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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Panel Discussion - A Conversation with Supervisor Lindsay Horvath
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 11th\, 2024\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n7:45 am – 9:30 am\nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking.\nPanel from 8:30 am – 9:30 am \nRSVP Required! \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nIn 2022\, voters in Los Angeles County’s 3rd Supervisorial District elected Lindsay P. Horvath to the Board of Supervisors. Succeeding Sheila Kuehl\, Horvath assumed office after serving as a City Councilmember and the longest consecutively-serving Mayor for the City of West Hollywood. In December 2023\, she became chair of the Board. \nSupervisor Horvath has already made history with a number of historic firsts: she is the youngest woman and first millennial to be elected to the Board of Supervisors\, the youngest chair of the Board\, and currently is the only renter to serve on the Board – bringing a much-needed perspective to LA County leadership. \nHaving campaigned on solutions to homelessness\, public safety\, reproductive freedom\, and environmental sustainability\, Supervisor Horvath is positioned to deliver for a much larger constituency that includes the Westside and beyond. The third supervisorial district includes nearly two million residents and 431 square miles of land stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Los Feliz\, and from Venice to San Fernando. The County’s $43 billion budget eclipses the combined state budgets of Kansas\, Montana and Vermont. \nThe Westside Urban Forum is pleased to welcome Supervisor Horvath for a candid discussion with their membership\, kicking off our 2024 programs. \nModerator to be announced. \nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, January 10th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, January 10th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic! The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station\n(1 block west at Washington and National Blvds) \nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines\n(at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner) \nParking\nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex. Parking Map \nSponsor Provided Tickets\nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets. \nwww.westsideurbanforum.com
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/westside-urban-forum-breakfast-panel-discussion-a-conversation-with-supervisor-lindsay-horvath/
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum Breakfast Panel Discussion - Housing on the Fast Track: The Impact of Directive 1
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 16th\, 2023\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n7:45 am – 9:30 am\nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking.\nPanel from 8:30 am – 9:30 am \nRSVP Required! \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nDuring Mayor Karen Bass’s inaugural week as Los Angeles’ leader\, she introduced Executive Directive 1 (ED 1)\, a groundbreaking policy aimed at expediting the construction of affordable housing and shelters in the city. The initiative\, successful in reducing the approval time for such projects from over six months to a mere 37 days\, has been hailed as a pivotal move in the city’s fight against its housing crisis. It has resulted in a surge in project applications\, with over 4\,000 units proposed in the first six months alone. The greater approval certainty and flexible incentives have made many more 100% deed-restricted affordable projects feasible\, and they have unlocked the private market: many ED 1 proposals are from for-profit developers that do not require public financing. \nThe policy has not been without controversy. When first enacted\, certain single family zoned parcels were eligible for streamlining affordable multifamily projects. Although the directive was amended to rescind this eligibility\, project applications that were submitted before the change are in a state of limbo\, hotly contested between developers\, housing advocates\, neighborhood groups\, and the City. \nNevertheless\, the City is now seeking to enshrine key tenets of ED 1 into law to ensure its longevity and continued positive effect on the housing landscape of Los Angeles. Many housing advocates would like to ensure that the permanent Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance continues to unlock the full potential of affordable housing development\, while others have flagged the need to avoid unintended consequences such as the displacement of existing tenants. \nJoin the Westside Urban Forum as we delve deep into the aspirations and implications of ED 1\, as well as its proposed codification into the Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance. With homelessness and housing affordability reaching critical levels\, ED 1 aims to streamline the development process\, but what challenges lie ahead? Join us to understand\, debate\, and envision the future of Los Angeles housing. \nSpeakers\nScott Epstein\, Policy and Research