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EXTREME VACANCY CONTROL ..PAGE 3

EDUCATOR SPOTLIGHT ................PAGE 5

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The City Council voted lastweek to slash taxicab franchise feesin the latest attempt to save thestruggling industry. The annualfranchise fee per cab will bereduced from $1,100 to just $452for the coming year. The Council

also extended the franchises andpermits of the five taxicab compa-nies remaining in Santa Monica.

“We cannot go into an agreementwhere the fees stay as is,” said MarcoSoto, a representative for four out ofthe five companies. “We just won’tsurvive. We can’t afford to continue

City Council slashes fees for cab drivers

KATE CAGLEDaily Press Staff Writer

If you ask nicely, Erik Hubermanwill let you bang his gong.

The large, bronze hanging diskis exactly the sort of thing youexpect to find in the lobby of a techstart-up. Huberman says the dis-tinct, old-world sound usually sig-nals the signing of a new client.Sure enough, as this reporterstrikes the center and the gongreverberates through the HawkeMedia office on Fifth Street,employees start poking their heads

around office doors wondering ifthey should clap.

Over the past four years,Huberman’s company has slowlybeen taking over the office buildingthat also contains the Daily Press.His employees lounge on chairs inthe center courtyard while theirdogs play on leashes, they travel onthe Expo line and zip around thecity on now ubiquitous Bird elec-tric scooters. Just four years ago,there were only seven of them.Now there are 120.

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The City’s risk manager sees noway to immediately stall SantaMonica’s ballooning workers’ com-pensation costs. A recent reportencourages the City Council to beopen to “unconventional methods”to manage and reduce claims, as anaging workforce begins to weighon the General Fund.

The City of Santa Monica spentabout $9.6 million on medicaltreatment and other payments toinjured employees during the mostrecent fiscal year, according to a

new report from the director offinance. Less than half of themoney went to medical costs, with$5.8 million comprised of indem-nity payments for lost wages andpermanent disabilities ($1.9 mil-lion and $3.9 million each).

The report warns the City’s claimprofile should be a cause for concern.

“A high frequency of continu-ous trauma-oriented injuries, cou-pled with an aging workforce, sug-gests that program costs will con-tinue to rise well into the future,”Gigi Decavalles-Hughes wrote. “It’s

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City seeks to control spiralingworkers’ comp claims

TREE LOT Courtesy PhotosSanta Monica Boy Scouts Troop 2 annual Christmas Tree Lot will open on November 30 with trees for sale throughDecember 22. The lot is run by Scouts under the supervision of adult volunteers and 100% of proceeds supportTroop 2. The lot is located at 2923 Wilshire Blvd (Wilshire and Stanford) Nov. 30 – Dec. 22 from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

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Saturday, Nov. 25L.E.A.R.N.: Learn, Excel,Achieve and Read Now One-on-one access to volunteersavailable to help students with home-work assignments and reading com-prehension. Bilingual volunteersavailable. Pico Branch Library, 2201Pico Blvd, 12 – 2 p.m.

Writer in Residence OfficeHours Visit Sakae Manning during her publicoffice hours. Ask about her work andBeach House residency, receive liter-ary advice, and more. AnnenbergCommunity Beach House, 415 PCH, 11a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Santa Monica CertifiedFarmers Market The Saturday Downtown FarmersMarket, also known as the OrganicMarket, opened in May 1991. As SantaMonica’s second CFM, it had a differ-ent mission to fulfill. With the passageof the California Organic Foods Act of1990, consumers were eager for moreorganic produce and another marketfor weekend shopping. The OrganicMarket boasts the largest percentageof Certified Organic growers of theCity’s four markets. 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.2nd @ Arizona Avenue

Sunday, November 26Guest House openFree tours begin at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and1 p.m. No reservations needed.Annenberg Community Beach House,Marion Davies Guest House, 415 PCH.

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Monday, November 27Social ServicesCommission MeetingMeetings are held on the 4th Mondayof each month at 7 p.m. at the KenEdwards Center (1527 4th St).

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I AM A LONG TERM SANTA MONICAresident, and can remember the days beforeCosta-Hawkins well.

