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Fwd: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee1 message

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Izabella Hovhanisian <izabella.hovhanisian@lacity.org>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <clerk.cps@lacity.org>, Clerk-PLUM-Committee <clerk.plumcommittee@lacity.org> Cc: Leyla Campos <leyla.campos@lacity.org>, Rita Moreno <rita.moreno@lacity.org>

Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 1:32 PM

----------Forwarded message----------From: Bob Blue <bob.blue@live.com>Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 1:35 PMSubject: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management CommitteeTo: CityClerk@lacity.org <CityClerk@lacity.org>, holly.wolcott@lacity.org <holly.wolcott@lacity.org>, Gilbert.Cedillo@lacity.org <Gilbert.Cedlllo@lacity.org>Cc: Ziggy Kruse <ziggykruse2005@yahoo.com>

From: Bob BlueSent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 1:24 PMTo: clerk.plumcommittee@lacity.org <clerk.plumcommittee@lacity.org>; holly.wolcot@lacity.org <holly.wolcot@lacity.org>; Patrice Lattimore <patrice.lattimore@lacity.org>; leyla.campos@lacity.org <leyla.campos@lacity.org>; Councilmember Harris-Dawson <councilmember.harris-dawson@lacity.org>; Councilmember Blumenfield <councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org>; councilmember.price@lacity.org <councilmember.price@lacity.org>; councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org <councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org>; councilmember.lee@lacity.org <councilmember.lee@lacity.org>; Councilmember_Paul Koretz <paul.koretz@lacity.org>Cc: Ziggy Kruse <ziggykruse2005@yahoo.com>Subject: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee

We are writing in opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee.

An example of how this proposal will be abused is the Barry Building, a 2- story historical cultural monument (No. 887) that was allowed to deteriorate and whose owners included Billionaire investor Charlie Munger. [Berkshire vice chair's family moves to demolish landmark building,Real Deal", November 7, 2019]] https://therealdeal.com/la/2019/11/07/berkshire-vice-chairs-family-moves-to-demolish-landmark- building/

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The owners of the Barry Building are now claiming a financial hardship to comply with Building codes to pay for seismic retrofitting for soft story structures.

At the same time many building owners, including small apartment owners of modest financial means throughout the City of Los Angeles have been able to comply with the law.

As of December 1, 2020, 5,271 soft story buildings have completed seismic retrofitting. [Soft Story Compliance Report, December 1, 2020, filename

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City of Los Angeles Mail - Fwd: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Plannin...

The proposal before you today, punishes those working-class owners who made the investment of their hard-earned funds to keep their buildings in compliance.

Instead, this proposal rewards existing derelict property owners and encourages real estate speculators to bulldoze historic resources and destroy affordable housing stock without public accountability and transparency.

It is especially surprising and hypocritical to read that Councilmember Paul Koretz is the person seconding the motion for the proposal under Agenda Item 5 of today's PLUM Committee meeting.

On one hand, this year, Mr. Koretz proposed a way to spare potentially historic buildings from the wrecking ball by requiring property owners looking to raze buildings built 45 or more years ago to give even more advance notice of demolition than what the city currently mandates. ["To save potential landmarks, LA wants more notice of demolitions", Curbed Los Angeles, January 27, 2020] https://la.curbed.com/2020/1/27/21077140/los-angeles- landmarks-historic-preservation-demolitions

Mr. Koretz also was a proponent of preserving the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. https://www.laconservancy.org/issues/century-plaza-hotel

We encourage to vote No on Agenda Item 5 today.

Sincerely,Bob Blue and Ziggy Kruse

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