Director\, Abundant Housing LA\nBen Lee\, Broker\, Marcus & Millichap\nKevin J. Keller\, AICP\, Senior Advisor\, Office of Mayor Karen Bass \nModerator\nNancy Barba\, Planning Commissioner\, City of Culver City \nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, July 19th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, July 19th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:30 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic! The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station\n(1 block west at Washington and National Blvds) \nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines\n(at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner) \nParking\nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex. Parking Map \nSponsor Provided Tickets\nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum.com to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets. \nwww.westsideurbanforum.com \nImage Credit: California State Senate
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SUMMARY:The 2023 California Legislative Roundup: Insights into Sacramento
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 19th\, 2023\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n7:45 am – 9:30 am PDT \nDoors open at 7:45 for registration\, breakfast and networking.\nPanel from 8:30 am – 9:30 am \nRSVP Required! \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nIn recent years\, the California legislature has become increasingly bold about wielding the power of state law to address the housing crisis and other land use matters. This year\, the legislature yet again considered dozens of bills with major impacts on planning and development statewide and\, especially\, in urban areas like Los Angeles.\nIt is sending the vast majority of them to the governor’s desk\, for signature or veto by October 14. This year’s session was marked by bills addressing critical issues such as housing\, CEQA reform\, single-stairway buildings\, independent redistricting for the Los Angeles City Council\, orphaned oil and gas wells\, limits on water usage\, and a speeding cameras pilot program. \nJoin us for an engaging and informative panel discussion to review the significant legislation passed—and not passed—in the 2023 session. This event aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest legislative changes and their impact on our communities and cities. Whether you are a government official\, urban planner\, developer\, or community advocate\, this discussion is essential for understanding how recent legislation will impact your work and our communities. \nSpeakers\nJustin Adams\, Senior Economist\, LAEDC Institute for Applied Economics\nMatthew Glesne\, Senior City Planner\, Los Angeles City Planning\nKonstantin Hatcher\, Senior Director of Community Impact\, CA YIMBY \nModerator\nElisa Paster\, Managing Partner\, Rand Paster Nelson \nRegistration Fees\n$50 Members\n$65 Non-Members\n$10 Student Members & Retired Members\n$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, October 17th\, at 4:00 PM. After Wednesday\, October 17th\, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nEvent Time\n7:45 am – 9:30 am\n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:15 am – Panel Discussion \nLocation\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic! The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station (1 block west at Washington and National Blvds)\, and\nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines (at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner). \nProtected bike lanes along Washington Blvd. connecting to Culver City’s larger bike lane network also provide a convenient\, safe way to get to the Design Center. \nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex. \nParking Map \nSponsor Provided Tickets\nThanks to the generosity of our annual Sponsors\, WUF has a small number of free tickets available to members of the community. If you are not able to join as a member or purchase a ticket for this month’s panel presentation\, but would like to join us\, please write us at info@westsideurbanforum to inquire if we have any remaining sponsor provided tickets.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-2023-california-legislative-roundup/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Katy Young Yaroslavsky: A New Generation Takes Over in Council District 5
DESCRIPTION:Westside Urban Forum presents \nA Conversation with Katy Young Yaroslavsky: A New Generation Takes Over in Council District 5.