There is talk of having a ballot initiative torepeal Costa Hawkins - which would returnvacancy control to Santa Monica, and so capthe price of rents to new renters, often at verylow levels - and over time inflation will sendthose capped rents lower and lower.

(All of what follows is not about the usualrent control, but about the extreme form ofrent control called “vacancy control.”)

It is well known that capping the price ofgoods below market price always leads to inef-ficient use of those goods and the collapse ofsupply. Just look at the gas crisis of the 1970’s;where price caps turned a minor price adjust-ment into a disastrous loss of supply:(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/may/15/20060515-122820-6110r/) .

Apartments are no different: Price capsencourage inefficient use of gas (wastefuldriving) and apartments (cheap rent meansnot having to rent out a spare bedroom, orusing an apartment part time or as a week-end retreat.) And price caps discourage newsupply (digging new oil wells or building newapartments or pulling super cheap rentals offthe market). Price caps also create black mar-kets and the reselling on of the goods at wellabove market price (illegal subletting/fraud.)

Inefficient use of housing supply would bewhere a $1000 per month 2-bedroom apart-ment is occupied by a single person. But in a$2000 a month 2-bedroom you might find tworoommates. This creates a home for an addi-tional person and helps ease any housing short-age. And since more demand has been satisfiedit will lower the market price of all other apart-ments throughout the city. Thus a higher pricefor one apartment leads to lower prices for allother apartments – it sounds irrational, but anyeconomist will confirm it is completely rational.

If I were a landlord forced to rent out anapartment for $900 that should go for $2000 Iwould leave it vacant. The rent control fees,gas and water costs, maintenance and hasslemean it would make more sense to leave itempty. Plus if it is rented out at $900, then thatrenter will never, ever move out. Better to leaveit empty and wait till a change in the law, oreven demolish the whole thing. Thus pricecaps will have directly caused loss of supply.

It is also common that when a low rentapartment comes available it will go the wellconnected. (As, doubtless the wealthy andpowerful were unaffected by the gas crisis).So much for the working class benefiting( h t t p s : / / w w w . d n a i n f o . c o m / n e w -york/20140430/new-york-city/rent-stabi-lized-apartments-are-being-occupied-by-millionaires-records-show).

Once a tenant has rented an apartment,there is an argument that they should be pro-tected from eviction or excessive rent increas-es, as moving apartments is a costly and diffi-cult process. That is the current situation inSanta Monica and there is merit in this nor-mal form of rent control - but the abnormalvacancy control is utterly self-destructive.

Political rationale for strict vacancy con-trol includes:

It costs nothing to legislate into place and,unlike the gas crisis, the damage is inflictedslowly and insidiously over time. Thus therenters who can’t find a home at any pricedon’t understand why it’s happening and canonly cry out for more rent control, whichwould be like pouring gasoline on a house fire.

It sounds like you are helping the poor.(But usually the wealthy and well connected

get the low rent places.)Cheap rents for everyone! (How about

gas as well? Which is just as essential to mod-ern life.) But of course only a lucky few getthe low rents and cheap gas. The rest face drypumps and no vacancies at any price.

In Santa Monica the fees have created theRent Control Board, a captive bureaucracywhose very jobs depend on the survival of rentcontrol. This creates a powerful political lobby.

Renters already in low rent apartments feeltrapped and are fearful of the loss of rent con-trol. They think that vacancy control will givethem a chance to move with cheap rents. (Butthey never will snag such a rare unicorn. Andtheir buildings will be in ruins and facingdemolition as the owners fight bankruptcy.).Those renters are captive voters of politicianswho preach the vacancy control nonsense.

It is claimed that vacancy control will dis-courage owners from harassing low rent ten-ants into leaving. But in reality such cases areuncommon and are always resolved in the ten-ants favor very quickly. Santa Monica has verystrict laws and heavy penalties, even imprison-ment, against harassment. If harassment werecommon we would see an army of ownersbeing locked up - but that is clearly not so. Butthe city still trumpets there that there is a waveof criminal harassment sweeping the city. Thatfanning of fear keeps renters voting for thosewho now trumpet vacancy control.

And when vacancy control has killed allsupply, the next step is a government-managedwaiting list. And then you end up with 20-yearwaits for an apartment, as currently happens inStockholm, Sweden (https://www.the-guardian.com/world/2015/aug/19/why-stock-holm-housing-rules-rent-control-flat). Ofcourse the well connected at city hall will jumpthe list and get the choicest apartments.

