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-====== What You Can Do to Help ======
+====== How You Can Help...Write a Letter ======
-**Write letters to our Council Person Traci Parks and the Mayor Karen Bass!**
+===== Write letters to our Councilwoman Traci Park and the Mayor Karen Bass! =====
+Join us in demonstrating Strength and Unity!
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+<a href="mailto:councilmember.park@lacity.org?cc=kevin.keller@lacity.org,kiran.rishi@lacity.org,housingelement@lacity.org,star.parsamyan@lacity.org,michael.amster@lacity.org,jeff.khau@lacity.org,wesaw@me.com &subject=Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20Objection &body= Dear%20Councilwoman%20Park,%0A%0AMy%20name%20is%20[%20your%20name]%20and%20I%20am%20a%20registered%20voter%20and%20member%20of%20the%20West%20Sawtelle%20Homeowners%20Association,%20a%20Community%20of%20approximately%20270%20homes.%20We%20are%20bordered%20by%20Bundy%20to%20the%20west,%20Centinela%20to%20the%20east,%20Nebraska%20to%20the%20south%20and%20Idaho%20to%20the%20north.%20[%20how%20long%20you%20have%20lived%20in%20the%20community%20and%20how%20important%20it%20is%20to%20you.]%0AI%20am%20writing%20to%20express%20my%20shock%20and%20displeasure%20that%20the%20Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20(2024%20edition)%20is%20proposing%20to%20upzone%20our%20single%20family%20neighborhood%20into%20a%20combination%20of%20new,%20denser%20zones.%20Not%20only%20will%20this%20destroy%20our%20Community%20and%20neighborhood,%20it%20will%20break%20blocks%20up%20into%20separate%20zoning,%20to%20which%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department%20is%20itself%20opposed.%20Additionally,%20they%20are%20proposing%20to%20upzone%20the%20light%20manufacturing%20zone%20directly%20to%20the%20south%20of%20our%20single%20family%20neighborhood%20into%20hybrid%20industrial,%20with%20no%20height%20limits.%20This%20creates%20a%20block%20of%20towers%20dominating%20our%20homes%20and%20ignores%20any%20transition%20zone%20that%20the%20City%20itself%20recommends.%0A
+%0AThese%20are%20our%20homes%20and%20this%20is%20our%20Community.%20We%20are%20a%20working%20class%20neighborhood%20that%20dates%20back%20to%20the%201930s%20and%2040s,%20and%20we%20have%20more%20than%20a%20few%20original%20residents%20still%20living%20here%20in%20their%20homes.%20We%20have%20homes%20that%20have%20been%20passed%20down%20from%20family%20member%20to%20family%20member,%20creating%20generational%20wealth.%20Upzoning%20our%20Community,%20allowing%20apartment%20buildings%20and%20removing%20open%20space%20will%20destroy%20the%20generational%20wealth%20that%20families%20have%20struggled%20and%20fought%20for.%20It%20will%20destroy%20the%20peace%20and%20tranquility%20of%20our%20small%20neighborhood.%20It%20will%20bring%20even%20more%20traffic%20to%20our%20Community%20which%20is%20already%20negatively%20impacted%20by%20the%20heavy%20congestion%20of%20West%20Los%20Angeles.%20It%20will%20further%20delay%20the%20response%20time%20of%20Emergency%20Services.%0A%0AThis%20Community%20is%20the%20backbone%20of%20the%20City%20of%20Los%20Angeles.%20We%20are%20the%20social%20workers,%20the%20teachers,%20the%20day%20care%20workers,%20the%20EMTs,%20and%20the%20doctors,%20who%20worked%20the%20frontlines%20during%20the%20pandemic,%20of%20Los%20Angeles.%20We%20come%20home%20to%20our%20Community%20to%20feel%20safe,%20to%20gain%20strength%20to%20go%20back%20to%20work%20the%20next%20day.%20We%20have%20a%20right%20to%20that%20peace%20and%20safety.%20We%20purchased%20homes%20here%20knowing%20that%20we%20wanted%20to%20live%20in%20Los%20Angeles,%20to%20raise%20our%20children%20in%20Los%20Angeles,%20to%20retire%20here.>%0A%0AThe%20Sawtelle%20Community%20as%20a%20whole%20has%20seen%20almost%20its%20entire%20stock%20of%20single%20family%20housing%20destroyed,%20at%20least%20partially,%20if%20not%20entirely%20because%20it%20was%20redlined%20in%20the%201920s.