional) 7:15 PM: Business…
WSSM Opposes SB 79
Jeffrey Ellis | August 22, 2025 | Action Alerts, Development & Infrastructure, WSSMHOA News
Sacramento Continues its Efforts to Dismantle R1 neighborhoods, the latest attempt being SB-79 Over recent years, WSSM has been actively engaged in advocacy to protect R1 ( single family home) neighborhoods from California State legislative efforts to upzone them via government mandated one-size-fits-all legislation that would allow developers to build apartment buildings in the midst…
405 Sepulveda Pass Rehab Begins
Jeffrey Ellis | July 14, 2025 | Development & Infrastructure
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has started work on the Interstate 405 (I-405) Pavement Rehabilitation Project. This project will extend the pavement life along I-405 in Los Angeles from Van Nuys to Westwood along with other upgrades and improvements. Construction will continue through winter 2028/2029. Once complete, the approximately $143.7 million project will rehabilitate…
Community Health: MICROPLASTICS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT
Nancy Stone | July 2, 2025 | Action Alerts, Crime & Public Safety
In the 1967 Mike Nichol’s film, “The Graduate”, family friend Mr. McGuire takes recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) aside, and gives him some advice for his future. “I just want to say one word to you, just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics – will…
WSSM Welcomes New Boutique Hotel to Neighborhood
Nancy Stone | July 2, 2025 | Get to Know the Neighborhood
When I walked into the new Olivia Hotel for their open house celebration on June 26th , I was welcomed by the fashionable décor, inviting dining area, and comfortable courtyard. This was no longer the modest Travel Lodge that clung to the corner of Overland and Santa Monica for so long. This hotel, according to…
Use My311 to Report Neighborhood Issues
Jeffrey Ellis | March 4, 2025 | Action Alerts, Crime & Public Safety, Development & Infrastructure, Get to Know the Neighborhood
WSSM residents may not know that contacting the City of Los Angeles by calling 311 — or even better, downloading and utilizing the My311 mobile phone app — is the quickest and most efficient method of reporting concerns and issues that need to be addressed.
LETTER TO CITY – FOX DEVELOPMENT
Jeffrey Ellis | January 8, 2025 | Action Alerts, Development & Infrastructure
March 14, 2024 Mr. Ray Fukuda LA City Planning Associate Department of City Planning 221 N. Figueroa Street, Room 1350Los Angeles, CA 90012 VIA EMAIL: ray.fukuda@lacity.org RE: ENV-2023-1819-EIR, FOX FUTURE Project 10201-10275 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Dear Mr. Fukuda: This letter is submitted on behalf of the board and stakeholders…
FOX FUTURE PROJECT SUMMARY UPDATE
Jeffrey Ellis | January 8, 2025 | Action Alerts, Development & Infrastructure
Case Number: ENV-2023-1819-EIR Council District: 5 – Yaroslavsky Community Plan Areas: West Los Angeles Project Location: 10201-10275 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 9006 The Fox Studio has begun the process for seeking approval of a new land use development plan for the studio property between Pico and Olympic Blvds. which they refer to as “Fox Forward.”…
Warm Fuzzy Article with Sliding Gallery
By Jean |
An Amazing Thing Happened
By Jean |
WSSM Annual Meeting Sept. 18
By Jean |
WSSM Opposes SB 79
By Jeffrey Ellis |
405 Sepulveda Pass Rehab Begins
By Jeffrey Ellis |
Community Health: MICROPLASTICS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT
By Nancy Stone |
Warm Fuzzy Article with Sliding Gallery
By Jean |
An Amazing Thing Happened
By Jean |
WSSM Annual Meeting Sept. 18
By Jean |
WSSM Opposes SB 79
By Jeffrey Ellis |
405 Sepulveda Pass Rehab Begins
By Jeffrey Ellis |
Community Health: MICROPLASTICS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT
By Nancy Stone |
Hotel project at 1936 Westwood
The proposed project is conversion of an existing mixed-use building (apartments over retail/restaurant) to a hotel. We understand that the current proposal is to retain the existing commercial use at the first floor. The developer proposes 30 guestrooms – a mix of king, queen and double accommodations. Ten of the guestrooms will have a balcony. …
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…
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…
COVID-19: A powerful message from Italy
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…
COVID-19: Stay at Home Orders
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…
COVID-19: The latest information and resources
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…
2336-2340 Westwood
Many of you will have noticed the recent demolition on the east side of Westwood Boulevard, mid-2300 block. We have made contact with the owner/developer of the site and can share the following details about the proposed development: The project is a 3-story + basement mixed-use building. There will be retail/coffee shop at street level,…