The real cause of high rents is lack of supply,caused by restrictive zoning, gold-plated park-ing requirements, building offices at theexpense of housing and high permit fees thatcripple new construction. Of course when newconstruction is proposed everyone protests, butmore rent control gets loud cheers. But wherewill all those who don’t snag a bargain rent livewhen there is no new construction?

Trying to legislate away the loss of supplycaused by price caps only makes things worse.The government has tried (many times in manydifferent ways) to cap the price of gasoline andalways ended up with dry pumps and fist fightsin the resulting lines. The Swedes aren’t fools(apart from when it comes to rent control) andthe best result they have come up with is 20-yearwaiting lists, and a huge black market of illegalsubletting that leaves sub-tenants renting atgigantic markups with no protections.They triedit in Santa Monica before and ended up withcrippled supply and decrepit ruins for buildings.

Santa Monica in the 1980’s really was in adistressing state. We are lucky (no, veryunlucky) to have a real example of what reallyhappened when vacancy control existed inSanta Monica, and what will happen should itcome back: Santa Monica really was called“Skidrow-by-the-sea.” The apartment build-ings really were decrepit slums. There really wasa ‘demolition-derby’ as apartments were torndown and replaced with condos. There reallyweren’t any apartments to rent. People visitingfrom other cities really were appalled by thehorrific, crumbling, Eastern-Bloc appearanceof the place. (What a coincidence: Stalinbelieved in price caps too). It really will all hap-pen again, should Costa-Hawkins be repealed.

PPEETTEE BBOOSSEENN is a Santa Monica resident

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IF YOU HAVE MEDICARE, YOU CANprotect your identity and help preventhealth care fraud by guarding your Medicarecard like you would a credit card.

Identity theft arising from stolenMedicare numbers is becoming more com-mon. Medicare is in the process of remov-ing Social Security numbers fromMedicare cards and replacing them with anew, unique number for each person withMedicare.

Medicare will mail new Medicare cardswith the new numbers between April 2018and April 2019.

The new card won’t change yourMedicare coverage or benefits. And there’sno charge for your new card.

But watch out for scammers!Thieves may try to get your current

Medicare number and other personal infor-mation by contacting you about your newMedicare card.

THEY MAY CLAIM TO BE FROM MEDICARE ANDUSE VARIOUS PHONY PITCHES TO GET YOURMEDICARE NUMBER, SUCH AS:■ Asking you to confirm your Medicare orSocial Security number so they can send youa new card.■ Telling you there’s a charge for your newcard and they need to verify your personalinformation.■ Threatening to cancel your health benefitsif you don’t share your Medicare number orother personal information.

Don’t fall for any of this.Don’t share your Medicare number or

other personal information with anyonewho contacts you by phone, email, or byapproaching you in person, unless you’vegiven them permission in advance.

MEDICARE, OR SOMEONE REPRESENTINGMEDICARE, WILL ONLY CALL AND ASK FOR PER-SONAL INFORMATION IN THESE SITUATIONS:■ A Medicare health or drug plan can callyou if you’re already a member of the plan.The agent who helped you join can alsocall you.■ A customer service representative from 1-800-MEDICARE can call if you’ve called and

left a message or a representative said thatsomeone would call you back.

Only give personal information likeyour Medicare number to doctors, insur-ers acting on your behalf, or trusted peo-ple in the community who work withMedicare, like counselors from the StateHealth Insurance Assistance Program(SHIP).

If someone calls you and asks for yourMedicare number or other personal infor-mation, hang up and call us at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

There are other steps you can take to pro-tect yourself from identity theft that can leadto health care fraud.

Don’t ever let anyone borrow or pay touse your Medicare number. And reviewyour Medicare Summary Notice to be sureyou and Medicare are being charged onlyfor items and services you actuallyreceived.

We’re in the midst of Medicare openenrollment season right now. This is thetime every year when you can sign upfor, switch, or drop a Medicare healthplan (Part C) or a Medicare prescriptiondrug plan (Part D). Open enrollmentends Dec. 7.