%20Over%20the%20last%20100%20years%20that%20has%20seen%20Sawtelle%20lose%2090%%20of%20its%20single%20family%20neighborhoods,%20wealthier%20parts%20of%20Los%20Angeles%20were%20down-zoning%20their%20communities%20to%20enlarge%20their%20R1%20neighborhoods.%20Now%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department%20sets%20its%20sights%20on%20destroying%20our%20small%20single%20family%20neighborhood,%20while%20leaving%20much%20wealthier,%20single%20family%20neighborhoods%20in%20Brentwood%20and%20Westwood%20intact.%20If%20this%20proposed%20upzoning%20actually%20occurs,%20the%20Sawtelle%20neighborhood%20will%20be%20left%20with%20just%205.5%20blocks%20of%20R1%20housing,%20and%20our%20diverse%20Community%20will%20be%20decimated.%0A%0AWe%20are%20not%20content%20with%20letting%20history%20repeat%20itself.%20Our%20neighborhood,%20formerly%20the%20City%20of%20Sawtelle,%20was%20created%20by%20families%20who%20could%20not%20purchase%20homes%20because%20of%20racist%20covenants%20that%20kept%20Japanese,%20Mexicans,%20Filipinos%20and%20Blacks%20from%20purchasing%20homes%20in%20Los%20Angeles.%20Our%20Community%20continues%20to%20suffer%20from%20the%20racist%20practice%20of%20redlining.%20The%20changes%20brought%20about%20by%20redlining%20are%20well%20documented%20by%20local%20historian%20Randy%20Sakamoto%20and%20many%20others.%20Choosing%20to%20destroy%20our%20Community%20in%20order%20to%20build%20more%20units%20is%20just%20that,%20a%20choice%20by%20the%20City%20and%20our%20elected%20officials.%20It%20is%20a%20leap%20backwards,%20not%20movement%20forward.%0A%0AOn%20June%2028,%202023,%20the%20West%20Los%20Angeles%20Sawtelle%20Neighborhood%20Council%20voted%20unanimously%20to%20request%20that%20the%20City%20“Postpone%20the%20Housing%20Element’s%20proposed%20upzoning%20of%20our%20neighborhood%20until%20the%20gross/theoretical%20and%20realistic%20zoning%20capacity%20is%20fully%20disclosed.”%20In%20that%20same%20motion%20that%20was%20provided%20to%20the%20Planning%20Department%20and%20Council%20District%2011,%20Jay%20Ross,%20the%20Chair%20of%20the%20Planning%20and%20Land%20Use%20Committee%20of%20the%20WLASNC%20at%20the%20time,%20provided%20a%20chart%20that%20looked%20at%20the%20zoning%20capacity%20for%20West%20Los%20Angeles,%20including%20Sawtelle,%20based%20on%20our%20current%20zoning.%20Mr.%20Ross%20showed%20that%20while%20we%20currently%20have%20a%20population%20of%20approximately%2091,664%20people%20in%20West%20Los%20Angeles,%20we%20have%20the%20capacity%20to%20house%20205,985.%20This%20means%20we%20could%20provide%20housing%20for%20an%20additional%20114,321%20persons.%20This%20is%20a%20124%%20increase%20in%20our%20population%20using%20our%20current%20zoning!%20Besides%20serving%20as%20the%20Chair%20of%20the%20WLASNC%20PLUM%20Committee,%20Mr.%20Ross%20also%20served%20on%20the%20Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20Advisory%20Group%20and%20former%20Chair%20of%20the%20Land%20Use%20and%20Planning%20Committee%20of%20the%20Westside%20Regional%20Alliance%20of%20Councils.%0A%0AIn%20that%20same%20motion%20that%20was%20provided%20to%20the%20Planning%20Department%20and%20CD11,%20there%20was%20a%20list%20of%20the%20parcels%20along%20the%20major%20corridors%20that%20could%20be%20redeveloped.%20These%20parcels%20benefit%20from%20a%20TOC%20density%20bonus,%20and%20using%20a%20conservative%20estimate%20of%20a%2035%%20bonus,%20these%20parcels%20alone%20provide%20an%20additional%2013,000%20units%20and%20housing%20for%2027,000%20residents!%20All%20this%20data%20has%20been%20provided%20to%20the%20Planning%20Department%20and%20CD11%20by%20the%20WLASNC%20and%20by%20our%20HOA,%20WESAW.%20%0A%0AOur%20Community%20has%20already%20provided%20additional%20housing,%20effectively%20doubling%20our%20potential%20density%20with%20ADUs.