• Action Alert: SB9 Allows for 8 unit apartment buildings to replace Single Family Homes if passed

• Confrontational Videographers on Larchmont coming to Melrose

• Melrose BID Crime Meeting  
• Mid-City West Board Meetings dates and times - Election for VACANT SEATS
• C-PAB. Community Police Advisory Board meeting 

Community involvement is at the heart of what we are trying to do.  With that said, check out the news and dates for meetings that may be of interest to you below.

ACTION ALERT: SB9 intends to allow single family homes to be replaced with up to 8 units! PLEASE use the link below to voice your opposition!

Information from Livable California

Do you like the idea of your single family home neighborhood destroyed and replaced with apartment buildings everywhere?  Do you think this is going to solve the homeless crises or make housing more affordable?  We will let you decide for yourself based on the SB 9 Fact Sheet that exposes some very dangerous loopholes in zoning laws and the current SB 9 bill under consideration.

Click HERE  to read the Fact Sheet & the Three Scenarios analysis by Livable California Volunteer Attorneys and Urban Planners lead author, Retired attorney Nick Waranoff

In an email blast circulated this past week by Livable California:

"The public had no time to send their Opposition letters to the Assembly Local Government Committee. The committee’s agenda is set for June 9.

We urge you to send your group’s opposition letter, addressed to Assembly Local Government Chair Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, and sent as an email via the  committee staffer who is still accepting letters from the public: Hank.Brady@asm.ca.gov.

Please send your letter opposing SB 9 to Hank Brady NOW!..."

The entire text of the email blast is on our website on the "Articles of Interest" page.

Confrontational Videographer Active on Larchmont may be coming to Melrose!

You may have seen this also beginning to happen on Melrose too.  A recent article published in Larchmont Buzz explains this new phenomenon and positive steps you can take in order to not get yourself caught up in a confrontational videographer's desire to become the next YouTube star. 

Simply put, we now have people with cell phones and cameras deliberately trying to bait employees, shoppers and sidewalk diners into a confrontation that will be posted on YouTube with the intended goal of becoming popular and no doubt make some profit in there too.

The entire article can be found by clicking HERE

We have brought this up before, but feel it's worth mentioning again...

What brought you to sign up for our newsletters?  We want to believe it is because you wish to learn what's going on and to participate in advocating for a safer and cleaner neighborhood. Most of you who receive this email live in Zone 2 or are affected by what happens on Melrose.  This newsletter contains links to the meetings to sign up for the Melrose BID Crime meeting, most of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council meetings and the LAPD C-PAB meeting.  

Here's the important part:  Neither the Melrose Bid or the MCWNC meetings have neighbors, referred to as "stakeholders", attend very often.  Most of the sub-committees for MCWNC have NO "stakeholders" attend showing NO interest by the neighborhood in what these committees are doing.  So what happens when elected representatives get no input from those they are voted to represent?  They go off and turn their attention to their own pet projects instead of advocating for the people and the neighborhoods they serve!

So PLEASE get involved!  If you find a meeting topic below that you are interested in and  if you can attend just ONE meeting to make a comment or offer support to someone making comment, it will make a difference!  Tell them you are part of The Melrose Village Neighborhood Alliance!

Melrose BID Crime Prevention Meeting

This meeting is usually held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m.

You need to email kim@urbanlegendpr.com to get on the list and receive the zoom link details.  The next meeting is June 1st.  Get on the list!

If you would like to speak directly to the people who help shape the appearance of Melrose Ave, this is an opportunity to do so.

Mid City West Neighborhood Council Meetings:

The new board will be holding an election on June 8th, THIS TUESDAY to fill 2 vacant seats. Additionally, there are 9 "stakeholder" positions that will be appointed at the June 24th Executive Council meeting. You must notify the board in advance and attend the June 24th meeting to be considered. If you'd like to get onto the MCWNC board, now's your chance!

Click on any of the meeting dates below to be taken to the meeting agenda page. If there's no agenda yet, the link brings you to the calendar.  The agenda's are posted within 5 days of the meetings.  If you would like to listen in, just follow the link on the site to the zoom meeting.  There is no "sign up" required but this is a chance for you to MAKE YOUR OPINIONS HEARD!

Tuesday June 8th at 6:30 - General Board Meeting

Wednesday June 16th at 7:00 - Transportation

Monday June 28th at 6:30 - Homelessness, Refugees & Renters Rights

June meeting was 6/3 - see calendar for July date- Planning and Land Use

Thursday June 24th at 7:00 - Executive Council Meeting - Appointments for stakeholders being considered at this meeting.

July 1st at 7:00 - Public Safety & Well Being - Our Zone 2 rep, Nasim Kablan, is one of the committee chairs and hopes to use this committee to improve our Melrose neighborhood. Email: nkablan@midcitywest.org,

More info coming next month: MVNA member suggests Zoom meeting to MCW President, Lauren Nichols on the topic of pros and cons related to Building Density Bonuses. The idea is to have the meeting chaired by advocates on both sides of this issue.  Stay tuned to see if this idea gets approved by the MCW executive board. 

C-PAB (Community - Police Advisory Board)

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LET US KNOW!  This is a community effort!