Scam artists often try to take advantage ofopen enrollment season. So if someone callsand tries to get you to sign up for a Medicareplan, keep in mind there are no “early birddiscounts” or “limited time offers.”

Don’t let anyone rush you to enroll byclaiming you need to “act now for the bestdeal.” And be skeptical of promises of freegifts, free medical services, discount packagesor any offer that sounds too good to be true.

It probably is.To learn more about protecting yourself

from identity theft and health care fraud,visit www.Medicare.gov/fraud or contactyour local Senior Medicare Patrol(www.smpresource.org).

GGRREEGG DDIILLLL is Medicare’s regional administratorfor Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and thePacific Territories. You can always get answersto your Medicare questions by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

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Concert Promoter Who Raised Money for Events that WouldNever Take Place Pleads Guilty to Bilking Investors

A concert promoter who operated in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood has pleadedguilty to a federal fraud charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers whoinvested in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events.

Gabriel Martin Reed, 46, a former Malibu resident who currently lives in McKinney,Texas, pleaded guilty this morning to one count of wire fraud.

Reed, who conducted business under the name Gabe Reed Productions, admitted incourt today that he received money from victims after falsely telling them that eventswould take place, certain performers had agreed to participate in those events, and theirmoney would be used to organize and promote the events. Instead of using the moneyfor concerts and other events as promised, Reed used investor funds to pay his person-al expenses, including rent, utility bills and travel expenses.

According to court documents, over an 8?-year period, Reed represented himself as apromoter and organizer of hard rock and wrestling events. Reed solicited investors by tout-ing what he claimed were longstanding relationships with well-known musicians, showingprops from alleged previous tours, and fabricating records related to music events.

“To execute his scheme to defraud, [Reed] used sophisticated means, including, butnot limited to, creating email addresses in the names of other individuals and entities toconvince his victims that their funds were legitimately invested,” according to a pleaagreement filed in federal court. “In addition, [Reed] produced and distributed to victimsfraudulent and fabricated artist contracts, bank statements, and correspondence.”

One Los Angeles investor agreed to put $100,000 into a 2016 concert tour Reed wascalling “Titans of Rock.” However, many of the promised artists had not agreed to partici-pate in the tour, according to the plea agreement. The FBI reviewed bank records thatshowed the victim’s money was used to pay for Reed’s personal expenses, including childsupport, costs related to a birthday party, and meals at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Mr.Chow in Beverly Hills, according to an affidavit previously filed in this case.

Documents previously filed in this case state that victims suffered losses of at least$1.4 million.

Reed pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, whoscheduled a sentencing hearing on March 19, 2018. As a result of today’s guilty plea,Reed faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

The case against Reed is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Poonam G. Kumar

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CitywideRalphs Launches Home Delivery Service Powered by Instacart

Ralphs shoppers can now have their groceries delivered to their doorsteps.Ralphs has announced that it is offering home delivery at select locations in Southern

California through a partnership with Instacart, a nationally-recognized on-demand retaildelivery service.

“We strive to provide our customers with the best shopping experience and believethat offering home delivery adds a new convenience when shopping at Ralphs,” saidValerie Jabbar, president of Ralphs. “Our customers are busier than ever. Providing homedelivery is another way Ralphs is giving our customers the shopping experience thatthey desire.”

Ralphs delivery powered by Instacart is offered in addition to its ClickList store loca-tions. Home delivery is currently available at two supermarket locations: Downtown LosAngeles located at 645 West 9th Street in Los Angeles and Irvine-Woodbury at 6300Irvine Boulevard in Irvine.

The supermarket company plans to introduce this service at 38 additional locations inLos Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, ThousandOaks and Los Angeles County’s South Bay beach communities by the end of November.

Customers place their home delivery orders through www.ralphs.com/delivery. Thecustomer selects a participating store and chooses from 40,000 offered products,including perishables, which are categorized and sorted for easy viewing and selection.The customer builds their digital cart by clicking and adding products. Once the cus-tomer has completed their online home delivery shopping, they select a preferred deliv-ery time between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. An Instacart shopper then hand-picks the items anddelivers the order within a preferred one-hour time window.