%20The%20Planning%20Department%20would%20target%20our%20single%20family%20neighborhood%20for%20upzoning%20when%20there%20is%20no%20need%20to%20upzone%20any%20part%20of%20Sawtelle%20to%20provide%20additional%20housing.%20It%20makes%20no%20sense%20that%20the%20Planning%20Department%20would%20elect%20to%20continue%20to%20destroy%20a%20community%20that%20has%20suffered%20from%20decades%20upon%20decades%20of%20racist%20practices.%20Has%20‘redlining’%20simply%20been%20renamed%20‘Community%20Plan%20Updates?’%0A%0ACouncilwoman%20Park,%20please%20support%20the%20following:%0A%0A1)%20Our%20right%20to%20remain%20single%20family%20zoning,%20and%0A%0A2)%20Our%20right%20to%20protect%20our%20Community%20of%20Sawtelle%20from%20any%20upzoning%20proposed%20in%20the%20Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%0A%0ALastly,%20we%20would%20like%20to%20arrange%20a%20meeting%20with%20you,%20Councilwoman%20Park,%20our%20Community%20and%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department,%20so%20that%20we%20can%20prove%20upzoning%20is%20not%20needed%20in%20any%20part%20of%20our%20Community%20and%20that%20any%20such%20upzoning%20would%20destroy%20the%20very%20fabric%20of%20our%20neighborhood.%0A%0ASincerely,%0A%0A[Your%20name]%0A%0A[your%20address]%5D">CLICK HERE to send an email to Councilwoman Park!</a>
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+This link will automatically populate with the cc list and body of the email. There are a few places in the body of the email, surrounded by brackets ("[]"), for you to customize the email to tell her why you love our neighborhood!
+In the City of Los Angeles each council district has a Councilperson, or in our case, a Councilwoman. Nothing happens the the district unless the Councilwoman approves of it. Thus, if our neighborhood is to be upzoned, then only Councilwoman Park can allow this. That is why it is crucial that you write to her office and let her know that you are opposed to this upzoning!
-We will have an automatic template here in the coming days that will populate your email program of choice and can be edited by you to personalize! ->
-[[mailto=councilmember.park@lacity.org?cc=jeff.khan@lacity.org,stan.parsamyan@lacity.org,housingelement@lacity.org,kiran.rishi@lacity.org,kecin.keller@lacity.org,wesaw@me.com&subject=Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20Objection&body=Dear%20Councilwoman%20Parks,%0A%0AMy%20name%20is%20%5B%20%5D,%20I%20am%20a%20registered%20voter%20and%20a%20member%20of%20the%20West%20Sawtelle%20Homeowners%20Association.%20%5B%20how%20long%20have%20you%20lived%20in%20your%20house,%20how%20important%20this%20community%20is%20to%20you%20%5D%20I%20am%20writing%20to%20express%20my%20shock%20and%20displeasure%20that%20the%20Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20is%20proposing%20to%20up-zone%20our%20single%20family%20neighborhood%20into%20a%20combination%20of%20new,%20denser%20zones.%20Not%20only%20will%20this%20destroy%20our%20community%20and%20neighborhood,%20it%20will%20break%20blocks%20up%20into%20separate%20zoning,%20to%20which%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department%20is%20itself%20opposed.%0A%0AThese%20are%20our%20homes%20and%20this%20is%20our%20Community.%20We%20are%20a%20working%20class%20neighborhood%20that%20dates%20back%20to%20the%201930%E2%80%99s%20and%2040%E2%80%99s,%20and%20we%20have%20more%20than%20a%20few%20original%20residents%20still%20living%20here%20in%20their%20homes.%20We%20have%20homes%20that%20have%20been%20passed%20down%20from%20family%20member%20to%20family%20member,%20creating%20generational%20wealth.%20Up-zoning%20our%20Community%20and%20allowing%20apartment%20buildings%20will%20destroy%20the%20generational%20wealth%20that%20families%20have%20struggled%20and%20fought%20for.