\nLast year\, voters in Los Angeles’s 5th City Council District considered a slate of city council candidates who all marked a changing of the guard. The most recent in a long line of (all male) councilmembers from the Baby Boom era\, Paul Koretz had represented the district for over 13 years before being termed out. In his place\, Katy Young Yaroslavsky emerged victorious. \nThough Yaroslavsky’s last name has been familiar to Angelenos since the 1970s\, Katy–the daughter-in-law of Zev–is a relative newcomer to city politics and brings a vision very different from that of her successor. CD 5 has historically been cautious about new development\, while Councilmember Yaroslavsky acknowledged the city’s housing crisis on the campaign trail and has expressed a willingness to welcome new homes to her district. And\, being in the heart of the Westside\, touching three of the Westside’s smaller cities\, she represents a district that is a fulcrum for much of the city’s activity — including higher education (UCLA)\, business (Century City)\, and transportation (subway extension). \nThe Westside Urban Forum is pleased to welcome Councilmember Yaroslavsky for a candid discussion with longtime journalist and civic observer Warren Olney\, formerly of KCRW. \nPanelists \nKaty Young Yaroslavsky\, Councilmember \nModerator \nWarren Olney\, former KCRW broadcaster \n \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic!  The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \n\nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station (1 block west at Washington and National Blvds)\, and\nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines (at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner).\n\nProtected bike lanes along Washington Blvd. connecting to Culver City’s larger bike lane network also provide a convenient\, safe way to get to the Design Center. \nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex. \n7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast\n8:15 am – Panel Discussion \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here
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SUMMARY:Westside Urban Forum presents An Evening of Urbanism: Frances Anderton & Josh Stephens
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 27th\, 2023\nHelms Design Center\n8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \n5:30 pm – 7:30 pm\n5:30 pm: Doors open for cocktails and viewing of Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture\n6:30 – 7:30 pm: Program begins at Helms Design Center\n7:30 pm – onward: Drinks and discussion to follow at Father’s Office (no host) \nRSVP Required! \n\n		\n	 \n \n	\n		\n			Members Register Here\n		\n	  \n	\n		\n			Nonmembers Register Here\n		\n	 \n \n\n \n	\n		\n			\nLos Angeles was built imperfectly\, at an imperfect time. Now it is trying to reinvent itself. Into what?\nThat’s Topic A for authors Frances Anderton (Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles) and Josh Stephens (The Urban Mystique) when they sit down to talk about Los Angeles\, community and urbanity today – from the house to the megalopolis. \nAs “home” moves from the suburbs to thoroughfares and backyards\, Frances considers how to sustain the region’s vaunted easy living – by adapting LA’s legacy of innovative\, bucolic and socially centered multifamily housing. Meanwhile\, Josh tries to make sense of the cultural\, political and real estate interests that make “shoehorning a new city into the old” so frustrating\, and so fascinating. \nThey will take on the struggles over housing\, the clash of scales that shape LA’s cityscape\, the arterial development that offers the chance for enlivened streets\, and the “zoning\, floor-to-air ratios\, density\, NIMBY-ism\, YIMBY-ism and all manner of arcane\, acronym-laden planning ideas” that\, in Josh’s words\, shape our idiosyncratic Southland. \nPlease join the Westside Urban Forum on the evening of Thursday\, July 27\, for a discussion between Josh and Frances to explore the ways that design\, planning\, policy\, and culture intersect — and reveal ways Los Angeles can learn from its past. \nThe event will open with refreshments and viewing of Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture\, an exhibition co-presented by Helms Bakery District\, SoCal NOMA and A+D Museum. \nModerator\nNick Maricich\, Principal City Planner in the Housing Policy Division\, Los Angeles City Planning \nRegistration Fees\n$10 WUF Members\n$15 Non-Members \nPre-registration closes on Wednesday\, July 26\, at 4:00 PM. Onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day. \nCopies of books will be available to purchase\, courtesy of Arcana Books \nEvent Time\n5:30 pm: Doors open for cocktails and viewing of Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture\n6:30 – 7:30 pm: Program begins at Helms Design Center\n7:30 pm – onward: Drinks and discussion to follow at Father’s Office (no host) \nLocation\nThe Helms Design Center is located at the Helms Bakery campus at 8745 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. \nDirections\nAvoid the stress of rush hour and skip traffic! The Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Blvd in Culver City is conveniently located a short\, pleasant walk from a number of transit lines\, including: \nMetro Rail “E” (Expo) Line Culver City Station\n(1 block west at Washington and National Blvds) \nCulver City Bus “1” and “1C1” lines\n(at the adjacent Washington Blvd/Helms Avenue street corner) \nParking\nFor those who choose to drive\, parking is available in the adjacent interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Blvd (look for the red banners)\, or there is parking available throughout the Helms Bakery complex. Parking Map \nwww.westsideurbanforum.com
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