Ralphs Grocery Company was founded in 1873 and currently operates 191 supermarketsfrom its headquarters in Los Angeles. Last year, Ralphs contributed more than $6 millionto support education, hunger relief, women’s health and local nonprofit organizations inthe communities served by the company’s stores. Ralphs is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co.,(NYSE: KR), one of the world’s largest retailers, based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

For more information visit www.ralphs.com or https://www.instacart.com. — SUBMITTED BY ANDREA TOCH, COLTER COMMUNICATIONS

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LASHAWN MOORE SAYS SHE ISinspired by “learning and opportunities togrow.” A Psychology major as an under-grad, she did not set out to become ateacher. However, she found herself vol-unteering at a local elementary schoolwhere the teacher she worked withencouraged her to pursue teaching. She’snow in her twentieth year, all inSMMUSD. She began in the preschoolprogram for over 2 years, then afternoonkindergarten. After that she moved to amulti-age K/1 class, and now she’s back inKindergarten again.

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ferent in this job, and that’s one of thethings that I enjoy. There’s always some-thing to learn, and it’s almost impossible todescribe the thrill of seeing a light turn onfor a child as they learn/discover newthings throughout the year. Having theopportunity to be a part of that unique andawesome experience with kids day after dayis truly a joy.

I want my students to continue to beaccepting and kind to all. I want them toremember that we learn more from ourmistakes than when we get things “right.” Iwant them to always have questions, and tonever be afraid to get outside of their com-fort zone.

Watching the growth of my kids everyyear makes it all worthwhile when all is saidand done. I feel appreciated when formerstudents return to share/recount their expe-riences in my classroom, and when parentstake the time to say thank you.

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“I don’t think it’s the perks,” Hubermansaid of the office environment that lead tomaking the list. Instead, he says his employ-ees simply want the company to succeed andthat influences the way they describe theoffice on surveys like the one that landedthem in Fortune.

“We call this the most comfortable placeto be uncomfortable,” Huberman said.“People work their butt off here.”

Hawke Media is a marketing agency thatoffers strategy, email marketing, social mediaand creative services (among others) a-la-carte or on a month-to-month basis for busi-nesses. The company is valued at $60 million,according to Huberman. Their clientsinclude Red Bull, Evite and Verizon Wireless.

The Santa Monica entrepreneur is used tomaking lists. At 29, Huberman appeared onForbes’ 30 under 30 list for the media andentertainment industry alongside Oscar win-ning actress Brie Larson and John Boyega, thestar of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Huberman was born in Santa Monica butgrew up in nearby Ojai. He says the City bythe Sea is the only place he would grow abusiness – over nine years he’s grown threecommerce companies here.

“The lifestyle is just there,” Hubermansaid. “The balance is there. There’s industryand beach and hiking and outdoors. It’s justthe perfect combination of life to me.”

But it’s not all bliss. The entrepreneur

says a healthy ecosystem keeps him in thecity but he feels that the local governmenttakes it for granted.

“They really need to build a bridge withthis community because I’ve heard linesfrom the City – ‘oh, we don’t need to supportlocal business; they’ll come anyways,’”Huberman said. “That mentality has actual-ly hurt. There are great companies who havegone over to Venice because (Los AngelesCouncilmember Mike) Bonin will comeright over.”

Huberman recently got into a disagree-ment with the City over a sign he wants tohang on the office building facing the FourthStreet off-ramp of Interstate-10. When theCEO looks out his window and sees carsstuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, he seesthousands of potential clients who could bestaring at a sign for Hawke Media near thefamous girl on a surfboard by graffiti artistBumbleebee.

After getting permission from the landlord,Huberman went to the City but ended up in adisagreement over where the sign could behung, and whether the basement garage con-stitutes the first floor of the building.

“I can’t even find someone to talk to andthen they spent three months talking inter-nally and sent us a letter that just said ‘no,’”Huberman said.

The entrepreneur is still fighting to get hissign. He says the City should have a businessliaison to help with these sorts of disagree-ments. In the meantime, he’s focused on hir-ing and training more marketing experts togrow Hawke into a bigger company.

“That being said, I love it here,”Huberman said. “I’m not going anywhere. Ibought a place here. It’s just a great place tolive in and work.”

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important to note the City’s experience isnot unique. Public agencies across the State,particularly in southern California, continueto see significant year-over-year growth inworkers’ compensation expenses.”