%20It%20will%20destroy%20the%20peace%20and%20tranquility%20of%20our%20small%20neighborhood.%20It%20will%20bring%20even%20more%20traffic%20to%20our%20Community%20which%20is%20already%20negatively%20impacted%20by%20the%20heavy%20congestion%20of%20West%20Los%20Angeles.%20It%20will%20further%20delay%20the%20response%20time%20of%20Emergency%20Services.%0A%0AThis%20Community%20is%20the%20backbone%20of%20the%20City%20of%20Los%20Angeles.%20We%20are%20the%20social%20workers,%20the%20teachers,%20the%20day%20care%20workers,%20the%20EMT%E2%80%99s,%20and%20the%20doctors%20of%20Los%20Angeles.%20We%20come%20home%20to%20our%20Community%20to%20feel%20safe,%20to%20gain%20strength%20to%20go%20back%20to%20work%20the%20next%20day.%20We%20have%20a%20right%20to%20that%20peace%20and%20safety.%20We%20purchased%20homes%20here%20knowing%20that%20we%20wanted%20to%20live%20in%20Los%20Angeles,%20to%20raise%20our%20children%20in%20Los%20Angeles,%20to%20retire%20here.%0A%0AThe%20Sawtelle%20Community%20as%20a%20whole%20has%20seen%20almost%20its%20entire%20stock%20of%20single%20family%20housing%20destroyed%20at%20least%20partially%20if%20not%20entirely%20because%20it%20was%20redlined%20in%20the%201920%E2%80%99s.%20Over%20the%20last%20100%20years%20that%20has%20seen%20Sawtelle%20lose%2090%%20of%20its%20single%20family%20neighborhoods,%20wealthier%20parts%20of%20Los%20Angeles%20were%20down%20zoning%20their%20communities%20to%20R1.%20Now%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department%20has%20now%20set%20its%20sights%20on%20destroying%20our%20small%20single%20family%20neighborhood,%20while%20leaving%20much%20wealthier%20neighborhoods%20like%20Brentwood%20and%20Westwood%20single%20family%20neighborhoods%20intact.%20We%20are%20not%20content%20with%20letting%20history%20repeat%20itself.%20Our%20neighborhood,%20formerly%20the%20City%20of%20Sawtelle,%20was%20created%20by%20families%20who%20could%20not%20purchase%20homes%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20because%20of%20racist%20covenants%20that%20kept%20Japanese,%20Mexicans,%20Filipinos%20and%20Blacks%20from%20buying%20homes.%20Our%20Community%20has%20suffered%20from%20the%20practices%20of%20red-lining.%20Choosing%20to%20destroying%20the%20neighborhood%20we%20have%20built%20here,%20in%20order%20to%20build%20more%20units%20is%20a%20continuation%20of%20these%20practices,%20a%20step%20backwards,%20not%20movement%20forward.%0A%0AUnited%20Neighbors%20and%20Jay%20Ross,%20the%20former%20chair%20of%20the%20Planning%20and%20Land%20Use%20Committee%20of%20the%20West%20Los%20Angeles%20Sawtelle%20Neighborhood%20Council%20have%20provided%20maps%20to%20the%20City%20Planning%20Department%20that%20prove%20there%20is%20more%20than%20enough%20underutilized%20commercial%20space%20in%20Sawtelle%20to%20provide%20any%20needed%20housing.%20Our%20Community%20has%20already%20provided%20additional%20housing,%20effectively%20doubling%20our%20density,%20with%20ADUs.%0A%0ACouncilwoman%20Parks,%20please%20support%20the%20following:%0A%0A1).%20Our%20right%20to%20remain%20single%20family%20zoning,%20and%0A%0A2).%20Our%20right%20to%20protect%20our%20Community%20of%20Sawtelle%20from%20any%20up%20zoning%20proposed%20in%20the%20Westside%20Community%20Plan%20Update.%0A%0ALastly,%20we%20would%20like%20to%20arrange%20a%20meeting%20with%20you%20to%20discuss%20this%20matter%20in%20person.%20Please%20let%20us%20know%20when%20you%20are%20available.%0A%0AThank%20you%20for%20your%20time%20and%20consideration.%0A%0ABest%20Regards,%0A%0A%5B%20Your%20Name%20%5D%0A%0A%5B%20Your%20Address%20%5D%0A%0A%5B%20Your%20Email%20Address%20%5D%0A%0A%5B%20Your%20Phone%20Number%20%5D|External Link]]
 Download the letter that WeSaw sent to Councilwoman Park on July 9, 2024 {{ :hoa_cptraciparkletter.pdf |}}
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