Hello Neighbors, thank you to those of you who were able to make the meeting last Saturday.  Special shout out to those who brought refreshments. The speakers were great and so were the questions.  Below are instructions on how to vote for those running for the Wilshire Park Association Board and a summary of the discussions from the meeting.

 

CD5 Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky and Michelle Flores, Field Deputy --

*SB79--trying to get delayed implementation of the new laws encouraging development around transportation hubs, in particular with regard to HPOZs.

*City Budget challenges — Need to hire more police officers and repairing/replacing our street lights. There's a 3-prong approach on the streetlights:  1. A vote mid March to increase the line item on our taxes for lighting which has been $30 for about 30 years, to approximately $60; 2. CD5 and CD11 funding a specialized repair team for the two districts. In the process of hiring those crew members;3. Our Councilmember is proposing a $65 Million plan to convert our streetlights to solar.

*Safety — The City Council is working to find other professionals to respond to certain issues rather than using LAPD that could then respond to more appropriate issues.  These other professionals would include social works, homelessness response teams, etc. 

*Transportation — Planned community spaces and food venues above metro stations.  Working with LACMA and other entities to improve community involvement in those spaces.

*Reinvestment in City Services — 2 long term projects were describe and revenues from those projects would be reinvested in City services:  1.  Decrease procurement overpayments on city contracts; 2. City owned real estate assets could be used for housing, other purposes, sold.

 

Christina Park City Planner, HPOZ Unit, Office of Historic Resources – Discussion on Wilshire Park as an HPOZ and what to do if you want to make changes to the exterior of your home, landscape, hardscape, etc.  Also discussed penalties when work is done without permission.

 

Senior Lead Police Officer Harry Cho -- Community Police Advisory Board is the first Wednesday of each month and can join via Zoom and get involved.  Officer Cho provided the attached safety measurement documents and discussed them. 

 

Looking forward to working together in 2026!