While the problem may be commonthroughout the state, it is magnified in SantaMonica because of the City’s sizable staff –nearly 2,300 employees account for nearly75 percent of the General Fund operatingbudget. Each new staff member not onlyincreases salary payments, but pension andworkers’ comp costs as well.

The City settled 99 workers compensa-tion claims during fiscal year 2016-17, downfrom 131 settlements the year before,according to the 8-page report. However,there were 16 more disability claims fromthe Police Department and a 5 percentincrease in total claim inventory.

The City’s contribution to the Worker’sCompensation Self-Insurance Fund willincrease by more than 50 percent, from$13.4 million to $20.6 million year over year.The next year, it is expected to increase byanother ten percent.

The City Council has approved severalprograms to attempt to keep down the costs.For example, the Big Blue Bus recentlybecame a test group for a pilot program todetermine a more cost-effective model formanaging claims by transferring the admin-istration to a private company. This is cou-pled with the “Wow, that’s Fast” comprehen-

sive case management program now used inthe police and fire departments to reduce thenumber of claims that must be litigated.

“To date, program results are veryencouraging,” Decavalles-Hughes said in thereport. “Over the past three fiscal years, thePolice Department received 23 fewer litigat-ed clams.”

That can make a significant difference:the average litigated claim costs the City$182.682 compared to $55,884 for those thatdon’t require litigation.

The City is also three years into a pilotto evaluate City employees’ capacity to per-form strenuous activities related to theirjobs. The pilot focused on pre-employ-ment testing of Motor Coach Operatorswho must be able to safely board andsecure wheelchair passengers and completepre-trip inspections. The operators whounderwent the testing had a lower injuryrate and fewer lost days of work.

“It is still too early to precisely calculatethe savings of the program,” the report says.“However, if Big Blue Bus could sustain theresults achieved during the pilot, it is safe toassume the City could save millions of dol-lars in workers’ compensation expenses overthe long-term.”

Similar functional evaluation programsmay be extended to all physically demand-ing jobs.

Despite the escalating rate of claims, thefinance director predicts an $8 million surplusfor next year’s budget. The third quarter of thefiscal year produced 3.5 percent growth.

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THE NEW LEARNING GARDEN AT IshiharaPark has quickly gone from a topic of debateto a valued asset in our eastern Santa Monicaneighborhood. Wedged between Olympicand Pico, it is a place where gardeners,novice and experienced, young and maturecan impart knowledge, exchange ideas, andask questions all while working together togrow hundreds of pounds of food. Some ofthe harvested bounty is taken home to din-ner tables by our eager volunteer work forceand the rest is either distributed to foodbanks or our grateful neighbors. A gardenbased upon this very successful model wouldbe an excellent addition to the proposedCommunity Garden component of theSanta Monica Airport Park.

We watched with guarded interest as thecity transformed a series of storage buildingsand parking lots into a beautiful Mia Lehrerdesigned buffer park between our neighbor-hood and the Metro Maintenance facility.We wondered how much the citizens wouldhave a say in how a small, fenced in vegetablegarden, nestled within the larger park, wouldbe planted, maintained and harvested.

Our collective fears of city regulations,pest infestations and stolen vegetables havenot materialized. With the wise supportand guidance of Teague Weybright, ourCommunity Gardens Program Specialistfor the City of Santa Monica, we haveorganically come together and crafted adedicated group of volunteers who bringtheir skills and enthusiasm to the gardentwice weekly. As neighborhood gardenerMarlene Suzuki expresses, “Our garden ismore than just growing vegetables together.I truly feel the garden is almost like growinga family. We share everything: work, food,recipes, and see this as a prototype for abetter world.”

The garden is not divided into individu-ally “owned” plots like other CommunityGardens. Here, we plan and work the bedstogether. Our regular participants range inage from elementary school to early 20’s andlate 70’s, some have been gardening fordecades while others are just beginning tocatch the bug and are picking up tips withevery visit. Martha Bardach, a longtimePalisades resident, drops off her grandchil-dren at Edison Elementary and is the first to

arrive every Monday and Wednesday at 9:30am. Travis Marziani, one of our millennials,works from home and is just starting to dab-ble in growing edibles. As he so eloquentlystates, “It’s an amazing experience to be ableto reconnect with nature, and learn skillsthat were essential to survival for most ofhuman history. What makes it especiallyenjoyable is the fact that I get to learn thesethings interactively from a community,something that Google, Youtube andFacebook can’t provide.”

