RECAP: Picfair Village Association General Meeting

by M. Frank

Claudia Bayard led the meeting and started things off by introducing Elizabeth Carlin, Field Deputy for Council Member Herb J. Wesson's district office. Liz filled us in on a fair amount of things and here are the highlights:

1. Motion to extend the number of terms possible for Police Chief. Our Chief has drastically reduced crime in the area and a large majority would like him to stay on.

2. DWP has already begun enforcing "Watering Restrictions." Watering (via hose, sprinklers and even car washing) is only allowed on Mondays and Thursdays before 9AM and after 4PM.

3. The City of Los Angeles passed a "Billboards Ordinance" to drastically increase the fines for billboard violations.

Claudia took the floor again and the meeting switched focus to "Preferential Parking" for the 1400 blocks of Carmona, Sierra Bonita, Curson, Ellsmere, Stanley and the stretch of Saturn spanning those blocks. An informal vote was taken where 100% of residents residing upon those blocks voted in favor of Preferential Parking, primarily to remove the auto body shops' cars from their streets, which are sometimes parked for days at a time. 65% of that vote were in favor of 2-hour parking from 9am-6pm and 35% were in favor of 1-hour parking from 9am-6pm.