This truly communal garden allows himthe opportunity to ask for pointers from sea-soned gardeners while contributing his hardwork and eager curiosity. Martha believesthat “the unity building capacity of ourshared experience is even more vital thansimply growing food.” While we work, wechat about our lives beyond the garden gateforming friendships between people whohave lived near each other for years, admiredtheir respective gardens and never beforespoken. In this day of virtual reality andonline shopping, how many opportunitiesdo we get to forge new human connectionsthat enhance our lives?

Every Monday we try to cook somethingwe have grown and share it with the group.Tomatillo, jalapeño and tomato salsa;Butternut Squash Soup; Zucchini ravioliwith a kale pesto and Lemon glazed zucchi-ni bread have all been on the menu andillustrate another level of sharing inspiredby our experience.

Not only do the neighbors in the park’simmediate vicinity benefit but so to do amyriad of community organizations, fromlocal public and private school classes tolocal non-profit groups assisting individu-als transitioning from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

There are few venues in Santa Monica forintergenerational community building.Bringing these shared edible gardens toother locations throughout the city willwork as a gathering place and teaching spacefor all of our citizens.

Want to learn more about the Santa MonicaCommunity Gardens? Contact us at santamoni-caroots@gmail.com and follow Santa MonicaRoots on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Courtesy photosLESSONS: The learning garden is proving to be a valued asset for the community.

Growing more than vegetables at the Ishihara Learning GardenBy Allison Starcher Send comments to editor@smdp.com

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S CROSSWORD

Medical myths■ Some folks say you shouldn’t wakea sleepwalker, that it may causeharm, like cause a heart attack.Somnambulance — or walking or talk-ing while sleeping — occurs in stage 3sleep; that’s deep sleep. There’s nophysical harm in waking a sleepwalk-er, but it might be hard to do. Theymay become startled, disoriented oragitated, which may pose more ofrisk to you. No one likes being wokenfrom a deep sleep, even if they weredoing it vertically while moving.

Observation■ “After you find out all thethings that can go wrong, your lifebecomes less about living andmore about waiting.”

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Life in Big Macs■ One hour of riding in a car ortruck burns 68 calories (based ona 150-pound person) or the equiv-alent of 0.1 Big Macs. Exception: Ifyou’re driving one of theFlintstones’ cars.

Doc Talk■ O-sign: Used to describe a coma-tose patient with his mouth agape.■ Q-sign: Similar to an O-sign, butwith the patient’s tongue protruding.■ Q-dot sign: Similar to a Q-sign,but with a fly on the tongue.Considered to be a poor prognos-tic indicator.

Get Me That, Stat!■ Two of the downsides of anaging population: You go to thedoctor more often and there’s a

greater chance you won’t hearwhat he or she tells you. In arecent survey of 100 adults,researchers at University CollegeCork in Ireland reported that 43said they had misheard a physi-cian, nurse or both during either aprimary care visit or hospital stay.■ The study didn’t look atwhether any of the miscommuni-cations resulted in medical errorsbut noted that the prevalence oferrors generally rises withpatients’ age.

Medical History■ This week in 1895, Daniel DavidPalmer reportedly gave the first chiro-practic adjustment to Harvey Lillard inDavenport, Iowa, now the home ofPalmer College of Chiropractic.

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Would you rather be loved by one who doesn’t know you well or known by someone who doesn’t love youwell? The right answer is none of the above. The trine of Mercury and Uranus lends extra luck for findingand sticking with people who have the capacity and curiosity to understand you and hearts that speak yourlanguage.

Mercury-Uranus Trine

ARIES (March 21-April 19)For a peaceful, tranquil environment, lessexcitement and drama is the rule. It’s bestwhen the alarm’s left for emergencies. Noteven your alarm clock needs to be alarming. Sowhat else needs to go?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Everyone is flawed, and someone is really lik-ing the way you’re flawed today. That in and ofitself isn’t a good enough reason to keep goingin the same direction, though.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21)This thing you’re doing isn’t going to workin the same way for very much longer. Itneeds a new idea. Of course, trying tohave an idea isn’t a really good way tohave one. So don’t try. Live, and know it’scoming to you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22)You have a really good answer to the question“What’s the point?” and that’s why you’re thebest person for the leadership role. Step upand step in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)It can be a dangerous thing when people gettoo wrapped up in their own experiences torelate to the needs and wants of others. Getout; ask questions. Get involved so you won’thave this problem.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Be confident about your sense of timing,because it is stellar right now. You’re notlikely to give up too soon, nor will you beoblivious about when to quit. Trust your-self.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)You seek emotional knowledge. Your history ispart of this. Maybe you can go back to the loveyou knew and ask questions, or simply do thisin your mind. You’ll still be satisfied and maybesurprised by the answers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)You begin each interaction with a humble heartand a willingness to help. With this attentiveflexibility, you’ll create a great deal of affinitybetween you and a person who will play a keyrole in your future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You don’t have to have swagger or think you’rethe greatest. You just have to believe you cando it. With a little more confidence, you’ll rise.You will persist in the face of a challenge andultimately overcome it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Good luck comes the same way as bad luckdoes, in spurts. You’ll get on a good run withthree beautifully timed interactions today.Play this for all it’s worth!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)A smile should be backed by a joyful heart. Butsome smiles are bankrupt. You’ve given themand received them. You’ll recognize themtoday and have compassion for the spirit-poor.Try and spread cheer.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)You are not of one mind. You are of manyminds and possibilities. Some aspects of yourpersonality are being pushy right now becausethey need an outlet. Find one. It could just leadto your greatness.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 25)

You will be drawn to the people who are good for you this year — a cosmic gift. At the top of 2018,you’ll learn fast by going slow. Work gradually through challenges and you’ll claim a reward inJanuary. An important deal will go down in March. June offers travel at a discount, and the inspi-ration is free. Cancer and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 20, 17, 39 and 22.

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with these franchise terms.”The move from the City Council comes

after several nearby cities including WestHollywood and Hermosa Beach slashedtheir fees as well, Soto said. After a shortdebate at the Nov. 14 meeting, the Councilultimately decided the fee reduction mayhelp struggling drivers hold onto theirlivelihoods.

“If we keep the fees up and we lose cabservices we’re not making money by drivingpeople out of business,” City Manager RickCole said. “So whatever the Council thinks isfair and appropriate … we are prepared toimplement.”

The number of trips in Santa Monica isdown 79 percent since 2013 – bringing theindustry’s gross revenue down from $14.8million to $5.3 million over the five-yearspan. The industry continues to decline asride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft take

over the market.While each franchise operates differently,

drivers who own and operate their own cabstypically pay the licensing fee to drive in thecity. Most drivers have a dual license to driveboth here and in Los Angeles.

There are currently 199 cabs operating inSanta Monica between Bell Cab, ITOA,Metro Cab, Taxi! Taxi! and Yellow Cab.

In October, Governor Jerry Brownsigned AB 1069 in an attempt to modernizethe taxicab industry and help it competewith Uber and Lyft. The new law aims tolimit the number of cities in which a cabcompany must obtain an operating permit,in order to ease regulations on the industry.Beginning on Jan. 1, taxicab companies willcollect and report trip data to determinewhere their services are “substantially locat-ed.” The data may shift the permittingprocess for certain companies.

Senior administrative analyst CherylShavers says she was caught off guardwhen Brown signed the bill becausemany city governments had opposed it.

As a result, several Santa Monica taxicabcompanies may not be deemed to be“substantially located” in the city becauseof their regional reach, according to astaff report.

Shavers, who is responsible for respond-ing to complaints from passengers, says ithas been a tense year for the remaining 199drivers in the City who compete for a chanceto take hotel guests and locals on long trips,usually to LAX.

“If I could be frank, it’s pretty cutthroatout there,” Shavers said.

It’s been a year since a coalition of cabcompanies wrote to the city asking for per-mission to take dozens of drivers off theroad, promising they would still meetdemand for service. Last December, theCouncil responded by reducing the numberof cabs by 30 percent. An annual reportshowed most cab companies still respondfor requests for service within 15 minutes ofgetting a request.

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